Animation
Schools in Japan
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schools listed below 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.
If you want the most current information
available buy a copy of NewType, Animage, AX or Comickers
magazines. They'll have the newest advertisements from
all the schools. (That's where I find these.)
Note: I get a lot of mail from
people wanting to learn how to work in an "anime or
manga" art style and much of it asks for information about
schools. There are no schools anywhere in the world that teach
anime or manga style art. Not even in Japan. The instructors
at anime and manga schools in Japan push you to develop your own
style, regardless of influence. You may develop an anime art style
because the projects you work on are in that style but nobody teaches
just the style. There is no one anime style. There is no school of
thought or classification system or any serious scholarly work done on
the subject. There is no instruction on how to draw eyes or mouths or
bodies in an anime style because everybody does it differently. It's
something you need to develop yourself from being immersed in it and
studying the work of others. You could develop an anime art style at
home just by watching enough anime and learning from it. Be aware that
working in an anime art style is not a particularly marketable skill
by itself. It is very important to be able to animate or illustrate
well, much more so than a particular art style. Styles go out of
fashion quickly but good draftsmanship is forever.
Information about
working while in school
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- Yoyogi Animation School
(Yoyogi Animeshon Gakuin)
- 1-20-3-CS-4 Yoyogi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
- 0120-310-042
- Fax: 0120-210-595
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http://www.jki.co.jp/YAG/
- e-mail: yag_info@infosphere.or.jp
| Courses |
Years |
| Animation |
2 |
| CG Animation/ Games |
2 |
| Voice Acting |
1 |
| Digital Animation Artist (Digital
Ink & Paint) |
1 |
| Manga/Comics |
1 |
| Animation Production Management
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1 |
| Background Artist |
1 |
| Animation AV Operator |
2 |
| Animation Camera |
2 |
| Illustration |
2 |
| Junior Novels |
1 |
| Music Artist |
2 |
| Music Business |
2 |
| Multimedia Creator |
1 |
- Locations:
- Tokyo
- Harajuku
- Hachioji
- Osaka
- Nagoya
- Fukuoka
- Sendai
- Sapporo
- Hiroshima
- Shizuoka
- Wakayama
- Takamatsu
- Miyazaki
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- Tokyo Designer School
(Toukyou Dezaina Gakuin)
- 2-11 Suragadai
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101
03-3294-2831
| Courses |
Years |
| Animation |
2 |
| Game Creator |
2 |
| Character Design |
1 |
| Computer Graphics |
1 |
| Manga/Comics |
1 |
| Illustration |
2 |
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- College of International Design
(Kokusai Dezainkarejji)
- 2-22 Asahi-cho
Kouchi-shi, 780
0888-75-0099
| Courses |
Years |
| Graphic Design |
2 |
| Interior Design |
2 |
| Architecture |
1 |
| Manga/Comics |
1 |
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- Amusement Media School
(Amyu-zumentomedia Soukou Gakuin)
- 2-29-8 Higashi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0011
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0120-41-4600
- Fax: 03-3406-5070
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| Courses |
Years |
| Voice Acting |
2 |
| Game Creator |
2 |
| CG Animation Creator
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1 |
| Multimedia Creator |
2 |
| Manga/Comics |
1 |
| Computer Game Creator |
2 |
| Novels |
2 |
| Comics |
2 |
| Animator |
2 |
They also have night courses
for other areas of interest.
Locations:
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- Toei Animation Institute
(Toei Animeshyon Kenkyuujyou)
- Surugadai Bldg.
1-2-5 Surugadai Kanda
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101
03-5281-2730
http://www.toei-anim.co.jp
(Japanese)
- Toei has just built their own school.
| Courses |
Years |
| Animation |
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| Planning/Producer |
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| Director |
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| Digital Animation Artist
(Digital Ink & Paint) |
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| Writer |
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| Background Artist |
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- Tokyo Animation School
(Toukyou Animeta Gakuin)
- 3-4-9 Mizakicho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061
03-5276-1511
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Fax: 03-3234-2469
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http://www.tag.co.jp
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| Courses |
| Animation |
| CG Games |
| Voice Acting |
| Manga/Comics |
| Animation Character
Designer |
| Background Artist |
| Airbrush Illustration |
| Illustration |
| Junior Novels |
| Writer |
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- Japan Manga Institute
(Nihon Manga Gakuin)
- 1-3-98 Nishinakanobe
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142
03-3785-4429
Fax: 03-3785-0298 Courses
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- Career School Fare
(Kyariasuku-ru Fa-re)
- Part of Tokyo Designer School
- 4-16 Sakurahamachou
Shibuy-ku, Tokyo 150
03-3770-5485 Courses
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- Kodansha Culture Center
(Kodansha Karucha Senta-)
- 1-15-12 Toranomon
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105
03-3501-7419
Fax: 03-3501-3674 Courses
- Comic Illustartion
- Manga/Comics
- Illustration 24
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- Multimedia Art School
(a-to gakuen)
- 3-8-7 Nishi Azabu
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031
03-5421-2671
| Courses |
Years |
| Special Animator |
1 |
| Animation Content (?) |
1 |
| Technical Art |
1 |
| Story Comics |
1 |
| Digital Comics |
1 |
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- Tokyo Game Designer Institute
(Toukyou ge-mudezaina-gakuin)
- 1-47-3 Yoyogi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0053
03-5350-2422
| Courses |
| Animation |
| Animation Creative |
| Digital Animation |
| CG Animation & Game
Character Design |
| CG Animation & Games |
| Manga/Comics |
| Illustration |
| Voice Acting Talent |
| Game Creator |
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