by The international animation film festival “Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2025 (TAAF2025)” will be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, from March 7 to 10, 2025. The latest program has now been announced. To commemorate the awarding of animator Kazuhide Tomonaga in the “Animation Achievement Category,” there will be screenings and talk shows of ” Lupin III: The Intrigue of the Fuuma Clan ” and “Little Nemo Pilot Film,” as well as an English subtitled screening of ” Look Back, ” which won the “Anime of the Year Category .”
“TAAF,” or the “Tokyo Anime Award Festival,” is an international animation film festival that will be held for the 12th time in 2025. The festival has a “Competition” section for animation works from around the world that have not been shown in Japan, an “Anime of the Year” section for animation works released in Japan, and an “Anime Achievement” section that honors people who have contributed to the animation industry and conveys the history, technology, and way of life of their predecessors. It also holds screenings of invited works, symposiums, and workshops for children.
Its objectives are to discover and develop new talent, contribute to the promotion of animation culture and industry, and promote the appeal of Tokyo by contributing to the promotion of tourism in Tokyo. With the motto of “Tokyo will become the hub of animation,” it aims to promote interaction between people who love animation from all over the world by screening high-quality and original works from around the world in Tokyo. It provides creators and audiences with inspiration and excitement and uses that inspiration and excitement to send a new wave of animation from Tokyo to the world.
The latest program for the festival has now been announced all at once. To commemorate the awarding of the “Achievement in Animation” category to super animator Kazuhide Tomonaga, who has participated in many overseas productions such as Disney and Warner Bros., there will be screenings of his representative works “Lupin III: The Intrigue of the Fuuma Clan” and “Little Nemo Pilot Film” as well as a talk show. In addition, to commemorate the awarding of the “Animation of the Year” category, a special “Look Back” screening with English subtitles has been decided.
In addition, a variety of programs will be held, including “Nukufilm Special: The Mysterious World of Estonian Animation,” which will screen Estonian short films that are rarely seen in Japan, “YOUNG POWER 2025,” which will screen works by students who will lead the next generation of the animation industry and a symposium on the animation industry.
The international animation film festival “Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2025 (TAAF2025)” will be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, from March 7 to 10, 2025. For details, please visit the official website. ：March 9 (Sun) 16:00-20:30 Venue: Mixalive TOKYO B2F Hall Mixa1 Celebrating the Anime Achievement Category with “Lupin the Third: The Intrigue of the Fuuma Clan” and “Little Nemo Pilot Film” and a talk show Date and time: March 8 (Sat) 19:00-21:00 Venue: Cine Libre Ikebukuro Theater 1 Speaker: Tomonaga Kazuhide (Animator) Moderator: Takeuchi Koji (TAAF Festival Director) Celebrating the Anime of the Year Category with English subtitles “Look Back” Date and time: March 9 (Sun) 16:00-17:00 Venue: Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa Rosa1 Nukufilm Special The Mysterious World of Estonian Animation Date and time: March 9 (Sun) 19:00-20:30 Venue: Mixalive TOKYO B2F Hall Mixa1 Speaker: Keldi Oengo (Nukufilm Producer) Moderator: Iwano Ichiro (Associate Professor, Department of Visual Media, School of Media and Design, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences) Inter-College Animation Festival 2024 SelectionDate and time: Monday, March 10, 14:30-16:00 Venue: Toshima Community Center, 6th floor Small HallDate and time: Sunday, March 9, 13:00-14:20 Venue: Ikebukuro Humax Cinemas Student Works ScreeningDate and time: Saturday, March 8, 10:00-18:30 Venue: Toshima Community Center, 6th floor Small Hall Animation Creative Technology Forum (ACTF) 2025 in TAAFDate and time and venue: ・Saturday, March 8, 13:00-18:00: YouTube Live (Introduction of each company’s case studies) TKP Ikebukuro Conference Center, 5th floor, Hall 5A ・Sunday, March 9, 11:00-17:00: ExhibitionToshima Community Center, 6th floor (601-602), 7th floor (701-703)・March 9 (Sun) 11:45-18:00: SeminarToshima Community Center 5F (503)
