[2][3] Takeba traveled to Rotterdam for the film's presentation and in an interview there, she said that Akio Jissoji was a definite influence on her filmmaking.
[4] The Pinkie was also screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2014, where it won the Grand Prize and the Cinegar Award in the Off Theater Competition.
[2][3] Her second feature film, Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory, about a television coming to life, also had its world premier at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, debuting in January 2015 in the Tiger Awards competition.
This new film, written and directed by Takeba was partially funded from her Grand Prize winnings at Yubari in 2014 for The Pinkie.
[1][5] Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory was also presented at the February 2015 Yubari Festival.