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 Yamamura Koji Born in 1964. During the 1990s, He was making films for children, "Pacusi", "Bavel's Book" and so on. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short, "Mt. Head" (2002) had 6 grand prizes and selected 100 Films for a Century of Animation. "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor" (2007) had 6 grand prizes, his films got awarded more than 100 prizes. He has been selected as the 2 place at 25 top short animated films directors over the last 25 years in 2021.He is also active as a picture book author for "Viva Vegetables (Oyaoya Oyasai)", "Parade" and so on. He was awarded Kawakita Prize and Education Award for Fine Arts in Japan and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2019. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a sub-chairman of the Japan Animation Association and a member of the board of directors of ASIFA. More detailed profile： Yamamura Koji was born in Japan on June 4, 1964. He has made first animated film at 13 years old. Between 1983 and 1987, he studied painting at Tokyo Zokei University. While a student, he has worked in art assistance and special effects modeling for Majors movies. Same time he was influenced from short animated films in Canada, Russia, and Europe. After graduation, he started his career as an animation background artist at Mukuo Studio. In 1989, he left the studio to work freelance. In 1993, he founded Yamamura Animation, Inc. with his wife Sanae. In 2002, He signed a contract with Acme Filmworks as an animation director. Yamamura has created many short animation films using a variety of techniques. "Mt. Head" (2002) was nominated for an Oscar® in 2003, and awarded the 6 Grand Prix include Annecy 03, Zagreb 04 and Hiroshima 04. Also "Mt. Head" was selected as one of the 100 FILMS FOR A CENTURY OF ANIMATION and the 50 Best Animated Films for 50 Years of ASIFA. "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor" (2007) was awarded the Grand Prix at Ottawa in 07 and Internationales TrickFilm Festival STUTTGART. He is only one grand prix winner in 5 major international animation festivals in the world. "Muybridge's Strings" (2011) is first co-production animation with National Film board of Canada as Asian filmmaker. He has jury, lecture and held workshops at numbers of international film festivals for popularizing and advancement of art animation. He is also an illustrator and several picture books are published. His big exhibition "Yamamura Animation Museum" have held at Aichi Expo 05 in Japan and some other exhibitions have held at gallery and public museum in Japan. His films have been shown in over 30 countries, and awarded various honorable prizes. Retrospective screenings of his works have been held in over 20 countries at Melbourne International Film Festival, National Film Theater in UK and so on. He has been selected as the 2 place at 25 top short animated films directors over the last 25 years on 2021at Animac, the International Animation Showcase of Catalonia. He won Distinguished Artist Award of 2006 in USA, ALBÍN BRUNOVSKÝ HONORARY MEDAL in Slovakia, Kawakita Prize in Japan, Prize of the Cultural Department of the City of Wiesbaden – Wiesbaden in Germany, Special prize for the contribution of the art of animation in Serbia, Pulcinella Special Award in Italy and Education Award for Fine Arts in Japan. He received Medal with Purple Ribbon (the Shiju Hosho) in 2019. He is visiting professor of Tokyo Zokei University since 2004 and China Academy of Art since 2021and a professor of Tokyo University of the Arts since 2008. He is member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a sub-chairman of the Japan Animation Association (JAA) and a member of the board of directors of the Japanese branch of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA). He is a director for the Hiroshima Festival Media Arts Division from 2021. Yamamura Animation, Inc. 1993 Established through joint investment by officers 1995 Produced "Mirushiru Tsukuru Animation Kit" 1999 "Your Choice !" Production 2002 "Mt. Head" production 2003 Co distribution: "Yamamura Animation Encyclopedia" 2005 "The Old Crocodile"production 2005 Co distribution: "The Old Crocodile" & Koji Yamamura Select Animation" 2007 "Child's Metaphysics"production 2011 Distribution and promotion: "Muybridge's Strings" 2013 "Au Praxinoscope" Animation Store & Gallery opened 2017 Distribution: "Koji Yamamura, Dreams for Right Eye / Left Eye" 2021 Feature animation "Dozens of Norths" co production with Miyu Produtions, France |
| Yamamura Koji Birth & Social Position Born on June the 4th, 1964, in Nagoya, Japan Japanese citizen Professor: Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Japan President: Yamamura Animation, Inc. Languages (spoken and written) Japanese and English Studies 1987 Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan Career 1987-1989 Entered Mukuo Studio, Inc. (Artist) 1989-1993 Freelance Animation Director, Illustrator 1993- Yamamura Animation, Inc. (President) 2002-2004 Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo Zokei University (Part-time teacher) 2003- Acme Filmworks, U.S.A (Contract director) 2004- Tokyo Zokei University (Guest professor) 2008- Professor, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts (Professor) 2013- 2016 Hijiyama University Junior College, Department of Fine Arts (Guest professor) 2021- China Academy of Art(Guest professor) Achievement Awards & Honorary Orders 1980 24th Blue Bird Prize, Nagoya, Japan 2004 Kuwazawa Design School Award, Japan 2006 Distinguished Artist Award of 2006, Asian Animation Film Festival Columbia College Chicago, US 2008 ALBÍN BRUNOVSKÝ HONORARY MEDAL, Slovakia 2012 30th Kawakita Prize, Tokyo, Japan 2014 Prize of the Cultural Department of the City of Wiesbaden, Germany 2016 Special prize for the contribution of the art of animation, animanima International Animation Festival, Serbia 2017 Pulcinella Special Award - 21st Festival Cartoons on the Bay, Italy 2018 Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts, Japan 2019 Medal with Purple Ribbon, Japan Academic Societies Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Vice-chairman of the Japan Animation Association (JAA) Executive Board member at the Japanese branch of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) Animated Film Works: Selection 1987 Aquatic 5min. 1989 Japanese-English Pictionary 12min. 1990 Perspektivenbox researcher's search 4min. 1991 The Elevator 7min. 1992 A House 4 min.20sec. The Sandwiches 4min.20sec. Imagination 4 min.20sec. 1994-1995 Pacusi 1min. × 18 episode 1995 Kipling Jr. 14 min. Kid's Castle 5min. 1996 Bavel's Book 5 min.15sec. 1999 Your Choice! 10min. 1998 Mr. Rib Globe 99sec. 1999 VIBE-ID 2min. JUBILEE 5min.30sec. 2001 Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows (Dir. Isshin Inudo), 15sec. × 25 episode 2002 Mt. Head 10min. 2002 Pieces 5min. 2005 The Old Crocodile 13min. Fig 4min. 20sec. 2007 Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor 21min. A Child’s Metaphysics 5min.8sec. 2011 Muybridge's Strings 12min. 39sec. Anthology with Cranes 1min. 55sec. 2011-2012 Prekiso Eigo; micro story 2min. × 12 episode 2013 The Hyuga episode of Kojiki 10 min. five fire fish 1min. 2014 Begone Bell Care 3min. 41sec. 2016 “Parade” de Satie 13min.12sec. 2017 Water Dream 10min. 2019 Dreams into Drawing 10 min. Important Awards for short films: Selection More than 95 National and International prizes for short films Mt. Head – 28 Awards - Academy Nominations (1) 75th Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film – Beverly Hills, US, 2003 - Grand Prix (6) 39th Annecy International Animation Film Festival Crystal Award, France, 2003 16th International Animation Film Festival Animafest, Croatia, 2003 10th Hiroshima International Animation Festival – Hiroshima, Japan, 2004 15th Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2003 MediaWave, Hungary, 2003 Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation de Wissembourg, France, 2003 - Best Historic Selections (4) World and Japanese Animation Best 150, 90th rank, Japan, 2003 100 Films for a Century of Animation,70th rank, France, 2007 100 selections in Japanese Media Art: Animation category, 8th rank, Japan (Agency for Cultural Affairs), 2006 50 Best Animated Films for 50 Years of ASIFA, 19th rank, Poland, 2010 Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor – 14 Awards - Grand Prix (8) 22nd Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, 2007 13th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2008 MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Portugal, 2008 Internationales TrickFilm Festival STUTTGART, Germany, 2008 I Castelli Animati– Genzano, Italy, 2008 International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Golden Jabberwocky, Poland, 2008 KROK International Animation Festival, Russia, 2008 Mainichi Film Contest, Ofuji Noburo Award, Japan, 2007 Muybridge's Strings, 2011 – 11 Awards - Best Short Film (1) 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Firebird Award, China, 2012 Excellent Prize (1) 15th Japan Media Arts Festival, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan, 2011 - 2nd Prize (1) 53th International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Silver Mikeldi for Animation, Spain, 2011 - Jury Special Prize (2) 35th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Jury Special Prize (Grande Prémio do Júri), Portugal, 2011 14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Animated Dreams, Jury’s Special Mentioning II, Estonia, 2011 - Special Prize (1) 15th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2012 - Specialized Awards (4) 18th International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima" The Great (Under) estimated Award, Poland, 2011 15th Toronto Reel Asian International film festival, NFB Best Canadian Film or Video Award, Canada, 2011 35th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Prize RTP2: Onda Curta, Portugal, 2011 - Special Mention (1) 54th Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Honorary Mention, Germany, 2011 "Parade" de Satie, 2016 – 13 Awards - Grand Prix (1) Golden Brick: 6th Animax Skopje Fest, Skopje, Macedonia, 2016 - Best Short Film (7) Golden Pencil Award: 7th DRAWTASTIC's 2D OR NOT 2D Animation Festival, US, 2017 Best of Festival - Animated Short: 6th Richmond International Film Festival, US, 2017 1st Vienna Independent Film Festival VIFF 2016, Best Animated Film, Austria, 2016 12th BuSho The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2016, Best Animation, Hungary, 2016 Best Animated Film: 2nd Edition of the Less 15 minutes International MiniMovie Film Festival, US, 2017 1st NEAR NAZARETH FESTIVAL, Animation Winner, Israel, 2016 3rd Locomocion Experimental Animation Festival: Best of Professional chronicle category, Mexico, 2016 - 2nd Place (1) Best Animated Short 2nd Place; 1st North Bay Art & Film Festival (NBAFF), US, 2016 - Special Jury Prize (1) 18th Animated Dreams, Estonia, 2016 - Special Prize (1) 16th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Special Prize, Japan, 2016 - Specialized Awards (1) 1st Non Stop Art Festival / BA2016(International Film and Art Festival), Best Editing Animation, Argentina, 2016 Special Mention ( 1 ) 15th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Jury Special Mention by Theodore Ushev, Cyprus, 2016 Awards for Advertising Films Yona Yona Ale – 1 Award Special Prize: ACC Special prize for local CM – Tokyo, Japan, 1999 Greenpeace Man & Whale – 3 Awards 2nd Prize: Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, Silver New Director (Short Film) – Pattaya, Thailand, 2009 EARTH VISION - Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival, EARTH VISION Prize for Children's Film, Japan, 2008 Special Jury Prize, 5th China International Animation & Digital Arts Festival, China, 2008 JR East Japan Railway Company Goup– 1 Award Silver prize: 57th Bussiness CM Awards, Japan, 2018 WildAid Hankograph– 4 Awards AD STARS 2019 Gold: Film Craft_Animation, Korea, 2019 AD STARS 2019 Silver: Film Craft_Sound design, Korea, 2019 AD STARS 2019 Bronze: Film Craft_Art direction_production design, Korea, 2019 AD STARS 2019 Silver: Non Branded Videos, Korea, 2019 Awards for Picture Books Viva Vegetables (Oyaoya Oyasai) MOE Children's Picture Book Store Award, 4th place, Japan, 2010 Chiisana Ôkina Ki (Tiny, Giant Tree) 65th Shogakukan Award for Children's Literature, Japan, 2016 Kujira-san noh Tahmenara Enyakohra 22rd Nippon Ehon Prize, Japan, 2017 Published Books: Selection 2003 Yamamura Animation Zukan [A visual guide to Yamamura Animation] (Engeki Book Sya) 2006 Iwanami Junior Shinsho "Animation no sekai he yôkoso" [Welcome to the world of Animation] (Iwanami Shoten) 2009 Yamamura monthly Report (Yamamura Animation) 2017 Sôsaku Animation Nyûmon [An Introduction to Creative Animation] (Rikuyô-sha) Academic Awards 23th Zagreb World Animation Festival, Best Animation School: Tokyo University of the Arts, Croatia 2010 25th Ottawa International Animation Festival, Best Animation School Showreel: Tokyo University of the Arts, Canada, 2010 29th Ottawa International Animation Festival 2014, Honorable Mention: Tokyo University of the Arts, Canada, 2014 Japan Society for Animation Studies, Academic Special Award for the Ten years of the Open lecture series "Introduction to Contemporary Animation", Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan, 2019 Annex 1. Retrospective Screenings: Selection 2. Exhibitions: Selection 3. DVD Releases: Selection 4. Publications: Picture Book: Selection 5. Educational Activities: Selection 6. Social Activities (Jury works): Selection 1. Retrospective Screenings: Selection 1998 "Special retrospective program Koji Yamamura's Animation Works ", Seoul International Family Film Festival, Korea 1999 "Koji Yamamura's works", Malaysian Video Awards, KL "Nouvelles images du Japon : films d'animation et cinema digital", nouveau forum des halles, France 2000 "New Japanese Animation The Unique Universe of Yamamura ", SPROCKETS・Toronto International Children's Film Festival, REEL TO REEL - A Celebration of Moving Images for Youth, FLICKS International Film Festival for Children, Canada "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura works", Children Animated Films Festival- Girona, Spain "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura works" Oulu International Children's Film Festival, Finland 2001 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", NFB, Canada "New Japanese Animation "The Unique Universe of Yamamura " at Asian International Children's Film Festival, US 2002 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" at Le Festival du Dessin Anime et du Film d’Animation, Belgium "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" at 8e Festival d'un jour, France "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" at Freeze Frame Film Festival, Canada "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" at Japanime 2002, Australia 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Frecrikstad Animation Festival, Norway "Bat Boy, Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Tough-eye Turuk International Animation Festival, Finland "Retrospectiveof Koji Yamamura", Anima Mundi, Brazil "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Tai International Short Film Festival, Tailand "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Gwangju International Film Festival, Korea "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Raindance Film Festival, UK "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", cortimolafestival, Italy "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Nouvelles images du Japon 3: films d'animation et cinema digital, France Yamamura Animation Zenseiki, Japan Retrospective of Koji Yamamura, Nouvelles images du Japon 3: films d'animation et cinema digital, France 2004 "Koji Yamamura Animation World", National Film Theater, UK Nippon Conection, Germany Pusan Asina Short Film Festival, Korea Taiwan International Animaion Festival Koji Yamamura Animation World, National Film Theater, UK Deep forcus Koji Yamamura, SICAF2004, Korea 2005 "World of Yamamura Animation" Anime Explosion!", Kennedy center, US 2006 "Animated Genius: The Films of Koji Yamamura", Cinema K: Children's Film Festival Seattle, US "The World of Yamamura Animation", Harvard University, US "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" Norwich International Animation Festival, UK "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland Animated Genius: The Films of Koji Yamamura, REDCAT, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater, US Retrospective of Koji Yamamura Festival Image par image", France 2007 "The Unique Universe of Yamamura ", Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia anilogue Budapest Animation Festival, Hungary 2007 animateka International Animation Film Festival, Slovenia KOJI YAMAMURA: THE UNIQUE UNIVERSE OF YAMAMURA, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia Japan Cartoon Koji Yamamura in Moscow, Russia 2008 Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden Animac, Spain Ankara Inaternational Film festival, Turkey Lisbon International Animation Festival MONSTRA, Museu do Oriente, Portgal THE SPIRIT OF ÉMILE COHL, 100 YEARS OF UNBRIDLED ANIMATION, Musée-Château, France Animac 2008, Spain "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" 15th KROK International Animation Festival, Russia Biennial of Animation Bratislava International Festival of Animated Films for Children 4 Retrospective progtram, Belgium "Animation Nation 2008" Yamamura Show Case, Singapore 2009 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" Japanese October, Italy "anima" Animation Project 2009 -Flip. Flap, Animation- Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Japan 16th Etiuda&Anima, Poland Yamamura Koji. For Children, Yamamura Koji. For Adult"Japanese Octobe", Italy Ault program and Children program at Festival International de Film d'Animation de Meknes, Morocco International College Peace Film Festival, Korea 2010 Koji Yamamura Une métaphysique des rêves Salle Norman-McLaren, Cinémathèque québécoise, Canada Sakai Komako&Koji Yamamura, Futatsu no Tobira at the Konika Minolta Plaza, Shinjuku, Japan NFB Cinema Koji Yamamura: MASTERY OF THE FORM14th Toronto reel asian International Film Festival, Canada 2011 Retrospevtive, Yamamura Kôji ou les œuvres du temps, Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, France Retrospevtive, Kavalan International Short Film Festival, Taiwan Varna World Festival of Animated Film Koji Yamamura Retrospective, Brlgaria 2019 59th Annecy International Animation Festival, France 2. Exhibitions: Selection 1999 "Koji Yamamura Exhibition - Animation art works", Bokushin Gallery, Japan 2003 "Yamamura Animation Kodomo Zukan", National Children's Castle, Japan "Yamamura Animation Zukan", Nadiff, Omote Sando, Japan "AtamaYama Sakura Dai Mankai", SPACE EDGE, Daikanyama, Japan "Yamamura Animation Kodomo Zukan", Seto Novelty Children's Creative Center, Japan "Yamamura Animation Zukan", Nagoya University of Arts, Art space T.A.G. IZUTO, Japan 2004 "Fushigi world Koji Yamamura Animation Exhibition", Hachioji Yume Art Museum, Japan 2005 "Yamamura Animation Museum", Aichi Expo, Japan "Moving Images~Yamamura Animation Museum selection VOL.1", Yebiden Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan "Animation that got dream", ComCom-fukushima, Japan 2006 "Visible Fantasy-Koji Yamamura animation+painting exhibition", Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan 2007 "Koji Yamamura risbe in slike / drawings and paintings" MGLC, Slovene 2008 Koji Yamamura Exhibition, Cinema São Jorge, Portugal "Animation Nation 2008" Yamamura Show Case, Singapore "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" Biennial of Animation Bratislava International Festival of Animated Films for Children, Slovakia "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" 15th KROK International Animation Festival, Russia 2009 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" Japanese October, Italy The new standard of animation "Yomu Animation" Publishing Event Screening, Japan "anima" Animation Project 2009 -Flip. Flap, Animation- Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Japan Tokyo Zokei University Open Campus "Screening and lecture, Yamamura Animation", Tokyo Zokei University, Japan Ault program and Children program at Festival International de Film d'Animation de Meknes, Morocco "Adult Animation, welcome to Koji Yamamura's world" Nagakute Cultural Center, Japan Kid's Movie Theater 2009 "Yamamura Animation Dai Zukan", 21st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art, Japan 2009 International College Peace Film Festival, Korea 16th Etiuda & Anima, Poland 2010 "Koji Yamamura Une métaphysique des rêves" Salle Norman-McLaren, Cinémathèque québécoise, Canada 2011 Koji Yamamura Exhibition From "Mt. Head " to "Muybridge's Strings” Fascination of Yamamura Animation, Mikimoto Hall, Japan 2012 Muybridge's Strings: Yamamura Animation & NFB, SKIP CITY Sai-No-Kuni Visual Plaza, Japan 2013 Koji Yamamura ~his original drawings and films + world animations~Nagano, Japan, Azmino Art Line, Japan North Alpus Tenbo Museum (Ikeda Public Museum of Art), Japan 3. DVD Releases: Selection 2003 New Animation Animation "Koji Yamamura Film Works", Geneon Entertainment, Japan ANNECY 2003 AWARDS, CICA, France 2004 Les Maitres de L'animation Japanise KOJI YAMAMURA ses meilleurs courts-merages, AK Video, France Animation Now!, TASCHEN, US, UK etc. Best of anima, FOLIOSCOPE, Belgium 75th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS SHORT FILMS, QUESTAR, US 2006 Toshiwo totta wani&Koji Yamamura Select Animations, Geneon Entertainment, Japan Atama Yama Koji Yamamura Animation Works, Geneon Entertainment, Japan 2007 Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt present the ANIMATION SHOW, the ANIMATION SHOW, US TOKYO LOOP, Daruerreo Press, Japan 2008 Ein Landzart, Shochiku, Japan 2009 The Animation Show of Shows Volume 18 "Mt. Head", AWN, US 2011 Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor&Other Fantastic Films A collection of short films by Koji Yamamura, THE KIMSTIM COLLECTION, US Animation Express 2, National Film Board of Canada, Canada La boîte à malice, les films du préau, France 2012 Muybridge's Strings Blu-ray, Kinokuniya-Shoten, Japan 2013 Muybridge's Strings, Koji Yamamura, National Film Board of Canada, Canada 4. Publications: Picture Book: Selection 2001 “Sakana Kana ? (Is This a Fish ?)” (Text & Illustration: Koji Yamamura, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers) 2005 "Spring of Shikishiki village" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers) "Summer of Shikishiki village" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers) "Autumn of Shikishiki village" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers) "Winter of Shikishiki village" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers) 2006 "Fruits Friends' Fresh Talk" (Text: Chihiro Ishizu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers) 2007 "AIUEO to aiueo ga AIUEO" (Text: Mitsuko Hasse, Shogakukan) "Franz Kafka's EIN LANDARZ" (Text & Illustration: Koji Yamamura, Putti-gra Publishing) 2010 "Viva Vegetables" (Text: Chihiro Ishizu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers) "Athletes of Sweets" (Text: Chihiro Ishizu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers) 2011 "Kuru Kuru Kuruyo Osushi ga Kuruyo" (Text: Ryo Kawakita, Bronze Publishing) "What's That Cloud? (Ano kumo Naani?)" (Text: Yoko Tomiyasu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers) "Yudetamago Hime" (Text: Sumiko Kanda, Kyouikugageki) 2012 "Athletes of Sweets" (Text: Chihiro Ishizu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers) 2013 "n" (Text: Hiroshi Nagata, Kodansha) "Rain Won't (Amenimo Makezu)" (Text: Kenji Miyazawa English Translation: Arthur Binard, Ima-Jin sha) 2014 "Nagaidesyo Rippadesyo" (Text: Satoshin,PHP Interface) "Usodaa!"(Really?) (Text: Satoshin,Bunkeido) "Boiled egg Princess and Meatballs Thieves" (Text: Sumiko Kanda, Kyouikugageki) "Nekotokonekone" (Text: Kirin hayashi, Constitution: Koji Yamamura, BL Publisher) "Bokuga Sukinakoto" (Text: Hirotaka Nakagawai, Happy Owl Sha) 2015 "Parade" (Text & Illustration: Koji Yamamura, Kodansha) "Kujira-san noh Tahmenara Enyakohra" (Text: Rintaro Uchida, Suzuki Publishing) 2016 "My Grandma is Kickboxer" (Text: Shoichi Nejime, Kumon Publisher) 2017 "Notes on Monstropedia" (Text & Illustration: Koji Yamamura, Kawade Shobo Shinsha Publishers) "Illustrated KOJIKI: The Stories of Japanese Gods and Goddesses" (Text: Yoko Tomiyasu, Kaishe-sha) "Saa, Nagemasuyo" (Text: Eiko Kadono, Bunkeido) 2018 "Bell ga Naru (Bells are Ring)" (Text & llustration: Koji Yamamura, Bunkeido) "What's That Cloud?" (Text: Yoko Tomiyasu, Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers) "Mijinko de Gozaimasu." (Text: Madoka Sato, Froebel-kan) "Bokuga Ichiban ! Sugoidesyo!" (Text: Satoshin, PHP Interface) "Uma ha Kakeru (Horse is Running)" (Text: Rintaro Uchida, Bunkeido) 2019 "Ookamisan Ima Naji?" (Text: Hirotaka Nakagawai, Gakken) 5. Educational Activities: Selection 1997 Animation Workshop, Seoul International Family Film Festival, Korea 1998 Your Choice! Workshop National Children's Castle, Japan 2000 Lecture, Tama Art University department of Graphic Design, Japan Lecture, Azabu University, Sagamihara, Japan Lecture, Doshisha University, Japan Koji Yamamura animation expression base course, Summer School, ENBU art & planning Seminar, Japan 2001 Lecture, National Film Board of Canada, Canada 2002 Lecture, De Anza College, San Francisco, US Lecture, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan Lecture, National Film Board of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada 2004 Workshop and lecture, The Korean National University of Arts, Korea Keio University "Digital Art Awards 2004" Keynote address, Japan 2005 Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design Graduation production exhibition commemoration open lecture, Aichi Arts Center, Japan 2006 Lecture, Manggha Centre, Poland Open Lecture, Hiroshima City University, Japan 2007 Creators forum, Konan Women's University, Department of Creative Media Studies, Japan Multimedia lecture meeting, Kyoto Seika University, Japan Lecture, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 2008 Conférence-projection de YAMAMURA Kôji "Peintures animées et animations peintes" L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo, Japan "Zbig Rybczynski X Koji Yamamura" Presided by Hideichi Tamegaya Joshiji university Art and Design, Japan Lecture at 11th koto international Student Film & Video Festival, Japan 2009 Animations Open Study vol.0 -See the animation on 16mm film, Japan Lecture at Concordia University 3/16, Canada, Montreal Lecture at Rhode Islan#eaSchool of Design (RISD), US Lecture at Harvard University, US Lecture at "Adult Animation, welcome to Koji Yamamura's world" Nagakute Cultural Center, Japan Lecture at Kid's Movie Theater〈2009〉"Yamamura Animation Dai Zukan" 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan International Symposium "power of produce, Japan and Canada" Oscar Peterson Theater, Canadian Embassy, Japan Keynote address "anima" Animation Project 2009 -Flip. Flap, Animation- Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Japan "Nemuri Hime" Talk with Kei Shichiri UPLINK X, Japan The new standard of animation "Yomu Animation" Publishing Event lecture, Japan Business for Tokyo university of the Arts and Adachi Ward - Film music Research and creation - "Music of Koji Yamamura", Tokyo university of the Arts, Japan 2010 Supervision, lecture and workshop at Exhibition" Karel Zeman" Kariya City Art Museum, Japan 2011 "Norshtein, between object and process" Ashikaga Museum of Art, Japan 5 days lecuture in L'abbaye de Fontevraud, France Ottawa International Animation Festival Master class, Arts Court – Theatre, Canada 2011 Special Lecture in Estnia Art University, Estonia Lecture for Muybridge's Strings in Korea National University of Arts, Japan 2012 Special Lecture in Kanazawa College of Art, Japan Japanese Independent animator, Koji Yamamura, Chung-Ang University, Korea 2013 Carrefour de l'Animation at Forum des images, France 2014 5 days workshop at Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD), Switzerland International Design Workshop at Asia University, Taiwan 6. Social Activities (Jury works): Selection 1997 Chairman of judging committee of animated film section, Seoul International Family Film Festival, Korea 1998-2006 Member of the board of directors of the Japan Animation Association 2001 Jury, CG & Animation Festival, Japan Jury, Laputa Animation Festival, Japan Jury, SAFOin Canada Selection Committee, 9th Hirosima International Animation Festival, Japan Jury, Puchon International Student Animated Film Festival, Korea 2003 A member of the board of directors of the Japanese branch of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival 2003, Japan Jury, Tough-eye Turuk International Animation festival, Estonia Jury, 7th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan 2004 Jury, Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart Trick for Kids, Germany Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival, Japan Jury, Ranpo commemoration Rikkyo University and Ikebukuro owl literature prize, Japan 2005 Jury, AniFest International festival of Animated films, Czech 2005 Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival, Japan Jury, Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest, Japan 2006 Regular member of the board of directors of the Japan Animation Association Established "Animations creators & critics", Japan Honorable president, World Festival of Animated Film, Croatia Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival, Japan Jury, Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest, Japan Jury, 3rd Norwich International Animation Festival, UK Jury, 10th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan 2007 Jury, TBS DigiCon 6, Japan Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival, Japan Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business, Japan Jury, anilogue Budapest Animation Festival, Budapest Chairman of jury, animateka International Animation Film Festival, Slovenia 2008 Selection Committee, CJax Canada Japan Short Animation Exchange, Japan Jury, Lisbon International Animation Festival MONSTRA, Japan 2008 Jury, 15th KROK International Animation Festival, Rusia Chairman of Jury, 24th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business, Japan Jury, CREAM International Festival of Arts and Media Yokohama 2009, Japan 2009 Jury, International College Peace Film Festival, Korea Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business, Japan 2010 "British Animation Awards" 2010 baa artist, UK Member of the 3rd Japan - Korea Cultural Conference, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Japan 2010 Bunka Koryushi (Cultural Exchanger), Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Japan 2012 Temporary member of the Cultural Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Japan President of Jury, 8th Varna World Animation Festival, Rumania 2014 Jury, 15th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan Jury, 2nd Shin-Kenbiten (The 66th Kenbiten in total) Annual Competition of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Jury, 69th Mainichi Film Awared, Japan Jury, Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists, Japan Jury, Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo 2015, Japan Jury, Tokyo Wonder Wall 2015, Japan 2015 Cyber Sousa Animation Competition, Mexico Jury, 10th Anim'est 2015, Rumania Jury, 19th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan Jury, 70th Mainichi Film Awared, Japan 2016 Main Jury, 10th ANIMANIMA International Animation Festival, Serbia Final Jury, 5th China Independent Animation Film Forum (CIAFF), China 2017 Cherman of Jury, 16th Countryside Animafest, Cyprus 2018 Animation Jury, XV International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools Kinoproba, Ekaterinburg, Russia 91st Oscars Preliminary Voting and Final Voting to 2018 Academy Award Animated Short, US 2019 Glass Animation Festival, US Head of Jury, 59th Annecy International Animation Festival, France |
| Achievement awards & Honorary Orders – 11 Awards 24th Blue Bird Prize, Japan, 1980 Kuwazawa Design School Award – Tokyo, Japan, 2004 Distinguished Artist Award of 2006, Asian Animation Film Festival Columbia College Chicago, US, 2006 ALBÍN BRUNOVSKÝ HONORARY MEDAL, Slovakia, 2008 30th Kawakita Prize, Japan, 2012 Prize of the Cultural Department of the City of Wiesbaden, Germany, 2014 Special prize for the contribution of the art of animation, animanima International Animation Festival 2016, Serbia, 2016 Pulcinella Special Award - 21st Festival Cartoons on the Bay, Italy, 2017 Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts, Japan, 2018 Medal with Purple Ribbon, Japan, 2019 Kuwazawa Gakuen Award, Japan, 2020 |
| Best Historic Selections – 11 Yamamura Koji: 2 place at 25 top short animated films directors over the last 25 years at Animac, the International Animation Showcase of Catalonia, 2021 Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor: Bunka films 7th rank : 81th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten, 2007 Mt. Head: World and Japanese Animation Best 150, 90th rank, Japan, 2003 Mt. Head: 100 Films for a Century of Animation, 70th rank, France, 2007 Mt. Head: 100 selections in Japanese Media Art: Animation category, 8th rank, Japan (Agency for Cultural Affairs), 2006 Mt. Head: 50 Best Animated Films for 50 Years of ASIFA, 19th rank, Poland, 2010 Mt. Head: 10th rank at Bunka Films : 77th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten, 2004 |
| Films – 105 Awards Aquatic, 1987 – 1 Award Specialized Award ( 1 ) Hi-vision Award '92, Prize by the president of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication, Japan, 1992 Japanese-English Pictionary, 1989 – 1 Award Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Image Forum Festival '90 in Tokyo, Japan, 1990 The Elevator, 1991 – 1 Award Special Prize ( 1 ) 4th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, The 1st Prize of Category C, Japan, 1992 Imagination, 1992 – 3 Awards Best Director ( 1 ) Animation Film Chicago International Children's Film Festival, US, 1994 Specialized Award ( 1 ) Zlin Film Festival, The Prize of ANIFILM Praha for unconventional and inventive technigue of animated film, Czech, 1994 Best Animated Short Film ( 1 ) 5th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, the Second Prize of Category C, Japan, 1994 Kipling Jr., 1995 – 1 Award Jury Special Mention ( 1 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Honorable Mention Short Animation Film by Festival's Adult July, US, 1995 Bavel's Book, 1996 – 2 Awards Jury Prize ( 1 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, US, 1997 Specialized Award ( 1 ) 1st Seoul Animation Expo, Prize for Outstanding film Animation for T.V. Category, Korea, 1997 Your Choice!, 1999 – 5 Awards Jury Prize ( 2 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, The first prize chosen by the adult juries, US, 1999 4th Seoul International Family Film Festival, Korea, 1999 Specialized Awards ( 3 ) Ottawa International Animation Festival, The Category Prize was awarded to Film for children, Canada, 2000 International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, Children's animation film SPECIAL PRIZE, Germany, 1999 1st Laputa Animation Festival, Encourage PRIZE, Japan, 2000 VIBE-ID, 1999 – 1 Award Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures-Mikhail Aldashin prize, Holland, 1999 JUBILEE, 1999 – 2 Awards Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures-Marc Glassman Prize, Holland, 1999 Specialized Award ( 1 ) 4th Music Video Awards '99, BEST MALE VIDEO, Japan, 1999 Space Shower TV Station ID WE LOVE MUSIC, 2001– 1 Award 2nd Prize ( 2 ) PROMAX&BDA, Silver, US, 1999 Mt. Head, 2002 – 27 Awards Academy Nominations ( 1 ) 75th Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, US, 2003 Grand Prix ( 6 ) 39th Annecy International Animation Film Festival Crystal Award, France, 2003 16th International Animation Film Festival Animafest, Croatia, 2003 10th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2004 15th Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2003 MadiaWaver, Hungary, 2003 Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation de Wissembourg, France, 2003 Best Short Film ( 3 ) Festival Internacional de Filmets de Badalona, Spain, 2003 2nd International festival of animated films AniFest, Czech, 2003 Kinofilm 8th Manchester International Short Film Festival, UK, 2004Excellent Prize ( 2 ) 6th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2002 19th Interfilm short film festival Belrin, Germany, 2004 2nd Prize ( 4 ) Ars Electronica Festival, Austria, 2003 46th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany, 2004 Festival Internazionale Cinema d'Animazione e Fumetto, Italy, 2004 45th Krakow International Film Festival, Poland, 2005 Special Jury Prize ( 3 ) 1st CHIAVARI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, Italy, 2005 International Animated Film Festival in Vilnius, Lietuvos Respublika, 2004 8th I CASTELLI ANIMATI, Italy, 2004 Jury Special Mention ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures from each member of the jury (from Konstantin Bronzit), Holland, 2004 Audience Prize ( 1 ) 9th CINEMA TOUT ECRAN Festival, Switzerland, 2004 Best Soundtrack ( 1 ) CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, France, 2004 Special Mention ( 1 ) 12nd Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart, Germany, 2004 Best Selection for a Year ( 1 ) Cultural Films: 77th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten 2004, 10 Place, Japan, 2004 Best Historic Selection ( 4 ) 1st CHIAVARI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, Italy, 2005 World and Japanese Animation Best 150, 90 Place, Japan, 2003 100 FILMS FOR A CENTURY OF ANIMATION, 70 place , France, 2007 Animation category that specialists selected: 100 selections in Japanese Media Art (Agency for Cultural Affairs), 8 Place, Japan, 2006 The Old Crocodile, 2005 – 7 Awards Grand Prix (２) Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables, Grand Prix, Japan, 2005 3rd International Animated Film Festival in Vilnius Vilnius –Tindirindis, Lietuvos Respublika, 2005 Best Short Film ( 4 ) 9th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2005 12th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2006 Specialized Award ( 2 ) 29th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, The Best Film in Category B, Portugal, 2005 Festival BIMINI, Diploma for its sharp observations of life, Latvia, 2005 Best Script ( 1 ) Wissembourg Animated Film Festival (RICA), France, 2005 Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor, 2007 – 14 Awards Grand Prix ( 8 ) 22nd Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, 2007 13th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2008 MONSTORA Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Portugal, 2008 Internationales TrickFilm Festival STUTTGART, Germany, 2008 I Castelli Animati, Italy, 2008 International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Golden Jabberwocky, Poland, 2008 KROK International Animation Festival, Russia, 2008 Mainichi Film Contest, Ofuji Noburo, Japan, 2007 Best Short Film ( 2 ) ANIMADRID, Spain, 2008 AniFest – Trebon, Czech, 2008 Exsellence Prize ( 1 ) 11th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2008 2nd Prize ( 2 ) International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Silver Dove, Germany, 2008 animanima International Animation Festival in Servia, Silver Peg Bar, Servia, 2008 Best Selection for a Year ( 1 ) 81th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten, Bunka films 7 Place, Japan, 2008 A Child's Metaphysics, 2007 – 3 Awards Best Short Film ( 1 ) 12nd Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2008 Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables, Japan, 2008 Specialized Awards ( 1 ) MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Prémio ONDA CURTA, Portugal, 2009 Muybridge's Strings, 2011 – 11 Awards Best Short Film ( 1 ) 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Firebird Award, China, 2012 Excellent Prize (1) 15th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2011 2nd Prize ( 1 ) 53rd International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, SILVER MIKELDI FOR ANIMATION, Spain, 2011 Special Jury Prize ( 2 ) 35th CINANIMA Interantional Animated Film Festival, Special Prize of the Jury (Grande Prémio do Júri), Portugal, 2011 14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Animated Dreams, Jury’s Special Mentioning II, Estonia, 2011 Special Prize ( 1 ) 15th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2012 Specialized Awards ( 4 ) 18th International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima", The Great (Under) estimated Award, Poland ,2011 15th Toronto Reel Asian International film festival, NFB Best Canadian Film or Video Award, Canada, 2011 35th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Prize RTP2: Onda Curta, Portugal, 2011 Mention ( 1 ) 54th Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Honorary Mention, Germany, 2011 "Parade" de Satie, 2016 – 13 Awards Grand Prix (1) Golden Brick: 6th Animax Skopje Fest, Macedonia, 2016 Best Short Film ( 7 ) Golden Pencil Award: 7th DRAWTASTIC's 2D OR NOT 2D Animation Festival, US, 2017 Best of Festival - Animated Short: 6th Richmond International Film Festival , Richmond, VA, US, 2017 1st Vienna Independent Film Festival VIFF 2016, Best Animated Film, Austria, 2016 12th BuSho The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2016, Best Animation, Hungary, 2016 Best Animated Film: 2nd Edition of the Less 15 minutes International MiniMovie Film Festival, US, 2017 1st NEAR NAZARETH FESTIVAL, Animation Winner, Israel, 2016 3rd Locomocion Experimental Animation Festival: Crónica - Proesional trigger (Best of Professional chronicle category), Mexico, 2016 2nd Place ( 1 ) Best Animated Short 2nd Place; 1st North Bay Art & Film Festival (NBAFF), US, 2016 Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) 18th Animated Dreams 2016, Estonia, 2016 Special Prize ( 1 ) 16th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL HIROSHIMA 2016, Special Prize, Japan, 2016 Specialized Awards ( 1 ) 1st NON STOP ART FESTIVAL/BA2016(International Film and Art Festival) , Best Editing Animation, Argentina, 2016 Special Mention ( 1 ) 15th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Jury Special Mention by Theodore Ushev, Cyprus, 2016 Notes on Monstropedia, 2016 – 2 Awards Mention ( 2 ) Honourable Mention, 24th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland, 2017 Distinction, 3rd ANIMATION MARATHON, Greece, 2017 Water Dream, 2017 – 1 Award Grand Prize: 9th Festival Ciné Poème, France, 2020.03 Dream Into Drawing, 2019 – 10 Awards 2nd Prize ( 1 ) Silver award: 13th Xiamen International Animation Festival, China, 2020.11 Best Short Film ( 2 ) Best International Animated Short Film: 1st Animation Celebration Fest, US, Wisconsin, 2020.10 Best Animation: 15th Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market, Japan, Sapporo, 2020.10 Best Arts award( 1 ) Best Arts award: 13th Xiamen International Animation Festival, China, 2020.11 Best Animated Film in category ( 2 ) Best Animated Short Film (from 1 to 10 min): 11th International Animation Film Festival - Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria, 2020.09 Best Animated Short in the “Animated Documentaries”, 3rd Palm Spring International Animation Festival & Expo, US, CA, 2020.12 Audience Award ( 2 ) Audience Award: 10th Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival, UK, 2020.10 Online Fun Award: 15th Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Japan, 2020.11 Mention ( 2 ) Special Mention of the Jury: “for the artistic value of animation”: 18th Imaginaria – Int. animated film festival, Italy, Conversano, 2020.08 Honorable Mention: 3rd TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival, Georgia, 2020.12 |
| Films – 104 Awards Aquatic, 1987 – 1 Award Specialized Award ( 1 ) Hi-vision Award '92, Prize by the president of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication, Japan, 1992 Japanese-English Pictionary, 1989 – 1 Award Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Image Forum Festival '90 in Tokyo, Japan, 1990 The Elevator, 1991 – 1 Award Special Prize ( 1 ) 4th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, The 1st Prize of Category C, Japan, 1992 Imagination, 1992 – 3 Awards Best Director ( 1 ) Animation Film Chicago International Children's Film Festival, US, 1994 Specialized Award ( 1 ) Zlin Film Festival, The Prize of ANIFILM Praha for unconventional and inventive technigue of animated film, Czech, 1994 Best Animated Short Film ( 1 ) 5th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, the Second Prize of Category C, Japan, 1994 Kipling Jr., 1995 – 1 Award Jury Special Mention ( 1 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Honorable Mention Short Animation Film by Festival's Adult July, US, 1995 Bavel's Book, 1996 – 2 Awards Jury Prize ( 1 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, US, 1997 Specialized Award ( 1 ) 1st Seoul Animation Expo, Prize for Outstanding film Animation for T.V. Category, Korea, 1997 Your Choice!, 1999 – 5 Awards Jury Prize ( 2 ) Chicago International Children's Film Festival, The first prize chosen by the adult juries, US, 1999 4th Seoul International Family Film Festival, Korea, 1999 Specialized Awards ( 3 ) Ottawa International Animation Festival, The Category Prize was awarded to Film for children, Canada, 2000 International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, Children's animation film SPECIAL PRIZE, Germany, 1999 1st Laputa Animation Festival, Encourage PRIZE, Japan, 2000 VIBE-ID, 1999 – 1 Award Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures-Mikhail Aldashin prize, Holland, 1999 JUBILEE, 1999 – 2 Awards Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures-Marc Glassman Prize, Holland, 1999 Specialized Award ( 1 ) 4th Music Video Awards '99, BEST MALE VIDEO, Japan, 1999 Space Shower TV Station ID WE LOVE MUSIC, 2001– 1 Award 2nd Prize ( 2 ) PROMAX&BDA, Silver, US, 1999 Mt. Head, 2002 – 27 Awards Academy Nominations ( 1 ) 75th Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, US, 2003 Grand Prix ( 6 ) 39th Annecy International Animation Film Festival Crystal Award, France, 2003 16th International Animation Film Festival Animafest, Croatia, 2003 10th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2004 15th Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2003 MadiaWaver, Hungary, 2003 Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma d'Animation de Wissembourg, France, 2003 Best Short Film ( 3 ) Festival Internacional de Filmets de Badalona, Spain, 2003 2nd International festival of animated films AniFest, Czech, 2003 Kinofilm 8th Manchester International Short Film Festival, UK, 2004Excellent Prize ( 2 ) 6th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2002 19th Interfilm short film festival Belrin, Germany, 2004 2nd Prize ( 4 ) Ars Electronica Festival, Austria, 2003 46th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany, 2004 Festival Internazionale Cinema d'Animazione e Fumetto, Italy, 2004 45th Krakow International Film Festival, Poland, 2005 Special Jury Prize ( 3 ) 1st CHIAVARI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, Italy, 2005 International Animated Film Festival in Vilnius, Lietuvos Respublika, 2004 8th I CASTELLI ANIMATI, Italy, 2004 Jury Special Mention ( 1 ) Holland Animation Film Festival, Guilty Pleasures from each member of the jury (from Konstantin Bronzit), Holland, 2004 Audience Prize ( 1 ) 9th CINEMA TOUT ECRAN Festival, Switzerland, 2004 Best Soundtrack ( 1 ) CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, France, 2004 Special Mention ( 1 ) 12nd Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart, Germany, 2004 Best Selection for a Year ( 1 ) Cultural Films: 77th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten 2004, 10 Place, Japan, 2004 Best Historic Selection ( 4 ) 1st CHIAVARI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, Italy, 2005 World and Japanese Animation Best 150, 90 Place, Japan, 2003 100 FILMS FOR A CENTURY OF ANIMATION, 70 place , France, 2007 Animation category that specialists selected: 100 selections in Japanese Media Art (Agency for Cultural Affairs), 8 Place, Japan, 2006 The Old Crocodile, 2005 – 7 Awards Grand Prix (２) Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables, Grand Prix, Japan, 2005 3rd International Animated Film Festival in Vilnius Vilnius –Tindirindis, Lietuvos Respublika, 2005 Best Short Film ( 4 ) 9th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2005 12th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2006 Specialized Award ( 2 ) 29th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, The Best Film in Category B, Portugal, 2005 Festival BIMINI, Diploma for its sharp observations of life, Latvia, 2005 Best Script ( 1 ) Wissembourg Animated Film Festival (RICA), France, 2005 Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor, 2007 – 14 Awards Grand Prix ( 8 ) 22nd Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, 2007 13th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2008 MONSTORA Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Portugal, 2008 Internationales TrickFilm Festival STUTTGART, Germany, 2008 I Castelli Animati, Italy, 2008 International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Golden Jabberwocky, Poland, 2008 KROK International Animation Festival, Russia, 2008 Mainichi Film Contest, Ofuji Noburo, Japan, 2007 Best Short Film ( 2 ) ANIMADRID, Spain, 2008 AniFest – Trebon, Czech, 2008 Exsellence Prize ( 1 ) 11th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2008 2nd Prize ( 2 ) International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Silver Dove, Germany, 2008 animanima International Animation Festival in Servia, Silver Peg Bar, Servia, 2008 Best Selection for a Year ( 1 ) 81th Kinema-Junpo Best Ten, Bunka films 7 Place, Japan, 2008 A Child's Metaphysics, 2007 – 3 Awards Best Short Film ( 1 ) 12nd Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2008 Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables, Japan, 2008 Specialized Awards ( 1 ) MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Prémio ONDA CURTA, Portugal, 2009 Muybridge's Strings, 2011 – 11 Awards Best Short Film ( 1 ) 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Firebird Award, China, 2012 Excellent Prize (1) 15th Agency for Cultural Affairs; Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2011 2nd Prize ( 1 ) 53rd International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, SILVER MIKELDI FOR ANIMATION, Spain, 2011 Special Jury Prize ( 2 ) 35th CINANIMA Interantional Animated Film Festival, Special Prize of the Jury (Grande Prémio do Júri), Portugal, 2011 14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Animated Dreams, Jury’s Special Mentioning II, Estonia, 2011 Special Prize ( 1 ) 15th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan, 2012 Specialized Awards ( 4 ) 18th International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima", The Great (Under) estimated Award, Poland ,2011 15th Toronto Reel Asian International film festival, NFB Best Canadian Film or Video Award, Canada, 2011 35th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Prize RTP2: Onda Curta, Portugal, 2011 Mention ( 1 ) 54th Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Honorary Mention, Germany, 2011 "Parade" de Satie, 2016 – 13 Awards Grand Prix (1) Golden Brick: 6th Animax Skopje Fest, Macedonia, 2016 Best Short Film ( 7 ) Golden Pencil Award: 7th DRAWTASTIC's 2D OR NOT 2D Animation Festival, US, 2017 Best of Festival - Animated Short: 6th Richmond International Film Festival , Richmond, VA, US, 2017 1st Vienna Independent Film Festival VIFF 2016, Best Animated Film, Austria, 2016 12th BuSho The Budapest Short International Film Festival 2016, Best Animation, Hungary, 2016 Best Animated Film: 2nd Edition of the Less 15 minutes International MiniMovie Film Festival, US, 2017 1st NEAR NAZARETH FESTIVAL, Animation Winner, Israel, 2016 3rd Locomocion Experimental Animation Festival: Crónica - Proesional trigger (Best of Professional chronicle category), Mexico, 2016 2nd Place ( 1 ) Best Animated Short 2nd Place; 1st North Bay Art & Film Festival (NBAFF), US, 2016 Special Jury Prize ( 1 ) 18th Animated Dreams 2016, Estonia, 2016 Special Prize ( 1 ) 16th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL HIROSHIMA 2016, Special Prize, Japan, 2016 Specialized Awards ( 1 ) 1st NON STOP ART FESTIVAL/BA2016(International Film and Art Festival) , Best Editing Animation, Argentina, 2016 Special Mention ( 1 ) 15th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Nicosia, Jury Special Mention by Theodore Ushev, Cyprus, 2016 Notes on Monstropedia, 2016 – 2 Awards Mention ( 2 ) Honourable Mention, 24th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland, 2017 Distinction, 3rd ANIMATION MARATHON, Greece, 2017 Water Dream, 2017 – 1 Award Grand Prize: 9th Festival Ciné Poème, France, 2020.03 Dream Into Drawing, 2019 – 9 Awards 2nd Prize ( 1 ) Silver award: 13th Xiamen International Animation Festival, China, 2020.11 Best Short Film ( 4 ) Best International Animated Short Film: 1st Animation Celebration Fest, US, Wisconsin, 2020.10 Best Animation: 15th Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market, Japan, Sapporo, 2020.10 Best Animated Short Film (from 1 to 10 min): 11th International Animation Film Festival - Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria, 2020.09 Best Arts award Best Arts award: 13th Xiamen International Animation Festival, China, 2020.11 Audience Award ( 2 ) Audience Award: 10th Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival, UK, 2020.10 Online Fun Award: 15th Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Japan, 2020.11 Mention ( 2 ) Special Mention of the Jury: “for the artistic value of animation”: 18th Imaginaria – Int. animated film festival, Italy, Conversano, 2020.08 Honorable Mention: 3rd TIAF - Tbilisi International Animation Festival, Georgia, 2020.12 |
| Awards for Advertising Films - 19 Awards Yona Yona Ale, 1997 – 1 Award Special Prize: ACC Special prize for local CM Japan, 1999 Takarajima-sha “Kuromaru”, 1999 – 1 Award 2nd Prize ( 1 ) Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, Silver, 1999 Greenpeace Man & Whale, 2007 – 3 Awards 2nd Prize: Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, Silver New Director (Short Film), Thailand, 2009 Specialized Awards: EARTH VISION - The Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival, EARTH VISION Prize for Children's Film – Tokyo, Japan, 2008 Special Jury Prize, 5th China International Animation & Digital Arts Festival, China, 2008 JR East Japan Railway Company Goup, 2017 – 1 Award Silver prize: 57th Bussiness CM Awards, Japan, 2018 WildAid Hankograph, 2019– 13 Awards Gold / Design / Craft / Animation: One Show 2020 Bronze / Digital Craft / Visual & Audio Craft Animation: One Show 2020 Merit / Online Film& Video / Long Form: One Show 2020 Merit / Online Film& Video / Sound Design: One Show 2020 Yellow Pencil: D&AD Awards 2020 Gold・Film Craft_Animation, Silver・Film Craft_Sound design, Bronze・Film Craft_Art direction_production design, Silver・Non Branded Videos: AD STARS 2019, Korea, 2019.08 Sliver Spikes: Spikes Asia 2019 Film Craft / Animation / Gold, Artistry & Craft in Advertising / Silver: Now York Festival 2020, US |
| Awards for Books - 3 Awards Viva Vegetables(Oyaoya Oyasai), 2010 – 1 Award MOE Children's Picture Book Store Award, 4th place, Japan, 2010 Chiisana Okina Ki (Tiny, Giant Tree), 2015 – 1 Award 65th Shogakukan Award for Children's Literature, Japan, 2016 Kujira-san noh Tahmenara Enyakohra, 2015 – 1 Award 22nd Nippon Ehon Prize, Japan, 2017 |
| Academic Awards – 4 Awards 23th Zagreb World Animation Festival, Best Animation School: Tokyo University of the Arts, Croatia, 2010 To an educational institution for the best choice of films submitted The Tokyo school was a real surprise, in my view we are looking at a future animation celebrity. Koji Yamamura’s influence is obvious, however, I believe they successfully managed to find an expression of their own. The Student Competition selection committee thus decided to grant the Award to an educational institution for the best choice of films submitted for pre-selection to the Tokyo University of Arts. 25th Ottawa International Animation Festival 2010, The Best Animation School Showreel: Tokyo University of the Arts, Canada, 2010 29th Ottawa International Animation Festival 2014, Honorable Mention: Tokyo University of the Arts, Canada, 2007 Japan Society for Animation Studies, Academic Special Award for 10 years of series Open lecture "Introduction to Contemporary Animation", Japan, 2019 |
| Other Awards – 1 Award 2021 New York Press Club Award in the Critical Arts Review category: "The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation"(supervision and ideas) |
| Selected List of Retrospective Screenings 1987 "Koji Yamamura's Animation Film Show", National Children's Castle (Japan) 1998 "Special retrospective program" Koji Yamamura's Animation Works ", Seoul International Family Film Festiva, (Korea) 1999 "Your Choice !" Release Event: "Your Choice!", Tokyo Photo Museum (Japan) 1999 "Koji Yamamura's works", Malaysian Video Awards, KL( Malaysian) 1999 "Koji Yamamura Exhibition - Animation art works", Sony Building, Tokyo (Japan) 1999 "Nouvelles images du Japon : films d'animation et cinema digital", nouveau forum des halles, Paris (France) 2000 "NEW JAPANESE ANIMATION THE UNIQUE UNIVERSE OF YAMAMURA", SPROCKETS・Toronto International Children's Film Festival, REEL TO REEL - A Celebration of Moving Images for Youth, FLICKS International Film Festival for Children (Canada) 2000 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura works", Children Animated Films Festival- Girona, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Palafrugell and Barcelona(Spein) 2000 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura works" Oulu International Children's Film Festival (Finland) 2001 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura"SAFO(Canada) 2001 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", NFB (Canada) 2001 "NEW JAPANESE ANIMATION "THE UNIQUE UNIVERSE OF YAMAMURA" at Asian International Children's Film Festiva, (USA) 2002 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" at LE FESTIVAL DU DESSIN ANIME ET DU FILM D'ANIMATION (Blgium) 2002 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" at 8e Festival d'un jour (France) 2002 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" at Freeze Frame Film Festival (Canada) 2002 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" at Japanime 2002 (Australia) 2003 "Yamamura Animation Zenseiki", Uplink(Japan) 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Frecrikstad Animation Festival (Norway) 2003 "Bat Boy, Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Tough-eye Turuk International Animation Festival (Finland) 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo(Brazil) 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Tai International Short Film Festival (Tai) 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Gwangju International Film Festival (Korea) 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Raindance Film Festival (UK) 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", cortimolafestival (Italy) 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", Nouvelles images du Japon 3: films d'animation et cinema digital (France) 2003 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura", NIPPON KOMA FESTIVAL (german) 2004 "Koji Yamamura Animation World", National Film Theater, London (UK) 2005 "World of Yamamura Animation" Anime Explosion!", Kennedy center(USA) 2006 "Animated Genius: The Films of Koji Yamamura", Cinema K: Children's Film Festival Seattle (USA) 2006 "Animated Genius: The Films of Koji Yamamura", REDCAT, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (USA) 2006 The World of Yamamura Animation", Harvard University(USA) 2006 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" Festival Image par image" 2006 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" Norwich International Animation Festival (UK) 2006 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima (Poland) 2007 "KOJI YAMAMURA: THE UNIQUE UNIVERSE OF YAMAMURA", Melbourne International Film Festival(Australia) 2007 anilogue Budapest Animation Festival (Hungary) 2007 animateka International Animation Film Festival (Slovenia) 2008 Göteborg International Film Festival (Sweden) 2008 Animac (Spain) 2008 Ankara Inaternational Film festival (Turkey) 2008 Lisbon International Animation Festival MONSTRA, Museu do Oriente (Pórtugal) 2009 Festival International de Film d'Animation de Meknes,Morocco (Russia) 2009 "Yamamura Koji. For Children" and "Yamamura Koji. For Adult"Japanese October (Italy) 2009 International College Peace Film Festival (Korea) 2010 NFB CINEMA KOJI YAMAMURA: MASTERY OF THE FORM14th Toronto reel asian International Film Festival (Canada) 2010 Goelali Children's Film Festival, "Short Films by Koji Yamamura" (Indonesia) 2010 Rétrospective Koji Yamamura, 9th Montreal Animation Samit (Canada) 2011 La boîte à malice by les films du preau (France) 2011 Yamamura Kôji ou les œuvres du temps, 39th Festival International du Film de La Rochelle (France) 2012 Nipon no Uta Film Festival, K's cinema (Japan) 2012 London International Animation Festival Koji Yamamura Retrospective (UK)  2013 Carrefour de l'Animation, Forum des images KÔJI YAMAMURA retrospective screenings (France) 2013 Big Cartoon Festival KÔJI YAMAMURA retrospective screening (Russia) 2013 Melbourne International Animation Festival, SPECIAL GUEST - KOJI YAMAMURA (Australia) 2014 Tokyo Anime Award Festival KÔJI YAMAMURA retrospective screeni n(Japan) 2014 NipponConnection Koji Yamamura Special (German) 2014 16. Internationales Trickfilm-Wochenende Wiesbaden (German) 2014 ANIMATOU International Animation Festiova - Genev SPÉCIAL JAPON – RÉTRO. KOJI YAMAMURA JEUNE PUBL (Swiss) 2014 15th Hiroshima International Animation Festival KÔJI YAMAMURA retrospective screening (Japan) 2015 12th Kecskemét Animation Film Festiva FÜGGETLEN JAPÁN ANIME – Yamamura Kôji retrospektív (Hungary) |
| Selected List of Solo Exhibition Shows 1999 "Koji Yamamura Exhibition - Animation art works", Bokushin Gallery 2003 "Yamamura Animation Kodomo Zukan", National Children's Castle 2003 "Art library", National Children's Castle 2003 "Yamamura Animation Zukan", Nadiff, Omote Sando, Japan 2003 "AtamaYama Sakura Dai Mankai", SPACE EDGE, Daikanyama, Japan 2003 "Yamamura Animation Kodomo Zukan", Seto Novelty Children's Creative Center, Japan 2003 "Yamamura Animation Zukan", Nagoya University of Arts, Art space T.A.G. IZUTO, Japan  2004 Fushigi world Koji Yamamura Animation Exhibition Hachioji Yume Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 2004, 16th July - 5th September  2005 Yamamura Animation Museum, Expo Aichi, Aichi, Japan, 2005, 25th March - 25th September 2005 "Moving Images~Yamamura Animation Museum selection VOL.1", Yebiden Gallery, Hiroshima 2005 "Animation that got dream", ComCom-fukushima  2006 Visible Fantasy-Koji Yamamura animation+painting exhibition Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006, 15th July - 18th September, ,Hiroshima, Japan  2007 Koji Yamamura drawings and paintings, International Cenetr of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenija, 2007, December 2008 Koji Yamamura Exhibition, Cinema São Jorge, Portugal 2008 "Animation Nation 2008" Yamamura Show Case, 11/2, Singapore 2008 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" Biennial of Animation Bratislava International Festival of Animated Films for Children 10/14-18, Slovakia 2008 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" 15th KROK International Animation Festival (Russia) 2009 "Retrospective of Koji Yamamura" Japanese October (Italy) 2009 The new standard of animation "Yomu Animation" Publishing Event Screening 2009 "anima" Animation Project 2009 -Flip. Flap, Animation- Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences 2009 Tokyo Zokei University Open Campus "Screening and lecture, Yamamura Animation", Tokyo Zokei University 2009 Ault program and Children program at Festival International de Film d'Animation de Meknes Morocco, 5/7-15 2009 "Adult Animation, welcome to Koji Yamamura's world" 8/8 Nagakute Cultural Center 2009 Kid's Movie Theater〈2009〉"Yamamura Animation Dai Zukan" 9/23, 21st Century Museum Of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa 2009 International College Peace Film Festival, Korea 2009 16th Etiuda & Anima, Poland  2010 Koji Yamamura Une métaphysique des rêves, Cinémathèque Québécoise, Salle Norman-McLaren, Montreal, Canada, 2010, 2nd December - 6th Feburuary  2011 Koji Yamamura Exhibition From "Mt. Head " to "Muybridge's Strings”Fascination of Yamamaura Animation ,Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 2011, 13th Ocrober - 1st November 2012 Muybridge's Strings: Yamamura Animation & NFB, SKIP CITY Sai-No-Kuni Visual Plaza  2013 Koji Yamamura ~ his original drawings and films + world animations ~ , Azmino Art Line North Alps Tenbo Museum, Nagano, Japan, 2013, 13rd July - 25th August |
| Selected List of Exhibitions 1994 Original Drawing Exhibition of "A House" at Landesbildstelle Berlin, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin-Kinderfilmfest 1996 "4 persons plus One - Clay Animation Exhibition", ComicBox Gallery, Tokyo 1999 "Japanese Puppet Animation", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1999 "Odoroki-ban 100 renpatsu!", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography  2000 The world of animation loved by Osamu Tezuka -Unfinished masterpiece "Legend of the Forest"-Takarazuka City Osamu Tezuka Memorial Hall, 2000, 1st January - 25th April, Hyogo, Japan 2000 "Animation Land", Saga Pref. Space and Science Museum 2002 "Japan Society for Animation Studies' General meeting special exhibition", Tokyo Zokei University Yokoyama Memorial Manzu Art Museum 2003 "A Universe on Storyboards: Birth of Image" at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2003 "Into Animation3", Seshion Suginami Higashi-Koenji 2003 Original drawing exhibition, SICAF 2003 "Global Media 2003", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2005 "Animation & Manga wonderland", Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art 2006 "Japan Media Arts Festival", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2008 "Mouvement", entre peinture et animation: Exposition d'Olivia MAUREY BARISSON et YAMAMURA Kôji, L'Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival, The national Arts Center, Tokyo 2008 "To the very (last) drawing" 40 years of International exhibition of drawing, MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART in Rijeka, Croatia 2008 "FRAGMENTS & FLOWS" Biennial of Animation Bratislava International Festival of Ani Futatsu no tobiramated Films for Children 10/14-18, Slovakia 2010 Futatsu no Tobira -Koji Yamamura & Komako Sakai, Konica Minolta Plaza 2011 Futatsu no Tobira -Koji Yamamura & Komako Sakai, Hirata Honjin Kinenkan 2019 3rd International Animation Exhibition (IAE), China, Beijing |
| Collections National Film Center, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: "Mt. Head" (2002) 35 mm film prints, "The Old Crocodile" (2005)35 mm film prints Private collector(Japan) : "Your Choice!" (1999) original drawings Private collection (Holland): "Your Choice!" (1999) original drawings Hiroshima City Museume of Contemporary Art: Original drawings of "Mt. Head " , Original object of "Karo and Piyobpt" (1993) , "Kipling Jr." (1995) and so on. Musée-château: Original drawing of "Mt. Head" (2002), "EMILE COHL's Alphabet" 82008) Cinémathèque québécoise: "Ryan Larkin" (2009) original drawing |
| Jury works 1997 Chairman of judging committee of animated film section, Seoul International Family Film Festival, Korea 1998-2006 Member of the board of directors of the Japan Animation Association 2001 Jury, CG & Animation Festival, Japan Jury, Laputa Animation Festival, Japan Jury, SAFOin Canada Selection Committee, 9th Hirosima International Animation Festival, Japan Jury, Puchon International Student Animated Film Festival, Korea 2003 A member of the board of directors of the Japanese branch of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival 2003, Japan Jury, Tough-eye Turuk International Animation festival, Estonia Jury, 7th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan 2004 Jury, Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart Trick for Kids, Germany Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival, Japan Jury, Ranpo commemoration Rikkyo University and Ikebukuro owl literature prize, Japan 2005 Jury, AniFest International festival of Animated films, Czech 2005 Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival, Japan Jury, Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest, Japan 2006 Regular member of the board of directors of the Japan Animation Association Established "Animations creators & critics", Japan Honorable president, World Festival of Animated Film, Croatia Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival, Japan Jury, Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest, Japan Jury, 3rd Norwich International Animation Festival, UK Jury, 10th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan 2007 Jury, TBS DigiCon 6, Japan Jury, United Cinemas CG Animation Film Festival, Japan Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business, Japan Jury, anilogue Budapest Animation Festival, Budapest Chairman of jury, animateka International Animation Film Festival, Slovenia 2008 Selection Committee, CJax Canada Japan Short Animation Exchange, Japan Jury, Lisbon International Animation Festival MONSTRA, Japan 2008 Jury, 15th KROK International Animation Festival, Rusia Chairman of Jury, 24th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business, Japan Jury, CREAM International Festival of Arts and Media Yokohama 2009, Japan 2009 Jury, International College Peace Film Festival, Korea Jury, Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Art Promotion base formation business, Japan 2010 "British Animation Awards" 2010 baa artist, UK Member of the 3rd Japan - Korea Cultural Conference, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Japan 2010 Bunka Koryushi (Cultural Exchanger), Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Japan 2012 Temporary member of the Cultural Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Japan President of Jury, 8th Varna World Animation Festival, Rumania 2014 Jury, 15th Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Japan Jury, 2nd Shin-Kenbiten (The 66th Kenbiten in total) Annual Competition of Art in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Jury, 69th Mainichi Film Awared, Japan Jury, Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists, Japan Jury, Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo 2015, Japan Jury, Tokyo Wonder Wall 2015, Japan 2015 Cyber Sousa Animation Competition, Mexico Jury, 10th Anim'est 2015, Rumania Jury, 19th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan Jury, 70th Mainichi Film Awared, Japan 2016 Main Jury, 10th ANIMANIMA International Animation Festival, Serbia Final Jury, 5th China Independent Animation Film Forum (CIAFF), China 2017 Cherman of Jury, 16th Countryside Animafest, Cyprus 2018 Animation Jury, XV International Festival-Workshop of Film Schools Kinoproba, Ekaterinburg, Russia 91st Oscars Preliminary Voting and Final Voting to 2018 Academy Award Animated Short, US 2019 Glass Animation Festival, US Head of Jury, 59th Annecy International Animation Festival, France |