Project Young.: Japan's Largest-Ever Festival of Independent Animation (Planning & Operation)
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- 2023.04
▼Project Young. Animation Video Production
Summary
Hosted by WAKASA SEIKATSU Corporation, “Project Young.” is Japan's first and largest-scale festival of independent animation. NOKID was responsible for its planning and production.
Project Young. is a creator-support project that aims to convey that “if you never give up on your dream, fiction will eventually become reality,” to cheer on people who work earnestly, and to encourage those who once gave up on their dreams to try again. Under the theme “Never give up on what you love” from WAKASA SEIKATSU's manga Karin's Mound (a story about women's hardball baseball and Koshien), we invited indie animators to take part from August 21 to November 26, 2021.
We produced a compilation video that connects the “Opening Act” works by the 26 participating indie animators. The theme song was provided by Eve, known for the theme song of the anime Jujutsu Kaisen, among others.
After the call for entries closed, the participating works, including the compilation video, were published on the Project Young. official website.
The video carries the wish to bring the wonderful works that each animator created without giving up on what they love to the world and to make many people happy.
At the end, the message is delivered once more, closing the film so that the animators' feelings reach the viewers.
In this way, we can also arrange original music rather than royalty-free tracks and produce music videos (MVs).
▼Participating Indie Animators
Reimi Arakaki@reitdemi
Itami
Ototoi Keisan
ido
Katakai
Gaburiizumu Gaburimerii
KICO
Komugiko2000
Sankakusaki
Shimarisu Yukichi
Shimesaba
Jinkai
TAO
Masaaki Tanaka
10+10
Doromizu
NOZOMI
Bakui
higoAkari
Bun
Magoyama Tsukuzo
MARU AKARI
Mitou.
motto
百藤
Wataru
*Listed in Japanese syllabary (gojuon) order
▼Project Young. Official Website: Japan's Largest-Ever Indie Animation Festival
▼Project Young. Official YouTube Channel
▼Project Young. × Karin's Mound Special Site
▼Staff
-Opening Act. Animation
・Reimi Arakaki (@reitdemi) ・Itami (@itami_gomi) ・Ototoi Keisan (@51pichipichi) ・ido (@i_do_Anime) ・Katakai (@ktkaaai) ・Gaburiizumu Gaburimerii (@GIGM777) ・KICO (@illmaticblue) ・Komugiko2000 (@komugiko_2000) ・Sankakusaki (@s_sk_1875) ・Shimarisu Yukichi (@yukichi_nya___) ・Shimesaba (@___44gi) ・Jinkai (@zinkai) ・TAO (@tao15102) ・Masaaki Tanaka (@shadyxx24) ・10十10 (@w_freedom_10) ・Doromizu (@doromizu89) ・NOZOMI (@noznozmi) ・Bakui (@bakui02) ・higoAkari (@anim_HA_a) ・Bun (@bunbun_1216) ・Magoyama Tsukuzo (@mago_oowarawa) ・MARU AKARI (@ara_itao) ・Mitou. (@mitou119) ・motto (@28motto) ・百藤 (@benton_2000) ・Wataru (@_watarutaru_)
*Listed in Japanese syllabary (gojuon) order
-Karin Animation Support Member
・Osatou Shioko (@sugar_salty01) ・mkt (@illust_dadadada)
-Theme song
・Eve (@oO0Eve0Oo)
-Presented by Karin's Mound
Karin's Mound is a Japanese comic about girls who dream of playing hardball baseball at Koshien Stadium, a place women were long told they must not enter. The final of the high school girls' baseball tournament at Koshien, which had only ever been fiction, finally became reality on August 23, 2021.
If you never give up on what you love, the story will eventually become reality.
Official website: https://karin.wakasa.jp
Links
- NOKID Official Press Release on the Launch of “Project Young.”
- Project Young. Official Website
- Eve Official Website
- WAKASA SEIKATSU Corporation: “Buru Buru-kun” Special Animated Commercial Production (Same Client)
- Related article: Indie Animation Production Costs and Mechanics Revealed! Why It Is So Popular, Even for MVs
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