[Date and Time]
Wednesday, February 27, 2025, 16:00-18:30 (tentative)

[Location]
Anime Tokyo Station, Special Event Hall, 14th Floor
(Toshima-ku, Minami-Ikebukuro 2-25-5, Tokyu Building East No. 5)

[Speakers]
Panelists
Yoshiro Irie, Chief Curator, National Film Archive
Takashi Otaka, Senior Researcher, NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute
Eri Ishibashi, Executive Director, Japan Consortium for the Promotion of Screenplay Archives, Inc.
Harunori Kaneko, Image Management Office, Image Business Department, Sales Planning Division, Toei Animation Co.
*In no particular order, titles omitted.

Moderator
Ryota Fujitsu Animation Critic

Moderator/Coordinator
Junko Ueno, Chairperson, Database Archive Committee, Motion Picture Association of Japan, Inc.
　　　　　　　　Representative Director, ARMAGE, Inc.

[Content]
Animation, which continues to attract worldwide attention, is also important from the perspective of the animation archive. Since January 1917, when the first domestically produced Japanese animation was released to the public, there have been approximately 16,000 works and 180,000 episodes available as of January 2025. The number of works has continued to evolve in a wide range of areas, greatly influenced by changes in production methods, production formats (methods, techniques, etc.), release formats, and master recording media. As a result, there are many issues that are difficult for individual companies to solve alone, and various schemes, including industry-academia-government schemes, are being considered for the "animation archive.
In this symposium, "Anime Archive Vision 2025: Bringing All Anime Footage into the Future," we will explore the possibilities of the "Anime Footage Archive" with moderators and specialists.

Part 1: Short Seminar "Anime Archive Situation
Part 2: Panel Discussion "Anime Video Archive
　　　　(1) Each panelist and the video archive
　　　　(2) Possibility of animation video archiving, etc.

[Participation Details]
Capacity: 50 participants (lottery-based)
Application period: Friday, February 14, 2025 - Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
How to Apply: Please submit your application through the dedicated form.

Note: Event details are subject to change without prior notice.