An old man is forced to continuously build on new levels to his home as the water rises in his town. When he drops his favorite pipe overboard, he is forced to dive to retrieve it from the depths. As he visits the submerged levels of his home, he begins to relive scenes from days gone by.
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No offense to the Kunio Katō, he did a fantastic job, but the short animation category should exclude foreign animations to bolster US animation and get rid of the US conception that anything that is not CG is only meant for cartoons.
What I liked the most is the towering buildings, and how it came full circle back to the very beginning where his daughter was playing with building blocks. A simplistic idea and well used in this short film. Take a moment and see it again.