The or JAniCA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving working conditions for workers in the
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
industry. The group was formed in June 2007.
History
On October 15, 2007 over 500 animators gathered together to announce the formation of JAniCA under its president Toyoo Ashida. Among the other creators who spoke at the October 13 press conference were director
Satoshi Kon
was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art Univer ...
, animation director Moriyasu Taniguchi, Tokyo University graduate school professor Yasuki Hamano, editor Nobuyuki Takahashi and animation director Akihiro Kanayama.
In June 2008 JAniCA was legally incorporated as an
Unlimited liability company
An unlimited company or private unlimited company is a hybrid company (corporation) incorporated with or without a share capital (and similar to its limited company counterpart) but where the legal liability of the members or shareholders is not ...
intermediary corporation An is a type of corporation which existed under Japanese law from 2002 until 2008. It was superseded by the on December 1, 2008.
The intermediary corporation was designed to bridge the gap between companies which work for profits and NGO and othe ...
to further continue improving the work conditions in the Japanese animation industry.
In 2010 JAniCA launched their . The group received 214.5 million
yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the e ...
(about
US$2.27 million) from the Japanese government's
Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios to train young animators on-the-job during the year. One of the reasons for the support of the Agency for Cultural Affairs is the concern that more of the Japanese animation process is being outsourced overseas—thus leading to a decline in opportunities to teach animation techniques within Japan. In 2011 the Agency once again provided funding for JAniCA to select more young training projects under the same budgets. In 2012, this project was renamed .
It has been run by
The Association of Japanese Animation since 2014, and was renamed in 2016.
See also
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The Association of Japanese Animations
The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA; , ) is an industry group consisting of 52 affiliate animation production companies.
AJA's duties
AJA's scope of duties are to work on various issues concerning the Japanese animation industry, w ...
References
External links
Official Site
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2007 establishments in Japan
Anime industry
Arts organizations established in 2007