| Year |
Month |
Activities |
| 2012 |
Oct |
Tapio TOKUNAGA establishes T.T.M. (Tapio Tokunaga Movies). He starts to make short stop-motion animation videos with LEGO blocks. He continues to make roughly 5 movies per year. |
| 2014 |
Jan |
Tapio TOKUNAGA and his friends establishes EIKO LEGO-BU as an exhibition in Eiko Gakuen School Festival. T.T.M and LEGO-BU start to cooperate to make a movie. |
| Mar |
T.T.M. and LEGO-BU proceed the production of "Secret Plan of Dr. Boag," (Director & Screenwriter: Tapio TOKUNAGA) which is a short LEGO stop-motion animation film. |
| 2015 |
May |
"Secret Plan of Dr. Boag" is exhibited as one of the projects of EIKO LEGO-BU in Eiko Gakuen School Festival. T.T.M. and LEGO-BU decide to continue their co-production of films. |
| Jun |
T.T.M. and LEGO-BU start the production of "Infinity Stone" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA, Screenwriter: Kosei HIRANUMA & Tapio TOKUNAGA), and decide to combine animation and live-action picture for the first time. |
| Aug |
T.T.M. submits "Fall Asleep" and "Force Push" to STARWARS™️ Photo&Movie Contest, organized by Asahi Shinbun. |
| Nov |
T.T.M. becomes Bumble Bee Studio (B.B.S.), which is one of the departments of Hepta Genome Pictures. |
| 2016 |
May |
"Infinity Stone" and "Bloopers of Infinity Stone" are exhibited as one of the projects of EIKO LEGO-BU in Eiko Gakuen School Festival. B.B.S. and LEGO-BU decide to continue their co-production of films. |
| Jun |
B.B.S. and LEGO-BU starts the production of "Fort of Light part 1," (Producer: Yoshinobu MAKINO, Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA, Screenwriter: Tapio TOKUNAGA & Kosuke YOKOTA) the next story of "Infinity Stone." Meanwhile B.B.S. also starts the production of "Fort of Light part 2" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA, Screenwriter: Tapio TOKUNAGA & Kosuke YOKOTA). |
| 2017 |
May |
Hepta Genome Pictures Drama Department succeeds in performing original English Drama "Butterfly's Plot," (Director & Screenplay: Tapio TOKUNAGA) which story is based on famous "Three Musketeers," at Eiko Gakuen School Festival. |
| Oct |
B.B.S. opens its WEB page. |
| Dec |
B.B.S. finishes screenwriting and recording of "Fort of Light part 1" and "Fort of Light part 2." |
| 2018 |
Jan |
Hepta Genome Pictures Drama Department succeeds in performing original English Drama "Les Avengers" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA & Shuntaro TANAKA, Screenplay: Tapio TOKUNAGA) at Eiko Gakuen. |
| Feb |
Hepta Genome Pictures Drama Department succeeds in performing original English Drama "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA & Shuntaro TANAKA, Screenplay: Tapio TOKUNAGA) which story is based on J. K. Rowling's "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," at Eiko Gakuen. |
| May |
"Fort of Light part 1" and "Making Video of Fort of Light" are exhibited as one of the projects of EIKO LEGO-BU in Eiko Gakuen School Festival. |
| Jul |
Bumble Bee Studio Sound Department composes the original orchestral music "Show Your Power" (Composer: Tapio TOKUNAGA, MV Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA). |
| Aug |
B.B.S. submits "Stop Swindling" to Google Web Ranger Project. |
| B.B.S. enters STAR WARS FAN AWARS 2018 Short Video Category, and "Battle at Academy" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA) is chosen as one of the finalists of Audience Choice Awards. |
| Oct |
"Eiko Gakuen PV" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA, Photographer: Tapio TOKUNAGA & Yoshinobu MAKINO & Haruhiro OCHIAI) and "Copied Teacher" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA) are exhibited in Eiko Gakuen Open Campus. |
| Dec |
Bumble Bee Studio Sound Department composes the original orchestral music "I've got to do" (Composer: Tapio TOKUNAGA, MV Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA). |
| The production of a short live-action film "Myself Invisible" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA, Screenwriter: Kosuke YOKOTA) starts. |
| 2019 |
Jan |
B.B.S. submits "Myself, Invisible" to SSFF&Asia Official Competition. |
| B.B.S. mades a CM for the 55th Eiko Gakuen Brass Band Regular Concert. |
| Feb |
B.B.S, KOZA Film Office and Eiko Gakuen mades a short live-action film "Red Hair Forest" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA, Screenwriter: Michiki MATSUDA & Tapio TOKUNAGA). |
| Bumble Bee Studio Sound Department composes the original orchestral music "Tsunami" (Composer: Tapio TOKUNAGA, MV Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA). |
| Mar |
Tapio TOKUNAGA, B.B.S. Executive Director, manages the background of the 55th Eiko Gakuen Brass Band Club Regular Concert. Two short documentary films "Eiko Brass Band's Daily Life" (Director: Tapio TOKUNAGA) and "Brass Band's Free Time" (Director: Tapio Tokunaga) are exhibited at the concert. |
| May |
B.B.S. mades the director's cut version of "infinity Stone" and "Fort of Light part 1," exhibited in Eiko Gakuen School Festival. |
| B.B.S. mades some background videos used at Eiko English Club Open Debate in Eiko Gakuen School Festival. |
| Bumble Bee Studio and Hepta Genome Pictures are dismissed. |
| Jun |
Tapio TOKUNAGA composes a music for "Eiko Gakuen PV" and re-edits it, giving it to Eiko Gakuen. |
| Tapio TOKUNAGA establishes BOMBUS creative. |
| Tapio TOKUNAGA participates in the shooting of the 4th AP Program Introduction Seminar. |
| A documentary film "Generous Country Indonesia ~orphans living there~," directed by Kosuke YOKOTA and edited by Tapio TOKUNAGA, is completed. |
| Jul |
BOMBUS's official Facebook page, Instagram account and YouTube page are open. |
