Japan’s New 2027 Anime Award Should Put Creators in the Spotlight, Industry Leaders Say at Tokyo Market

A new Japanese anime award planned for 2027 should put the people who make anime in the spotlight, industry leaders said at TIFFCOM, the market of the Tokyo International Film Festival. The session was moderated by Fujitsu Ryota, programming advisor for the festival’s animation section. Shimizu Akira, a director of the Association of Japanese Animations […] Panelists from A-1 Pictures, Studio Chizu and Toho said at TIFFCOM that Japan’s new anime award should put creators in the spotlight. A new Japanese anime award planned for 2027 should put the people who make anime in the spotlight, industry leaders said at TIFFCOM, the market of the Tokyo International Film Festival.

The session was moderated by Fujitsu Ryota, programming advisor for the festival’s animation section. Shimizu Akira, a director of the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA), is president and representative director of A-1 Pictures. He was joined by Studio Chizu president Saito Yuichiro, producer of “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” “Summer Wars” and “Wolf Children,” and Saito Masaya, chief manager of Toho’s animation division and planning group leader. The award’s name and outline will be revealed Nov. 2 at the closing event of Tokyo Anime Next, the festival that organized the session. Co-hosted by the AJA