What is the Kyoto International Creators Award
“Digital Anime Contest”?
The Kyoto International Creators Award is an international contest designed for aspiring creators of manga, anime, etc. to debut their works at Kyoto, Japan. There are two "Open Theme" contests, the Comic Contest and the Animation Contest.
Please submit your best work!
Prize
Grand Prize(1 winner)
100,000 JPY + invitation to the award ceremony
Excellence Award(1 winner)
50,000 JPY + invitation to the award ceremony
Finalist(3 winners)
10,000 JPY
Special Jury Award
(for one or more works that did not win a prize, but have a distinctive art style that caught the jury's eye)
*Winners will be selected among all entries, including those submitted through the Comic Contest.
10,000 JPY + invitation to the award ceremony
Comic Contest Entries Due August 31, 2024
The winners will be invited to Kyoto!
*Invitations are open to those residing in Japan only.
The results will be announced in October, and the winners of the Grand Prize, the Excellence Award, and the Special Jury Award will be invited to the award ceremony in Kyoto in November!
The organizer will cover round-trip transportation expenses and accommodation fees (for one person per prize)!
For winners living overseas, we will send traditional souvenirs from Kyoto as a replacement for the invitation to the award ceremony.
*Invitations to the award ceremony are open to those residing in Japan only.
Special Review!
Judge
CEO of DoGA Inc.
Yutaka Kamada
CEO of DoGA, an organization founded in 1985 to promote CG animation.
He is also a founder of the "CG Animation Contest" and served as a judge for many years.
Judge
CEO of Onakama Inc.
Ryo Hamanaka
Producer & Community Designer.
At Onakama Inc., he manages animators and produces short animation productions.
He is also a board member of the NPO "Animation for Next Industrial Innovation Conference (ANiC), which provides technical support and events for animation industry innovation.
He is also the founder of the creative community "Anime-Poi Base" and organizes the online indie animation film festival "#Hashtag Animation Fes".
Judge
Kodansha Cinema Creators' Lab Chief
Junko Jinbo
Chief of Kodansha's Cinema Creators' Lab. Joined the company in 1987 after working as an editor of women's and literary magazines.
She then became head of the Literary Publishing Department, working as the editor-in-chief of the magazines Mephisto and With.
Later as the head of the Business Strategy Department, Public Relations and Corporate Planning Department, and Rights Management, she became involved in the launch and operation of Kodansha's e-book businesses and other web media.
Jinbo is also a member of the Japan Publisher Club's Library Committee.
Applying is easy! 3 steps
- Please read the application requirements above and make sure that there are no problems.
- Please upload your entry to YouTube or Vimeo. *If you do not want your work to be widely available to the public, for example, in the case of YouTube, please set the "Privacy Settings" displayed when uploading to "Private Publication". This will only make it public to those who know the URL. *However, if your work remains in the main screening, at least the digest and trailer will be made available to the public.
- Please use the "Application button" below to enter the URL of the submitted work as well as information about the work in the form.
Check the application requirements
Upload your work
Entries on the submitted work
Submission Details
- Entry Period
- Friday, May 31, 2024 - Saturday, August 31, 2024 5PM*JST
- Purpose of the contest
- We will provide a venue for the presentation of personal anime works, promote them widely to the public, and promote their quality improvement.
- Solicited works
- An independently produced original video work whose main parts were created using a computer.
- Work regulations
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Works that can be submitted
・Works that have been submitted to other contests can also be submitted.
・Not only 3D, but also 2D and hand-drawn digital animation.
・You can apply from overseas, but you must be able to communicate in Japanese.
・It doesn't matter what model or software you use.
・There is no limit to the length of the work. However, extremely long works (more than 30 minutes) may be at a slight disadvantage in the judging process.
Works that cannot be submitted
・Commercial works or works created based on paid requests from outside parties cannot be submitted.
(There is no problem with the sales level at doujinshi sales events, etc.)
・Applications containing only still images are not accepted.
・Works that are interactive and whose content changes depending on the operation cannot be submitted.
remarks
・The main part of the image must be created on a PC.
(Just drawing it on paper, importing it into a PC, and editing it is not considered CG.) There is no problem if your submission includes live-action footage (including clay animation, etc.), but that part will not be subject to review.
・If there is footage that is confusing to be CG (drawings on paper, live-action clay animation, etc.), please explain it in the work description on the application form. You may be excluded from the examination.
・There is no problem with using images that utilize AI, but please clearly state where and how AI was utilized in the "Work Description/PR" section. We will actively evaluate works that seem to utilize AI well with unique ideas.
・When submitting works with dialogue from overseas, Japanese subtitles are required.
- Qualification Requirements
- Professionals or those aiming to become professionals. There is no problem for amateurs as well as professionals as long as it is an independent production (work produced privately).
- How to Enter
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・After uploading your application to YouTube, Vimeo, etc., you will be asked to enter information about your application.
(Does not need to be made public)
・For more information, please see Easy to apply! 3 stepsabove.
*You will be asked to send the work data again during or after the final judging.
- Prize
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・Grand Prize (1 winner): 100,000 JPY + invitation to the award ceremony
・Excellence Award (1 winner): 50,000 JPY + invitation to the award ceremony
・Finalist (3 winners): 10,000 JPY
・Special Jury Award (for one or more works that did not win a prize, but have a distinctive art style that caught the jury's eye)：10,000 JPY + invitation to the award ceremony
*Winners will be selected among all entries, including those submitted through the Comic Contest.
- Examination policy
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・We will evaluate works that have gained wide and strong support from viewers and make them think, "I want to make digital animation myself!"
・The main points of judging are overall entertainment, theme, story, CG technology, visual sense, artistry, originality, passion, effort, and completeness.
- Examination outcome
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・In addition to the official website, it will be widely announced on various media.
・Applicants will be notified separately by email.
- Regarding payment of prize money
- Prizes will be communicated to the email address you registered at the time of application. (The fees will be borne by the winner.)
- Notes (copyright, etc.)
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・The copyright of the submitted work belongs to the creator.
・However, the winning works may be screened at "Selected Work Screenings" by the organizing organization and third parties approved by them, and may also be distributed and broadcast on the Internet, TV, etc.
・Similarly, the above organizations will screen, broadcast, record, reproduce, distribute, sell, edit, translate, process, etc. within the scope related to the "Digital Anime Contest" etc. With respect to these, the copyright holder shall not exercise any copyright against the above organizations.
・Please be careful not to infringe on the copyrights of third parties regarding BGM, designs, etc. All troubles caused by infringing a third party's copyright are the responsibility of the applicant and creator.
・In particular, if you are using existing music as BGM, we may ask you to replace it with other music.
・No listing fees are required.
How to recommend
- ・Please use the "Recommend" button below to enter information about the work you would like to recommend, such as the name of the work and author, into the form.
- ・Based on the recommendation information we receive, we will contact the author and introduce this contest to them.
*Just making a recommendation does not mean that you have applied without the author's permission. Authors must apply themselves. - ・It is not necessary to have all the information, such as the title of the work and the name of the author. It's fine as long as you understand.
- ・Just because you have a recommendation does not give you an advantage in the screening process.
- ・Please note that we may not be able to contact the author.
External link
Past award-winning works can be viewed in "AWARD WORKS".
Past archives, screening results, etc. can be viewed on the "CG Animation Contest (former official website)".
