New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World: Second-term selected artists announced! CG-ARTS [Public Interest Foundation for the Promotion of Visual Information Education] Press Release: September 22, 2025 New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World: Second-term artists selected have been announced! We are pleased to announce that after a rigorous screening process, the “New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World” (NeW NeW) has selected three artists for its second round of applications. Second-term Selected Artists For the second round of applications, we have selected three writers who are expected to succeed and gain international acclaim through their participation in this program, based on their new work plans. Two of the three selected writers will be accompanied by a producer. Image
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/120690/10/120690-10-f4fb9339213f6636790e49f19bf9c3f6-1999×1519.jpg Miyabi Kudo’s work project “Sing by Ear” Project Name: “Sing by Ear” | Masa Kudo Working on the themes of time, space, and memory, he creates animation using drawing animation as well as classical photographic techniques such as 8mm film and cyanotype, primarily drawing or shooting one frame at a time. His works have been screened both domestically and internationally, including at the Zagreb
International Animation Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, and Image Forum Festival. He has received an Honorable Mention at the New Cosmos of Photography 2021 (selected by Onodera Yuki), the Hokkaido Governor’s Award at the New Chitose Airport Animation Film Festival, and the Kuri Yoji Award at the ASK? Film Festival. He is a member of the Japan Society of Image Arts (Analog Media Research Group). He will be enrolled in the Master’s Program in Animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts from September 2025. Producer: Kenji Kadowaki Director, Image Forum
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/120690/10/120690-10-230027546a8b794a391e2b33447f41b7-1971×1080.jpg Sumito Sakakibara Art Project “Children’s Spiritual Songs” Project Title: “Children’s Spiritual Song: Reika” by Sumito Sakakibara Born in Tokachi, Hokkaido in 1980, he currently resides in the foothills of the Hokushin Mountains in Nagano Prefecture. He spent his childhood in Hokkaido. After moving to the UK at the age of 15 and completing an overseas artist training program sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2003, he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2004. He creates video installations and paintings that use repetition, change, and frame structures to depict multiple identical people or objects simultaneously within a single space, focusing on personal subjects. His recent work, “Iizuna Festival,” is currently on permanent display at the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum. Producer: Yuki Terashima Director of Gallery YUKI-SIS What is New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/120690/10/120690-10-78d70595c5e8c3a189c6bfd1125a9c98-2000×640.jpg NeW NeW nurtures and supports internationally active short animation filmmakers. In this program, selected creators will acquire the skills and build relationships overseas as globally active animation creators through a series of training programs, including coaching on new project plans, participation in various lectures, and networking through participation in animation film festivals both in Japan and abroad. Through these efforts, we aim to increase the number of Japanese creators active globally and ultimately increase the international presence of this field. Additionally, starting this term, we will also be training with a view to collaboration with producers. In addition to creators developing projects together with producers, we will also create matching opportunities for creators without a producer. Overview of Selected Artists’ Activities NeW NeW’s second-term artists will be involved in various development programs and support programs from November 2025 to August 2026, during which they will create new projects and present them both domestically and internationally. Applications for the third term are scheduled to begin in November 2025. [Examples of Development Programs] Coaching for new project plans (including sales materials and pitch training) / Advice from domestic and international advisors / Lectures and workshops by domestic and international experts / Participation in domestic and international film festivals to present works and provide networking opportunities / Partial support for costs related to new project planning and development, etc. Sponsored by: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Arts Council, CG-ARTS
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/120690/10/120690-10-a2a107e648cc51125e3a3dd4acbb66a6-2481×1031.png This project is run by CG-ARTS as a “Creator Development Program” in the short animation field, funded by the Japan Creator Support Fund, a program established by the Japan Arts Council with a subsidy from the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
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https://www.facebook.com/new.way.new.world.jp [Inquiries regarding this matter (Contact: Homma)] New Way, New World Management Office [within CG-ARTS] Phone: 03-3535-3501 Email: kikin-an@cgarts.or.jp Press release attachments