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The original creation “Heading to school” is the story about a race between a Japanese student and an American student on their way to school through a light-hearted and humorous presentation. Through the race between them, the artist attempts to emphasize the competition between Japan and the States. “Go to school” has skillfully given life to two unique and comedic characters that offers a chance for viewers to ponder the link between cultural differences and visual styles. Therefore, the first chapter is a description of the research and background for the creation of “Go to school”. The following chapter is a literature review of relevant works that illustrates the competition between Japanese and American animation and their inherent cultural differences. The third chapter is a case study with actual examples of animations from both countries on a similar subject: “Ghost in the Shell 2” (Japan) and “The Matrix”(America) to explore the impact of cultural differences on film creation. The last chapter is an interpretation of the creative concepts, styles, character designs, scene settings and 3D computer animation processing techniques used to presents an animated a race full of interesting cultural differences between an American and Japanese school kid.