AnimeJapan 2021" to be held online! All 33 programs on the AJ Stage and all 21 programs in the AJ Studio will be shown at once!

Anime Japan has released the full programs of its paid channels, "AJ Stage" and "AJ Studio," which will be available for viewing on the day of AnimeJapan 2021, the world's largest anime event to be held online from March 27 (Sat) to 28 (Sun), 2021 (Japan time).

AnimeJapan 2021," one of the world's largest anime events scheduled to be held from March 27 (Sat.) to 30 (Tue.), 2021, has been cancelled due to the current situation of new coronavirus infection and the state of emergency declared by the government on January 7 (Thu.), and as a result, the health and safety of all visitors and related parties have been considered. As a result, it has been decided that the real event will be cancelled and the online-only event will be held.

⇒ AnimeJapan 2021" will be held online again, with Takanori Nishikawa as the official ambassador! A live broadcast will be held on February 18 (Thu.)!

The full program of "AJ Stage" and "AJ Studio," paid channels that will be available for viewing on the day of the event, has been announced.

AJ Stage will offer a total of 33 programs over two days, and AJ Studio will offer 21 programs over two days, for a total of 54 programs. Both days will be available for 24-hour archived viewing, so you can enjoy AnimeJapan all day long.

In addition, a group visual featuring illustrations drawn in connection with the AnimeJapan 2021 theme of "Tsunagu (∞)" was also unveiled. The newly-drawn group visual featuring popular anime characters is a valuable piece of work that could only be realized at AnimeJapan. At AnimeJapan, goods using these illustrations will be on sale online.

Ticket Information

AnimeJapan 2021 Online Viewing Ticket
Tickets will be on sale from March 1 (Mon.), 2021 at 13:00!

Ticket for March 27 (Saturday): 3,800 yen (tax included)
Available from March 27 (Sat) 9:00 to March 28 (Sun) 23:59 (Japan time)

March 28 (Sun.) Ticket 3,800 yen (tax included)
Available from March 28 (Sun.) 9:00 to March 29 (Mon.) 23:59 (Japan time)

2-Day Ticket 7,300 yen (tax included)
*Available time: for
　For March 27 (Sat): From March 27 (Sat) 9:00 to March 28 (Sun) 23:59 (Japan time)
　March 28 (Sun.): From 9:00 Japan time on March 28 (Sun.) to 23:59 Japan time on March 29 (Mon.)

AJ Stage Streaming Information

March 27 (Saturday)
*All programs can be viewed with a ticket on March 27 (Sat.).
*All programs will be archived from 20:00 Japan time on March 27 (Sat) to 23:59 Japan time on March 28 (Sun).
*Honorifics are omitted.

Infinity RED STAGE
Time / Stage Title / Performers
AnimeJapan 2021 Mega Stage! AnimeJapan 2021 Mega-Popular Stage!
11:15-11:50 / Uematsu Noriyasu x A-1 Pictures x Aniplex New Project Presentation / Shoya Chiba, Makoto Furukawa, Hiroki Nanami, Shun Horie, Takuma Nagatsuka, Shogo Yano, Toshiki Masuda, Shota Aoi
12:45-13:20 / TV animation "A Spider, What is it? I definitely want to live through it already! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Special Stage / Aoi Yuuki, Shun Horie, Eri Kitamura, Nariko Azuki, Konomi Suzuki
14:15-14:50 / TV Animation "SK∞ SK8" AJ Special Stage / Yu Hatanaka, Chiaki Kobayashi, Rude-α
15:45-16:20 / TV Animation & Live Action "YAKUNARA Mug Mug too" Just before the broadcast in April! Special Stage! / Mimi Tanaka, Yu Serizawa, Yuki Wakai, Rina Honzumi

Connect GREEN STAGE
Time/Stage title/Performers
9:00-9:35 / Just before the broadcast! The "It's too weird to call it love" stage / Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Yurie Kosakai
10:30-11:05 / "Godzilla S.P. <Singular Point>" Special Stage / Yume Miyamoto, Shoya Ishige, Misaki Kuno, Yohei Azaue
12:00-12:35 / "Higurashi When They Cry" AnimeJapan Special Stage / Soichiro Hoshi, Mai Nakahara, Satsuki Yukino, Mika Kanai
13:30-14:05 / "86 - Eighty-Six" Pre-broadcast Special Stage / Shoya Chiba, Ikumi Hasegawa
15:00-15:35 / "SWORD ART ONLINE THE MOVIE - Progressive - Aria on a Starless Night" Special Stage / Tadashi Matsuoka, Reki Kawahara, abec, MC: Naoki Yoshida (Nippon Broadcasting System)
16:30-17:05 / "Demon Slayer" Anime Stage / Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kito, Hiro Shimono, Sadayoshi Matsuoka

Everlasting BLUE STAGE
Time/Stage Title/Performers
9:00-9:35 / TV Animation "The Strongest Sage of Disqualification" with GA Bunko Stage / Nina Tamaki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Haruka Shiraishi, Shiori Izawa
10:30-11:05 / TV-Anime "The Magician" Stage / Ryohei Kimura, Shinnosuke Tachibana, etc.
13:30-14:05 / New anime presentation by GAGA Bunko / Koki Uchiyama, Satoshi Hino, Mikako Komatsu, Hina Kino
15:00-15:35 / "Tensei Tareta Slyumu Datta Koto" Special Stage / coming soon
16:30-17:05 / We will do the third season! Furusato tax-paying anime "Jyakamichan Dropkick X" stage.

March 28 (Sun)]
*All programs can be viewed with a March 28 (Sun.) ticket.
*Archived distribution from March 28(Sun.) 18:00 to March 29(Sun.) 23:59.
*Honorifics

Infinity RED STAGE
Time / Stage Title / Performers
9:45-10:20 / "BLUE REFLECTION" Project Special Stage / Mainaka Ishimi, Haruka Sensuga, EXiNA, Mel Kishida
11:15-11:50 / TV anime "Kiratto Pri☆Chan" talk & mini live! (Koko Hayashi, Yuka Morishima, Nanami Atsugi)
12:45-13:20 / TV Animation "Honor Student of Magical High School" AJ Special Stage / Yuichi Nakamura, Saori Hayami
14:15-14:50 / TV Animation "Matron of Goddess Dormitory. AnimeJapan Special Stage / Misuzu Yamada, Ayaka Nanase, etc.
15:45-16:20 / TV Animation "HORIMIYA" AnimeJapan Special Stage / Koki Uchiyama, Seiichiro Yamashita, Yurie Kosakai, Nobuhiko Okamoto, M・A・O, Reina Kondo, MC: Yuuki Iwai（Haraichi)

Connect GREEN STAGE
Time/Stage Title/Performers
9:00-9:35 / TV Animation "Seven Knights Revolution - Successor of Heroes" Special Stage / Daiki Yamashita, Hibiki Yamamura, Yuichiro Umehara, Aimi Numakura
10:30-11:05 / TV Animation "Back Alley" Special Stage / Hiroki Kaji, Aya Suzaki, Arie Ozawa, Tomokazu Sugita, etc.
12:00-12:35 / DEEMO THE MOVIE / Ayana Taketatsu, etc.
13:30-14:05 / "My Hero Academia" TV anime 5th season PLUS ULTRA Stage / Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuki Kaji, Wataru Hatano, Kohei Amasaki
15:00-15:35 / "Jujutsu Kaisen" Special Stage / Junya Enoki, Yuma Uchida, Masami Seto, Yuichi Nakamura
16:30-17:05 / Original TV animation "Zombieland Saga Revenge" pre-broadcast event "Well, AJ's zombies... /Franchouche (Kaede Hondo, Asami Tano, Risa Taneda, Maki Kawase, Rika Korikawa, Mimi Tanaka), etc.

Everlasting BLUE STAGE
Time/Stage Title/Performers
9:00-9:35 / "World Trigger" 2nd Season Special Stage / Satoshi Muranaka, Yuki Kaji
10:30-11:05 / "Dr. Stone" 2nd season final episode broadcast commemoration! STONE WARS" by the cast of "Science Kingdom"／Yusuke Kobayashi, Gen Sato, Kengo Kawanishi
12:00-12:35 / "Unemployment Reincarnation: Isekai de Igarashi de Honkidasu" AJ de Honkidasu Stage / Yumi Uchiyama, Tomokazu Sugita, Yoshimi Obara, Ai Chino
13:30-14:05 / Original TV animation "SELECTION PROJECT" Special Stage -Please cheer for me!
15:00-15:35 / "Dragon Quest Dai no Daiboken" AnimeJapan Special Stage / Atsumi Tanezaki, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Saori Hayami, Yuki Kaji, Tomoaki Maeno
16:30-17:05 / TV Animation "Shinkage no Kyojin" The Final Season Special Stage / Yuki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Hiroshi Kamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Hanae, Ayane Sakura

Saturday, March 27
*All programs can be viewed with a March 27 (Sat) ticket.
*An archived streaming will be available from 20:00 on March 27 (Sat.) to 23:59 on March 28 (Sun.).

AJ Studio
Time/Stage Title/Performers
9:00-9:35 / The 4th Manga Ranking that you would like to see made into animation / to be announced at a later date
9:45-10:20/ANIPLEX STATION Vol.1/Stellar cast, Aniplex employees, etc.
10:30-11:05／Original TV animation "Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-" Special Talk／Staff, etc.
11:15-11:50 / "Kumada Akane's Kumanaku Sokutai! Special Stage / Akane Kumada
12:30-13:05 / "NOMAD Megarobox 2 SP just before the broadcast" / Yoshimasa Hosoya, Hiroki Yasumoto, Michiyo Murase, etc.
13:15-13:50 / [Cosplayers World] Teaching Cosplay Techniques! Makeup, modeling, and photography by "Sword Art Online" / MC: Chihiro Chito (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of COSPLAY MODE), and several other cosplayers
14:00-14:35 / PLAORE! Anime Japan 2021 Special Program / Riho Masuda, Rimi Hongo, Mayu Sagara, Saika Kitamori, Asuka Shioiri, Yurika Moriyama, Yoshinoh Aoyama
14:45-15:20 / Production Works Channel [Pre-production] Scripts that create the framework of the work - from "Words spring up like cider" / Kyouhei Ishiguro (Director, Screenplay, Director), Dai Sato (Screenplay), Moderator: Ryota Fujitsu
15:30-16:05 / Love Live! Superstar! Liella! Live Broadcast - Hello from AnimeJapan! ~/Sayuri Date, Liyuu, Nako Misaki, Naomi Peyton, Nagisa Aoyama
16:15-16:50 / "Sakiu Ars Notoria" Magic Academy Broadcasting Club (tentative) / Eriko Matsui, Miharu Hanai, Mimyu Tomita, etc.

March 28 (Sun.)
*All programs can be viewed with a March 28 (Sun.) ticket.
*All programs will be archived from 18:00 on March 28 (Sun.) to 23:59 on March 29 (Sun.).

AJ Studio
Time/Stage Title/Performers
9:00-9:35/ANIPLEX STATION Vol.2/Stellar cast, Aniplex employees, etc.
9:45-10:20 / Introduction of Anime Guild 2021 distribution contents / Fuji Television announcer, etc.
10:30-11:05 / "Hataraku Cell Hour" - White Blood Cell Station / Tomoaki Maeno, Yoko Hikasa
11:15-11:50 / "Cheer Ball Club! All School Cheering TV/Kobe Mitsuho, Katahira Mina, Furukawa Maona, Ami Aimoto
12:30-13:05 / Production Works Channel [Post-production] Sound that brings life to the work - from "Half Demon Princess Yasha" / Yasushi Nakura (Sound Director, Sound Recording), Sara Matsumoto (Voice Actor), Toshikazu Naka (Producer), Moderator: Ryota Fujitsu
13:15-13:50 / "Natsume's Book of Friends: Ishi Wakeki and the Mysterious Visitor" AJ Special Talk / Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue
14:00-14:35 / Production Works Channel [Production] The Power of the Staff Who Create the Images - from "Mobile Suit Gundam: Senko no Hathaway" / Hidekazu Hara (Director), Akintaro Waki (Director of Photography), Narumi Iwashita (Production Desk), Moderator: Ryota Fujitsu
14:45-15:20 / "Miraculous Ladybug & Chanoir" AnimeJapan 2021 Special Talk / Karin Nanami, Ryota Osaka
15:30-16:05 / [Cosplayers World] Teaching Cosplay Techniques! Wig set and posing by "Detective Conan" / MC: Chihiro Chito (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of COSPLAY MODE) and several other cosplayers
16:20-16:50 / ANIPLEX STATION Vol.3 / Cast, Aniplex employees, etc.
16:50-17:20 / "We still don't know the name of the flower we saw that day. 10th Special Talk / Ai Chino

Events that can be enjoyed online as well

Production Works Channel

The theme of the event is "Let's admire the creation of animation. The theme of the program is "Aspiring to Create Animation", and the production process of animation is divided into three major stages, which are explained in three programs.

(1) [Pre-production
The preparation stage before actually starting production is titled "The Script that Creates the Skeleton of the Work," and explains how the script for the film "Words Rise Like Cider" was created.

(2) [Production
Explains the process of what elements are piled up in an animation production studio to create an image, using the movie "Mobile Suit Gundam: Senko no Hathaway" as a theme, under the title of "The Power of the Staff that Creates the Image.

(3) [Post-production
The process of sound production for the TV animation "Hanyou no Yashahime" is explained under the title of "Sound that breathes life into a work of art.

■Cosplayers' World

With the theme of "How to Cosplay", the program was produced with the cooperation of "COSPLAY MODE", a magazine specializing in cosplay.
The program is full of useful cosplay tips for everyone from those who just want to try cosplaying to advanced cosplayers. In addition, two works, "Sword Art Online" and "Detective Conan," will be the subjects of the program, with costumes provided by ACOS.

Manga Ranking of Manga to be made into Anime

Every year on the official website, fans are asked to vote for the manga works they would like to see made into anime, and the results are announced in a ranking. This year, the results will be announced on the program in AJ Studio.

Voting period: Thursday, February 18 - Sunday, February 28

Event Information

AnimeJapan 2021

Venue: online #.

Dates:
Public Days: March 27 (Sat.) & 28 (Sun.), 2021
Business Days: Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Details:
Public: Exhibitor Introductions / AJ Stage / AJ Studio / Exhibitor Stages / Merchandise Sales, etc.
Business: Exhibitor introductions, business meetings, seminars, etc.

Admission ticket:
March 27 (Sat.) Ticket: 3,800 yen (tax included)
Available from March 27 (Sat) 9:00 to March 28 (Sun) 23:59 (Japan time)

March 28 (Sun.) Ticket 3,800 yen (tax included)
*Available from March 28 (Sun.) 9:00 to March 29 (Mon.) 23:59 (Japan time)

2-Day Ticket 7,300 yen (tax included)
*Available time:
For March 27 (Saturday): From March 27 (Saturday) 9:00 to March 28 (Sunday) 23:59 (Japan time)
For March 28 (Sun.): From March 28 (Sun.) 9:00 to March 29 (Mon.) 23:59 (Japan time)

Organizer: General Incorporated Association Anime Japan
Supported by: Fate/Grand Order / TOHO animation / Stagecrowd / dAnime Store
Supported by: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / Association of Japanese Animations / Comic Publishers Association

Secretariat: AnimeJapan Management Office [Sony Music Solutions Inc.]