The 17th Japan Media Arts Festival The announcement about summary of Entries
The entry period for submission of works to the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival ended on September 12, 2013. As in previous years, the festival attracted huge interest from across the globe. A 24% increase in the number of entries over last year resulted in a total of 4,347 works, the highest number in the Japan Media Arts Festival’s 17 year history.
The number of entries from abroad increased significantly – 2,347 works from 83 countries and regions (last year’s festival received 1,502 works from 71 countries and regions). With such a large number of works from around the world, the Japan Media Arts Festival is clearly evolving into an international festival which exemplifies the vast range of contemporary forms of expression and creativity in Media Arts today.
The festival’s jury, five members for each division, will soon begin screening the entries. Recognizing significant works of high artistry and creativity, each division will award one Grand Prize, four Excellence Awards and three New Face Awards. The Prize-winning Works will be announced on December 5, 2013, and will also include a number of Special Achievement Awards and Jury Selections.
The 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Increase in number of entries over last year: 24% Total number of entries: 4,347 Award-winning Works will be announced on December 5, 2013.
Summary of Entries
Divisions: The Four Divisions (Art, Entertainment, Animation, Manga) Period: Thursday, July 11 – Thursday, September 12, 2013 64 days
Total Number of Entries: 4,347 works
Art Division: 2,482 works
Interactive art: 217 works
Media installations: 421 works
Video works: 934 works
Graphic art: 678 works
Web-based works: 88 works
Media performances:144 works
Entertainment Division: 669 works
Games: 114 works
Video works: 327 works
Gadgets: 71 works
Websites: 78 works
Application software: 79 works
Animation Division: 587 works
Animated feature films/Animated series: 76 works
Animated short films: 511 works
Manga Division: 609 works
Comics published in book form/Comics published in a magazine: 502 works
Comics published online: 68 works
Self-published comics: 39 works
Entries from Abroad
2,347 works from 83 countries and regions
(last year’s festival received 1,502 works from 71 countries and regions)
Award-winning Works will be announced on December 5, 2013
Jury Members
Art Division
GOGOTA Hisanori, Curator and Owner of Baikado
MIWA Masahiro, Composer and Professor, Institute of Advanced Media Arts
and Science (IAMAS)
OKABE Aomi, Art Critic
TAKATANI Shiro, Artist
UEMATSU Yuka, Curator, National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka
Entertainment Division
IIDA Kazutoshi, Game Creator and Professor, Digital Hollywood University
IWATANI Toru, Game Creator and Professor, Tokyo Polytechnic University
KUBOTA Akihiro, Artist and Professor, Tama Art University
NAKAMURA Yugo, Interface Designer and CEO of tha ltd.
UKAWA Naohiro, Genzai (Contemporary) Artist and Professor,
Kyoto University of Art and Design and Representative, DOMMUNE
Animation Division
KOIDE Masashi, Animation Researcher and Professor, Tokyo Zokei
University
MORIMOTO Koji, Animation Director
OHI Fumio, Animation Artist
SUGII Gisaburo, Animation Director
WADA Toshikatsu, Animation Artist
Manga Division
ITO Go, Manga Critic / Associate Professor, Tokyo Polytechnic University
MINAMOTO Taro, Manga Artist and Manga Researcher
SAITO Nobuhiko, Editor and Manga Researcher
SUGAYA Mitsuru, Manga Artist and Professor, Kyoto Seika University
YAMADA Tomoko, Manga Researcher
Selection Members
Art Division
KOMACHIYA Kei, Media Artist and Lecturer, Sapporo Otani University
KUDO Takeshi, Curator, Aomori Museum of Art
MATSUI Shigeru, Poet and Associate Professor, Art Media Center, Tokyo
University of the Arts
TASAKA Hiroko, Curator, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and
Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Vision
WASHIDA Meruro, Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,
Kanazawa
Awards
For each division, one Grand Prize, four Excellence Awards, and three New Face Awards will be awarded on the basis of artistic quality and creativity. In addition, a Special Achievement Award may be awarded on
the recommendation of the Jury to an individual or group who has made a special contribution to Media Arts in any of the four divisions.
Grand Prize: Certificate*, trophy, 600,000 Japanese Yen
Excellence Award: Certificate*, trophy, 300,000 Japanese Yen
New Face Award: Certificate*, trophy, 200,000 Japanese Yen
Special Achievement Award: Certificate*, trophy
Other outstanding entries will be chosen by the jury as Jury Selections.
(* Certificates from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,Science and Technology)
