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Crunchyroll to Host Anime Innovation Tokyo Works Online
posted on by Egan Loo
Joint collaboration between Think Corp. & Tokyo to foster new anime talent
The Crunchyroll video-streaming website and Japan's THINK production company have announced that the website will host works from the Anime Innovation Tokyo initiative. Anime Innovation Tokyo is a joint collaboration between THINK (Neko Rahmen, Synthesisa) and Tokyo Metropolitan Government to foster young creative talent in the anime field. Producer Hiroaki Takeuchi (Kakurenbo, The Animatrix), Central Park Media president John O'Donnell, videogame designer Hiromasa Horie, and indepedent animator Atsuya Uki are some of the people who have produced or presented these works.
Anime Innovation Tokyo previewed four works at New York Comic Con 2007 and screened three shorts at last month's Japan Film Festival in Southern California.