{"id":54134,"date":"2025-11-21T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54134"},"modified":"2025-11-20T18:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:33:51","slug":"bandai-namco-filmworks-to-fight-japans-chronic-animator-shortage-with-in-house-anime-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/bandai-namco-filmworks-to-fight-japans-chronic-animator-shortage-with-in-house-anime-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandai Namco Filmworks to fight Japan\u2019s chronic animator shortage with in-house anime schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bandai Namco\u2019s anime production company Bandai Namco Filmworks <a href=\"https:\/\/img.sunrise-inc.co.jp\/images\/news\/22853_jn197o8xf6lw_pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disclosed<\/a> a new \u201chuman resource strategy\u201d on November 17 via their newsletter. Over the course of the next two years (as part of its 2025-2027 midterm plan), the company will be implementing multiple measures to combat the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/anime-studio-bankruptcies-and-closures-continue-to-rise-for-third-consecutive-year-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cchronic talent shortage\u201d in Japan\u2019s anime industry<\/a> and maintain a high quality of domestically produced anime. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/416152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gamebiz<\/a>, one of those measures includes a strong focus on training skilled creators in-house schools and aiding them to make a safe shift towards a creative career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1229\" height=\"692\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1229px) 100vw, 1229px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340004.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340004-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340004-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In their newsletter, Bandai Namco Filmworks lists four major tactics for their \u201chuman resource strategy:\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Providing frameworks for training work-ready talent through Sunrise Animation School and Sunrise Art School<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Supporting employees who wish to work in the creative industry through Screenplay School and Production School<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Establishing in-house CG and filming teams for developing talent and accumulating know-how in digital technologies<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Creating opportunities for employees to tackle on new challenges through the \u201cOriginal IP proposal project\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As Bandai Namco explains, the anime industry is growing at an immensely fast pace, with about 300 new anime titles releasing every year. Due to high demand for skilled, work-ready staff that can take on crucial roles in anime production, the company has been actively recruiting aspiring creators and sending them to studio Sunrise\u2019s Animation and Art Schools. The students are provided with scholarships and other forms of support for daily living, and get to pursue a career at Bandai Namco Filmworks after graduating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1046\" height=\"343\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1046px) 100vw, 1046px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340002-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340002-1.jpg 1046w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340002-1-380x125.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340002-1-768x252.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Image courtesy of Bandai Namco Filmworks <a href=\"https:\/\/img.sunrise-inc.co.jp\/images\/news\/22853_jn197o8xf6lw_pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Screenplay and Production schools are offered to employees who are interested in screenwriting and production of anime, or want to change their career path. As the company notes, \u201cit\u2019s a talent development program meant to boost not just our company, but the whole industry.\u201d The newsletter explains that both studio Sunrise\u2019s Schools and Bandai Namco\u2019s screenplay and production Schools have been operating for a while now and have shown positive results so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asides from their efforts to elevate the overall quality of their work and technological know-how by creating the CG and filming teams, the company also announced an \u201cOriginal IP proposal project\u201d as a way to create more opportunities for workers to be directly involved in IP production. The project is hosted by Sunrise and Warner Brothers studios, and will be accepting pitches and proposals from all employees, regardless of the amount of experience they have. Employees whose ideas get selected will be able to experience the whole process of IP production, and Bandai Namco Filmworks cites this as an \u201copportunity to discover and develop human resources through practical means.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340003.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251120-541340003-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the shortage of human resources is becoming more apparent with the expansion of the anime industry\u2019s overall market size (in 2023 it surpassed $19.3 billion USD both domestically and globally), Bandai Namco Filmworks decided to enforce these new measures in order to be able to \u201cmaintain the high quality of works founded on the creativity, worldviews and know-how of Japanese anime.\u201d As one of the most influential companies in the anime industry throughout the years, Bandai Namco Filmworks say that they \u201cbear a huge part of that responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/not-all-manga-has-to-be-from-japan-major-manga-publisher-kadokawa-looks-for-new-manga-artists-overseas-amidst-labor-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u201cNot all manga has to be from Japan,\u201d Major manga publisher Kadokawa looks for new manga artists overseas amidst labor shortage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/no-interference-in-creative-works-japanese-government-proposes-new-policy-for-anime-and-game-expansion-in-the-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u201cNo interference in creative works.\u201d Japanese government proposes new policy for anime and game expansion in the West<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandai Namco Filmworks recently disclosed their new midterm strategy for combating Japan&#8217;s chronic animator shortage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":54159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[73,17,66],"class_list":["post-54134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-anime","tag-japan-related-news","tag-non-gaming-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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