A presentation of prizes
*Prizes will be awarded in the following four categories:

<Digital Art [Interactive]>
Interactive works created on a computer.(Games, CD-ROM titles, Web Works, Installations(Kiosks), ...)
<Digital Art [Non-interactive]>
Visual works that utilize Computer graphics (includes still and motion pictures)
<Animation>
All forms of animation (Long and short form)
<Manga>
All forms of animation (Long and short form)

Exhibition of Award-winning Works
February 27 - March 2, 1999
At the New National Theater Tokyo (1-1-1 Honmachi,Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo)

Symposia

"Where is the Field of Japanese Animation Heading?"
Kunihiko Ikuhara (animation director)
Shigeru Tamura (Animation Division Grand Prize Winner)
Mitsuo Shionaga (Animation Division Grand Prize Winner)
Shinichi Suzuki (Media Arts Festival Adjudication Committee Member, Animation Director)

"Where is the Field of Japanese Manga Heading?"
Monkey Punch (manga artist)
Hiroshi Kurogane (Manga Division Grand Prize Winner)
Akihide Tanikawa (Media Arts Festival Adjudication Committee Member, Professor, Tsukuba University)

"Where is the Field of Japanese Digital Imagery Heading?"
Toshifumi Kawahara (CG Artist)
Kouji Morimoto (Digital Art [Non-Interactive] Division Grand Prize Winner)

"Where are the Japanese Media Arts Heading?"
Yasuki Hamano (associate professor, National Institute of Multi Media Education)
Shigeru Miyamoto (Digital Art [Interactive] Division Grand Prize Winner)

Seiichi Takikawa (chairman of CG-Arts Society)

Shinji Kondo (deputy commissioner for Cultural Affairs)
Hiroshi Kusuma (general manager, marketing development headquarters,Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.)
Kiyohisa Nishizaki (director, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
Akira Naeki (professor, Nagaoka University of Technology)

Yoichirou Kawaguchi (professor, The University of Tokyo)

Yoichirou Kawaguchi (professor, The University of Tokyo)
Tomohiro Ohira (professor, Research Instituteof Arts, Tokai University)

Junji Ito (art Critic)
Haruhiko Shono (CG Artist)
Yasuki Hamano (associate professor of Research and Development, National Institute of Multi Media Education)
Katsuhiko Hibino (associate professor, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
Miran Fukuda (painter)

Machiko Satonaka (manga artist)
Shinichi Suzuki (animation director)

Jun Ishiko (manga critic)
Emiko Okada (animation critic)
Hiroshi Kashiwagi (professor, Musashino Art University)
Akihide Tanikawa (professor, University of Tsukuba)
Monkey Punch (manga artist)