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Studio Ponoc Launches Animator Training Program to Focus on Feature-Length Films
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Program aims to address chronic shortage of skilled creators in the industry
Studio Ponoc opened applications for its animator training program on Thursday. Titled Ponoc s “Principles of Animation” Program (P.P.A.P.), the program aims to train young animators to work on feature-length animated films.
No academic record or experience is required. People of any nationality are welcome to apply as long as they can communicate in Japanese. Those who are accepted into the year-long program will be taught animation fundamentals with the aim of working as a top-class animator. They will also be given a guaranteed contract of employment with a remuneration of 224,000 yen (approximately US$2,026) per month. After the training period ends, there is also a system in place to hire animators as full-time employees.
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Tokyo s Flying Ship Studio, U.K. s Cloth Cat Animation Jointly Produce Original Series Chiruta
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52-episode 3DCG anime about gnomes aimed at pre-schoolers
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Flying Ship Studio announced on Wednesday that it has signed a contract with British animation studio Cloth Cat Animation to co-produce an anime series for children titled
Chiruta.
Chiruta will be a 52-episode 3DCG anime for pre-schoolers with each episode running for 11 minutes. The anime follows a woodland gnome who works to protect her home situated in a forest village that cannot be seen by human beings.