The Flying Luna Clipper

The Flying Luna Clipper (ザ・フライング・ルナクリッパー) is a 1987 Japanese computer-animated art film/demo directed by Ikko Ono and produced by Sony.

It was mostly unknown until a copy was found in a Japanese thrift store and uploaded to YouTube in December 2015 by journalist Matt Hawkins.

Later he had another column called Ikko's Theatre about short films which served as the basis for The Flying Luna Clipper.

The film remained obscure until December 2015 when a LaserDisc copy was uploaded online by Matt Hawkins, after which it steadily grew in popularity.

[1] ROMchip noted its distinctive style due to being produced using an 8-bit computer typically used for video games, terming it "chipcinema" and comparing it to later developments such as machinima - narrative films created within specific video games - and demoscene - a computer art scene based around creating advanced art and music on technically limited systems.