The Hero's Journey by Dane Watkins.
An animated story for Japanese mobile phones.

Translated into Japanese by Masayo Kajimura.
Produced during a IAMAS residency 2005.

Click an image to view the episode.

Published Thursday 2.6.5 Published Friday 3.6.5 Published Saturday 4.6.5 Published Sunday 5.6.5 Published Monday 6.6.5

01 The Ordinary World

Who is he? What does he do? Is that enough?

02 The Call

There must be more to life than hitting shoes?

03 The Refusal

There may be more to life but it isn't this.

04 The First Threshold

Jack prefers to wallow rather than start afresh.

05 The Mentor

And deep inside the whale Jack meets someone special.

Published Tuesday 7.6.5 Published Weds 8.6.5 Published Thursday 9.6.5 Published Friday 10.6.5 Published Sat 11.6.5

06 The Second Denial

How will Jack respond to the stranger?

07 The Helper

What special powers will the stranger bestow upon Jack?

08 The Third Denial

How come there's so much built in obsolescence?

09 The Trial

Who else is going to turn up?

10 The Shadow

What sinister creatures lurk in the cracks & crevices of the whale?

Published Sunday 12.6.5 Published Monday 13.6.5 Published Tues 14.6.5 Published Weds 15.6.5 Published Thurs 16.6.5

11 The Darkside

Jack comes across a rather dark temptation.

12 The Goddess

Oh no! Its another trap.

13 The Road Back

Everything is not what it seems.

14 The Resurrection

Sometimes there's just too much excitement.

15 The Return

Who is he? What does he do? Is that enough?

The Hero's Journey is a series of 15 animated MMS for mobile phones. The episodes are published daily at 02:00 GMT on this website and to a restricted mobile phone user base. The animations are 240 x 240 pixels and have been designed for Japanese phones. Each gif is approx 10 kb.