An action packed commercial for Playstation, featuring a tour of some the console's fan favorites. It was an impressive amount of character story while showing such diverse genres. As usual, there were changes as the project evolved, but it's a delight to see how the sketches are translated into the final shots by a talented team. Director: Henry Hobson Production: MJZ Prod. Service: Division.Film Agency: Adam&Eve DDB storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

One of my first professional jobs was working for American Greetings and it had been quite some time since I had worked on an e-card. It's always interesting to see how an illustrator/animator translates a sketch and I think they did a great job for this Christmas e-card. Storyboard and animation comparison: storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

When more stock of the ever sought Sony PS5 was announced, it came out in the form of these news style ads highlighting characters and locations from its most popular games. Director: Henry Hobson Production: MJZ  Agency: adam&eveDDB, MediaCom storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

This was a stunning project with massive talents involved that included Halsey and Suga from BTS celebrating the launch of Blizzard's Diablo 4. It was incredible to see the both epic and intricate prep work that went into creating a unique atmosphere in this real life location.  Storyboards and shot comparisons: Director: Henry Hobson  Production: MJZ Prod. Design: Dissidence Exec. Producers: Blizzard Entertainment & 72andSunny storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

This ad was in conjunction with the global launch of PlayStation Plus.  Featuring a seemingly mild-mannered man, Mr. Malcom (played by Joseph Mydell), who represents the infinite lifetimes you can live as a Playstation gamer. This was a lot of fun illustrating an environment full of easter eggs (a YouTube breakdown here). I was quite envious of Mr. Malcolm's basement collection--maybe without the pet zombie. Director: Henry Hobson  Production: MJZ Prod. Design: Pirra storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

An imaginative way to show the many stories told on the Canal+ channel woven into an intriguing story. Director: Henry Hobson Production: MJZ, Tony Petersen Film Hamburg DOP: Jarin Blaschke Prod. Design: Jonathan Houlding Agency: Havas Dusseldorf storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

As a long-time Marvel aficionado, this commercial for the upcoming Avengers Campus in Disneyland Paris was exciting to see come to life. With the dad character turning out to be a bigger fan than the kid at the end in this story, it's another spot I could certainly relate to. Director: Henry Hobson Production: Dissidence storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

Technology that breaks down walls-- great to see this come to life. Director: Henry Hobson Production: MJZ storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

  This was an oldie, but goody from a Drunk History episode about Boston. I did a few episodes, with this one starring Wynona Rider and Michael Cera, as comically told by Jen Kirkman. This was such a fun series that was both hilarious and fascinating. Director: Jeremy Konner Gary Sanchez Productions Konner Productions storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more

  Directed by Henry Hobson, this followed up previous POV-style commercial for the summer Tokyo Olympic Games. This one was especially fun to see how the kinetic and creative transitions between different sporting events translated from board to screen. Director: Henry Hobson Prod. House: Good Oil Films Production: MJZ storyboards, christopher kawagiwa ..read more