Young Animator Training Project

The Young Animator Training Project (若手アニメーター育成プロジェクト) is an annual project launched in 2010, and funded by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators. The project culminates in a series of anime shorts produced by various animation studios each year called:
 * Project A, released in 2011
 * Anime Mirai (アニメミライ), released in 2012–2015
 * Anime Tamago (あにめたまご), released in 2016-2020
 * Anime no Tane (あにめのたね), released since 2021

History
The project was launched by Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) in 2010. The animation labor group received 214.5 million yen (about US$2.27 million) from the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs, and it distributed most of those funds to studios to train young animators on-the-job during the year. One of the reasons for the support of the Agency for Cultural Affairs is the concern that more of the Japanese animation process is being outsourced overseas—thus leading to a decline in opportunities to teach animation techniques within Japan. In 2011 the Agency once again provided funding for JAniCA to select more young training projects under the same budgets.

In April 2014, JAniCA announced that they are no longer running the initiative. Later it was announced that The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) will run the project.

Animations
The following animations were created out of the funding provided by the Young Animator Training Project. Animation studios bid for funding, and each year, four studios are selected to produce short films. All short films air in theaters each year in March.

Project A
The following shorts were produced in 2010.
 * Kizuna Ichigeki (キズナ一撃) - Ascension
 * Ojii-san no Ranpu (おぢいさんのランプ) - Telecom Animation Film
 * Bannō Yasai Ninninman (万能野菜 ニンニンマン) - P.A.Works
 * Tansu Warashi. (たんすわらし.) - Production I.G

Anime Mirai 2012
The following shorts were produced in 2011.


 * BUTA - Telecom Animation Film
 * Wasurenagumo (わすれなぐも) - Production I.G
 * Shiranpuri (しらんぷり) - Shirogumi
 * Pukapuka Juju (ぷかぷかジュジュ) - Answer Studio

Anime Mirai 2013
The following shorts were produced in 2012.


 * Ryo (龍 -RYO-) - Gonzo
 * Little Witch Academia (リトル ウィッチ アカデミア) - Trigger
 * Aruvu Rezuru - Kikaijikake no Yōsei-tachi (アルヴ・レズル -機械仕掛けの妖精たち-) - Zexcs
 * Death Billiards (デス・ビリヤード) - Madhouse

Aruvu Rezuru replaced an intended short, TV Kazoku Channel Jacker, that was to be produced by Pierrot.

Anime Mirai 2014
The following shorts were produced in 2013.


 * Harmonie (アルモニ) - Ultra Super Pictures
 * Ōkii Ichinensei to Chiisana Ninensei (大きい一年生と小さな二年生) - A-1 Pictures
 * Paroru no Miraijima (パロルの未来島) - Shin-Ei Animation
 * Kuro no Sumika -Chronus- (黒の栖-クロノス-) - Studio 4°C

Anime Mirai 2015
The following shorts were produced in 2014.


 * Aki no Kanade (アキの奏で) - J.C.Staff
 * Happy★ComeCome (ハッピーカムカム) - SynergySP
 * Ongaku Shōjo (音楽少女) - Studio Deen
 * Kumi to Chūrippu (クミとチューリップ) - Tezuka Productions

Anime Tamago 2016
The following shorts were produced in 2015. This is the first year after The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) took over this project and renamed it to Anime Tamago.


 * Colorful Ninja Iromaki (カラフル忍者いろまき) - Signal.MD
 * UTOPA - Studio 4°C
 * Kacchikenee! (かっちけねぇ!) - Tezuka Productions
 * Kaze no Matasaburō (風の又三郎) - Buemon

Anime Tamago 2017
The following shorts were produced in 2016.
 * Charanpoland no Bōken (ちゃらんぽ島の物語) - Studio Comet
 * Red Ash: Gearworld - Studio 4°C
 * Genbanojō (げんばのじょう-玄蕃之丞-) - Nippon Animation
 * Zunda Horizon (ずんだホライずん) - WAO Corporation, Studio Live, SSS-Studio

Anime Tamago 2018
The following shorts were produced in 2017.
 * Time Driver: Bokura ga Kaita Mirai (TIME DRIVER　僕らが描いた未来) - Imagica Image Works, Robot
 * Engimon (えんぎもん) - Studio Nanahoshi, Usagi.Ou
 * Milky Panic Twelve (ミルキーパニック twelve) - Tomason
 * Midnight Crazy Trail - Pinako

Anime Tamago 2019
The following shorts were produced in 2018.
 * Hello WeGo! (ハローウィーゴ！) - Wit Studio
 * Chuck Shimezou (チャックシメゾウ) - Nippon Animation
 * Fight! Space Attendant Aoi (斗え！スペースアテンダントアオイ) - Keica, Griot Groove
 * Captain Baru (キャプテン・バル) - Flying Ship Studio

Anime Tamago 2020
The following shorts were produced in 2019.
 * Ometeotoru≠HERO (オメテオトル≠HERO) - Speed Inc.
 * The Chronicles of Rebecca (レベッカ) - Vega Entertainment [ja]
 * Michiru Rescue! (みちるレスキュー！) - Yumeta Company

Anime no Tane 2021
The following shorts were produced in 2020. While the name was changed, AJA is still in charge of the project. Shorts produced for Animenotane are 7-10 minutes, instead of the usual 24 in previous years.
 * DELIVER POLICE/Nishi-Tōkyō-shi Deliver Keisatsu-tai (西東京市デリバー警察隊) - Imagica
 * Hachimitsu Suicide Machine (ハチミツスーサイドマシーン) - Usagi ou inc.
 * HOME! - Orange
 * Ryūsatsu no Kyōkotsu (龍殺ノ狂骨) - Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab

Anime no Tane 2022
The following shorts have been announced for production in 2021
 * Tenjin (天神) - Imagica
 * Rockin' Oyone (ロックンおヨネ) - Studio elle
 * Uchū Camper Chicchi (宇宙キャンパー・チッチ) - Production +h
 * Kirakira Kirari☆ (キラキラきらり☆) - Lesprit

Anime no Tane 2023
The following shorts have been announced for production in 2022.
 * NICO/AGONY - Usagi-ou
 * Wander Burabura Bakkamu - Echoes
 * MoshiMeta -Moshi Mesukōsei ga Metaverse de Miko ni Nattara- (もしメタ -もし女子高生がメタバースで巫女になったら-) - Studio L
 * Tsuru ga Mau Yoru ni (鶴が舞う夜に) - Noovo, pH Studio

Anime no Tane 2024
The following shorts have been announced for production in 2023.
 * Pop Pop City - Graphinica
 * S-CAT - Studio Gooneys
 * KICKS and PUNK - Nippon Animation
 * Salteel (ソルティール) - Noovo, Studio Eight Colors