Training Target: In-between animators, key animators, producers
The Agency of Cultural Affairs announced the project last year, and last year's project featured four works.
The initiative is the latest iteration of the Agency of Cultural Affairs' "Young Animator Training Project," which aims to train young animators on-the-job. The agency launched that project in 2010 under the "
Anime Mirai" name, with the aim of fostering the growth of domestic animation studios, and tackling the concern that more of the Japanese animation process is being outsourced overseas. The project was later renamed to
Anime Tamago. The project has spawned such works as