We're the NPO Animator Supporters. We manage the Animator Dormitory, the Animator Grand Prix, and more.
We’re now accepting submissions for our Manga Contest!
■ The winning entry will be turned into an anime about 5 minutes in length by professional Japanese animators!
About the Manga to Anime Short Film Contest
■ Manga entries should be short, about 8-16 pages in length!
■ We’re accepting submissions from both pro and amateur artists.
■ The content of the manga is up to the artist. Past creations are welcome too as long as they have not been published in any official serializations.
■ The prize pool consists of 15 thousand yen for 3rd place, 30 thousand yen for second place, and 50 thousand yen for 1st place (roughly $1,350、$2,700、and $4,500 respectively).
■ The 1st place entry will be turned into an anime short film about 5 minutes in length by professional Japanese animators.
How to Apply
① Put your work into a folder, then upload that folder to Google Drive.
② Email us the Google Drive link or send it to us through Twitter DMs.
※Please don’t forget to grant us access permissions in your link!
③ Our Twitter account is @animator_shien.
Alternatively, send the above-mentioned Google Drive link to our email, animator@otoiawase.jp.
※ We expect most entries to be digital, however, if you would like to send work done in analog, please contact our organization, Animator Supports, as we have a separate submission format for these entries.
Submission Deadline
Entries must be submitted by September 30th, 2022.
Dimension Specifications
■ Your work should be drawn on B4 size paper, 270 millimeters tall and 180 millimeters wide. Please include a blank border around the page of at least 20 millimeters.※ If you draw on a standard, manga/comic sized canvas, you should be fine.
Submissions can be colored or monochrome.
Contest Results Update
Honorable Mentions
Oshi no Hoshi - Kiyu TaniWish From the Bottom of the Sky - Nijita Arai
In Closing
Unfortunately, no entry won the grand prize, but thank you very much for all of your submissions to our first manga contest.We hope to hold this contest again in the future, and we await your entries in the future!
Animator Supporters
Jun Sugawara
Email Info
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