[Held decided] Anime spirit in full swing. Kochi Anikuri Festival 2025 Kochi Shinkin Bank Press release: December 10, 2024 [Held decided] Ani spirit is in full swing. Kochi Anikuri Festival 2025 Anime creators and anime fans gather together for two days with a variety of content! April 5-6, 2025
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/110845/22/110845-22-d723e19c5d677483b13668c822330db2-2573×1820.jpg Kochi Anime Creator Award 2025 Award Ceremony [Date and time] Saturday, April 5, 2025, afternoon [Location] Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium (Kochi Anikuri Festival Main Stage) [Content] An award ceremony will be held for the purpose of discovering and nurturing new talent of anime creators from Kochi. ・The total number of entries in 2024 is 122. Over 3,000 public votes ・The total prize money is 30 million yen. A portion of the proceeds will be used as a supplementary prize for exchange expenses in Kochi and school support items ・Currently accepting submissions for 2025 (August 1, 2024 to February 16, 2025) Kochi Anikuri Festival Exchange Meeting Ani Spirit Summit [Date and time] Friday evening, April 4, 2025 (invitation only for related parties) [Location] The Crown Palace New Hankyu Kochi [Contents] This is a conference where publishers, anime studios, and other people involved in the anime industry and the local community come together to exchange opinions on the “future of anime” and “Kochi’s future.” ・Activity report of Kochi Anime Creator Sanctuary Project ・Panel discussion on anime and the region ・Hospitality with Kochi food
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/110845/22/110845-22-17eb7eec8e20d42569f9415ff570e3de-1882×1306.png Anikuri social gathering [Date and time] April 5, 2025 night [Location] Josaikan [Contents] Exchange event with fellow creators and judges while enjoying Kochi’s famous cuisine ・There will be speeches from the winners and explanations of the highlights of the works ・Creating opportunities for anime industry legends and young creators to interact ・Aiming to increase the number of creators interacting and foster young creators
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/110845/22/110845-22-e672aa049048054aa91b36ffc3f31636-2573×1820.jpg “Jimoppei”, a local currency that protects the local community, becomes payment infrastructure We will contribute to business operators by using Jimoppei, the local currency, as the official currency. ・The central shopping district also revitalizes the economy ・Reducing the burden on businesses with low fees ・Streamline your work with DX, such as not having to prepare change ・10% return at local member stores participating in the Anikuri Festival
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/110845/22/110845-22-80cc4945336ca23653abe22f4b7a83b2-3900×2772.jpg Kochi Anikuri Festival 2024 Achievement Report Kochi AniCli Festival 2024, which was held for the first time in April 2024, attracted 16,700 visitors, making Kochi a huge success with anime creators and fans. There were many parents and children at the anime and 3D production experience booth, which was led by Kochi’s animation company Studio Eight Colors and Yoshimoto 3D Factory. It was an opportunity for parents and children to realize that drawing skills can be turned into a career.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/110845/22/110845-22-873d015446d1e2ffe46875a628d6f001-2573×1820.jpg Making Kochi a sacred place for anime creators– Kochi Anime Creator Holy Land Project Japan Animation is loved all over the world. Recently, due to changes in work styles due to the digitalization of the creative industry, an environment is emerging where people can work dispersed across different regions, rather than being
concentrated in Tokyo. The project aims to contribute to anime and Kochi by attempting to solve “future issues of anime” and “Kochi’s future issues” using creative, digital, and local power. The Kochi Anime Creator Sanctuary Project began with a small dream of a small anime production company founded in Kochi and a credit union that supported its establishment. This project, which was launched in January 2022, is now in its third year, and we have received tremendous support from everyone in the anime industry, and as a collaborative project of the Kochi Prefecture Industrial Promotion Plan, the Kochi Prefecture Anime Project Promotion Council, which is an all-Kochi collaboration between industry, academia, government, and finance, has received tremendous support from everyone in the anime industry. Thanks to the support of the Shinkin Central Bank and many other Shinkin Banks in the financial industry, encounters and exchanges through anime are occurring in Kochi. The number of young people working in anime in Kochi is steadily increasing. This is all thanks to everyone who sympathizes with and supports Kochi’s small efforts, and we are deeply grateful. Initiatives of Kochi Shinkin Bank and Regional Future Foundation Kochi Shinkin Bank is working on the Kochi Anime Creator Sanctuary Project as part of its 100th anniversary project, based on the “Agreement on Collaboration and Cooperation to Promote the Kochi Anime Creator Sanctuary Project” concluded with Kochi Prefecture, Kochi City, Nangoku City, and Susaki City. I’m here. By concentrating the power of anime in Kochi and creating
relationships with anime creators, we will do our best to contribute to solving Kochi’s local issues. The “Regional Future Foundation” is based on the management philosophy of “Creating people, creating profits, and giving back to society” of Kochi Shinkin Bank Honorary Life Chairman Masao Yamamoto, and is dedicated to the sustainable development of the local community by supporting Kochi Prefecture, municipalities within the prefecture, and organizations. We are a public interest incorporated foundation whose purpose is to support business activities that are recognized as having a public interest, and to contribute to the promotion and development of local
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