Important Announcement:
The Future of the International Animation Festival in Japan - HIROSHIMA
We regret to announce that the International Animation Festival in Japan – HIROSHIMA (henceforth “Hiroshima Festival” or “the festival”), which we have held with the city of Hiroshima for 36 years beginning in 1984, came to an end after its 18th edition, which took place in August 2020.
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- →2025.5.11 update
Call for Entries: VIDEO PARTY 11 - organized by Yasuto Yura
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VIDEO PARTY 11, a video screening event organized by Yasuto Yura since 2013, is now accepting submissions. The exhibition will take place from August 1 to August 3, 2025, at FRAME in VOX, Kyoto.
VIDEO PARTY is open to the public and accepts originally created video works of up to 15 minutes in length. Basically, submissions are not subject to a selection or judging process. Works of any genre — such as drama, animation, or video art — are welcome. Since its launch, the event has shown 713 works and facilitated cultural exchange through screenings held in cities including Kyoto, Sapporo, Iwate, Tokyo, Macau, Taipei, Taichung, Shenzhen, Seoul, Busan, Richmond, and Berlin.
Opportunities to present independently created videos remain limited. VIDEO PARTY aims to provide a space where such works with various possibilities for expression can be showcased and shared.
For more details, please visit the official website.
We warmly welcome your participation, whether as a creator or as an audience member.
"Submission Guidelines for VIDEO PARTY 11"
Entry Registration: Pre-registration is required. Please complete the entry form.
Eligibility: Open to all individuals regardless of nationality, occupation, or affiliation. Students, working professionals, educators, and others are all welcome.
Length of Work: Maximum 15 minutes
Content Requirements:
Any content, technique or genre is acceptable. Any production year is also acceptable.
Only, the submitted work must be created originally by the applicant, and all copyright issues — including images, sound, and any other material used in the work — must be cleared by the applicant.
In principle, there will be no selection or review process.
Submission Fee: Free of charge.
Please note that the screening fee will not be provided.
Deadlines: Entry Registration Deadline: Saturday, May 31, 2025, Entry Form
Work & Information Submission Deadline: Sunday, July 20, 2025
(Submission instructions will be sent after registration.)
Screening Dates: August 1 (Fri) – August 3 (Sun), 2025
Venue: FRAME in VOX (Sanjo-Kawaramachi, Kyoto)
Contact: info@af-plan.com
Organizer: AF PLAN
Cooperation: SHIN-SHIKAKU / DENKI TOMBO Inc.
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- →2025.4.17 update
IKIF Special Program “Playing with Light: Animation Experiments on Materials and Techniques” will be held!
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On April 20th, a special program of animation shorts by IKIF (Tokumitsu Kifune and Sonoko Kifune) entitled “Playing with Light: Animation Experiments on Materials and Techniques” will be held at the 'Experimental Film Viewing Group’ of the Study of Analogue Media, the Japan Society of Image Arts & Sciences.
This will be a rare opportunity to see IKIF’s representative 18 films, made between 1980 and 1992, all on 8 mm or 16 mm film projection. There will also be a talk by IKIF after the screening!
Reservations are required, so please register as soon as possible using the booking form in the details below.
Please enjoy!
“Playing with Light: Animation Experiments on Materials and Techniques”
Date: Sunday April 20th 2025 Screening from 14:00
Venue: Koganei City Nakamachi Tenjinmae Community Hall
1-7-7 Nakamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo
Reservation: Please make a reservation here
Admission Fee: 1,000yen (Please pay in cash on the day.)
Schedule
13:45 Doors Open
14:00~16:30 Screening and Commentary
16:30~16:45 Intermission
16:45~17:30 Talk and Q&A Session by IKIF (Facilitator: Tomohiro Nishimura)
Program (18 works, 74 minutes in total）
"ZOOII" 3:55/ 1980/ 8mm
"Mr. M's 3333" 2:30/ 1980/ 8mm
"CIRCLE" 4:00/ 1981/ 8mm
"FACE" 3:14/ 1981/ 8mm
"REVOLVING LANTERN (1)" 2:45/ 1982/ 8mm
"OVERLAPPING IMAGE (1)" 2:38/ 1983/ 8mm
"The Complate Encyclopedia of Animation 1980-83" 5:00/ 1980-83/ 8mm
"SCRIBBLE BOARD 3" 2:36/ 1986/ 8mm
"Rotation AB" 2:10/ 1983/ 8mm
"Ran PART2 RADIANCE" 9:00/ 1982/ 16mm
"Petrifaction 1" 5:30/ 1982/ 16mm
"Camera Obscura 3" 3:00/ 1984/ 16mm
"DIM" 4:00/ 1984/ 16mm
"At the bottom of the sea" 3:00/ 1985/ 16mm
"Animandala2" 5:21/ 1986/ 16mm
"QUICK-SAND" 6:00/ 1987/ 16mm
"SIGN" 4:00/ 1990/ 16mm
"Screen Tone Music" 5:00/ 1992/ 16mm
Organizer:
Study of Analogue Media, Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences
https://www.facebook.com/analogmedia
https://twitter.com/analogmedia2022
8mm Film Koganei Kaido Project
http://shink-tank.cocolog-nifty.com/perforation/
https://twitter.com/8mmfkkp
More detais here (Japanese only)
- →2025.4.15 update
“KNYACKI! 30th Anniversary - Yuichi Ito Special Program” is now being held!
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On April 7th, 2025, Yuichi Ito’s beloved clay animation "Knyacki!" celebrated its 30th birthday.
Congratulations Yuichi!
To celebrate “Knyacki!”'s 30th anniversary, a special program of Yuichi Ito's clay animation is now being held at Stranger until Thursday, April 17 . In addition to “Knyacki!”, which has never been seen on the screen, Yuichi’s inspiring shorts are shown, including “Harbor Tale”, Ken Hirai's “Kimi wa tomodachi” music video, Shochiku's “Norabbits' Minutes” episodes 1-5, etc.
We hope you will enjoy!
KNYACKI! 30th Anniversary - Yuichi Ito Special Program
Date: April 11th (Fri) - April 17th (Thu), 2025
Time: Please refer to the screening schedule of Stranger.
Venue: Stranger
1F Kikugawa Kaikan Building, 3-7-1 Kikugawa, Sumida-ku
tel: 080-5295-0597
- April 11th (Fri) 19:00 ~ Special screening, followed by a talk by Ito,
and then from 20:30 ~ The famous "stop motion roundtable discussion”.
- April 16th (Wed) 17:05 ~ Special screening, followed by a talk by Ito.
Please make a reservation here
More details here
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→2025.3.29 update
Announcement of memorial events for Yoji KURI
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Two memorial events will be held to remember our encounter and farewell with Yoji Kuri, and we
ASIFA-JAPAN is also cooperating with the publicity, etc.
We hope that all of you will be able to attend these events.
(1) "Yoji Kuri - Hello Farewell Party"
Date and time: Monday, April 14, 2025, 11:30–20:00
Party from 17:00
Venue: art space kimura ASK?
2F Kimura Building, 3-6-5 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031
Inquiries: asku@oak.ocn.ne.jp (Representative: Kimura)
Organizer: Yoji Kuri - Hello Farewell Party Organizing Committee
More details here
(2) "Yoji Kuri - Goodpai Screening"
Date and time: Monday, April 28, 2025
doors open at 15:00, screenings at 16:00-21:00
Venue: Suginami Public Hall, Large Hall
1-23-15 Kamiogi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 167-0043
Tel: 03-3220-0401
Organizer: Yoji Kuri - Goodpai Screening Organizing Committee
Tel: 03-5761-8924
More details here
- →2025.3.17 update
This year again, "Anime A-La-Carte" will be shown in a special program organized by Kawasaki City Museum!
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On Saturday, March 22nd, a co-created animation film "Anime A-La-Carte" (directed by Hal Fukushima, 1989, 10 minutes) will be shown again in a special program organized by Kawasaki City Museum.
This work was created by 25 animators and workshop participants, based on the museum's logo, and many ASIFA-JAPAN members also participated, including Nobuhiro Aihara, Yoshimasa Akiyama, Kosei Ono, IKIF (Tokumitsu Kifune and Sonoko Kifune), Yoji Kuri, Shinichi Suzuki, Seiichi Hayashi, Masaki Fujihata, Taku Furukawa, Koji Yamamura, and Iwao Yamaki.
This year's special program focuses on film coloring techniques such as film tinting, Kodacolor, etc., and almost all of the works will be projected on film.
Other titles include "The Dull Sword" (1917, Junichi Kouchi), "Two Worlds" (1929, Yasuji Murata), “Spring Song" (1931, Noburo Ofuji), "AN EXPRESSION" (1935, Shigeji Ogino), "The Making of a Color Animation" (1937, Shigeji Ogino), “Begone Dull Care" (1949, Norman McLaren), and “The Phantom Ship" (1956, Noburo Ofuji).
Anime A La Carte! Animation and Color
Date and time: Saturday, March 22, 2025, 13:30- (doors open at 12:30)
Venue: Kawasaki City Community Center Hall (nearest station: Musashi-Kosugi Station)
Advance application: *Application period is over.
Organizer: Kawasaki City Museum
Inquiries: Kawasaki City Museum (Mail)
More details here (Japanese only)
- →2025.3.10 update
Congratulations to Masashige Hiranuma on his film "Noragurumi" receiving the YouTube Silver Creator Award!
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We are pleased to announce that “Noragurumi,” an original short animation directed by Masashige Hiranuma, has received a Silver Plaque for having over 100,000 subscribers to its YouTube channel!
Also, the number of followers on SNS has exceeded 200,000. Congratulations!
We hope you enjoy “Noragurumi”!
Masashige Hiranuma is the founder and CEO of Welz Animation Studio, and is also an accomplished novelist as well.
More details here
- →2025.2.26 update
With Yasuto Yura in charge of moving images, the experimental stage “Une Nuit Terrible” was performed !
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On Saturday, February 15th, the experimental stage “Une Nuit Terrible” was performed, and Yasuto Yura created its moving images.
“Une Nuit Terrible” was realized by experts in various fields, including filmmakers, projection mapping creators, media artists, designers, dancers, and others, from Japan and Korea. This stage was inspired by the works of Georges Méliès, both in its title and concept, and was a perfect fusion of theater, literature, art, and moving images, transforming the theater itself into a large screen to unfold a world of fantasy. It was truly 'as Méliès once created a dreamlike world with cinematic tricks'…!
This work was performed as part of the Kyoto University of the Arts - Kyoto Performing Arts Center (KPAC) - the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Performing Arts' Theater Experimental Project 2024 “Moving Image and Theater — Exploration of Multilayered Illusionary Space — Projection Mapping and Performance — Starting with Georges Méliès" (Research Representative: Keita Hayashi), and Yasuto Yura was responsible for creating moving images as a Research Collaborator.
Une Nuit Terrible
Date: Saturday, February 15th, 2025
Venue: Kyoto Art Theater - Shunjuza (Kyoto University of the Arts)
More details here (Japanese only)
- →2024.11.18 update
Exhibition “Chi Kou Raku - A Pop Reinterpretation of Confucius” produced by Hiroshi Onishi is currently being held!
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During November 1st - December 1st, the exhibition produced by Hiroshi Onishi, “Chi Kou Raku - A Pop Reinterpretation of Confucius,” is being held at THE BOX Chaowai in Beijing! In this exhibition, the concept of “Chi Kou Raku,” that Confucius had in mind more than two thousand years ago, is reinterpreted by creators of the 21st century in a pop manner. It is also an opportunity to further deepen the artistic exchange between China and Japan. There will also be an animation screening on Saturday, November 23rd. Please come and check it out!
Chi Kou Raku - A Pop Reinterpretation of Confucius
Date: November 1st (Friday) - December 1st (Sunday)
・11/1 Opening Lecture (by Hiro Sugiyama)
・11/2 Symposium (by Hiroshi Onishi and Exhibiting Artists)
・11/23 Animation screening (Works by Graduates of Kyoto University of Arts, Students of Northwestern University of China, Faculty of Kyoto University of Arts)
・12/1 Closing
Venue: THE BOX Chaowai (No. 12 Chaoyangmenwai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing)
Exhibiting Artists: 銭超凡, 張霆, 陸⼼宇, 呉周雨, 洪淳靖, 武欣悦,
賀鏝旋, 王若函, 江思雨, 兪一昶, 景燁, 頼嘉亮, 何林峯
Organizer: Chi Kou Raku Exhibition Organizing Committee
Summary: This exhibition was realized by Japanese faculty and Chinese alumnae and alumni, with a strong desire to encourage young Chinese creators who have studied in Japan.
The title of the exhibition, “Chi Kou Raku,” is derived from a phrase in Confucius' “The Analects”: The Master said, To prefer it is better than only to know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.
This phrase can be taken as an important lesson for creators in the age of AI. Most of the various voices about AI that are flying around the world come from the viewpoint of “works = products” and “creativity = business.” However, didn't we become creators because we enjoy creating something in the first place? Aren't today's creators too caught up in the logic of consumption? By enjoying to create, enjoying to gather together, and by enjoying to talk, this exhibition hopes to free contemporary creators from the spell of “consumption” that they are burdened with. We hope you will enjoy those works and symposium in which Confucius' concept of “Chi Kou Raku” from more than 2,000 years ago is reinterpreted by creators of the 21st century with a pop twist, and also the animation screening to be held as a related event.
More details here
- →2024.11.16 update
Daiki Aizawa's solo exhibition “LEMON & SUGAR” will be held!
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Daiki Aizawa's solo exhibition “LEMON & SUGAR Original Art Collection with STAEDTLER” will be held at Kobe Kitano Ijinkan! At this exhibition, Aizawa's original artworks using art supplies provided by German stationery manufacturer STAEDTLER will be shown for the first time. The second floor venue has an antique atmosphere from the late 19th century, and the original artworks will be exhibited in colorful original frames. Also, the shop on the first floor will have goods prepared exclusively for this solo exhibition. Please come and join!
Solo exhibition "LEMON & SUGAR Original Art Collection with STAEDTLER"
Date: November 16th - 24th, 2024
Time: 9:00-18:00 (last entry 17:45)
Location: Kobe Kitano Ijinkan, Rhine House
*The artist will be present at the gallery from 10:00 on all days.
2-10-24 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
tel: 078-222-3403
Organizer: HIBIYA-KADAN
Auspices: Kobe City
Support: STAEDTLER NIPPON
- →2024.10.13 update
International Animation Day (IAD) 2024 - Coming Soon!
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On October 28th, 1892, a French inventor Emile Reynaud (1844 - 1918) made the first public performance of animation at the Grevin Museum in Paris, using his own invention “Optical Theater.” Since 2002, ASIFA and its National Groups have been celebrating this historical day as “International Animation Day (IAD),” to promote and develop animation art all over the world ‘simultaneously.' Every year, about 40 countries participate in this celebration.
“IAD 2024 in Japan” will be held in Hajinosato, Kyoto, Atsugi, and Osaka. This year’s official IAD poster was created by Bill Plympton (USA, ASIFA Member), and it will be used around the world.
International Animation Day 2024
→IAD 2024 in Hajinosato
October 26th, at Nowhere Hajinosato
→IAD 2024 in KYOTO
November 14th, at Kyoto University of the Arts.
→IAD 2024 in ATSUGI
November 11th, at Kanagawa Institute of Technology.
→IAD 2024 in OSAKA
November 12th, at Osaka University of Arts.
For more details about the International Animation Day 2024
- →2024.09.23 update
Kotoko Nakamura Film Screening in Himeji
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A special screening of Kotoko Nakamura’s works will be held on Saturday, September 28th, at the Book Cafe Gallery Quiet Holiday in Himeji City.
This event will feature two programs that provide an overview of Kotoko Nakamura's career, to retrace her footsteps from the early production days and studio work to recent freelance activities, including her latest work, “The Magic Violet Rabbit” (2023).
Reservations are required, so please book as soon as possible to join!
Kotoko Nakamura Special Screening
Date: 28th September (Sat.) 2024
14:00- Program A
15:40- Program B
Venue: Book Cafe Gallery Quiet Holiday
68 Honmachi, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
(10-minute walk towards Himeji Castle from JR/Sanyo Himeji Station)
Admission Fee:
1 Program: 1,000 yen
All Programs: 1,500 yen
(Both require a one-drink order)
Organizer (Reservations & Inquiries):
“Animation Runs!” Project (Himeji Cinema Club Office)
animation.runs@gmail.com
For more details (Japanese only)
- →2024.05.20 update
Yoji KURI's solo Exhibition will be held in Kamakura!
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From May 22nd (Wed.) to June 3rd (Mon.), Yoji Kuri's solo exhibition will be held at the Kaleidoscope Galerie Vivant in Kamakura.
The exhibition is said to be a collection of various works, mainly with animal motifs, from his current painting career.
Rare self-published books, collections of works, and original goods will also be on sale.
They seem to have a wide selection of colorful goods, including handkerchiefs that are perfect for early summer.
Please come and enjoy sightseeing in Kamakura, which is also a place where cartoonist are connected!
Yoji KURI Solo Exhibition
Period: May 22nd (Wed.) - June 3rd (Mon.) 2024
Time: 11:00 - 18:00
Venue: Galerie Vivant
*Closed on May 28th(Tue.)
*Closes at 16:00 on the last day
Address: Kotobuki House 1st floor, 1-6-13 Komachi, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Contact: vivant@g-vivant.com Tel:0467-22-2351
*Kuri Kobo staff will be in the gallery at irregular intervals on the first and last days, as well as on Saturdays and Sundays.
*We will inform you about the artist's presence on our X and instagram as soon as it becomes available.
For more details (Japanese only)
- →2024.05.08 update
Yoji KURI Exhibition "The world of love and humor of Yoji KURI, who turned 96 this year" will be held.
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Yoji Kuri's first solo exhibition in 2024 will be held at the 4th floor gallery of FEELSEEN, a lifestyle shop in Higashi Ginza, Tokyo.
"Love" and "humor” have been consistent themes throughout Yoji KURI's long career, which is rooted in his childhood war experiences and his longing for his snowy country hometown. We hope you will enjoy the loving world created by Yoji's imagination, and the humorous world, with vivid colors of the sunlight, which will make you laugh and smile.
This exhibition will feature mainly on Yoji’s paintings and prints, from the 1960s to recent years. Please also enjoy his latest works of “cats" that he creates energetically at the age of over 90. Those rare self-published books and original goods will be on sale as well.
Please come and join!
Yoji KURI Exhibition
"The world of love and humor of Yoji KURI, who turned 96 this year"
Period: May 9th (Thu.) - May 19th (Sun.) 2024
Time: 12:00 - 19:00
Venue: FEELSEEN Gallery
*Closed on Mondays
*Closes at 17:00 on the last day
Contact: FEELSEEN GINZA Tel. 03-6260-6335
For more details (Japanese only)
- →2024.05.06 update
A commemorative exhibition for the 45th anniversary of IKIF and the retirement of Tokumitsu Kifune will be held.
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From May 27th (Mon) to July 3rd (Wed), an exhibition to commemorate Kifune Tokumitsu's retirement from Tokyo Zokei University will be held at three venues: Tokyo Zokei University Art Museum, ZOKEI Gallery, and CS Gallery. This exhibition will also celebrate the 45th anniversary of IKIF, the animation production unit of Tokumitsu Kifune and Sonoko Kifune (Ishida).
The exhibition will provide an overview of the wide range of activities that they have engaged over the years, including their filmmaking, workshops, education, research, and screenings. During the exhibition period, artist talks and film screenings (advance registration required) will also be held.
Please come and join!
Tokumitsu Kifune Retirement Exhibition
Focusing on the evolution of IKIF’s animation production methods over the past 45 years
-Tokyo Zokei University Art Museum
Period: May 27th (Mon) - July 3rd (Wed) 2024
Closed: Sundays, except June 9th (Sun)
-ZOKEI Gallery, 1st floor, Building 12, Tokyo Zokei University
-CS Gallery, 1st floor, Building 10, Tokyo Zokei University
Period: June 17th (Mon) - July 3rd (Wed) 2024
Closed: Sundays
[For all venues]
Opening hours: 10:00 - 16:30 (admission by 16:00)
Free admission
[Related events]
-Artist Talk
Date and time: June 20th (Thu) , 2024, at 13:30-15:00
Venue: Tokyo Zokei University Art Museum
Speakers: IKIF (Tokumitsu Kifune + Sonoko Kifune)
No advance registration required, free to attend
-IKIF Lecture and Film Show
Date and time: June 22 (Sat), 2024
Lecture 13:00-15:00, Film Show 15:00-17:00, with breaks
Venue: Tokyo Zokei University, Building 1, Room 102
Speakers: IKIF (Tokumitsu Kifune + Sonoko Kifune)
Free to attend, advance registration required
Capacity: 140 seats
For more details (Japanese only)
- →2024.2.29 update
Teppei Ikumasa’s feature animation “The Sea of Funagada” (2023, 85 min.) will be shown at the 13th Ekoda Film Festival.
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On March 6th, 8th, and 9th, Hidenobu Fukumoto, also known as Teppei Ikumasa, will have his feature animation “The Sea of Funagada” (2023, 85 min.) shown at the 13th Ekoda Film Festival. On the 8th, there will also be a talk by the director.
In the Hamadori Region of Fukushima, fishermen are called “funagada”. At the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, these brave funagadas risked their lives to protect their precious boats, placing them further out to sea. Now, after thirteen years, their new battle has begun to protect the sea of Fukushima.
What is the “sea” for fishermen…?
Searching an answer, Teppei Ikumasa, a picture-story show artist from Hiroshima has been visiting Fukushima since the nuclear accident and has created over 70 stories about the Fukushima nuclear accident. And, together with fishermen in Fukushima, he created an animation "The Sea of Funagada."
Please take a look.
Screening "The Sea of Funagada" at the 13th Ekoda Film Festival.
Date & time: March 6th (Wed), 2024, at 19:00-
March 8th (Fri) at 13:00- (a talk by Teppei Ikumasa at 14:40- )
March 9th (Sat) at 16:30-
Venue: Gallery Furuto
9-16 Sakaecho, Nerima-ku, Tokyo (diagonally in front of the main gate of the Musashi University.)
Admission Fee: Advance ticket: ¥1,000 per film
At-the-door ticket: ¥1,200 per film
University students and people with disabilities: ¥800
High school students and younger,
and evacuees from the Great East Japan Earthquake: Free.
Application: e-mail：fwge7555@nifty.com (Gallery Furuto)
tel: 03-3948-5328
Organizer: Ekoda Film Festival Organizing Committee
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- →2024.02.27 update
Nozomi Nagasaki's “The Fourth of the Narcissus Month” and Sayoko Kinoshita's “Pica Don” will be shown at the National Film Archive of Japan, within “Women Who Made Japanese Cinema [Part 2]: From the 1970s to the 1980s”!
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“Women Who Made Japanese Cinema [Part 2]: From the 1970s to the 1980s” features a total of 74 films (47 programs), ranging from fictions to documentaries, in which women filmmakers were involved in the production, mainly in the fields of directing, scriptwriting, and production. Among them, “The Fourth of the Narcissus Month” by Nozomi Nagasaki and “Pica Don” by Sayoko Kinoshita will be shown in “Program 32: Animation Works”.
Please come and join!
“Women Who Made Japanese Cinema [Part 2]: From the 1970s to the 1980s"
Date and time: February 29th, 2024 (Thursday) 12:30~, and March 5th (Tuesday) 18:30~
Venue: Nagase Memorial Theatre OZU (2nd floor), National Film Archive of Japan
Address: 3-7-6 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Access
Capacity: 310 seats (all seats reserved, tickets on sale online)
Admission fee: Adults 520 yen, etc.
For more details
- →2024.2.20 update
Takashi Fukumoto's final lecture and screening will be held at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology!
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Since the dawn of computer graphics in Japan, Takashi Fukumoto has been producing CG animation as a director and producer, working together with engineers developing those systems dedicated to CG. Many of his works produced at Toyo Links, Polygon Pictures, Links Digiworks, etc., have won awards and been selected for international film festivals in Japan and abroad. Fukumoto has always shown an exceptional talent in merging cutting-edge technology with creativity. Since 2000, he has also been active in education and research activities at Osaka University of Arts and Kanagawa Institute of Technology.
On the occasion of his retirement from the Kanagawa Institute of Technology this spring, he will give his final lecture. After the lecture, there will be a reception as well (reservation required).
Please join!
Takashi Fukumoto Final Lecture & Screening
"Challenges in the Early Days of Japanese CG: Linking Creators and Engineers"
Date & time: March 5th, 2024, at 15:00 - 16:30 (Open at: 14:30)
Venue: Kanagawa Institute of Technology Media Hall (Bldg K1, Room 1201)
1030 Shimoogino, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa Access map
Organizer: Department of Information Media, Kanagawa Institute of Technology
Contact: d-jimu@ic.kanagawa-it.ac.jp
*Reception to be held afterwards. (16:40-18:30)
To attend the reception, please apply here by February 25th.
(If you will be attending only the final lecture, no application is required.)
Venue: Cafeteria (12th floor, Bldg K1)
Admission: 4,000 yen (at the registration desk on the day)
- →2024.2.15 update
The "Animation A-La-Carte" will be screened in a special program hosted by Kawasaki City Museum!
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The very nostalgic co-created animation film "Anime A-La-Carte" (directed by Hal Fukushima, 1989, 10 min.) will be shown in a special programme organized by Kawasaki City Museum. This film was created by 25 animation filmmakers and workshop participants, based on the museum's logo. Many ASIFA-JAPAN members also participated, including Nobuhiro Aihara, Yoshimasa Akiyama, Kosei Ono, IKIF (Tokumitsu Kifune, Sonoko Kifune), Yoji Kuri, Shinichi Suzuki, Seiichi Hayashi, Masaki Fujihata, Taku Furukawa, Koji Yamamura. And, Iwao Yamaki cooperated in the production.
In addition, Emile Cole's short films (1908-1912), "The Adventures of Sho-chan,” “Will Power" (dir. Noburo Ofuji, 1931), and “Chameko no Ichinichi" (dir. Kiyoji Nishikura, 1931) will be shown as well.
Please enjoy!
"Anime A La Carte! The World of Animation with Music and Film"
Date & time: March 2nd, 2024, at 13:30 - 14:40
Venue: Nakahara Civic Center Multipurpose Hall
(3 min. walk from Musashi Kosugi Station)
Park City Musashi Kosugi Mid Sky Tower 1&2F, 3-1100-12
Shin-Maruko Higashi, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, 211-0004, Japan
Access Map
Capacity: 150 seats
Admission: Adults 600 yen, etc.
(payment at the venue on the day, cash only)
*Advance application is required via the application form (Japanese only).
Application period: Monday, Feb. 5th, 10:00 - Monday, Feb. 19th, 16:00
The application form can be accessed from Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 at 10:00.
Contact: Kawasaki City Museum, tel 044-712-2800
For more details (Japanese only)
- →2024.2.8 update
”Nishi-Maizuru Animation Day 2024,” planned and organised by Ryusuke Imai, will be held on March 3rd!
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With a research grant from Kyoto University of the Arts, Ryusuke Imai will hold an animation program at Seis x Cine Grulla, a mini-theatre in Nishi-Maizuru, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture. The program consists of excellent animation shorts by those postgraduates of the Kyoto University of the Arts, that Imai has been involved with, and was produced during 2017 - 2024. A selection of 20 films, approximately 96 minutes in total, will be shown. A talk event by those directors is also planned.
Please come and join!
“Nishi-Maizuru Animation Day 2024”
Date & time: March 3rd, 2024, at 14:00 - 16:30 (13:30 doors open.)
Venue: Seis x Cine Grulla
24-2 Takeya, Maizuru, Kyoto 624-0928
Cooperation: Seis x Cine Grulla
Supported by: Maizuru Tourism Association
Contact: TEL 0773-60-5566
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