List of Japanese Animation Universities What are the good universities for studying animation in Japan?

Animation major has performed very well in Japan, so it is very important to confirm the suitable school when preparing for studying abroad. Let's take a look at the list of Japanese animation universities. Is there any good university for animation majors to study in Japan?

University type

First, art universities

Courses of study:

Art, original painting (comics) as the main, plus some CG and image processing.

Advantages:

The strong lineup of art lecturers, rich resources related to comics and strong artistic atmosphere are very helpful to stimulate imagination.

Employment direction:

Most cartoonists and original painters.

Agency recommendation:

Tokyo University of Stylistics —— Animation Professional Field of Design Discipline

Tokyo institute of technology —— Animation Discipline of Art Department

Department of Comics, Seibu University, Kyoto

JD.COM university of plastic arts-art department

Osaka university of the arts-role modeling discipline

Second, engineering universities.

Courses of study:

In computer schools, the courses are mainly 3DCG, animation, sound and sound effects, plus the basics of art and comics.

Features:

Computer processing related resources, teaching environment and equipment are world-class, and most colleges and universities have special professional requirements for students.

Employment direction:

Animation post-production staff

Agency recommendation:

Ritsumeikan University -3D Animation and Game Making, Department of Imaging

Osaka University of Electric Communication-Digital Games and Media of the Department of Comprehensive Information.

Tokyo institute of technology-Media Department is majoring in entertainment media.

(The content development of CG and animation in the latter two schools is one of the best in Japan. )

Japanese universities pay attention to comprehensive quality and research ability when training animation professionals, and guide students to learn professional skills such as hand-drawn ability, digital theory and techniques, sound effects and so on.

However, there are nearly 100 cartoon-related majors in Japanese specialized schools, which are practical and have a high employment rate after graduation.

(Many students may not know the junior college. Here is a unified explanation: specialized courses in colleges and universities are offered in junior colleges. The educational courses in specialized schools range from 65,438+0 years to more than 4 years. You can get a specific certificate after graduation. )

University recommendation

First, Kyoto elite university

One of the four beauty universities in Kansai, located in Shizuoka, Kyoto, is the first choice for students applying for story comics. This is the first university in Japan to set up a cartoon discipline, a cartoon college and a doctoral degree in comics. ACG major is the key construction discipline of Kyoto elite university. Judging from the degree of professionalism, the strength of teachers and the overall level of students, they are all Japanese ACG majors 1.

Department (University) Specialty Setup

デザィン Department-ィスト -ィストィストコース (School of Design-Illustration Major-

The discipline with the widest definition of "painting" has a wide degree of freedom, such as posters, TV advertisements, light box advertisements, product packaging, or illustrations on book covers. You can also do illustrations that are biased towards ACG style in this major.

マンガ Department-Cenozoic マガコース (Comics Institute-Cenozoic Comics Major)

With the development of the times, the profit model of paper comics has also ushered in tremendous changes. This subject is a cartoon major newly established on 20 17, with the essence of adapting to the development of the times. This major will explore how to combine some new media forms with comics, not just online serial comics and online media. The biggest difference between it and the traditional story cartoon specialty is that it is not a traditional cartoonist, but an all-round entertainment content creator with cartoon marketing consciousness, planning ability and cartoon creation ability.

マンガ —カートーンコースDepartment (Animation Institute-Animation Major)

This major is what we call "single cartoon", "humorous cartoon" or "satirical cartoon". But not limited to satirical and humorous cartoons. Is to learn how to convey the story and the author's "appeal" through a picture. In this sense, this major is somewhat similar to the illustration of the School of Design. In order to convey the intention correctly, you must have certain painting ability and imagination, so this major attaches great importance to sketch and sketch, emphasizing the cultivation of imagination and the tempering of painting skills. With a solid foundation of painting and personal style, the possibilities for students majoring in this major will be very broad. For example, illustrators, cartoonists, animators, picture book painters and modern artists.

-ストーリーマンガコースマンガ Department (Comics College-Story Comics Major)

Kyoto's elite signboard major, the most orthodox story cartoon major. For students who want to engage in comic creation, this major is the best choice to learn Japanese art. This major has trained cartoonists to have the necessary ability to create stories and the "painting skills" needed to convey stories. Many students who graduated from this major have successfully made their debut and officially become cartoonists, fighting in the front line of the cartoon creation industry. Teachers in this major are experts in cartoonists and other professional fields.

マンガキャラクターデザィコース (Comic School-Role Design)

Among the students who like ACG, the most popular major is not only animation and character design in the game, but also mascot design used in various conferences and festivals in China in recent years. This major starts with hand-drawing and CG painting, and goes to how to combine creativity with business, how to publicize the expressive force needed by works to the society, and comprehensively train the painting skills, imagination and expressive force of creative characters.

ァニメーションコース (animation major)

This major can learn various courses related to animation production, the most important of which is how to make animation move, and learn hand-drawn technology and 3D CG technology around the "original animation" part. At the same time, the early script, character design, background painting, CG synthesis, sound effect addition, comprehensively cultivate the comprehensive ability required by animators.

University (graduate school)

research department

The specialty related to ACG in elite universities is the Department of Comic Studies, which is divided into two directions: practical skills of comics and comic theory. The practical direction is to learn story cartoon creation and illustration creation, and the theoretical direction is to learn cartoon culture. This major, which has been at the forefront in the field of animation teaching and research, has the best creation and research environment, and is the best school for students who want to study and study story comics, illustration creation and animation culture research in depth.

Second, Shaping University in Kyoto

One of the four beauty universities in Kansai, also located in Jingzuo District, Kyoto City, is quite close to Du Jing Essence University, and its major setting is similar to Kyoto Essence.

Department (University) Specialty Setup

ストーリーマンガコース (story cartoon major)

The story cartoon specialty and the new generation cartoon specialty, which are equivalent to the essence of Kyoto, began to be fully cultivated from story creation to character design to sub-lens, line draft and final draft. This major can learn professional knowledge about hand-drawn comics, machine-drawn comics, comics, comic marketing, etc., and strive to make students make a smooth career debut during their school days.

キャラクターデザィンコース (major in character design)

This major will involve animation, 3DCG technology, games, role illustration, background art, handheld, UI design, visual effects and music. In short, this major in this school starts from animation, 3DCG, games, role illustration and other professional fields, and through the training of these four courses, it cultivates creators with a wide knowledge system.

university college

Kyoto University of Stylistics does not have a special school of comics or illustration. The study of ACG, namely illustrations, picture books and cartoons, can be carried out in the field of design.

Third, tokyo institute of technology.

The strongest photography school in Japan. In recent years, ACG major has been developed vigorously, which is the first choice for international students who do not want to leave Tokyo and want to enroll in ACG major. Animation, games and comics have been clearly set up. In particular, its game discipline has clearly defined the direction of planning, art and program, which is completely set according to the composition of game producers within the game company.

school of literature

ァニメーション discipline (animation major)

The animation major in this school is not only the necessary background art, performance, 3DCG, etc. , as well as courses on animation history and animation criticism.

ゲーム discipline (game major)

This major is divided into three directions: planning, art design and programming. Of course, art design has the greatest relationship with studying in Japan. This major will learn sketch, character design, character action design, graphic design, 3DCG technology and so on. Through these courses, we can cultivate basic expressive force.

マンガ Discipline (Comics Major)

This major is divided into story comics and comics &; The direction of role illustration (single cartoon) and comic theory (research, I) is roughly the & as that of Kyoto essence and Kyoto modeling. Comics & role illustration major includes not only courses about story comics, but also courses about role design, picture books, role marketing and development around comics.

university college

メディァァートㄊ (media art major)

This major has the research direction of animation, games and comics, focusing on cultivating comprehensive new media art talents.

osaka university of arts

One of the four beautiful universities in Kansai, it is the largest art college in Kansai. It is also the only school that only recognizes EJU test scores and does not recognize JLPT scores.

Ministry of education in Qing dynasty

Example major

This major includes animation, comics, games and handicrafts. Animation, comics and games are basically the same as those in other schools, especially handicrafts. In recent years, Japanese art universities have also opened this major. This major is taught by experts and teachers who are active in the front line, from the basis of manual art production to role economy and role marketing. In the first year, this major will also learn some knowledge of creative characters such as cartoons and animations, as well as the basic knowledge of games. In the second year, you can learn the professional skills of this major. Mr. Dashan Long is one of the lecturers.