The voting of the “Anime Fan Award” under “Anime of the Year Category” of the international animation movie festival “Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021” (To be held on March 12 – March 15, 2021) has been started from noon, January 6, 2021.
“Anime Fan Award” under “Anime of the Year Category” of “Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021” (known as TAAF2021) is a project to determine the top of the 457 works that were broadcasted/ screened in 2020 (October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020).
The “Best 100 chosen by everyone” (consists of 100 works; 80 TV works and 20 movies) that was chosen by fans, will be voted again by the fans and this will decide the winner of the “Anime Fan Award” that was loved by most of the fans in 2002.
The previous winners are “Danball Senki Wars” (TAAF2014), “Tiger & Bunny: The Rising” (TAAF2015), “Gintama” (TAAF2016)”, “Yuri!!! on ICE” (TAAF2017), “Yuri!!! on ICE” (TAAF2018), “BANANA FISH”(TAAF2019)”, and “Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom, The Movie” (TAAF2020).
Do look forward to winner of “Anime Fan Award”.
Detailed information is available on “TAAF2021” official website.
The nominees for the feature film and short film of the "Competition Category" in the international animation film festival, "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021", were announced.
Every year, many amazing works from all over the world are sent to the Competition Category of "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021" (a.k.a. TAAF2021). This year, for the feature animations, 4 pieces of work out of the 22 (29 last year), sent from 20 countries and regions, were nominated. And for the short animations, 35 were nominated out of the 817 (1,054 last year), sent from 57 countries and regions.
The nominees for the feature animation were internationally diverse. The festival director, Takeuchi Kouji commented, "Although they are animations, they weren't all targeted at children nor were they all sci-fi works. There were also animations that took the style of a social documentary, and the numbers of these works have been increasing worldwide in the recent 5 years. Also, the production has spread out from Japan and the U.S.A. to Southern America and Asia, and their skills are improving. The 4 nominees of the feature animation competition of TAAF2021 are works that symbolize the spread of production countries."
On the other hand, young, upcoming talents lined up in the short film competition. Takeuchi said, "I was happy to see more works sent to the short animation competition than expected under the COVID-19 situations. Even better, I think the quality of each animation is growing every year. TAAF doesn't separate the works by professional and amateur. Nevertheless, the students' works are being nominated. This may be evidence of the growth of the world's animating skills. Please enjoy the works of these young talents."
Also, the first winner of the "Student Award", which was newly established in "TAAF2021", was "The Balloon Catcher" by director Kaneko Isaku from Tama Art University. The animation will be screened during the "TAAF2021".
"Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021" will be held at Ikebukuro, Tokyo, from March 12 to 15, 2021.
Check out the official website for details.
At the international animation films festival "Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 (TAAF2021)", eight people, including Studio Ghibli's producer Suzuki Toshio and director of "Mobile Suit Gundam" Tomino Yoshiyuki, will be honored in the "Anime Achievement Category."
Also, a PV of "TAAF2021", produced by Yoda Nobutaka (10GAUGE), a video director who worked on trailers such as "Your Name" and narrated by voice actor Hazama Michio, the winner of the "Achievement Category", was also released for the first time.
TAAF's "Anime Achievement Category" is the category to recognize people's accomplishments in significant contributions to the development of the anime industry and culture. It is aimed at people who have contributed to the improvement of the social status of the anime industry, such as educational activities and international exchange, as well as praising many years of achievements such as technology, expression, and human resource development at the production site.
Among the award winners for "TAAF2021" are producer Suzuki and director Tomino, author of the manga "Chibi Maruko-chan" Sakura Momoko, Koyama Takao, the scriptwriter of "Time Bokan Series" and "Dragon Ball Z", Saida Shunji, animator of "Gauche the Cellist", editor of "AKIRA" Seyama Takeshi, singer of "Attack No. 1" Izumi Kayo, narrator of "Anne of Green Gables" and voice actor of Shane Cop from "Galaxy Hero Legend", Hasama Michio.
At the venue of "TAAF 2021", an exhibition introducing eight honorees and a special program will be held.
Moreover, the PV video of "TAAF2021" was released for the first time. Continuing from last year, the PV video shows "Your name", "Mr. Osomatsu," "Weathering with You," "Jose, the Tiger and the Fish," and many other anime trailers produced by Yoda, a video director.
The international animation film festival "Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 (TAAF2021)" will be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo for four days from March 12 to March 15, 2021.
[Narration, Hazama Michio]
TAAF is a very memorable event that I have been involved in since the predecessor "Tokyo International Anime Fair" era. I am very honored to receive the award in the Anime Achievement category and to be in charge of narration for the PV. I challenged myself while remembering those days when I was producing the voice actor stage at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.
The temporal narration (by director Yoda) that was included in the video sent to me was very good, so I did my best to not lose.
Taking advantage of the idea that came out of the chat with Yoda-san, I made a slightly improved version with ad-lib. I hope that you will watch and hear this PV in various places.
[PV Director Yoda Nobutaka]
It's been a tough year, but TAAF is fine and going further! The merit department is too legendary! I heard that Hasama-san will do narration this year! I was quite nervous when I started recording, but Hasama-san is fun to work with, and it was really interesting recording sessions.
While listening to Hasama-san's voice, I remembered many masterpieces and heroes, but at that point, it was a great time to release a messed up gag. I forgot that it was work, and put tension aside.
It has been announced that nominated works in competition category of the "Tokyo Anime Award Festival (hereafter: TAAF)", which could not be held in Mar. 2020, will be screened at Shin-Bungeiza in Ikebukuro on Sep. 26 and 27. At the same time, the screening schedule has been released, and tickets are on sale now.
"TAAF" is an international animation film festival that becomes independent as a developed version of the "Tokyo Anime Award", which used to be held as part of the "Tokyo International Anime Fair".
With the purposes "To develop and promote the animation culture and industry in Tokyo by discovering and supporting people who will become the next generation of animation production", and "Dispatching the appeal of Tokyo and contributing to the promotion of tourism in Tokyo", and the slogan "Make Tokyo the hub of animation", high-quality original films from around the world are being screened in Tokyo. It is aiming to have animation lovers from around the world to communicate with each other, to provide creators and viewers inspiration and excitement, and to use this excitement and inspiration to transmit a new wave of animation from Tokyo to the world. The four long animated nominated films that received nominations in competition category of "TAAF2020" are "The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands", "Fritzi - A Revolutionary Tale", "Marona's Fantastic Tale", and "The Swallows of Kabul". Each of the chosen work has completely different expression method and after the screening, the interview with each creators are scheduled to be screened.
Moreover, short animated films include diverse works such as worldwide comedies that get you a belly laugh, stories that leave you with warm feelings, thoughtful messages, and moving images. Especially nowadays, when there are so many animations made with using hybrid feel that leave a feeling of touches, such as stop motion and 3DCG, handwriting and digital.
"TAAF2020" competition section nomination works screening will be held on Sep. 26 and 27 at Shin-Bungeiza in Ikebukuro.
Also, "TAAF2021" will be held in Ikebukuro from Mar. 12 to Mar. 15, 2021.
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【Latest update on Mar. 2: After observing the movement of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), to minimize the spread of the disease we had decided to cancel all the programs for the safety of the visitors.】
The international animation movie festival, "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2020 (TAAF2020)" is decided to be held for four days from Mar. 13 to Mar. 16, 2020 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Together with that, the applications for the "Competition Category" had started.
"TAAF" is an international movie festival that is developed and separated from the "Tokyo Anime Awards" which is a part of "Tokyo International Anime Fair".
This movie festival will showcase the high-quality and filled with originality works among the others in the world with the tagline of "Tokyo is the animation hub", purposes of "To find and train candidate that will handle the next generation animation production, and to develop and promote the culture and industry of Tokyo's animation" and also "To promote Tokyo's tourism via the spread of Tokyo's charms.".
Through the interactions among the fans of the animations in the world, it will excite and emotionally move the creators and visitors, and those two feelings will become a ration to spread the new wave of animation from Tokyo to all over the world, which is its objective.
"TAAF2020" will be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo which was the same venue since 2017. It will showcase of the nominated works of the "Competition Category", winner of the "Anime of the Year Category", and invited works from Japan and overseas, an introduction exhibition of the winner of "Anime Honor Category", a workshop of the highly evaluated "Animation Category for Children", etc.
Moreover, for the "Competition Category", the deadline for the application for the short movie and long movie is Oct. 31 and Nov. 10 respectively. The condition that the animation works must be completed after Jan. 1, 2018 is regardless of nationality and professionalism. Further details can be found in "TAAF2020" official website.
At the international animation films festival "Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 (TAAF2021)", eight people, including Studio Ghibli's producer Suzuki Toshio and director of "Mobile Suit Gundam" Tomino Yoshiyuki, will be honored in the "Anime Achievement Category."
Also, a PV of "TAAF2021", produced by Yoda Nobutaka (10GAUGE), a video director who worked on trailers such as "Your Name" and narrated by voice actor Hazama Michio, the winner of the "Achievement Category", was also released for the first time.
TAAF's "Anime Achievement Category" is the category to recognize people's accomplishments in significant contributions to the development of the anime industry and culture. It is aimed at people who have contributed to the improvement of the social status of the anime industry, such as educational activities and international exchange, as well as praising many years of achievements such as technology, expression, and human resource development at the production site.
Among the award winners for "TAAF2021" are producer Suzuki and director Tomino, author of the manga "Chibi Maruko-chan" Sakura Momoko, Koyama Takao, the scriptwriter of "Time Bokan Series" and "Dragon Ball Z", Saida Shunji, animator of "Gauche the Cellist", editor of "AKIRA" Seyama Takeshi, singer of "Attack No. 1" Izumi Kayo, narrator of "Anne of Green Gables" and voice actor of Shane Cop from "Galaxy Hero Legend", Hasama Michio.
At the venue of "TAAF 2021", an exhibition introducing eight honorees and a special program will be held.
Moreover, the PV video of "TAAF2021" was released for the first time. Continuing from last year, the PV video shows "Your name", "Mr. Osomatsu," "Weathering with You," "Jose, the Tiger and the Fish," and many other anime trailers produced by Yoda, a video director.
The international animation film festival "Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 (TAAF2021)" will be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo for four days from March 12 to March 15, 2021.
[Narration, Hazama Michio]
TAAF is a very memorable event that I have been involved in since the predecessor "Tokyo International Anime Fair" era. I am very honored to receive the award in the Anime Achievement category and to be in charge of narration for the PV. I challenged myself while remembering those days when I was producing the voice actor stage at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.
The temporal narration (by director Yoda) that was included in the video sent to me was very good, so I did my best to not lose.
Taking advantage of the idea that came out of the chat with Yoda-san, I made a slightly improved version with ad-lib. I hope that you will watch and hear this PV in various places.
[PV Director Yoda Nobutaka]
It's been a tough year, but TAAF is fine and going further! The merit department is too legendary! I heard that Hasama-san will do narration this year! I was quite nervous when I started recording, but Hasama-san is fun to work with, and it was really interesting recording sessions.
While listening to Hasama-san's voice, I remembered many masterpieces and heroes, but at that point, it was a great time to release a messed up gag. I forgot that it was work, and put tension aside.
The 15th "Seiyu Awards", which is a ceremony to award active voice actors of that year, has been announced. This year, the award ceremony was cancelled but the winners were announcement on a special program on Bunka Housou's Internet Radio "Chou! A&G+".
"Seiyu Awards" is an award ceremony that was held in Mar. every year since 2007 and it is the largest event in the voice actor industry as well as among the voice actor's fans.
The voting for the "MVS (Most Valuable Seiyu)" category, the only category where fans vote for the 'most active voice actor' annually, has started on the official website and affiliated websites since Sep. 15.
On Sep. 15 as well, the registration for "New Talent Audition", which has been held since 2007, to discover new talented voice actors has started. The final examination for this is scheduled to be held online as well.
Further announcements will be made on the official website and Twitter.
The CG animation for "Star Wars: Resistance", which was handled by Polygon Pictures Co. Ltd. , was nominated for best in U.S. prime time television programming awards called "Primetime Emmy Awards" for two consecutive years.
"Star Wars: Resistance" takes place before the events of the movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", and it shows the setting of "Star Wars" through the "aerial's race and aerial battle", which is a new type of TV series despite it being an official history in the work.
To Polygon Picture, "Star Wars: Resistance" is the sequel to the full 3DCG TV series "Star Wars: Clone Wars" and is the latest TV series for "Star Wars" in which they handled the animation.
In the "45th Saturn Award", it has won the "Best Animated Series on Television", and it was also nominated in the "71st Primetime Emmy Awards" under "Outstanding Children's Program", making it to be nominated for two consecutive years.
Up until now, animation works produced by Polygon Pictures has won a total of 5 awards in "Daytime Emmy Awards", and also "International Emmy Awards" in the main category". This is their second nomination in the "Primetime Emmy Awards".
Regarding the futures, Polygon Pictures commented, "We want to deliver a tremendously high-quality work that is not done by others to the world" as their mission and putting efforts in developing Japan's proud animation business to the world.
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It has been announced that nominated works in competition category of the "Tokyo Anime Award Festival (hereafter: TAAF)", which could not be held in Mar. 2020, will be screened at Shin-Bungeiza in Ikebukuro on Sep. 26 and 27. At the same time, the screening schedule has been released, and tickets are on sale now.
"TAAF" is an international animation film festival that becomes independent as a developed version of the "Tokyo Anime Award", which used to be held as part of the "Tokyo International Anime Fair".
With the purposes "To develop and promote the animation culture and industry in Tokyo by discovering and supporting people who will become the next generation of animation production", and "Dispatching the appeal of Tokyo and contributing to the promotion of tourism in Tokyo", and the slogan "Make Tokyo the hub of animation", high-quality original films from around the world are being screened in Tokyo. It is aiming to have animation lovers from around the world to communicate with each other, to provide creators and viewers inspiration and excitement, and to use this excitement and inspiration to transmit a new wave of animation from Tokyo to the world. The four long animated nominated films that received nominations in competition category of "TAAF2020" are "The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands", "Fritzi - A Revolutionary Tale", "Marona's Fantastic Tale", and "The Swallows of Kabul". Each of the chosen work has completely different expression method and after the screening, the interview with each creators are scheduled to be screened.
Moreover, short animated films include diverse works such as worldwide comedies that get you a belly laugh, stories that leave you with warm feelings, thoughtful messages, and moving images. Especially nowadays, when there are so many animations made with using hybrid feel that leave a feeling of touches, such as stop motion and 3DCG, handwriting and digital.
"TAAF2020" competition section nomination works screening will be held on Sep. 26 and 27 at Shin-Bungeiza in Ikebukuro.
Also, "TAAF2021" will be held in Ikebukuro from Mar. 12 to Mar. 15, 2021.
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Morikura En, who is well known as the character designer of the virtual star Kizuna Ai, will have an exhibition event, "Morikura En Illustration Exhibition ~Kimi to Meguru Kisetsu~", at Yuurakuchou Marui, Tokyo, from January to February 2021.
Morikura En is the creator, who not only worked on the character design of Kizuna Ai but also the character draft/design of Marui's original commercial anime "Neko ga Kureta Maarui Shiawase" and participated in "Eshi 100nin-ten" as an illustrator.
In "Morikura En Illustration Exhibition ~Kimi to Meguru Kisetsu~", the girls from her past work will be reorganized based on the theme of "The Four Seasons" along with illustrations from collaborations with businesses.
There will also be goods for sale, which are designed from original visuals.
"Morikura En Illustration Exhibition ~Kimi to Meguru Kisetsu~" will be held at the event space on Yuurakucho Marui 8F from January 15 to February 1, 2021.
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"Nico Nico Chokaigi 2021", which was scheduled to be held in April 2021 as a huge "Nico Nico" event, will will not be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba and will be held instead online as "Nico Nico Net Chokaigi 2021".
At the same time, it was announced that the schedule will be changed from the original "From April 18 to April 25" to "From April 24 to May 1".
"Nico Nico Chokaigi" is an event held every year dedicated to the "fusion of the real world theand internet" that has been held since 2012
"Nico Nico Chokaigi 2020" in April 2020 was moved online for the first time due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, and in August of the same year, a summer online super conference was also held. During the eight-day session, the number of online visitors was 16.38 million in April and 17.73 million in August, and more than 100 user-initiated projects were successfully gathered.
This year, which marks the 10th anniversary of the event, "Nico Nico Chokaigi" was planned to be held in a new form to further promote the event, with the first 6 days being held online and the last 2 days being held at Makuhari Messe.
However, considering the uncertain situation with the spread of the novel coronavirus, it was announced that the event will be moved to online format as soon as possible. Dwango, the organizer, said, "Utilizing the experience of the past two times, we will proceed with preparations with related companies so that users can enjoy it as a more advanced online superconference."
"Nico Nico Net Chokaigi 2021" will be held online from April 24 to May 1. Details of the event will be announced later on the "Nico Nico Live Broadcasting" website.
[Natsuno Takeshi / President of Dwango]
The "Nico Nico Ultra Conference" has been growing as a real event since 2012, and has evolved into a stronger and more passionate event by holding it online even last year when the Corona disaster struck. With no end in sight for the new coronavirus, and with online communication becoming more and more widespread, we would like to make the most of the strength of NicoNico, which allows us to feel the warmth and enthusiasm of people, and create a super conference that is worthy of this 10th anniversary year.
Please look forward to "Nico Nico Net Chokaigi 2021", which has taken a new step.
From "Gin Tama The Semi-Final", the prequel of the movie "Gin Tama The Final", the synopsis, preceding cutscenes, and trailer of the 1st episode "Yorozuya-hen 'You should not brag without considering the consequences (provisional translation)'" have been revealed. It will be distributed from January 15 exclusively on 'dTV'.
"Gin Tama The Semi-Final" consists of two episodes, which are set in the world two years after the worst-ever decisive battle that involved the entire universe.
In the 1st episode, when Gintoki is back in Edo and runs into Shinpachi who succeeded Yorozuya, he wears a mask right away and calls himself Fundoshi Mask. Shinpachi was attacked by an unknown group led by Shachi, a prisoner manga artist that respects Gintoki as Aniki. On the other hand, Katsura, also known as Donald Zuramp and the first prime minister, was assaulted...
In "Yorozuya-hen 'You should not brag without considering the consequences (provisional translation)'", you can also enjoy the appearance of the familiar Kabuki Chou characters including Hijikata and Okita, and Kagura who has gained a secret skill to manipulate the age.
Although it is a prequel of the movie, it is full of "Gin Tama" style that never leaves jokes behind, which will let you enjoy before watching the movie.
Furthermore, the 2nd period of the collaboration between "Gin Tama The Semi-Final", "Gin Tama The Final", and Tower Records Cafe will be launched on January 8.
During the 2nd period, the original gifts and collaboration menu featuring the visuals from "Gin Tama The Semi-Final" will be offered. Inside the cafe, main visual and huge tapestry of Gintoki and other characters will be displayed. Please follow the information of it along with "Gin Tama The Semi-Final" and "Gin Tama The Final".
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The screening event of works by director Oshii Mamoru "GG Film Festival", which was scheduled for January and February 2021, has been postponed because of the current spread of the novel coronavirus infection.
The "GG Film Festival" is an event where Oshii's works that have left their mark on the history of film and anime are screened at theaters across Japan, starting with "Vlad Love", a completely new anime by general director Oshii Mamoru and director Nishimura Junji.
The works to be shown are "Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer", "Patlabor: The Movie", "Ghost in the Shell", "Human Wolf JIN-ROH", and "Vlad Love" episodes 2-4.
In addition, an interview video of Oshii Mamoru, which can only be seen at this film festival, an original program limited to the "GG Film Festival", and a storyboard of "Vlad Love" with a copy of director Oshii Mamoru and Nishimura Junji (random), original A4 clear folder and other luxurious bonuses were also announced.
Regarding the postponement of the event, "Unfortunately, due to various reasons, we have decided to postpone it due to the impact of the current spread of the novel coronavirus infection. We deeply apologize to everyone who was looking forward to the 'GG Film Festival'."
If it will be held after the postponement, the schedule will be announced on the official website of "Vlad Love".
The nominees for the feature film and short film of the "Competition Category" in the international animation film festival, "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021", were announced.
Every year, many amazing works from all over the world are sent to the Competition Category of "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021" (a.k.a. TAAF2021). This year, for the feature animations, 4 pieces of work out of the 22 (29 last year), sent from 20 countries and regions, were nominated. And for the short animations, 35 were nominated out of the 817 (1,054 last year), sent from 57 countries and regions.
The nominees for the feature animation were internationally diverse. The festival director, Takeuchi Kouji commented, "Although they are animations, they weren't all targeted at children nor were they all sci-fi works. There were also animations that took the style of a social documentary, and the numbers of these works have been increasing worldwide in the recent 5 years. Also, the production has spread out from Japan and the U.S.A. to Southern America and Asia, and their skills are improving. The 4 nominees of the feature animation competition of TAAF2021 are works that symbolize the spread of production countries."
On the other hand, young, upcoming talents lined up in the short film competition. Takeuchi said, "I was happy to see more works sent to the short animation competition than expected under the COVID-19 situations. Even better, I think the quality of each animation is growing every year. TAAF doesn't separate the works by professional and amateur. Nevertheless, the students' works are being nominated. This may be evidence of the growth of the world's animating skills. Please enjoy the works of these young talents."
Also, the first winner of the "Student Award", which was newly established in "TAAF2021", was "The Balloon Catcher" by director Kaneko Isaku from Tama Art University. The animation will be screened during the "TAAF2021".
"Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021" will be held at Ikebukuro, Tokyo, from March 12 to 15, 2021.
Check out the official website for details.
At the international animation films festival "Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 (TAAF2021)", eight people, including Studio Ghibli's producer Suzuki Toshio and director of "Mobile Suit Gundam" Tomino Yoshiyuki, will be honored in the "Anime Achievement Category."
Also, a PV of "TAAF2021", produced by Yoda Nobutaka (10GAUGE), a video director who worked on trailers such as "Your Name" and narrated by voice actor Hazama Michio, the winner of the "Achievement Category", was also released for the first time.
TAAF's "Anime Achievement Category" is the category to recognize people's accomplishments in significant contributions to the development of the anime industry and culture. It is aimed at people who have contributed to the improvement of the social status of the anime industry, such as educational activities and international exchange, as well as praising many years of achievements such as technology, expression, and human resource development at the production site.
Among the award winners for "TAAF2021" are producer Suzuki and director Tomino, author of the manga "Chibi Maruko-chan" Sakura Momoko, Koyama Takao, the scriptwriter of "Time Bokan Series" and "Dragon Ball Z", Saida Shunji, animator of "Gauche the Cellist", editor of "AKIRA" Seyama Takeshi, singer of "Attack No. 1" Izumi Kayo, narrator of "Anne of Green Gables" and voice actor of Shane Cop from "Galaxy Hero Legend", Hasama Michio.
At the venue of "TAAF 2021", an exhibition introducing eight honorees and a special program will be held.
Moreover, the PV video of "TAAF2021" was released for the first time. Continuing from last year, the PV video shows "Your name", "Mr. Osomatsu," "Weathering with You," "Jose, the Tiger and the Fish," and many other anime trailers produced by Yoda, a video director.
The international animation film festival "Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 (TAAF2021)" will be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo for four days from March 12 to March 15, 2021.
[Narration, Hazama Michio]
TAAF is a very memorable event that I have been involved in since the predecessor "Tokyo International Anime Fair" era. I am very honored to receive the award in the Anime Achievement category and to be in charge of narration for the PV. I challenged myself while remembering those days when I was producing the voice actor stage at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.
The temporal narration (by director Yoda) that was included in the video sent to me was very good, so I did my best to not lose.
Taking advantage of the idea that came out of the chat with Yoda-san, I made a slightly improved version with ad-lib. I hope that you will watch and hear this PV in various places.
[PV Director Yoda Nobutaka]
It's been a tough year, but TAAF is fine and going further! The merit department is too legendary! I heard that Hasama-san will do narration this year! I was quite nervous when I started recording, but Hasama-san is fun to work with, and it was really interesting recording sessions.
While listening to Hasama-san's voice, I remembered many masterpieces and heroes, but at that point, it was a great time to release a messed up gag. I forgot that it was work, and put tension aside.
It has been announced that nominated works in competition category of the "Tokyo Anime Award Festival (hereafter: TAAF)", which could not be held in Mar. 2020, will be screened at Shin-Bungeiza in Ikebukuro on Sep. 26 and 27. At the same time, the screening schedule has been released, and tickets are on sale now.
"TAAF" is an international animation film festival that becomes independent as a developed version of the "Tokyo Anime Award", which used to be held as part of the "Tokyo International Anime Fair".
With the purposes "To develop and promote the animation culture and industry in Tokyo by discovering and supporting people who will become the next generation of animation production", and "Dispatching the appeal of Tokyo and contributing to the promotion of tourism in Tokyo", and the slogan "Make Tokyo the hub of animation", high-quality original films from around the world are being screened in Tokyo. It is aiming to have animation lovers from around the world to communicate with each other, to provide creators and viewers inspiration and excitement, and to use this excitement and inspiration to transmit a new wave of animation from Tokyo to the world. The four long animated nominated films that received nominations in competition category of "TAAF2020" are "The Snow Queen: Mirrorlands", "Fritzi - A Revolutionary Tale", "Marona's Fantastic Tale", and "The Swallows of Kabul". Each of the chosen work has completely different expression method and after the screening, the interview with each creators are scheduled to be screened.
Moreover, short animated films include diverse works such as worldwide comedies that get you a belly laugh, stories that leave you with warm feelings, thoughtful messages, and moving images. Especially nowadays, when there are so many animations made with using hybrid feel that leave a feeling of touches, such as stop motion and 3DCG, handwriting and digital.
"TAAF2020" competition section nomination works screening will be held on Sep. 26 and 27 at Shin-Bungeiza in Ikebukuro.
Also, "TAAF2021" will be held in Ikebukuro from Mar. 12 to Mar. 15, 2021.
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【Latest update on Mar. 2: After observing the movement of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), to minimize the spread of the disease we had decided to cancel all the programs for the safety of the visitors.】
The international animation movie festival, "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2020 (TAAF2020)" is decided to be held for four days from Mar. 13 to Mar. 16, 2020 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Together with that, the applications for the "Competition Category" had started.
"TAAF" is an international movie festival that is developed and separated from the "Tokyo Anime Awards" which is a part of "Tokyo International Anime Fair".
This movie festival will showcase the high-quality and filled with originality works among the others in the world with the tagline of "Tokyo is the animation hub", purposes of "To find and train candidate that will handle the next generation animation production, and to develop and promote the culture and industry of Tokyo's animation" and also "To promote Tokyo's tourism via the spread of Tokyo's charms.".
Through the interactions among the fans of the animations in the world, it will excite and emotionally move the creators and visitors, and those two feelings will become a ration to spread the new wave of animation from Tokyo to all over the world, which is its objective.
"TAAF2020" will be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo which was the same venue since 2017. It will showcase of the nominated works of the "Competition Category", winner of the "Anime of the Year Category", and invited works from Japan and overseas, an introduction exhibition of the winner of "Anime Honor Category", a workshop of the highly evaluated "Animation Category for Children", etc.
Moreover, for the "Competition Category", the deadline for the application for the short movie and long movie is Oct. 31 and Nov. 10 respectively. The condition that the animation works must be completed after Jan. 1, 2018 is regardless of nationality and professionalism. Further details can be found in "TAAF2020" official website.
The latest original IP "Shinsengumi Chuboroku" produced by Bandai Namco Pictures with the brand-new theme of "Food X Time Travel X Shinsengumi" has started on January 12, 2021. It is a project that focuses as the light novel while having a manga and anime adaptation in the future.
"Shinsengumi Chuboroku" is a youth crowd story featuring the Shinsengumi and its members that are loved by everyone from all generations with the brand-new them of "Food X Time Travel X Shinsengumi".
The high school student Inaba Izumi possessed professional cooking abilities. After certain things happened, he traveled back in time to the Bakumatsu period and was invited to join the Shinsengumi as a chef after his cooking ability caught the attention of Hijikata, who he encountered in Kyoto.
The light novel has started on January 12 and is being published by "Yatate Bunko" managed by Sunrise. The author is SOW, known for his role as the game scenario creator of "Grimm Notes" and as the author of the light novel “Samurai X". The character design is handled by Satou Masatsugu known for his character design of "Expelled from Paradise" and "CYBORG009 CALL OF JUSTICE"
The manga adaptation of "Shinsengumi Chuboroku" will start on "Shounen Ace" April 2021 Issue (will be released on February 26) and the anime adaptation is planned. This will surely hype up the expectation toward the brand-new Shinsengumi that is depicted by Bandai Namco Pictures and famous creators.
"Nico Nico Chokaigi 2021", which was scheduled to be held in April 2021 as a huge "Nico Nico" event, will will not be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba and will be held instead online as "Nico Nico Net Chokaigi 2021".
At the same time, it was announced that the schedule will be changed from the original "From April 18 to April 25" to "From April 24 to May 1".
"Nico Nico Chokaigi" is an event held every year dedicated to the "fusion of the real world theand internet" that has been held since 2012
"Nico Nico Chokaigi 2020" in April 2020 was moved online for the first time due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, and in August of the same year, a summer online super conference was also held. During the eight-day session, the number of online visitors was 16.38 million in April and 17.73 million in August, and more than 100 user-initiated projects were successfully gathered.
This year, which marks the 10th anniversary of the event, "Nico Nico Chokaigi" was planned to be held in a new form to further promote the event, with the first 6 days being held online and the last 2 days being held at Makuhari Messe.
However, considering the uncertain situation with the spread of the novel coronavirus, it was announced that the event will be moved to online format as soon as possible. Dwango, the organizer, said, "Utilizing the experience of the past two times, we will proceed with preparations with related companies so that users can enjoy it as a more advanced online superconference."
"Nico Nico Net Chokaigi 2021" will be held online from April 24 to May 1. Details of the event will be announced later on the "Nico Nico Live Broadcasting" website.
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The "Nico Nico Ultra Conference" has been growing as a real event since 2012, and has evolved into a stronger and more passionate event by holding it online even last year when the Corona disaster struck. With no end in sight for the new coronavirus, and with online communication becoming more and more widespread, we would like to make the most of the strength of NicoNico, which allows us to feel the warmth and enthusiasm of people, and create a super conference that is worthy of this 10th anniversary year.
Please look forward to "Nico Nico Net Chokaigi 2021", which has taken a new step.
"BATEN KAITOS", an animation MV production project where A-1 Pictures, known for "Sword Art Online", "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai" and others, and Waboku, an animation writer who has produced many animation MVs and has over 100 million views, have teamed up for the first time, has been announced.
Waboku is an up-and-coming animation artist who has been active in animation MV production and illustration, and has been attracting attention for his unique worldview and sense of production that nails those who see them.
His masterpiece MVs are "Okinimesumama" and "Tokyo Ghetto" by Eve, and "Byoshin wo Kamu" by Zutto Mayonaka de Iinoni. and each video has recorded an overwhelming number of views.
In the project "-Animated Music Video Project- Waboku x A-1 Pictures 'BATEN KAITOS' + Eve" announced this time, in addition to the team of A-1 Pictures and Waboku for animation production, they will be aiming to create a new story with the cooperation of an artist Eve.
The teaser visual that was unveiled at the same time depicts a star like a sun floating in the sky and a steel frame that was built high to reach it. How will the captive girl floating in between unfold the story? Wait for the follow-up of this project shrouded in mystery.
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The nominees for the feature film and short film of the "Competition Category" in the international animation film festival, "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021", were announced.
Every year, many amazing works from all over the world are sent to the Competition Category of "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021" (a.k.a. TAAF2021). This year, for the feature animations, 4 pieces of work out of the 22 (29 last year), sent from 20 countries and regions, were nominated. And for the short animations, 35 were nominated out of the 817 (1,054 last year), sent from 57 countries and regions.
The nominees for the feature animation were internationally diverse. The festival director, Takeuchi Kouji commented, "Although they are animations, they weren't all targeted at children nor were they all sci-fi works. There were also animations that took the style of a social documentary, and the numbers of these works have been increasing worldwide in the recent 5 years. Also, the production has spread out from Japan and the U.S.A. to Southern America and Asia, and their skills are improving. The 4 nominees of the feature animation competition of TAAF2021 are works that symbolize the spread of production countries."
On the other hand, young, upcoming talents lined up in the short film competition. Takeuchi said, "I was happy to see more works sent to the short animation competition than expected under the COVID-19 situations. Even better, I think the quality of each animation is growing every year. TAAF doesn't separate the works by professional and amateur. Nevertheless, the students' works are being nominated. This may be evidence of the growth of the world's animating skills. Please enjoy the works of these young talents."
Also, the first winner of the "Student Award", which was newly established in "TAAF2021", was "The Balloon Catcher" by director Kaneko Isaku from Tama Art University. The animation will be screened during the "TAAF2021".
"Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021" will be held at Ikebukuro, Tokyo, from March 12 to 15, 2021.
Check out the official website for details.
The 2nd PV for TV anime Ahiru no Sora has been released and features the passionate plays of a freakishly tall basketball club member. Broadcasting information was released at the same time. The series will be aired on TV Tokyo’s channel 6 starting on October 2nd.
「Gundam AGEII Magnum SV ver.」 piloted by Kujo Kyoya in 『Gundam Build Divers』 gets a gunpla kit with a scale of 1/144(HG). Currently available for pre-order on Premium Bandai.
「BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!」 and its 4th tie-up with Lawson as of September the 3rd, has been revealed. The campaign is to give out a limited quantity of originals goods which will be sold on a first-come-first-serve basis
From TV anime "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind" comes blazers and pants (slacks) which can be worn together as business suits inspired by Giorno Giovanna and Bruno Bucciarati. Pre-orders are available at "Premium Bandai" until Dec. 26, 2019.
Movie “Kimetsu no Yaiba : Demon Slayer” Infinity Train arc decided to be released on 2020. The new teaser and visual has been released on the 2nd info.
"Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger VS Lupinranger VS Patranger the Movie", the newest work in the "Super Sentai VS Film Series", is scheduled to be released on Feb. 8, 2020. The newest footage andscene photos have also been revealed.
