Animation Schools |
 There are a few different types of
animation schools in Japan. Some universities
and colleges offer animation programs,
there are art/technical schools with
animation courses and there are animation
specialty schools. (The school I went to - the International
Animation Institute - is gone now.)A
list of specialty schools is here.
I do not endorse or recommend any of these schools over
the others and interested parties should contact the
schools directly at the addresses given. |
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The animation schools listed here
will give a student enough instruction that he/she can
get an entry level job at an animation
company. All of the schools offer placement services
which will, naturally, be modified in some way for
foreign students. Some companies depend on the animation
schools for new employees but a few never
hire anybody who went to an animation school at all. Many
companies do not feel that the student can work after
coming right out of school so they spend a few months
retraining them.My
advice when going to animation school would either be to specialize
in a broad field like drawing animation or to
try and get a good sample of all the different
kinds of fields possible.
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| Note: All these schools provide animation training only in Japanese so good language skills are a prerequisite. |
| Visa note:
The schools listed will not be able to provide student
visas as they are all specialty, trade and technical
schools. Students wishing to attend them will probably be
able to go under a Japanese language or other cultural
visa. I have not seen tuition rates for any of the schools for quite some time. Please contact the schools directly for their current rates. |