"Children's Forest Nakano Island" is a cultural facility designed and built by architect Tadao Ando and donated to the City of Osaka. It houses approximately 17,000 picture books and children's literature donated from around the world. Books can be read freely not only inside the facility but also in the plazas and grassy areas within the park where the facility is located. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the opening had been postponed, but it finally opened on July 5th. Generally speaking, an aphorism refers to a concise expression of something worthy of respect and emulation, or teachings that strike at the truth. This aphorism animation extracts passages from selected books that resonate with children's hearts and captivate them, and presents these passages through animation. The composition was structured so that each book selected by BACH Hiroshi is highlighted, and the layout was created to fully utilize the projection range. In order to transform these diverse selected works into a single animation piece, typography and text arrangement were designed to be seamlessly enjoyable, with each book's unique world expressed to the maximum through text. The goal was to "see the story and feel it."

We hope that this aphorism animation will serve as a catalyst for creating as many encounters as possible between children and books.