The Association of Japanese Animations
Formation | May 2002 |
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Type | Anime trade association |
Legal status | Organization |
Purpose | Sustainable development of the animation industry |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Hongo Third Street No. 4 No. 5, 4th floor |
Coordinates | 35°42′13.2″N 139°45′47.5″E / 35.703667°N 139.763194°E |
Region served | Japan |
Services | Domestic / international exchange, copyright protection |
Membership | 38 regular member companies, 44 associate member companies (as of June 2020)[1] |
Official language | Japanese |
Key people | Kazuko Ishikawa (Chairman) |
Website | aja |
The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA;
AJA's duties[edit]
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.[2]
Events[edit]
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 related event in Japan, the Tokyo International Anime Fair.
Since April 2014, the AJA took leadership of Young Animator Training Project (
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "
会員 各社 案内 ".日本 動画 協会 . Retrieved 2020-06-18. - ^ "Anime Industry Data |
日本 動画 協会 ". The Association of Japanese Animations (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-04-16. - ^ "Anime Mirai Accepting Proposals Through June 27th".