Last Thursday I had the pleasure of hearing Koji Yamamura lecture at RISD. He's an award-winning animator with a really lovely style. Recently he did an adaptation of Kafka's 1919 short story "A Country Doctor." We saw clips of this, along with several of his other animations including "The Old Crocodile," "Fig," and "A Child's Metaphysics." He may be most famous for "Mt. Head," which was nominated for an Oscar in 2003.

I wasn't able to find "Fig" online -- it was my favorite -- but instead here I have "The Old Crocodile" and also a trailer for "The Country Doctor."

His website is also worth a look, it includes some whimsical little Flash animations.

If you have a chance to see more of his work at a festival, please do!