Young Animator Training Project


The Young Animator Training Project is an annual project launched in 2010, and funded by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators. The project culminates in a series of anime shorts produced by various animation studios each year called:
  • Project A, released in 2011
  • Anime Mirai, released in 2012–2015
  • Anime Tamago, released in 2016-2020
  • Anime no Tane, released since 2021

History

The project was launched by Japanese Animation Creators Association in 2010. The animation labor group received 214.5 million yen from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios to train young animators on-the-job during the year. One of the reasons for the support of the Agency for Cultural Affairs is the concern that more of the Japanese animation process is being outsourced overseas—thus leading to a decline in opportunities to teach animation techniques within Japan. In 2011 the Agency once again provided funding for JAniCA to select more young training projects under the same budgets.
In April 2014, JAniCA announced that they are no longer running the initiative. Later it was announced that The Association of Japanese Animations will run the project.

Animations

The following animations were created out of the funding provided by the Young Animator Training Project. Animation studios bid for funding, and each year, four studios are selected to produce short films. All short films air in theaters each year in March.

Project A

The following shorts were produced in 2010.

Anime Mirai 2012

The following shorts were produced in 2011.

Anime Mirai 2013

The following shorts were produced in 2012.
Aruvu Rezuru replaced an intended short, TV Kazoku Channel Jacker, that was to be produced by Pierrot.

Anime Mirai 2014

The following shorts were produced in 2013.

Anime Mirai 2015

The following shorts were produced in 2014.

Anime Tamago 2016

The following shorts were produced in 2015. This is the first year after The Association of Japanese Animations took over this project and renamed it to Anime Tamago.

Anime Tamago 2017

The following shorts were produced in 2016.

Anime Tamago 2018

The following shorts were produced in 2017.
  • Time Driver: Bokura ga Kaita Mirai - Imagica Image Works, Robot
  • Engimon - Studio Nanahoshi, Usagi.Ou
  • Milky Panic Twelve - Tomason
  • Midnight Crazy Trail - Picona

Anime Tamago 2019

The following shorts were produced in 2018.

Anime Tamago 2020

The following shorts were produced in 2019.
  • Ometeotoru≠HERO - Speed Inc.
  • The Chronicles of Rebecca - Vega Entertainment :ja:ベガエンタテイメント|
  • Michiru Rescue! - Yumeta Company

Anime no Tane 2021

The following shorts were produced in 2020. While the name was changed, AJA is still in charge of the project. Shorts produced for Animenotane are 7-10 minutes, instead of the usual 24 in previous years.
  • DELIVER POLICE/Nishi-Tōkyō-shi Deliver Keisatsu-tai - Imagica
  • Hachimitsu Suicide Machine - Usagi ou inc.
  • HOME! - Orange
  • - Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab

Anime no Tane 2022

The following shorts have been announced for production in 2021

Anime no Tane 2023

The following shorts have been announced for production in 2022.
  • NICO/AGONY - Usagi-ou
  • Wander Burabura Bakkamu - Echoes
  • MoshiMeta -Moshi Mesukōsei ga Metaverse de Miko ni Nattara- - Studio L
  • Tsuru ga Mau Yoru ni - Noovo, pH Studio

Anime no Tane 2024

The following shorts have been announced for production in 2023.

Anime no Tane 2025

The following shorts have been announced for production in 2024.