Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum
– The Place for Fun, Dream and Future of Anime –
Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum is the first animation museum anybody can experience, study and enjoy animation in a systematic fashion in Japan. The exhibitions comprehensively cover all areas of animation, from the history to the future.
The museum also holds experience-based exhibits through which the visitors can learn the basis of animation, experience dubbing procedures, and make animation by themselves. It also presents temporary exhibits featuring the latest animation information. Thus, the museum provides full of fun to the visitors in various ways.
Remark by Shinichi Suzuki, Director emeritus
Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum
Anime has been acknowledged globally as the audio-visual culture disseminated from Japan thanks to the efforts by our forerunners. They worked hard in order to produce a lot of good animation works despite living in poverty and established a history of today’s animation. We should never forget their efforts. And I am pleased to assume the position of the Honorary Director to thank and repay the animation industry I have been involved in for a long time.
I love animation from the depth of my heart, and I did enjoy serving the museum as the Director. I challenged a variety of tasks to realize what I wanted to do in accordance with my belief: we can do anything if we take the plunge. Planning exhibitions, talk shows and workshop; selecting appropriate anime artists; providing necessary facilities, equipment and software for people who want to make animation; collecting animation works for the library; collaborating with audio-visual facilities; and launching SAM website and newspaper… I had a lot to do and worked together with parties involved in the animation industry, including animators, audio-visual industries, Suginami ward, Association of Japanese Animations and Japan Animation Associate, to make the museum success.
From now on, I would like to work together with Mr. Yoshida, the new Director to bring further excitement to the museum. It’s my pleasure if all the visitors enjoy the fun of animation.
Remark by Rikio Yoshida as the Director
Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum
So far Japanese animation has evolved its expression methods as well as shooting techniques. It’ also penetrated into the fashion industry as well as cuisine cultures along with manga, games, music and toys. Accordingly, Japanese animation is now highly recognized in the world as the contents representing Japan. I believe it’s all thanks to the achievement by our forerunners who made continuous efforts and challenges.
Suginami Animation Museum is located in Suginami ward where a lot of animation studios are producing wonderful works every day. The museum is one and only one animation museum permanently exhibiting a variety of animation works and characters, including commercial animations, selected beyond the boundary of studios and artists.
It’s often said that anime never gets old. Indeed, animation characters can keep conveying the thoughts of our forerunners contained in the works. I believe our mission is to help pass their thoughts down the generations.
Japanese animation has a huge potential. Under the slogan of “The Place for Fun, Dream and Future of Anime”, I will do my best to disseminate the attraction of animation as well as to introduce the museum so that it’s loved and visited by people all over the world.
