Japan Media Arts Festival | |
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Awarded for | "Outstanding works in the four divisions of Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Manga" |
Country | Japan |
Presented by | Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan |
First awarded | 1997 |
Website | j-mediaarts |
The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition. [1] [2] [3]
Based on judging by a jury of artistic peers, awards are given in four categories: Art (formerly called Non-Interactive Digital Art), Entertainment (formerly called Interactive Art; including video games and websites), animation, and manga. Within each category, one Grand Prize, four Excellence Prizes, and (since 2002) one Encouragement Prize are awarded. Other outstanding works, are selected by the Jury as Jury Selections.
The winning works of the four categories will receive a certificate, a trophy and a cash prize. [4]
Year | Grand Prize | Excellence Prizes | Encouragement Prize |
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1997 (1st) [5] | "Soul Blade" Opening Movie |
| n/a |
1998 (2nd) [6] | Tokitama Hustle (CG moving picture) |
| n/a |
1999 (3rd) [7] | The Diverting History of Mechanical Fellows (CG still picture, solid) |
| n/a |
2000 (4th) [8] | 1 (CG moving picture) |
| n/a |
2001 (5th) [9] | Anjyu (CG moving picture) |
| n/a |
2002 (6th) [10] | TextArc print:Alice's Adventure in Wonderland (CG still picture) |
| FISHER MAN (CG moving picture) |
Year | Grand Prize | Excellence Prizes | Encouragement Prize |
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1997 (1st) [5] | Kage |
| n/a |
1998 (2nd) [6] | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
| n/a |
1999 (3rd) [7] | AIBO, model ERS-110 |
| n/a |
2000 (4th) [8] | Dragon Warrior VII |
| n/a |
2001 (5th) [9] | Protrude, Flow |
| n/a |
2002 (6th) [10] | Social Mobiles |
| Youkai Yamiwarashi |
Year | Grand Prize | Excellence Prizes | Encouragement Prize (2003–2010) / New Face Award (since 2011) | Social Impact Award (since 2020) |
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2003 (7th) [11] | Digital Gadgets #6,8,9 (interactive art) |
| Tracks of Blue | n/a |
2004 (8th) [12] | 3 minutes2 (installation) |
| life-size (still image) | n/a |
2005 (9th) [13] | Khronos Projector (Interactive) |
| Conspiratio (interactive) | n/a |
2006 (10th) [14] | Imaginary・Numbers 2006 (installation) |
| Sagrada Familia Project (still image) | n/a |
2007 (11th) [15] | nijuman no borei (200000 phantoms) (visual image) |
| Super Smile (visual image) | n/a |
2008 (12th) [16] | Oups! (installation) |
| insider''||outsider (installation) | n/a |
2009 (13th) [17] | Growth Modeling Device (Installation) |
| F - Void Sample (Installation) | n/a |
2010 (14th) [18] | Cycloïd-E (Sound sculpture) |
| Succubus | n/a |
2011 (15th) | plain voices, Yoshihiro Yamamoto |
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| n/a |
2012 (16th) | Pendulum Choir, Cod.Act (Michel Décosterd, André Décosterd) |
|
| n/a |
2013 (17th) | crt mgn, Carsten Nicolai |
|
| n/a |
2014 (18th) | (no award) |
|
| n/a |
2015 (19th) | 50 Shades of Grey, Bryan Chung Wai Ching |
|
| n/a |
2017 (20th) | Interface I, Ralf Baecker |
|
| n/a |
2018 (21st) [19] | Interstices / Opus I - Opus II, Haythem Zakaria |
|
| n/a |
2019 (22nd) | Pulses/Grains/Phase/Moiré, Ken Furudate |
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| n/a |
2020 (23nd) [20] | [ir]reverent: Miracles on Demand, Adam W. Brown |
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| SOMEONE, Lauren Lee McCarthy |
2021(24th) | Prometheus Bound, Meiro Koizumi |
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| Google Maps Hacks, Simon WECKERT |
2022(25th) | Sun and Moon Room, "Sun and Moon Room" Production Team |
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| Bio Sculpture, Keio SFC Hiroya Tanaka Lab. + METACITY (Ryuta Aoki, Representative) |
Year | Grand Prize | Excellence Prizes | Encouragement Prize (2003–2010) / New Face Award (since 2011) |
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2003 (7th) [11] | Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles |
| atMOS: Self-Packaging Movie |
2004 (8th) [12] | WarioWare: Twisted! |
| Cherry-Clouds |
2005 (9th) [13] | Flipbook!, Khronos Projector |
| Incompatible Block |
2006 (10th) [14] | Ōkami |
| Amagatana |
2007 (11th) [15] | Wii Sports |
| The moon princess being smelled by ~ Japanese old tales remix ~ (picture book) |
2008 (12th) [16] | Tenori-On (electronic musical instrument) |
| Gyorol (web) |
2009 (13th) [17] | Hibi No Neiro (Tone of Everyday) |
| Asahi Art Festival |
2010 (14th) [18] | IS Parade |
| iPad magic |
2011 (15th) | Space Balloon Project, Tsubasa Oyagi, Kempei Baba, Takeshi Nozoe, John Powell |
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2012 (16th) | Perfume "Global Site Project", Daito Manabe, Mikiko, Yasutaka Nakata, Satoshi Horii, Hiroyasu Kimura |
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2013 (17th) | Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989, Kaoru Sugano, Sotaro Yasumochi, Yu Orai, Nadya Kirillova, Kyoko Yonezawa, Kosai Sekine, Taeji Sawai, Daito Manabe |
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2014 (18th) | Ingress , Google's Niantic Labs (John Hanke, Founder) |
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2015 (19th) | Best way for counting numbers, Yuichi Kishino |
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2017 (20th) | Shin Godzilla , Hideaki Anno / Shinji Higuchi |
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2018 (21st) [21] | The Last Guardian , Fumito Ueda |
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2019 (22nd) | Chico Will Scold You! , "Chico Will Scold You!" Production Team |
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2020 (23rd) | Shadows as Athletes, Masahiko Sato, Masashi Sato, Masaya Ishikawa, Tomoko Kaizuka |
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Year | Grand Prize | Excellence Prizes | Encouragement Prize/New Face Award | Social Impact Award |
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1997 (1st) [5] | Princess Mononoke |
| n/a | n/a |
1998 (2nd) [6] | Glassy Ocean |
| n/a | n/a |
1999 (3rd) [7] | The Old Man and the Sea |
| n/a | n/a |
2000 (4th) [8] | Blood: The Last Vampire |
| n/a | n/a |
2001 (5th) [9] | Spirited Away and Millennium Actress (tie) |
| n/a | n/a |
2002 (6th) [10] | Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring States | "The Evening Traveling" | n/a | |
2003 (7th) [11] | Winter Days |
| Hoshi no Ko | n/a |
2004 (8th) [12] | Mind Game |
| DREAM | n/a |
2005 (9th) [13] | Flow |
| seasons | n/a |
2006 (10th) [14] | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
| Vladimir Bellini's La grua y la jirafa | n/a |
2007 (11th) [15] | Summer Days with Coo |
| ushi-nichi | n/a |
2008 (12th) [16] | La Maison en petits cubes |
| ALGOL | n/a |
2009 (13th) [17] | Summer Wars |
| ANIMAL DANCE | n/a |
2010 (14th) [18] | The Tatami Galaxy |
| The Wonder Hospital | n/a |
2011 (15th) [22] | Puella Magi Madoka Magica |
| Rabenjunge | n/a |
2012 (16th) | Combustible |
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| n/a |
2013 (17th) | Approved for Adoption |
| n/a | |
2014 (18th) | The Wound |
| n/a | |
2015 (19th) [23] | Rhizome |
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| n/a |
2017 (20th) [24] | Your Name |
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| n/a |
2018 (21st) [25] |
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| n/a | |
2019 (22nd) | La Chute, Boris Labbé |
|
| n/a |
2020 (23rd) [26] | Children of the Sea , Watanabe Ayumu |
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| Weathering with You , Shinkai |
2021 (24th) [27] | Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! , Yuasa Masaaki |
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| Haze Haseru Haterumade, Waboku |
2022 (25th) [28] | The Fourth Wall, Mahboobeh Kalaee |
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| Pui Pui Molcar , Misato |
Year | Grand Prize | Excellence Prizes | Encouragement Prize/New Face Award | Social Impact Award |
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1997 (1st) [5] | The Manga Classics of Japan (22 artists) |
| n/a | n/a |
1998 (2nd) [6] | Sakamoto Ryōma, Hiroshi Kurogane |
| n/a | n/a |
1999 (3rd) [7] | I'm Home, Kei Ishizaka |
| n/a | n/a |
2000 (4th) [8] | Vagabond , Takehiko Inoue (art) and Eiji Yoshikawa (original story) |
| n/a | n/a |
2001 (5th) [9] | F-shiteki nichijō, Yōji Fukuyama |
| n/a | n/a |
2002 (6th) [10] | Sexy Voice and Robo , Iō Kuroda |
| Naze Hakase wa Okotte Iru no ka, Isao Ikegaya | n/a |
2003 (7th) [11] | Kajimunugatai: Kaze ga kataru Okinawa-sen, Susumu Higa |
| Junkissa Nokoribi, Tai Itō | n/a |
2004 (8th) [12] | Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms , Fumiyo Kōno |
| Shōwa Nijūnen no Edekami, Shi no Hachigatsu Jūgojitsu, Watashi no Hachigatsu Jugonichi Association | n/a |
2005 (9th) [13] | Disappearance Diary , Hideo Azuma |
| E-Cartoon, Yoshio Nakae | n/a |
2006 (10th) [14] | A Spirit of the Sun , Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| Shiritori, Kazuko Chikuhama (story) and Kenichi Chikuhama (art) | n/a |
2007 (11th) [15] | Mori no Asagao , Mamora Gōda |
| Tenken , Yumiko Shirai | n/a |
2008 (12th) [16] | Piano no Mori , Makoto Isshiki |
| Cartoon 2008, Masafumi Kikuchi | n/a |
2009 (13th) [17] | Vinland Saga , Makoto Yukimura |
| Hesheit Aqua, Wisut Ponnimit | n/a |
2010 (14th) [18] | Historie , Hitoshi Iwaaki |
| Uchino Tsumatte Doudeshou?, Shigeyuki Fukumitsu | n/a |
2011 (15th) [22] | Saturn Apartments , Hisae Iwaoka |
| Nakayoshi-dan no Bōken, Tsuchika Nishimura | n/a |
2012 (16th) | Les Cités Obscures , Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten |
| Our "Eruption" Festival, Shinzo Keigo | n/a |
2013 (17th) | JoJolion , Hirohiko Araki |
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| n/a |
2014 (18th) | Goshiki no Fune, Yōko Kondō (art) and Yasumi Tsuhara (original story) |
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| n/a |
2015 (19th) | Kakukaku Shikajika , Akiko Higashimura |
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| n/a |
2017 (20th) | Blue Giant , Shin'ichi Ishizuka |
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| n/a |
2018 (21st) [29] | Nee mama (My Dear, Mom), Ikebe Aoi |
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| n/a |
2019 (22nd) | Origin , Boichi |
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| n/a |
2020 (23rd) | A Brief History of Robo sapiens , Toranosuke Shimada |
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| Ushijima the Loan Shark , Shohei Manabe |
2021 (24th) [27] | March Comes In Like a Lion , Chica Umino |
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| Golden Kamuy , Satoru Noda |
2022 (25th) [28] | Golden Raspberry , Aki Mochida |
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| Onna no Sono no Hoshi , Yama Wayama |
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