--- description: Beautiful Japanese animation comes to life with a quick flip of your thumb title: This Japanese Animated Flip Book Has Permanently Bent Our Minds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Japanese Animated Flip Book Has Permanently Bent Our Minds by [Nicole Hughes / Lost At E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Nicole Hughes / Lost At E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2014 5:44 PM CUT by [Nicole Hughes / Lost At E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Nicole Hughes / Lost At E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2014 5:44 PM CUT  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/12/11/flip-book/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com/ "undefined")_._ Are you in the middle of Christmas shopping? Not exactly sure what to buy your kid cousins? Here’s a good, entertaining gift they’ll enjoy. An old-fashion [flip book](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp%5Fbyline%5Fsr%5Fbook%5F1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Mo+hitotsu+no+kenkyujo&search-alias=books&text=Mo+hitotsu+no+kenkyujo&sort=relevancerank "undefined")! With a quick flip of your thumb, you can see the beautiful Japanese animation come to life and start moving off the page. With negative space and secret chambers, the book’s artist, Mou Hitotsu, reveals magical stories in motion. Check out the video for a unique storytelling technique! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3630138/japanese-flip-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3630138/japanese-flip-book/"},"headline":"This Japanese Animated Flip Book Has Permanently Bent Our Minds","datePublished":"2014-12-12T17:44:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:43.600Z","description":"Beautiful Japanese animation comes to life with a quick flip of your thumb","url":"https://time.com/3630138/japanese-flip-book/","keywords":["Innovation"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nicole Hughes / Lost At E Minor"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3630138/japanese-flip-book/","name":"This Japanese Animated Flip Book Has Permanently Bent Our Minds"}}]}] ```