Video Category Best Film Award
Kotaki Manaka(Digital Hollywood University)
This live-action film addresses the relationship between "young carers" and their families.
This film was produced out of Kotaki's sincere desire to bring attention to the existence of children who are forced to give up their dreams of higher education in order to support their families, and to make as many people as possible aware of the problems faced by young carers.
I think there were two main themes, such as the main character rediscovering his own family through the family problems the character encountered at work, and I felt that both were well expressed and wonderfully composed.
I think the overall light and low-contrast images were very realistic and well-executed to create a sense of realism.
Yoshiya Yamada(Industrial Light & Magic Senior Digital Artist)
I think it was a good idea to use the theme of young carers, a contemporary social issue. Also, there were no technical problems with the filming or editing in telling the story.
I think the script would be even better if she decides on one thing she wants to convey most and then come up with a story that expresses that emotionally.
In doing so, I think that if she clearly defines the emotion she wants the audience to feel at the climax and think about the climax that creates that emotion, the work will be more emotionally engaging.
Yuuki Hara(Producer / Director / Screenwriter)
It was a heart-wrenching experience, with everyone having a hard time and everyone doing their best in a film that lasted about 40 minutes.
As an adult, I watched this film thinking that it is our responsibility to make sure that those who have hope in this entrance ceremony can take the next step forward.
Hiroshi Asaeda(Mercari Inc.)
株式会社メルカリ
青山学院大学卒、デジタルハリウッド大学大学院修了（2006）。2005年に美容室を創業、仮想空間アバター事業や音楽スタートアップの会社を経営。
事業売却後、シリコンバレーのスタートアップ・スタジオ、株式会社ミラティブを経て、2021年より株式会社メルカリに在籍。米国育ちのバイリンガル。
著書に『ウェブ仮想社会「セカンドライフ」: ネットビジネスの新大陸』（アスキー）、翻訳書で『WHO YOU ARE』（日経BP社）、『爆速成長マネジメント』（日経BP社）をてがける。
プロデューサー／監督／脚本家
高校生の頃に映画制作を始め、デジタルハリウッド大学在学時から劇場映画の合成、CGやバラエティ番組のADを始める。
卒業後はavexに入社し、映画監督・篠原哲雄の元で助監督を務め、CG・VFXデザイナーとしても活動を始める。
2011年からは、『悪の教典―序章―』をはじめとする映画、ドラマ、アニメ作品の宣伝プロデュース業務を担う。
2014年より、映画やドラマの企画・プロデュースを始め、2019年放送のドラマ『スカム』では、企画・プロデュースだけでなく、脚本原案、監督の３役を務め、第57回ギャラクシー賞を受賞。
2020年、avexを退職し、ゴーストゲート・フィルムズ設立。2022年公開の映画『カラダ探し』（企画・プロデュース作品）は、興行収入11.7億円、週末動員ランキング4週連続実写映画No.1を記録。
映画やドラマの企画・プロデュースを中心に、監督、脚本家、マンガ原作者としても活動中。
Industrial Light & Magic Senior digital artist
大学卒業後1998年に渡米し、デジタルハリウッドUSA校であるDHIMAでコンピュータグラフィックスを学び、サンタモニカのpixel envy社でミュージックビデオの仕事でVFXのキャリアをスタートさせた。その後立ち上げメンバーとして参加したhydraulx社で約10年経験を積んだ後、自身の夢であったスターウォーズに参加するために2012年にサンフランシスコのIndustrial Light& Magic社に移籍し現在も在職中。
Senior Generalistとしてスターウオーズでは新三部作(エピソード7,8,9)やローグワン等のスピンオフ作品、マンダロリアンをはじめとするTVシリーズにも参加した。
また他にもアベンジャーズをはじめとするマーベルシネマティックユニバース、トランスフォーマー、パシフィックリム等60作品以上のハリウッド映画に参加する。最新の参加作は ドクター・ストレンジ/マルチバース・オブ・マッドネス,今年３月から公開されるマンダロリアン/シーズン３。
https://www.ilm.com/
グリー株式会社
開発本部 デザイナー
デジタルハリウッド大学 1期生。
在学中のOJT参加作品にOVA『東京マーブルチョコレート』公式サイト、TVドラマ『美味學院』公式サイト（一部制作）など。
2009年に大学を卒業後、DTPデザイナーやUI/UXデザイナーを経て、ソーシャルゲーム『探検ドリランド』のアートディレクターに就任。現在はデザインおよびディレクションを担当している。
Furikake Products Co., Ltd.
キャラクターデザイナー／イラストレーター
デジタルハリウッド大阪校卒業。株式会社ポリゴン・ピクチュアズを経て独立。'07年デザイン事務所Furikake Products設立。
独自の世界観で描かれるキャラクターとかわいいに特化したイラストが得意。
アーティスト／タレントのキャラクターほか、「ONE PIECE」「攻殻機動隊S.A.C」などのデフォルメキャラ、ゲーム「真型メダロット」ではすべてのキャラクターデザインを担当。テレビ番組や新聞など、メディア系のイラストレーション、ロゴデザイン多数。
主なクライアントにavexやサンリオなど。
Adobe MAX 2021 'AdobeCoCreate' ／ Adobe MAX 2022出演。
XRアーティスト
1986年生まれ。多摩美術大学グラフィックデザイン学科卒業。
メーカーのグラフィックデザイナーを経て、現在はXRアーティストとして活動する。これまでに釜山国際映画祭やジュネーブ国際映画祭、世界最大のCGの祭典、SIGGRAPHなどで上映を行ってきた。ヴェネチア国際映画祭のVR部門では2020年より自身が監督を務めるVRアニメーション作品で3年連続ノミネート。
デジタルハリウッド東京本校修了。
株式会社電通
プランナー／アートディレクター
2011年株式会社電通入社。プランナー／アートディレクターとして勤務。得意分野はデジタルクリエーティブで、新しい価値を生み出す企画に挑戦しながら、担当領域を広げ活動中。IPRA Winners、PR Award Asia、ACC TOKYO CREATIVITY AWARDS、THE ONE SHOW GOLD、グッドデザイン賞など国内外で受賞。
デジタルハリウッド大学卒業、同大学院修了。
キッズウィークエンド株式会社
代表取締役
早稲田大学大学院卒業。シティバンク銀行にて、リテールマーケティングを担当。その後、リーマンブラザーズ証券にて、株式調査部に所属し自動車業界のリサーチを担当後、野村証券の投資銀行本部にて自動車業界のM&Aのアドバイザリー業務に従事。2017年、キッズシーズ 株式会社を創業し子育て支援事業で起業。
現在、キッズウィークエンド株式会社にて、こども向け探究型オンライン教育サービス「キッズウィークエンド」及び、子どもたちが放課後バーチャル空間に集い学び合う第三の場「キッズウィークエンドスクール」を運営。小6、小3の娘を持つ二児の母。早稲田大学大学院商学研究科博士課程在籍中。
ジーズアカデミー修了。
ADKマーケティング・ソリューションズ EXデザインセンター第1EXクリエイティブユニット小塚ルーム長／SCHEMA
クリエイティブ・ディレクター／クリエイティブ・テクノロジスト
クリエイティブ・ディレクター／クリエイティブ・テクノロジスト。
テクノロジーとクリエイティブの知見を武器に、未来志向のユニークなプロジェクトを得意とする。近年の仕事に、障害者の新たな社会参画をテーマにした「分身ロボットカフェDAWN ver.β」、ブラックホール理論が導く”役に立たない未来のプロトタイプ""を空想する「Useless Prototyping Studio Project：#01_Black Hole Recorder」など。D＆AD、ACC、メディア芸術祭、グッドデザイン賞ほか受賞歴多数。JAAAクリエイター・オブ・ザ・イヤー2020メダリスト。
デジタルハリウッド大学卒業。
学校法人ソニー学園 湘北短期大学
総合ビジネス・情報学科 准教授
東京都立大学大学院工学研究科電気工学専攻博士課程修了。博士（工学）。
学校法人ソニー学園湘北短期大学総合ビジネス・情報メディア学科准教授。
「CG理論」「WEB基礎」「ゲームデザイン」などの科目を担当。
教員として学生を教える傍ら、デジタルハリウッド大学院に通いデジタルコンテンツ研究科デジタルコンテンツ専攻を修了。
コンテンツ制作のための効果的な教育手法を模索中。
毎年学生とともに東京ゲームショウやゲームマーケット、GlobalGameJamに参加しています。
熊本大学
教授システム学研究センター 准教授
熊本大学教授システム学研究センター・大学院社会文化科学教育部教授システム学専攻・准教授。
東京学芸大学大学院(英語教育)修了後、フルブライト奨学金にて米国フロリダ工科大学大学院科学教育学研究科修士課程、博士課程を修了。Ph.D(科学教育)。
米国大学院在学中に、2年間、台湾樹徳科技大学の専任講師。博士課程修了後、米国同大学院非常勤講師、NPO環境教育団体Marine Resources Council of East Floridaの教育テクノロジコーディネータ。
2005年に帰国後、青山学院大学総合研究所客員研究員、大手前大学現代社会学部准教授などを経て現職。2018年3月デジタルハリウッド大学院にてデジタルコンテンツマネジメント修士を取得。2021年〜2022年、米国ミシガン大学アカデミックイノベーションセンター ・客員研究員。
Mercari Inc.
Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University and completed graduate studies at Digital Hollywood University Graduate School(2006). In 2005 Asaeda founded a beauty salon, also managing a virtual space avatar business and a music startup company. After selling his business, he worked at a startup studio in Silicon Valley, Mirative Inc., and has been with Mercari Inc. since 2021. He grew up in the United States and is bilingual. He is the author of Japanese title "Web Virtual Society 'Second Life': New Continent of Internet Business" (ASCII) and translator of both "Who You Are" (Nikkei Business Publications.) and "Explosive Growth Management" (Nikkei Business Publications).
Producer / Director / Screenwriter
After starting filmmaking as a high-school student, Hara began composing for theatrical movies, and working as assistant director for CG and variety shows when he was a student at Digital Hollywood University.
After graduation, he joined Avex Inc. and worked as an assistant director under film director Tetsuo Shinohara, and also started working as a CG and VFX designer. Since 2011, he has been in charge of advertising and producing work for movies, dramas, and anime productions, including "Lesson of the Evil: Prologue".
In 2014, he began planning and producing movies and dramas, and for the 2019 drama "Scum", he not only planned and produced it, but drafted the original script and directed, winning the 57th Galaxy Award.
In 2020, he left Avex Inc. and established Ghost Gate Films. The 2022 movie "Karada Sagashi" (English Title: "Re/Member") which he planned and produced, recorded grossed 1.17 billion yen at the box office and the No. 1 live-action movie for four consecutive weeks in the weekend attendance rankings.
In addition to planning and producing movies and dramas, he is also active as a director, screenwriter, and manga author.
Industrial Light & Magic Senior Digital Artist
After graduating from college, Yamada moved to the US in 1998 to study computer graphics at Dhima, -USA-located school of Digital Hollywood at the time - before beginning his VFX career working on music videos at Pixel Envy in Santa Monica. After 10 years at Hydraulx as a founding member, he moved on to Industrial Light & Magic in San Francisco in 2012, where he is currently working, to pursue his dream of working on "Star Wars".
As Senior Generalist, he has worked on the new Star Wars trilogy (Episodes 7, 8, and 9), "Rogue One"and other-spin-offs, and TV series including "The Mandalorian".
He has also participated in over 60 other Hollywood films, including "The Avengers", "Marvel Cinematic Universe", "Transformers", and "Pacific Rim". His latest project are "Dr. Strange/Multiverse of Madness", and also "The Mandalorian/Season 3", which starts airing this March.
https://www.ilm.com/
GREE, Inc.
Designer, Development Division
Student of the Digital Hollywood University inaugural class. While studying, Yagi took part in OJT pieces including the official site of the original video animation "Tokyo Marble Chocolate" and the TV drama "Delicious Gakuin".
After graduating from university in 2009, Yagi worked as a DTP designer and UI/UX designer before becoming the art director of the social game "Tanken Doriland". Currently, she is in charge of designing and directing.
Furikake Products Co., Ltd.
Illustrator / Character Designer
Graduate of Digital Hollywood Osaka Vocational School. Kitazawa worked for Polygon Pictures Inc. before going independent, and establishing design office Furikake Products in 2007.
Specializes in cute illustrations and characters drawn from a unique world view.
In addition to characters for artists and celebrities, he has designed deformed characters for "One Piece" and "Ghost in the Shell S.A.C." and all the characters for the game "Shingata Medarot". Numerous media-related illustrations and logo designs for TV programs and newspapers.
His major clients include Avex Inc. and Sanrio Company, Ltd.
Appeared in Adobe MAX 2021 'AdobeCoCreate' and Adobe MAX 2022.
XR Artist
Born in 1986. Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design. After working as a graphic designer for a manufacturer, Ito now works as an XR artist. His works have been screened at the Pusan International Film Festival, the Geneva International Film Festival, and SIGGRAPH, the world's largest festival of computer graphics. He has been nominated for three consecutive years in the VR section of the Venice International Film Festival for a VR animation film that he has been directing from 2020.
He is a graduate of Digital Hollywood Tokyo Vocational School.
DENTSU INC.
Planner / Art Director
Joined Dentsu Inc. in 2011. Suto is currently working as a planner and art director, specializing in digital creation. Her specialty is digital creativity, and she is currently working on expanding her area of responsibility, while taking on the challenge of planning projects to creates new value. She has won domestic and international awards such as IPRA Winners, PR Award Asia, ACC TOKYO CREATIVITY AWARDS, THE ONE SHOW GOLD, and Good Design Award.
Completed a master's degree in Digital Content Management at the Digital Hollywood University Graduate School.
Kidsweekend, Inc.
Representative Director
Graduated from Waseda University Graduate School. At Citibank Japan, Miura was in charge of retail marketing. After working in the Equity Research Department at Lehman Brothers Securities as a research analyst of the automotive industry, she worked in the Investment Banking Division at Nomura Securities as an M&A advisor.
In 2017, Miura founded Kidseeds Inc. and started her own company in the childcare support business. Currently, at Kidsweekend Inc., she operates "Kids Weekend", an inquiry-based online education service for children, and "Kids Weekend School", a third place where children gather in a virtual space after school to learn from each other. She is a mother of two children, a 6th grader and a 3rd grader. Currently in the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University.
Completed G's Academy.
Head of Kozuka Room, EX Creative Unit 1, EX Design Center, ADK Marketing Solutions / SCHEMA
Creative Director / Creative Technologist
Creative Director / Creative Technologist.
Kozuka specializes in unique, future-oriented projects, armed with his knowledge of technology and creativity. His recent works include "Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN ver.β" which focuses on new social participation of people with disabilities, and "Black Hole Recorder｜Useless Prototyping Studio Project #01", a project that imagines "useless future prototypes" guided by the black hole theory, and so on. He has received numerous awards including D&AD, ACC, Media Arts Festival, Good Design Award, etc. A medalist of JAAA Creator of the Year 2020.
Graduated from Digital Hollywood University.
Sony Institute of Higher Education Shohoku College Dept. of Business & Informatics Associate Professor
Completed doctoral course in Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University. Doctorate (Engineering).
Takagi is Associate Professor at the Department of Business and Information Media, Shohoku Junior College, Sony Corporation, teaching courses such as “CG Theory”, “Web Basics”, and “Game Design”.
While supporting students in her teaching role, she also attended the Digital Hollywood University Graduate School, completing studies in Digital Contents.
Takagi is currently searching for effective educational methods for content creation.
She participates in Tokyo Game Show, Game Market and GlobalGameJam with her students every year.
Kumamoto Univ. Research Center for Instructional Systems Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning Systems, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences, Center for the Study of Teaching and Learning Systems, Kumamoto University.
After completing the graduate school (English education) at Tokyo Gakugei University, Goda completed the master's and Doctoral programs at the Graduate School of Science and Education, Florida Institute of Technology, USA with a Fulbright Scholarship. She obtained a Ph.D. (Science Education).
While in graduate school in the U.S., Goda was a full-time lecturer at Shude University of Science and Technology in Taiwan for two years. After completing her doctorate, she became an adjunct instructor at the University of Florida's Graduate School of Education in the U.S. and an educational technology coordinator for the Marine Resources Council of East Florida, a non-profit environmental education organization.
Returning to Japan in 2005, Goda worked as a Visiting Researcher at the Aoyama Gakuin University Research Institute and as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Contemporary Society, Otemae University before assuming her current position. Goda completed a master's degree in Digital Content Management from Digital Hollywood University Graduate School In March 2018. From 2021 to 2022, she worked as a Visiting Scholar at the Academic Innovation Center, University of Michigan, USA.