Call for Entries for TAAF2026 – Tokyo Anime Award Festival, JAPAN

Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) will hold its next edition, TAAF2026, from 13th to 16th, March 2026 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

We are also happy to inform you that the Application Form for the TAAF2026 Competition is now open.

If you have not yet submitted your film, we would be truly grateful if you would consider entering it into the competition.

◆DEADLINE:

Short Animation: October 31st, 2025

Feature Animation: November 10th, 2025

◆Outline for COMPETITION

http://animefestival.jp/en/award/competition/

◆Regulation for SHORT Animation

http://animefestival.jp/en/festival/competition/short_regulations/

◆Regulation for FEATURE Animation

http://animefestival.jp/en/festival/competition/feature_regulations/

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Date: March 13th – 16th, 2026

Venue: Ikebukuro, TOKYO

Hosted by: Tokyo Anime Award Festival Executive Committee

The Association of Japanese Animations

Co-hosted by: Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Secretariat: Tokyo Anime Award Festival Office

About TAAF

The predecessor of Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) was Tokyo Anime Award, which was held as a part of Tokyo International Anime Fair from 2002 to 2013. Launched as an independent international animation festival in 2014, TAAF celebrates its 13th edition in 2026.

The festival consists of three main sections: Competition (open to works previously unreleased in Japan for commercial purposes), Anime of the Year (targeted at works previously released or broadcast in Japan for commercial purposes), and Achievement Award (designed to recognize significant contributions to the animation industry and thus honor life, technology and history). Furthermore, the festival offers screenings of various works and special events including symposiums, workshops for children so on.

TAAF aims at fostering new talent, promoting the animation culture and industry, and contributing to the tourism of Tokyo by sharing the city’s charms under the slogan “TOKYO is the HUB of contemporary ANIMATION”, the festival screens outstanding and highly original animation works from all over the world, thereby interacting with animation aficionados worldwide and providing creators and audiences with thrills and inspirations.