China News Service, Guangzhou, October 3 (Reporter Guo Jun) The 19th China International Comics Festival, known as the "Golden Week of Animation", was launched in Guangzhou on the 2nd. The theme of this year's Comic Festival is "Good Animation·Cool China" and includes exciting events such as the opening ceremony of the Comic Festival, the China Animation Golden Dragon Award Ceremony, the China Animation People Conference and Industry Summit, and the China International Comics Festival Animation and Game Exhibition.
On October 2, the 19th China International Comics Festival (CICF) and Asia Game Fair (AGF) kicked off in Guangzhou. The picture shows the exhibition attracting animation and game enthusiasts. Photo by reporter Chen Jimin
According to the organizer, this year’s Comics Festival brings together thousands of IPs, exhibits thousands of cultural and creative products, and holds hundreds of themed activities with exhibitors, with a total exhibition area of more than 80,000 square meters.
On the same day, the Golden Dragon Awards presented awards in five major categories: the "Cool China" Annual Theme Award, the Annual Animation Award, the Annual Potential Animation Award, the Overseas Animation Award, and the Xunxun Project Rising Star Award in cooperation with Bilibili. This competition specially sets up the "Cool China" annual theme award to commend outstanding works that impress the audience and trigger emotional resonance with fresh, diverse and dynamic Chinese narratives. Finally, "Chinese Tales 2", "Wedding on the Grassland" and "China in the Beat of the Drum - Lingnan, Lingnan!" "Hello, Beishan Street" and "Yingge Chasing Dreams" won five awards.
The 19th China International Comics Festival opened in Guangzhou on the 2nd. Photo provided by the organizer
The annual animation award aims to recognize outstanding works that have both social and economic benefits this year. The winner of the "Top Ten of the Year" in the animation industry is "Eight Immortals!" "Memory Management Bureau", "Little Monsters of Langlang Mountain", "Spiritual Cage Season 2", "Bears Haunted: Bears Every Year", "Dare to Ask Mountains and Rivers with Red Makeup", "Once Upon a Mountain", "The Ring of Evil", "Under One Person Season 6", "Mortal Return to Tiannan Chapter" ten works. The judges said that Chinese animation is forming a more diversified creative ecology: there are not only contemporary expressions of traditional culture and realistic themes, but also continuous innovation of typed and serialized works. The value of excellent animation works is no longer limited to the work itself, but continues to extend in areas such as IP development, cross-border integration and cultural consumption.
On October 2, the 19th China International Comics Festival (CICF) and Asia Game Fair (AGF) kicked off in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The picture shows anime and game enthusiasts participating in the exhibition in anime and game costumes. Photo by reporter Chen Jimin
The Annual Potential Animation Award, which focuses on discovering new original animation works and emerging creators, was won by "Don't Look Back", "Nightfall Museum", "Once Upon a Time in the Universe", "UFUFUFU", "Cross Action", "Star Volunteers", "Space Mystery Case 1163", "Like God", "Standby Me" and "Footprints Only Smaller Than the World".
The Overseas Animation Award, which is open to overseas creators and encourages cross-cultural narratives, attracted contestants from Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland and other countries and regions to participate in the competition. In the end, "Little Death", "Companion", "Diet", "Rainbow Feather", "Miracle Girl Double Life" and "How Smart Crows" won the award.
At the China Animation People Conference and Industry Summit held that day, hundreds of animation practitioners at home and abroad conducted exchanges and industry docking. Picture book painter Ye Luying said in a speech titled "Ancient Thoughts and Present Sentiments - My Journey to Creating Picture Books" that the so-called inheritance is not about holding high the flag, but about suddenly understanding the ancients from thousands of years ago at a certain moment, understanding their joy and unwillingness, and then expressing it through pictures.
China International Comics Festival Animation and Game Exhibition, the largest comprehensive animation and game exhibition in China, will continue to be co-organized with the AGF Asia Game Expo this year. Bilibili, Tencent Video, Manyou Culture, Tianwen Kadokawa and other companies were all present. Many game manufacturers and publishers also bring popular games. (over)
