The Outgrowth

The anime opens with a woman gazing at her reflection, discovering a small bump emerging on her forehead. She lives with a man and a dog, their lives seemingly ordinary until a cataclysmic event occurs: the moon explodes and vanishes from the night sky. From their vantage point along the street, the man and the dog observe the woman, whose forehead bump continues to grow. The narrative focuses on the unsettling transformation of the woman and the impact of the lunar disappearance on their environment. The story explores themes of change, the unknown, and the relationship between the characters in the face of an inexplicable phenomenon. The animation is a 1st year work from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation.