The Japan Media Arts Festival has been an annual event since 1997. Its aim is to promote the creation and development of media arts. The Festival highlights creative works of art, entertainment, animation, and manga. At the same time, it also presents a broad range of creative activities.
[Agency for Cultural Affairs, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Computer Graphic Arts Society]

[ Works Submitted ]

• Art Division: 1,169 works
• Entertainment Division: 622 works
• Animation Division: 473 works
• Manga Division: 328 works

Total: 2,592 works

[ Overseas Entries ]

673 works from 53 nations and regions,

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland (UK), Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, USA, and Venezuela(alphabetical order)

[ Works Submitted ]

• Art Division: 1,020 works
• Entertainment Division: 390 works
• Animation Division: 346 works
• Manga Division: 390 works

Total: 2,146 works

[ Overseas Entries ]

512 works from 43 nations and regions,

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech, Denmark, Dominican, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA and Venezuela(alphabetical order)

[ The Number of Visitors ]

55,234 visitors from Thursday, February 3th to Sunday, February 15th, 2009