Just wanted to share that NAFCA has started its own first OFFICIAL animator skill certification for all levels of experience! Anyone can try it, you don’t need to be a professional animator or have industry experience. Complete beginners or people who are interested in how animation is made is also ok. I’ll leave some general info here below, but you can check and apply for it on their website
Requirements: being over 15yo and residing in Japan.
Language: Japanese
Cities: Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Niigata
Date: November 9th 2024
Application date: till September 30th
Price: for a fee (depends on the level you choose)
Levels available now: 6 and 5 (6 is the lowest, 1 is the highest) there is a description of each level on the website.
Will you get an official certification: yes
They mentioned on the website a list of tools that you gotta bring.
There is also a book that’s just been released that teaches specifically Japanese TV animation making basics. (in Japanese only)
Hopefully this will be useful for someone here!
by zhuzhu09