ALIMO was born in 1977, an artist, Estonian art historian and scholar of comparative arts based in Japan and Estonia. Currently Associate Professor, Department of New Media & Image at Aichi University of Arts. He had been a theoretical and practical researcher of animation as a visiting researcher at Estonian Academy of Arts for two years from 2012. After returning to Japan, he obtained his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts.