From Animation, Comics to Games - Japan Media Arts Festival 2013 [2/3]

In the Japan Media Arts Festival, many excellent works from animation, comics to games are honored. Festival covers very wide range in media art. Diversity in Japanese pop clture is remarkable, and also can be treated as "media art" with its excellent quality.

Grand prize in Animation division, world famous manga artist and film director Katsuhiro Otomo said "Recently it's a bit hard to put hands on the project really want to do, but I will go on to the future with my positive mind" after he won the prize. Born 1954, one of the biggest name in the scene is still so young at heart.

In entertainment division, a PlayStation Vita title "GRAVITY DAZE" got the Excellence award, also PS3 title "Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- f" or neurowear's brainwave gadget ”necomimi” are demonstrated as Jury Selection. Those products have been considered as "Art" works. The essence of Japanese Otaku culture could be seen in the fact.

Beside that, Special Achievement Award is given to 4 people this year. One of them, Gundam's mechanical designer Kunio Okawara showed his another kind of creativity: The Gundam Sunglasses and Gundam Face Holder, hand crafted by himself. I really want one!