The 5th ‘Animonozukuri Award’, the only award that recognizes advertisements and collaborations that feature anime, manga and its characters, will start accepting entries from May 16 till June 30, 2022.

The entries will be accepted in 7 categories namely Anime CM Department, Content Collaboration Department, Original Content Department, Craft Design Department, Technology Innovation Division, International Department, and Regional Creation Department.

Nominations from the submitted works will be announced in July 2022.

The winners of each category and in the Grand Prix section will be declared during the “Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2022 (Kyoto Mafu 2022)” from Sept 17 to 18, 2022 held at Miyako Messe (Kyoto Messe Exhibition Center).

The 11th KyoMafu event will feature an exhibition booth with merchandise, a stage where various voice actors will make an appearance, as well as official goods made for “Kyoto Mafu 2022” will be sold, a cosplay area, and collaboration projects with manga/animation works.

Currently, Kyoto Mafu 2022 is accepting exhibition applications from April 27 to May 31.

‘Animonozukuri Award’ started in 2017, in order to commend considerable efforts that function as a bridge between the anime industry and private companies since more and more private companies have been working on their marketing in collaboration with anime/manga/characters today, thanks to many blockbuster animated films and TV anime series.

Source: Animation Business Journal, Anime anime