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 or digital technology.
(Long Animation, Original Video Animation[OVA], Short Animation, etc)

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

One Grand Prize, four Excellence Prizes and one Encouragement Prize are awarded in each division.

Grand Prize:

Certificate (Minister of Education, Science, Sports, Culture Prize), trophy, 600,000 yen prize money

Excellence Prize:

Certificate (Minister of Education, Science, Sports, Culture Prize), trophy, 300,000 yen prize money

Encouragement Prize:

Certificate (Minister of Education, Science, Sports, Culture Prize), trophy, 150,000 yen prize money

*For those who have made a distinguished contribution to the Japan Media Arts Festival, the Achievement Prize will be awarded by the contribution of the Jury Committee.

The Awards Ceremony
February 5th (Tue.), 2008 at Tokyo Midtown Hall

Exhibition of Award-winning Works
The National Art Center, Tokyo
(From Wednesday, Feb. 6th to Sunday, Feb 17th, 2008)
Display and screening of about 170 Award-winning works and other outstanding media works submitted to the competition, selected from total of 2,091 works from 43 countries and regions.

Symposia

- Award-winners Symposia

Symposia will be held featuring the Award-winners and critiques in each division.

- Theme Symposia

Symposia attended by artists, educators and academics related to media arts.

HARADA Daizaburo (Professor, Tama Art University)

SATOH Taku (Graphic Designer)
HASEGAWA Yuko (Curator)
HARASHIMA Hiroshi (Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School)
YANOBE Kenji (Artist)

MIZUGUCHI Tetsuya (Producer)

KAWAZU Akitoshi (Game Designer)
TANAKA Hideyuki (Art Director)
FUKUI Shinzo (Creative Director)
MASUYAMA Hiroshi (Contents Producer)

SUZUKI Shinichi (Animation Director)

IKUHARA Kunihiko (Animation Director)
KIFUNE Sonoko (Animation Artsist)
NOMURA Tatsutoshi (Animation Artsist)
YANAI Michihiko (Creative Director)

Monkey Punch (Manga Artist)

Shiriagari Kotobuki (Manga Artist)
CHIBA Tetsuya (Manga Artist)
FUJIMOTO Yukari (Manga Critic)
WATANABE Masako (Manga Artist)