JUDGE

JUDGES IN CHIEF

KENTARO TAKEKUMA

KENTARO TAKEKUMA

Editor in chif in "Denno MAVO"/Tama Art University Part time Lecturer
Born in Tokyo in 1960. Author of "Freelance 40sai no kabe"(2018)
"Beraboo na hitobito"(2007)
"Super Mario Adventures"(1993)
"Me and Armageddon" (1995)
"Even A Monky Can Drow Manga"/with Koji Aihara (1989-92) and others.
The main genre of activity is the subculture area centered on manga and animation.

GUEST

KOJI MORIMOTO

KOJI MORIMOTO

Born December 26, 1959 in Wakayama Prefecture. Supervisor and founder of Creative Team phyΦ. He is best known for his works, MAGNETIC ROSE from anime trilogy MEMORIES, EXTRA (music video), Animatrix, and Dimension Bomb. He received the Cannes Cyber Lions Silver for an interactive anti-smoking campaign ad in France. (2011) A Better Tomorrow, his collaboration work for LEXUS SHORT FILMS world-premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. The same year, he directed the opening animation for omnibus SHORT PEACE and also took on script and direction of theater piece Sheepman012. The teaser for Japanese post-rock band MONO's 2014 release is his latest animation work.

JUDGES

NOBUYUKI TSUGATA

NOBUYUKI TSUGATA

Animation historian. Born in 1968, Hyogo prefecture. Graduate of the Kindai University Department of Agriculture.
Recent work is " Nihon Anime Shi (History of Japanese Animation)" (CHUOKORON-SHINSHA).

JUN AOKI

JUN AOKI

Animation director
"POP TEAM EPIC"(2018)
"My Roomie Is a Dino"(2020)
"Ore,Tsushima"(2021)
"On Air Dekinai!"(2022)

MAKOTO NAKAMURA

MAKOTO NAKAMURA

Makoto Nakamura was born in Saitama, Japan, in 1970. Screenwriter and animated film director. He has written, directed, produced, and designed graphics for animation and radio dramas. He has been directing stop-motion animated films since 2010. His representative works include "Cheburashka" (2010), "Chieri and Cherry" (2015), and "20000907" (2020). He is currently working on a new project.

KEIKO SHIRAISHI

KEIKO SHIRAISHI

Animation director
「Animation director. Born in Tokyo in 1985.
Graduated of Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation in 2012. After working at SUNRISE Inc., she worked as a freelance director.
Also directed many anime series, such as opening and ending animations for the animation series “Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun“, ”Kengan Ashura ”, “After School Dice Club”, “Asobi Asobase”, “Tiny little life in the woods“, ”as the moon, so beautiful.”, “Scum’s Wish”, “Danganronpa 3” ,“Assassination Classroom”, ” Digimon Adventure tri.,” “Game of Laplace” and “Humanity has Declined.”
Directed “Hibi (Days)” animation for NHK’s "Minna no Uta" and the “My balsam grandpa” animation for NHK’s "Letters from Hibakusya".
Created an animation part of Film “37 Seconds”.

STUDIOS

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