K City, a coastal Japanese city, is under the influence of Void Dharma, a freestyle rapper who ignores the Japanese constitution and preaches for region rejuvenation and independent state. A spy, Watanabe, is sent to K-city on a mission to assassinate Void Dharma. Does the legendary Dharma-Ray, which is harmless to all good beings but destroys all the bad and evil ones, really exist? This is the story of a manga created by a small boy, Hosuke. He and his friends, a genius pianist Kei and his followers, enter a dangerous game of death. Alien Artist is an apocalyptic fantasy with an imaginary city and characters, through the story of artists who might be a destroyer, prophet or savior. 23-year-old director, Hoya Seiyo, creates a unique world, with parallel universes or a tale of tales with only 40,000 dollars. He tells this story by laying a modern paradigm, such as region rejuvenation and political correctness, on top of the image of the Japanese defeat with atomic bombs, weaving music, drawing and animation freely with a rhythmical flow, like freestyle rap. (Ellen Y. D. KIM)