[Art Division]
This year was epoch-making in that we received more than 1000 entries for the Art Division. Media technologies exist for conveying messages to people. Visitors will encounter a variety of art works gathered from across the world that will give them a new perspective on this idea.

Interactive art (10 pieces)/Installation (12 pieces)/Visual Image (12 pieces)/Still Image (11 pieces)/Web (8 pieces) [Total: 53 pieces of works]
» Award-winning Works
» Jury Recommended Works

[Entertainment Division]
With the advancement of technologies, works in the entertainment division are also experiencing unprecedented changes. There are opportunities to have first-hand experience of entertainment works that transcend genres and are not characterized merely by their amusement value.

Game (15 pieces)/Electric Play Equipment (3 pieces)/Character (1 piece)/Visual Image (13 pieces)/Web (10 pieces)/Electronic Musical Instrument (1 piece)/Exhibition (1piece)/Other (1piece) [Total: 45 pieces of works]
» Award-winning Works
» Jury Recommended Works

[Animation Division]
From privately produced short animations to commercially produced long animations including films for theaters and television, high-level animation works in various genres are featured. Valuable materials including storyboards and scenarios are exhibited.

Theatrical Animation (2 pieces)/TV Animation and OVA (13 pieces)/Short Animation (22 pieces) [Total: 37 pieces of works]
» Award-winning Works
» Jury Recommended Works

[Manga Division]
It is said that manga scene is now facing a major turning point. All of the selected works make us feel the depth and the large scale of manga culture. Together with an exhibition of valuable original drawings by artists, a browsing space for manga was set up where visitors were free to read and browse through award-winning works and jury-recommended works.

Story Manga (22 pieces)/Frame Manga (1 piece)/Independent Manga (7 pieces)/Web Manga (5 pieces) [Total: 35 pieces of works]
» Award-winning Works
» Jury Recommended Works

The Computer Graphics Contest for Students has become established as a stepping-stone in the field of media arts. Outstanding works selected from among 1,017 works entered into three divisions, i.e. Still Division, Animation Division, and Interactive Division will be exhibited. We hope you will visit and view the works, which were created with the ideas and passions that only students can have. The award ceremony will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Auditorium of The National Art Center, Tokyo.
[Organizer: CG-ARTS Society]

http://www.cgarts.or.jp/scg/2008/

Leading-edge technologies connected with art and entertainment and possibilities of representation have increased further. The Leading Edge Technology Showcase '09 introduces some creative approaches of researchers and artists who aim to achieve a fusion of science and culture with NEXT Dimensions as the theme.
[Organizers: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology/Japan Science and Technology Agency]

This feature reports on newly born media arts festivals that continue to grow in the world. It introduces major festivals in the US, Europe, Asia, and Oceania with projected images and panels. Introducing these worldwide festivals will help in the attempt to figure out what media arts are in Japan.