Animation Conference 2026
Seminar
In Memoriam: Marjane Satrapi
Overview
We pay tribute to filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, who passed away earlier this year, with a screening of "Persepolis," her autobiographical film depicting her turbulent life.
Speakers
Professor, Aichi University of the Arts Faculty of Art
Akira Arimochi
He served as a visiting researcher at the Estonian Academy of Arts for two years starting in 2012, and in 2019, he obtained a Ph.D. on Pritt Pärn from the Tokyo University of the Arts. He presented his research at Animafest Scanner, an international symposium for contemporary animation studies (2024, 2026). He will be speaking at the international symposium "Surrealism Anime," which will be held in Kyoto on November 22 and 23 this year. Furthermore, he presents animation under the artist name ALIMO. Recently, his work Juxtaposed LAND (2023)—a mixture of everyday life, allegory, and philosophy produced with the cooperation of the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Saudi Arabia)—premiered at the World Festival of Animated Film Animafest Zagreb (2023).
Animation Filmmaker, Co-Producer of Hiroshima Animation Season, Associate Professor, Faculty of Art and Design, Bunka Gakuen University
Shizuka Miyazaki
Shizuka Miyazaki is an animation filmmaker, co-producer of Hiroshima Animation Season, and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Art and Design at Bunka Gakuen University.
After participating in an exchange program at California College of the Arts, she earned her M.F.A. in Animation from the Graduate School of Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the Arts. Her research explores moving-image expression that combines diverse techniques, including pixilation (stop-motion animation using human bodies), 3D computer animation, and hand-drawn animation.