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, which most members are a part of.
Most of AJA's members are small to medium-sized companies, hence the need for AJA to unite together to overcome some of the bigger problems, such as infringement of intellectual properties, rampant piracy and illegal file sharing has risen following the introduction and widespread adoption of P2P networking software.
Besides the aforementioned, AJA also serves to resolve conflicts, and provide improvements of the general production environment, talents and oversea operations.
AJA also releases annual reports on the anime industry. According to the 2017 report, overseas markets expanded 1.5 times the previous year to a record high. In terms of contracts, China placed first while the United States dropped to 4th place. In 2019, the United States placed first as Canada placed second in contracts.
Events
AJA also organises events to promote the work of their members to the major distributor of licenses of other regions, R1 (US), R3 (SEA), R2 (UK), R4 (Aus) and so on, in bid to promote Japanese animation to the world.
One of their events is the biggest
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, 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 Japane ...
related event in Japan, the
Tokyo International Anime Fair.
Since April 2014, the AJA took leadership of an annual project first launched in 2010 by the
Japanese Animation Creators Association
The or JAniCA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving working conditions for workers in the anime industry. The group was formed in June 2007.
History
On October 15, 2007 over 500 animators gathered together to announce the formatio ...
and funded by the Japanese government's
Agency for Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture.
The agency's budget for FY 2018 rose to ¥107.7 billion.
Overview
The ag ...
in order to support training animators. The project features a series of animated shorts produced by various animation studios each year. In 2012 it was renamed
and again in 2016 to Anime Tamago (あにめたまご, lit. "Anime Egg").
See also
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Japanese Animation Creators Association
The or JAniCA, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving working conditions for workers in the anime industry. The group was formed in June 2007.
History
On October 15, 2007 over 500 animators gathered together to announce the formatio ...
References
External links
Official site
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Anime industry
Organizations established in 2002
Arts and media trade groups
2002 establishments in Japan
Association of Japanese Animations