ANIAFF Inauguration Concludes With Competition and Other Winners Awarded
Tokyo, Japan – December 18, 2025 – The first edition of Aichi Nagoya International Animation Film Festival (ANIAFF) concluded on Wednesday, December 17, after six days of screenings, talks, conferences, and pitch sessions.
At the Closing Ceremony and on its official website, the festival announced the winners and presented trophies selected from the 11 titles competing in the Feature Film Competition.
The first ANIAFF awards winners are as follows:
KinShachi Award (Gold):
Endless Cookie
Directed by Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver, from Canada
GinShachi Award (Silver):
A Story About Fire
Directed by Wenyu Li, from China
AkaShachi Award (Red):
100 METERS (Hyakuemu.)
Directed by Kenji Iwaisawa, from Japan
For more details, visit: https://aniaff.com/en/
Commentaries by the three jury members—Pénélope Bagieu, Aubry Mintz, and Shūzō John Shiota—are also available on the website.
ANIAFF also presented special awards recognizing outstanding contributions to the anime industry:
Iris Prize (Individual Award): Kenji Iwaisawa
For the artistic and innovative use of rotoscoping
Lily Prize (Individual Award): Kiyoshi Hirose
In recognition of excellence in editing
Red Maple Prize (Studio Award): P.A. Works
For producing numerous original works
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About ANIAFF
Held in Aichi Prefecture's city of Nagoya, known as “the manufacturing capital of Japan,” ANIAFF aims to be the world's leading animation film festival that contributes to the development and promotion of the animation culture and industry by globally disseminating a great number of animated works to the international market with a fundamental concept of “Creators First”. The festival's functions are not just limited to introducing diverse films through screenings; creators and producers from across borders will gather in Nagoya for networking through various talks, conferences, workshops, as well as pitch meetings.
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