calls for unique animation works with high potential and strong messages, both feature and short animation, from all over the world. Its aim is to screen high-quality animation works superior in originality, provide opportunities to inspire audience as well as creators, cultivate new talents, and contribute to the development and promotion of animation cultures and industry.
There are two categories:
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Feature Animation Film(
60 mins long or over)
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Short Animation Film(
shorter than 30 mins)
If the work contains dialogues in any language other than
Japanese, please submit your film with
Englishsubtitles and an
Englishtime-coded dialogue list. The copyright of the work submitted belongs to each applicant.
There is no entry fee.
Eligibility
Open to any animated film
(regardless of country of origin, and whether it is professional, amateur or student work)completed on, or after,
January 1, 2019.
Prize
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Grand Prize: cash award of 500,000 Yen
(approx. 4,670 USD)•
Award of Excellence: cash award of 100,000 Yen
(approx. 935 USD)Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 will take place from March 12-15, 2021 in Tokyo.