The Japan Media Arts Festival has been an annual event since 1997. Its aim is to promote the creation and development of media arts. The Festival highlights creative works of art, entertainment, animation, and manga. At the same time, it also presents a broad range of creative activities.
[Agency for Cultural Affairs, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Computer Graphic Arts Society]
[ Works Submitted ]
- Art Division: 1,020 works
- Entertainment Division: 390 works
- Animation Division: 346 works
- Manga Division: 390 works
Total: 2,146 works
[ Overseas Entries ]
512 works from 43 nations and regions,
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech, Denmark, Dominican, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA and Venezuela(alphabetical order)
[ The Number of Visitors ]
55,234 visitors from Thursday, February 3th to Sunday, February 15th, 2009
[ Changes in the Number of Submissions and Exhibition Visitors (the 1st to 12th year) ]
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
| Digital Art (Interactive Art Division) |
276 | 194 | 204 | 288 | 298 | 539 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Art (Non Interactive Art Division) |
330 | 243 | 332 | 350 | 455 | 527 | ||||||
| Art Division | 908 | 829 | 888 | 760 | 877 | 1,020 | ||||||
| Entertainment Division | 219 | 202 | 367 | 361 | 514 | 390 | ||||||
| Animation Division | 60 | 98 | 100 | 148 | 196 | 210 | 330 | 294 | 311 | 377 | 417 | 346 |
| Manga Division | 64 | 89 | 160 | 72 | 104 | 99 | 127 | 173 | 261 | 310 | 283 | 390 |
| Submission Total (works) |
730 | 624 | 796 | 858 | 1,053 | 1,375 | 1,584 | 1,498 | 1,797 | 1,808 | 2,091 | 2,146 |
| Year-to-Year Comparison | 85% | 128% | 108% | 123% | 131% | 115% | 95% | 120% | 101% | 116% | 103% |
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
| The Number of Visitors | 2,173 | 3,264 | 12,597 | 5,718 | 12,958 | 28,908 | 30,179 | 44,385 | 68,114 | 66,765 | 44,524 | 55,234 |
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| The Number of Visitors / Floor | 2,173 | 3,264 | 12,597 | 5,718 | 12,958 | 16,060 | 16,766 | 24,658 | 27,246 | 26,706 | 44,524 | 55,234 |
*Until 2006, the total number of visitors to the Exhibition was calculated by each exhibition hall individually, as there were several halls. Since 2007, the number of visitors has been combined into a single total since the exhibition has been held in one large hall.
