Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Manga. The Japan Media Arts Festival is a festival of media arts that honors outstanding works in the four categories of Japan's world-class culture, and also provides an opportunity to view award-winning works.
The Grand Prize, Excellence Award, New Artist Award, newly established Social Impact Award, and U-18 Award were selected from 3,566 entries from 107 countries and regions around the world for the 23rd edition of the festival. In addition to the four categories, the "Festival Platform Award" was newly established, and the winner was selected from among 46 works submitted from 17 countries and regions around the world.
The scale of this year's Media Arts Festival has been scaled up even further than before, so be sure to keep an eye out for it.
Let's take a look at the winning entries for each award and the Award of Merit.
Art Department
first prize
[ir]reverent: Miracles on Demand
Media installation, Bio-art
Adam W. BROWN［ U.S.A.］
Award of Excellence
between #4 Black Aura
media installation
ReKOGEI (Representative: Tomoya Ishibashi) ［ Japan ］
© 2018 ReKOGEI
Award of Excellence
Ferriscope
video installation
Bull.Miletic ［ Norway/USA ］
© Bull.Miletic
Photo: Bull.Miletic
Award of Excellence
Soundform No.1
media installation
Natura Machina (Yasuaki KAKEHI/Mikhail MANSION/WU Kuan-Ju) ［ Japan/USA/Taiwan ］
©2019 Natura Machina
Award of Excellence
Two Hundred and Seventy
media installation
Nils VÖLKER ［ Germany ］
Rookie of the Year award
drawhearts
media installation
Sebastian WOLF ［ Germany ］
© Akin Si
Rookie of the Year award
Latent Space
Media Performance
Marian ESSL ［ Austria ］
© MONOCOLOR Photo:Johannes Hucek
Rookie of the Year award
Lenna.
media installation
Yoshihiro Hosoi ［ Japan ］
© NTT Intercommunication Center [ICC] /
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Photo: KIOKU Keizo / TANI Yasuhiro
Social Impact Award
SOMEONE
interactive art
Lauren Lee McCarthy ［ USA ］
© Lauren Lee McCarthy
Photo: Stan Narten
Entertainment Division
first prize
Shadows as Athletes
video work (e.g. film, television, etc.)
Masahiko Sato / Tadashi Sato / Masaya Ishikawa / Tomoko Kaizuka ［ Japan ］
© 2019JOC
Award of Excellence
Daikiki AI & Chihara Engineers
Applications, video works
Production team for "Daikiri AI & Chihara Engineers" (Rep: Daisuke Takenouchi) ［ Japan ］
© WATASHIHA Inc.
Award of Excellence
amazarashi Budokan concert "Recitation Performance Experimental Space "New Language Order"" (Budokan)
spatial representation
Project Team for "Experimental Space for Reading and Performance "New Language Order"" (Representative: Hiromu Akita, amazarashi) ［ Japan ］
© Sony Music Labels Inc. Photo: Sony Music Labels Inc.
Award of Excellence
CELLMate
video work (e.g. film, television, etc.)
Solmaz ETEMAD ［ Iran ］
Award of Excellence
SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE
game
SEKIRO Development Team (Representative: Hidetaka Miyazaki) ［ Japan ］
© 2019 FromSoftware, Inc. All rights reserved. ACTIVISION is a trademark of Activision Publishing Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.
Rookie of the Year award
Tong-Tong Voice Sumo
product
Tonton Voice Sumo" Production Team (Representative: Atsushi Otaki) ［ Japan ］
© World YURU Sports Association
Rookie of the Year award
Buddience The Science of Facial Expressions in Buddhist Statues
web
Takuta Akamatsu / Takuya Hiroki / Kengo Ryuzawa / Kazaya Ozaki ［ Japan ］
©Nara University
Rookie of the Year award
PickHits
product
Kazun Maekawa / Chento Matsubara ［ Japan ］
© 2019 Azumi Maekawa.
Social Impact Award
Free to move nommoc
Application
Takumi Yoshida ［ Japan ］
U-18 Award
magic
video work (e.g. film, television, etc.)
Children of Ishinomaki (Rep: Riko Sakai) ［ Japan ］
Animation Division
first prize
Child of Kaiju
animated film released direct-to-video
Ayumu Watanabe ［ Japan ］
© 2019 Daisuke Igarashi - Shogakukan / "Children of the Sea" Committee
Award of Excellence
A Japanese Boy Painter
short animation
Masayoshi Kawajiri ［ Japan ］
© 2018 Nekonigashi Inc.
Award of Excellence
gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast)
short animation
Takeshi Yashiro ［ Japan ］
© TAIYO KIKAKU Co., Ltd. / EXPJ, Ltd.
Award of Excellence
Long Way North, Top of the Earth
animated film released direct-to-video
Rémi Chaillé ［ France ］
© Sacrebleu Productions / Maybe Movies / 2 Minutes / France3 Cinema / Norlum
Award of Excellence
Nettle Head
short animation
Paul E. CABON ［ France ］
© Vivement Lundi ! - 2019
Rookie of the Year award
on its way
short animation
Tsukiji Nohara ［ Japan ］
Rookie of the Year award
Elephant in the bathhouse
short animation
CHENG Jialin ［ China ］
© 2019 CHENG Jialin / Tokyo Zokei University
Rookie of the Year award
Daughter
short animation
Daria KASHCHEEVA ［ Russia ］
Social Impact Award
child of the weather
animated film released direct-to-video
Makoto Shinkai ［ Japan ］
© 2019 TOHO CO., LTD. / CoMix Wave Films Inc. / STORY inc. / KADOKAWA CORPORATION / East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc. / voque ting co.,ltd. / Lawson Lawson Entertainment, Inc.
Manga Division
first prize
prehistory of robot sapiens
Shimada Toranosuke ［ Japan ］©︎
Award of Excellence
To die tomorrow,
Sumako Gan ［ Japan ］
©︎ Sumako Kari
Award of Excellence
double
Ayako Noda ［ Japan ］
©︎ Ayako Noda / HERO'S
Award of Excellence
Memoirs of a Gentleman with a Long Nose
Moyoco Anno ［ Japan ］
©︎ Moyoco Anno / Cork
Award of Excellence
Future Arabs: Childhood in the Middle East (1978-1984)
Riad Satouf / translated by Takanori Uno ［ France / Japan ］
© Allary Éditions / Takanori UNO / Kadensha
Rookie of the Year award
When you grow up.
self-produced manga
Atsushi Ito ［ Japan ］
©︎ Ito Atsushi
Rookie of the Year award
flowers and cheeks
Itoi, Kei ［ Japan ］
©︎ Kei Itoi / Le Paradis / Hakusensha
Rookie of the Year award
I'm crazy about you.
Kazuyama, Yamamoto ［ Japan ］
Social Impact Award
Ushijima-kun, the Dark Money
Shohei Manabe ［ Japan ］
©︎ Shohei Manabe / Shogakukan.Inc
In addition to the four categories of Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Manga, this year's festival has been scaled up with the addition of the Festival Platform Award.
Festival Platform Award
The winning films of the newly established Festival Platform Award will be screened at "Geo-Cosmos" and "Dome Theater Gaia" at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan).
Geo-Cosmos" is the symbolic exhibit of Miraikan, born from Director Mamoru Mohri's desire to share with as many people as possible the glorious image of the Earth seen from space. The same image can be viewed from various angles, and the image platform, which has no front view, allows free expression of the image, free from the rules of flat images.
The other is "Dome Theater Gaia," a spherical video system capable of projecting fulldome surround images in 2D and 3D at 4K resolution on a 15.24m-diameter dome-shaped screen.
Geo-Cosmos Category
ballad
video installation
YouYouYou ［ Japan ］
Dome Theater Category
Starman
music video
Tiff RANDOL / CEN Kelon / Thor FREUDENTHAL / YEN Shih-Lien ［ USA / China / Germany,USA / Taiwan ］
©︎ IAMEVE / Photo: Starman Banner (made by Kelon Cen)
Distinguished Service Medal (e.g. military service)
The 23rd Meritorious Service Award
Masao Yukimura
Media Artist/Photographer
Photo: Moriya Shinichi
Takashi Araki
Producer / Animation Historian
Shuzo Murasaki
Girls' magazine collector
Shoji Yamashiro
Composer/Brain Scientist
In addition to viewing the award-winning works at the exhibition, visitors can interact with the award-winning works and the works recommended by the jury through new experiences such as the screening of video works and the "Manga Touchless Reading Corner" where visitors can read manga pages on the display by turning them with their hand movements. Workshops by award winners and jury members will also be held.
In order to prevent the transmission of the new coronavirus, the number of visitors will be limited and reservations will be required in advance*. The venue will also be filmed with a 360-degree VR camera to allow those who cannot come to the event to enjoy a 360-degree view of the event.Special WebsiteYou can feel the atmosphere of the event at the In addition, a talk event by the award winners and others will be available on the special website.
During the exhibition period, five publicity projects will also be implemented to bring art closer to the public. MAPP_TOKYO," held for the first time in Japan, uses projector-equipped bicycles to project mapping art on the walls of schools, museums, ward offices, and other locations around Shibuya. ART MEETS TOKYO" will provide a place for students and young creators, who are the future of the city, to present their works and create opportunities to encounter art. In addition, creators' works will be shown on visions throughout the city, and talk events will be held. For details,Official Websitefor more information.
A 9-day festival of expressions that "reflect the times" selected from entries from around the world. Come and experience the possibilities of art and entertainment!
The 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Award-winning Works Exhibition
Dates: September 19 (Sat) - 27 (Sun)
Place: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Admission: Free (advance reservations required)
Organizer: 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee
Chairman: Ryohei Miyata (Director, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Steering Committee: Akira Tatehata (Director, Tama Art University) / Taku Furukawa (Animation artist)
Screening and selection committee members
In cooperation with: Miraikan, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Port and Harbor, Tokyu Plaza Ginza, Technical Art Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, MAPP_ , The Chain Museum, Dentsu Isobar, Raizomatics Corporation, Raizomatics Architecture, LIVE BOARD Co, Beams Corporation, Welcome Corporation, sequence MIYASHITA PARK, Dōngxī Restaurant & Sakaba, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC), Musashino Art University, T Point Japan Co.
Sponsored projects:
Exhibition "Osana Gokoro wo Kimini" (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Inter College Animation Festival (ICAF) (Inter College Animation Festival Executive Committee), Setagaya Museum of Literature Moyoco Anno Exhibition ANNORMAL" (Setagaya Literature Center, Setagaya Cultural Foundation), Art Project "Another Kyoto: Atelier of Light" (Kyoto Prefecture), Computer Entertainment Developers Conference 2020 (CEDEC2020) (Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association of Japan)/Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online (Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association of Japan), Japan Game Awards 2020 (Japan Game Awards 2020) (Japan Game Awards Association) Game Awards 2020) (Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association of Japan), cinéma bird in Tokyo 2020 (cinéma bird Executive Committee), ARTBAY TOKYO presents Maywa Denki "Nonsense Factory" (Art Project Executive Committee)
Official Website
*The exhibition of award-winning works will be held in some areas of Miraikan (1st Floor Exhibition Hall and 7th Floor). If you visit these areas,Japan Media Arts Festival Official WebsiteReservations must be made through the Miraikan website. A separate Miraikan ticket (online advance reservation) is required to view the permanent exhibits (3rd and 5th floor exhibition floors, 1st floor ASIMO demonstration, 6th floor Dome Theater, etc.) at Miraikan. For details, please seeNational Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Official Websitefor more information.
