This week's Puppet Theater Radio will be discussing the opening video of the NHK morning drama "Boogie Woogie" that has been airing since October. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of modern puppet theater, NHK has chosen a puppet theater as the opening video (coincidence?). We will discuss the appeal of puppet animation while also touching on the music video for YOASOBI's "Gunjo", which was also directed by Atsushi Makino, just like this work. This program is the official radio program run by Japan's only library specializing in puppet theater. It is updated every Monday. [Hideaki Katami] Director of "Puppet Theater Library" / Head of "Puppet Theater Trolley" Born in Kyoto in 1948. He founded the "Trolley Puppet Theater" in 1971 (1975-Puppet Theater Trolley) and has been delivering fantasy to more than 1 million children, not only in Japan but also in 16 countries around the world, for over 50 years. In 1984, he was elected as a UNIMA council member and was in charge of the 15th convention (held in Japan). Since 1986, he has served as deputy secretary-general of the UNIMA 15th convention and 88 World Puppet Festival Organizing Committee. As a puppet theater researcher, he has opened the Puppet Theater Library since 1991 and also lectures on "Children's Cultural Activities" at Kyoto Women's University and other institutions. In 2005, he was a member of the executive committee of the Osaka International Puppet Theater Festival to commemorate the registration of Bunraku as a World Intangible Heritage, supervised the National Theater Cultural Digital Library's "Folk Performing Arts and Puppet Theater" in 2008, published the "Puppet Theater Book Materials Catalog" in 2013, and served as an editorial committee member for the "Japanese Doll Toy Dictionary" in 2019. Click here for the Twitter account of Puppet Theater Torokko. / torokko_puppet [Yoshiru Sato] Researcher at the Puppet Theater Library / Producer/Coach Born in Fukuoka in 1986. After graduating from Kyoto University, he joined Studio Ghibli. He was an assistant to Toshio Suzuki and belonged to the publishing department. After moving to Nippon Television, he became a film producer. His representative works include "The Boy and the Beast," "Death Note Light up the New World," and "My Love Story!!" After going independent, he moved to Kyoto. Currently, as a professional coach, he coaches various writers and creators, and is active in many areas, such as producing an online school with Kazuhiro Fujiwara, who is involved in educational reform. While working in various entertainment industries, he was shocked by puppetry. He was attracted to puppetry, which moves the hearts of viewers by making things move in front of his eyes, and he has studied puppetry in Japan, the United States, France, and other parts of the world. He currently works as a researcher at a puppetry library and visits various homes to bring puppetry to children. He is currently writing a serial essay as a puppeteer in the Kyoto magazine "Hankei 5m." #BoogieWoogie #MakinoAtsushi #100YearsOfModernPuppetry