No Japanese works competed in the Off-Limits Short Films, Perspectives Short Films, Young Audiences Short Films, and Commissioned Films categories.
Ryoji Yamada’s “Hunter” short film competed in the Short Films category, and Yosuke Tani’s “Kaiju Shinwa” (“Quest of the Battling Gods”) animated short competed in the Graduation Short Film category.
G and Kazuto Nakazawa’s B: The Beginning anime also competed in the TV Films category.
Erick Oh and Tonko House’s PIG: The Dam Keeper Poems “Yellow Flower”, “Hello Nice to Meet You” United States and Japan collaboration won the “Cristal for a TV Production” award in the TV Films category at the 2018 Annecy International Animated Film Festival on Saturday.