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Visual Industry Promotion Organization Adds New Function to “Japan Creator Bank” Giving Access ...

Visual Industry Promotion Organization(VIPO) — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0900

TOKYO, Mar. 24, 2021/Kyodo JBN/ --
Visual Industry Promotion Organization Adds
New Function to “Japan Creator Bank” Giving Access
to Unreleased Proposals by Active Screenwriters
Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) has added a new function to Japan Creator Bank, a website which can find Japanese creators in multiple languages, to make available unreleased script proposals by Japanese screenwriters.
URL: https://japancreatorbank.com/en/proposal/

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Script proposals in a wide variety of categories including action, adventure, comedy, romance and mystery are available both in Japanese and English for screening in Japan and abroad. With the cooperation of Japan Writers Guild and the Television and Radio Writers’ Association of Japan, VIPO has gleaned more than 50 proposals by Japanese screenwriters who are active in dramas and movies.

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VIPO will increase the number of proposals available on the site on a regular basis and also plans to add proposals by other professions such as directors and producers. Please feel free to make effective use of the new function.

For more details, please visit:
https://japancreatorbank.com/en/proposal/

- An Overview of Japan Creator Bank
Japan Creator Bank is a website which can find Japan’s top creators who are active in the Japanese entertainment industry. Users can make job offers to creators registered in the six categories: actors, voice actors, screenwriters, directors, producers and composers.
Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) operates the site. VIPO was established as a nonprofit corporation to support the growth of Japan’s entertainment and content industry. It has a track record of supporting projects which have brought Japanese creators and foreign partners together.

Japan Creator Bank: https://japancreatorbank.com/

Source: Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO)

Visual Industry Promotion Organization Starts International Matching Site “Japan Creator Bank”

Visual Industry Promotion Organization(VIPO) — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0900

TOKYO, Oct. 17, 2019 /Kyodo JBN/ --
Visual Industry Promotion Organization Starts International Matching Site “Japan Creator Bank”
- Offering Multilingual Support for Matching Japanese Creators with Content-related Companies in Japan and Overseas -

The non-profit corporation Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo. Chairman: Takayuki Matsutani) announced the release on October 17 of Japan Creator Bank, which allows searches for Japan’s creators in multiple languages. The purpose of this site is matching Japanese creators with content-related companies in Japan and overseas. The program is subsidized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as its “Japan content LOcalization and Distribution” project for fiscal year 2018.

Japan Creator Bank
Release date: October 17, 2019: https://japancreatorbank.com/

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Overview of Japan Creator Bank
Japan Creator Bank is a website that allows searches for Japan’s top creators who are active in the Japanese entertainment industry. Japanese creators with a strong interest in and motivation for overseas projects register with the site.

Japan Creator Bank not only allows searches, it also has an inquiry function so that users can consult and make requests about work on the site. It is a very useful search site for people who wish to work with Japanese creators.

Users can search for the following types of Japanese creators on Japan Creator Bank in Japanese, English or Chinese.

WRITERS
Japanese screenwriters with a successful track record and who are active in movies and dramas
Kinds of Possible Inquiries:
- Production of screenplays for movies and dramas (including overseas productions and international co-productions)
- Appearances and speaking at events

DIRECTORS
Japanese directors with a successful track record and who are active in movies and dramas
Kinds of Possible Inquiries:
- Video production of movies and dramas (including overseas productions and international co-productions)
- Appearances and speaking at events

ACTORS
Japanese actors with a successful track record and who are active in movies and dramas
Kinds of Possible Inquiries:
- Appearances in and auditioning for movies, dramas, TV shows, etc.
- Appearances and speaking at events

VOICE ACTORS
Japanese voice actors who are active in animation and games
Kinds of Possible Inquiries:
- Voice appearances and dubbing into foreign languages in animation and games
- Appearances and speaking at events

COMPOSERS
Japanese composers who are active in and focus on animation songs
Kinds of Possible Inquiries:
- Providing music for overseas content
- Appearances and speaking at events

Japan Creator Bank is one of the databases that make up the Japan Content Catalog (commonly known as JACC (R)).
Detailed information about the works of creators registered on Japan Creator Bank can be searched on JACC (R).
*The registered trademark “JACC” is used by VIPO with the consent of ITSC Co., Ltd.

About Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) https://www.vipo.or.jp/en/

VIPO was established as a non-profit organization in 2004 for the purposes of making Japan’s content industry competitive internationally and to contribute to revitalizing the Japanese economy. It is developing businesses with a focus on human resource development and market development via the organic combination of cooperation of affiliated companies and organizations with the policies and initiatives of the national and local governments. In the interest of expanding the possibilities for business, it supports the promotion of the content industry by conducting activities with a long-term perspective, such as networking and developing human resources that transcend industry genres, as well as go-to-market and market development efforts at home and abroad.

Source: Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO)

Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Hailed by Osamu Tezuka as “Heaven on Earth,” ...

Visual Industry Promotion Organization(VIPO) — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:00:00 +0900

TOKYO, Apr. 25, 2019 /Kyodo JBN/--
Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO)
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Hailed by Osamu Tezuka as “Heaven on Earth,” Selected Japan as Its Tribute Country for 1st Time in 20 years, Its Theme: “NEW MOTION”
A special program titled “Tribute to Japanese Animation” at this year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival was announced at a press conference on April 18 at Institut francais du Japon-Tokyo. It was organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan/Tokyo Metropolitan Government/Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO).

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The Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the world’s largest and most influential film festival dedicated to animation, will take place in Annecy, France, on June 10-15. Each year, the festival focuses on one nation as its “Tribute Country,” and introduces its animation culture. In 2019, and for the first time in 20 years, that country is Japan.

The theme for this special program is “NEW MOTION: The Next of Japanese Animation.” As technological innovation broadens diversity, what will Japanese animation set its sights on, and what direction will it take?

At the festival, up-and-coming creators and state-of-the-art technology and animation will be presented to the world, while at adjacent international market MIFA, animation companies will be introduced who represent the next generation in the vast animation industry hub of Tokyo.

At the press conference, numerous events were announced for Japan’s year as Annecy’s Tribute Country, including the festival’s official screenings, live animation concerts and outdoor screenings at Annecy Castle, and large-scale displays and production announcements of new content at MIFA.

Mitsuko Okamoto, General Director of “NEW MOTION,” said: “More than 35 years ago, Osamu Tezuka visited Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and his artistic impressions of his experiences remain with us today. He depicted Annecy as ‘Heaven on Earth.’ I saw this as an opportunity for Japanese animation to contemplate its future, and devised the theme of ‘NEW MOTION.’ With this in mind, we will first focus on people by taking up young creators who represent the next generation of Japanese animation and introducing them to the world. Specifically, 26 up-and-coming creators nominated by animation professionals will be presented through a NEW MOTION Creators File, and some of their works will be screened in the festival’s official program.”

For details, please visit:
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/attach/201904195608-O2-Sgl5cYij.pdf

Visual Industry Promotion Organization and KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories Launch ...

Visual Industry Promotion Organization(VIPO) — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:00:19 +0900

TOKYO, Mar. 6, 2017 /Kyodo JBN/ --
Specified Nonprofit Corporation Visual Industry Promotion Organization
Visual Industry Promotion Organization and
KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories Launch
"Japan Content Catalog" on Website
The Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) announced the launch of the Japan Content Catalog, an online index providing ready access to intellectual property-related information stored in five different databases. The Catalog facilitates the acquisition of usage rights for Japanese movies, TV shows, video games, comics, animation and characters, and music.

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The main feature of the Japan Content Catalog is that it integrates information previously available only separately on the following five websites:

Movies: Japanese Film Database (JFDB) (http://jfdb.jp/en/)
TV Shows: FOYER TV for JACC (https://jcc-tv.foyer-online.com/signin)
Video Games: Japan Content Catalog powered by FOYER (https://jcc-game.foyer-online.com/signin)
Animation and Characters: Anime Chara DB (http://animecharadb.jp)
Music: Sync Music Japan Database (http://syncmusic-artists.jp/)

The Japan Content Catalog provides instant access to information contained in the above databases, significantly simplifying a process that until now has required different methods of application depending on the content genre. In addition to providing general information on a wide range of Japanese intellectual property across various genres of creative content, it also provides users with information on which copyright holders contact to obtain commercial usage rights.

Further details of the databases integrated into the Japan Content Catalog are provided below.

Movies: Click here for further details of the Japanese Film Database (JFDB) site
http://jfdb.jp/en/

TV Shows: Click here for further details of the FOYER TV for JACC
https://jcc-tv.foyer-online.com/signin

Video Games: Click here for further details of the FOYER GAME for JACC
https://jcc-game.foyer-online.com/signin

Animation and Characters: Click here for further details of the Anime Chara DB
http://animecharadb.jp

Music: Click here for further details of the Sync Music Japan Database site
http://syncmusic-artists.jp/