Summary of the Festival

Organizer

Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee
[Agency for Cultural Affairs, Computer Graphic Arts Society]

Content

(1)

A presentation of prizes
Works of excellence are solicited and awarded in the following four divisions:

<Art>
Works of art employing digital technology.
(Interactive, Installation, Visual Image[including Animation], Still Image, Web Work, etc)

<Entertainment>
Works of entertainment employing digital technology.
(Game, Electronic Play Equipment, Visual Image[VFX, CM, etc], Character, Web Work, etc)

<Animation>
Animation employing traditional methods and digital technology.
(Long Animation[Movie, TV, Original Video Animation], Short Animation, etc)

<Manga>
Manga works.
(Story Manga, Frame Manga[Four-frames, Panel Cartoon, etc], On-line Manga, Independent Manga, etc)
(2)

The Awards Ceremony
February 23, 2006 at The Westin Tokyo (inside of YEBISU GARDEN PLACE)

(3)

Exhibition of Award-winning Works
Febrary 24 - March 5, 2006 at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
(4)

Symposia
Symposia will be held featuring leading talents in the media arts field and the Grand Prize winners.

Executive Committee

Chairman : KAWAI Hayao (Commissioner for Cultural Affairs)
Operating committee : NAGATA Keiji (Chairman, Computer Graphic Arts Society)
Operating committee : HAMANO Yasuki (Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School)

Jury Members

<Art Division>
Head of the Jury :

KUSAHARA Machiko (Professor, Waseda University)

ASABA Katsumi (Art director)
TOSA Nobumichi (Maywa Denki)
NAKAYA Hide (NHK commentator)
YANOBE Kenji (Artist)
<Entertainment Division>
Head of the Jury :

NAKAJIMA Shinya (Director of TV Commercials)

ISHIHARA Tsunekazu (Video Game Producer)
SAITO Yutaka (Video Game Designer)
SUZUKI Yu (Video Game Producer)
MIYAZAKI Mitsuhiro (Art Director)
<Animation Division>
Head of the Jury :

TOMINO Yoshiyuki (Animation Director)

KATAYAMA Masahiro (Professor,Tama Art University)
KAMIMURA Sachiko (Art Director)
TERAI Hironori (Creative Director)
HOSODA Mamoru (Animation Director)
<Manga Division>
Head of the Jury :

SATONAKA Machiko (Manga Artist)

KIMURA Tadao (President of Nippon Manga Gakuin)
KUROGANE Hiroshi (Manga Artist)
TAKEMIYA Keiko (Manga Artist)
Monkey Punch (Manga Artist)