Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2022" PV is released! Special interview videos of famous animators and scriptwriters are available!

A special video containing a PV from "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2022" and interviews with TAAF2020/2021 award winners in the animation merit category has been released.

⇒ The report of the award ceremony of " Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2021" has arrived! The Best Theatrical Film Award went to "Violet Evergarden

The international animation film festival "Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2022 (TAAF2022)" will be held in Ikebukuro for four days from March 11 (Fri.) to March 14 (Mon.), 2022.

TAAF2022's music videos will include "Kimi no na wa. The PV images for TAAF2022 will be created by Nobutaka Yoda (10GAUGE), a visual director who has created trailers for many animated films, including "Kimi no na wa.
The PV is a spectacular film that generously incorporates in its short film a wide range of works from the previous TAAF2021, as well as the main visuals for TAAF2022.

The narration is by popular voice actor Wataru Hatano, as in the "TAAF Online 'Animation of the Year Category' Special Interview Video!
The 15-second version is bright and powerful, while the 30-second version has a stern and glamorous voiceover.

PV (30-second version)

The 15-second version is here:

Special interview video "The People Who Launched the Cornerstone of Animation" is available exclusively on TAAF Online!

TAAF's "Animation Achievement Section" annually honors those who have made significant contributions to the development of the animation industry and culture.

This year, we interviewed the TAAF 2020/2021 honorees and produced a special video to let you know what they have done and what they have done for the Japanese animation industry in the past. It will be available exclusively on "TAAF Online" from today, November 17 (Wed.) to March 31, 2022 (Thu.).

To view the video, please visit TAAF's official website.
*TAAF Online registration (free of charge) is required.
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<Honorees to be introduced
■Kosei Koyama (Screenwriter)
TAAF2021 Animation Merit Award Recipients
Koyama has worked in a wide range of genres from gag to action, including "Time Bokan Series: Reversed Yippatu Man" and "DRAGON BALL Z." He has also been involved in the development of scenario writers. He has also devoted himself to the development of scenario writers and has produced many famous scriptwriters.

Kazuko Nakamura (Animator)
TAAF2020 Animation Merit Award Recipient
She is a female animator who has been active since the early days of Toei Animation and Mushi Productions, supporting both companies' works such as "Hakubenden" and "The Knight of the Ribbon".

Hisao Shirai, Director of Photography
TAAF2020 Animation Merit Award Recipient
Hisao Shirai is a cinematographer who has worked on many masterpieces of TV and theatrical animation, responding precisely to the needs of directors with his careful work and ingenuity.

Seiki Corporation (former Seiki Corporation)
TAAF2020 Animation Merit Award Recipient
A manufacturer of equipment that has supported the filming and production sites of companies in the animation industry for many years.
Mr. Takamazo Saito was interviewed on behalf of the former Seiki Corporation.

■Kayo Ishu (Studio Singer)
TAAF2021 Animation Merit Award Recipient
Kayo Iju is one of Japan's leading session vocalists who enriched animation with her enchanting voice in such films as "Attack No.1," "Heidi, Girl of the Alps," and "The Galaxy Express 999.

▼ Festival Director Koji Takeuchi comments
In FY2020, there were about 450 new Japanese animation productions alone, and more than 300 TV productions.
The number has increased more than 40 times in the past 60 years since 1963, when it started with 7 TV productions. Japan is now a major producer of animation and at the same time an unparalleled consumer of animation in the world. And every year, it produces animation that is a hit not only domestically, but also internationally.
The current boom in Japanese animation is due in no small part to the work of the "Animation Merit" honorees, who have laid the foundation for this boom.
In this special video, we thank the honorees and trace their achievements as pioneers. We hope you will enjoy this valuable video, as we believe there are many things we can learn from it for the further development of animation.
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TAAF2022 Information

Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2022

Dates: Friday, March 11 - Monday, March 14, 2022
Venue: Ikebukuro, Tokyo
Organizers: Tokyo Anime Awards Festival Executive Committee, The Association of Japanese Animations
Co-organized by: Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Secretariat: Tokyo Anime Award Festival Executive Committee Office (in Japan Association of Animation Arts)
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The Tokyo Animation Awards Festival (TAAF), which will be held for the ninth time in 2022, is an international animation film festival that is an independent and developed version of the Tokyo Animation Awards, which had been held as part of the Tokyo International Anime Fair since 2002.
TAAF aims to "develop and promote Tokyo's animation culture and industry by discovering and fostering the next generation of animation professionals," and to "promote Tokyo's attractions and contribute to the promotion of tourism in Tokyo. Tokyo will screen works from around the world that are rich in high quality and originality.
The goal of the festival is to interact with animation lovers around the world, to provide inspiration and excitement to creators and audiences, and to transmit a new wave of animation from Tokyo to the rest of the world by feeding off such inspiration and excitement.

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