The Japan Media Arts Festival Video Selection ―JAPAN POP!―Japanese pop culture is multi-faceted and brimful of energy. The untrammeled world of images was one of the outlets to which energetic young Japanese flocked during the economic slowdown of the nineties and they have been expanding it beyond confining dogmas. Take a look at images representing the culture of today’s Japan.
Prof. Mitsuko OKAMOTO（Professor, Department of Animation, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan ）
Fumiko's Confession /ISHIDA Hiroyasu [Japan]
Excellence Award, Animation Division 2011 2’22”
© ishidahiroyasu
Chisato stared / UEKUSA Wataru [Japan]
Jury Selection, Animation Division 2010 1’22”
© 2009UEKUSAWATARU
KOTATSUNEKO/ AOKI Jun [Japan]
Jury Selection, Art Division 2006 1’22”
©Jun Aoki
berobero / TANAKA Hideyuki [Japan]
Excellence Award, Entertainment Division 2012 6’10”
© Ki/oon Records Inc.
The Messenger from the Sea / nosferatu [Japan]
Jury Selection, Animation Division 2011 8’30”
© nosferatu
TWO TEA TWO / ICHINOSE Hiroco [Japan]
Jury Selection, Animation Division 2011 3’08”
© Hiroco Ichinose 2010
Usavich / TOMIOKA Satoshi [Japan]
Jury Selection, Animation Division 2007 6’14”
© MTV Networks
Hietsuki Bushi / Omodaka [Japan]
New Face Award, Entertainment Division 2012 4’00”
© 2011 HIRANO Ryo
'Ho-Ho' This message is boiling hot.
OKAMOTO Masanori [Japan]
Otawwa International Animation Fes. 2010, Music Video Finals 2’18”
© Sony Digital Entertainment/Masanori Okamoto
BIND DRIVE / SATO Masaharu [Japan]
Jury Selection, Art Division 2012 4’50”
© Masaharu Sato
The Tender March / UEKUSA Wataru [Japan]
New Face Award, Animation Division 2012 4’48”
© Wataru Uekusa All Rights Reserved.
The Tatami Galaxy / YUASA Masaaki [Japan]
Grand Prize, Animation Division 2011 23’- Episode1
© The Tatami Galaxy Committee
