Japan Animation Association changes the name of the project "Human Resource Development Project for Young Animators, etc." commissioned by the Agency for Cultural Affairs!　From "Anime Mirai" to "Anime Tamago

The Japan Animation Association announced the name change of the "Human Resource Development Project for Young Animators," a project commissioned by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

This project has been implemented since 2011 with the aim of promoting Japanese animation and fostering young animators who will lead the future, thereby improving and developing Japan's animation creativity. In the first year, the project was held as "Project A" and since then as "Anime Mirai," but in the 2015 fiscal year, it will change to a new name, "Anime Tamago," to reach the next stage. The association says, "The soft lettering and sound of the word 'egg' conjures up the image of a new life that will eventually break through the shell and be born. Since it is easily cracked, it also carries the connotation of a project that the entire industry will warmly nurture until it hatches. Alternatively, the circular shape of the design may suggest a sense of 'harmony'." He commented.

Each year, the four selected organizations in the project have conducted effective on-the-job training for young animators and produced one original 24-minute short animation, which is equivalent to one episode of a TV series. A total of four works have been shown at the Tokyo Anime Awards Festival and other events. The following organizations and works have been selected for "Anime Tamago 2016".

The following organizations and works have been selected for "Anime Tamago 2016," a project commissioned by the Agency for Cultural Affairs to nurture young animators and other human resources in fiscal year 2015.

Company name: Signal M.D. Inc.
Title: Colorful Ninja Iromaki (tentative)
Director: Kentaro Kobayashi
Producer: Keiki Sakurai

Company Name: Studio Yondoshii Inc.
Title: UTOPA (Tentative)
Director: Takahiro Tanaka
Producer: Tomoko Ogihara

Company Name: Tezuka Productions Co.
Title: Fusuma no Eishi (Tentative)
Director: Fumihiro Yoshimura
Producer: Yoshihiro Shimizu / Production Producer: Hiroshi Osawa

Company Name: Takeemon Co.
Title: Kaze no Matasaburo (Tentative)
Director: Hiroki Yamada
Producer : Kiyohiko Takayama

Selection Evaluation Committee
Keisuke Iwata President and Representative Director, A.T.X. Corporation
Mitsuko Okamoto Professor, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts
Hiroshi KAMISHINA Representative Director, Animation Director, Studio Live Inc.
Gisaburo Sugii Animation Director
Michihiko Suwa Executive Producer, Animation Department, Tokyo Branch, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Ryosuke Takahashi Animation Director Professor, Department of Character Design, Faculty of Art, Osaka University of Arts
Toshiya Matsushita General Manager, Film Division, First Production Department, Tokuma Shoten Co.
Hiroo Maruyama Deputy General Manager, TV Programming Department, Tokyo Branch Office, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.