TIFFCOM 2026 Sets Tokyo IP Market and Gap-Financing Pitch Slate
The pitch lineup puts long-running Japanese film and toy properties next to comic originals in the same room as international gap-financing projects, which is the shape TIFFCOM is now selling to overseas buyers.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
TIFFCOM 2026, running October 28 to 30 alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival, will hold pitch sessions for Tokyo IP Market and Tokyo Gap-Financing Market. Eight companies with Japan-originated IP present on October 28, among them Shochiku's Otoko wa Tsurai yo series and Takara Tomy's BEYBLADE. TGFM's open pitch covers 10 of 24 selected projects, including two Japan-originated animation projects and international co-productions.
The Tokyo IP Market pitch runs October 28, 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM, in a screening room at IMAGICA Entertainment Media Services in Takeshiba. Each of the eight exhibitors presents one recommended work in English, with the goal of film adaptation and remake deals. The range of material is wide: Amuse Creative Studio brings a comic, Nippon Animation brings a short animated film, Shochiku brings a long-running film series, and Takara Tomy brings toy IP. Meri Koyama of UniJapan's TIFFCOM Business Department moderates.
- Sannou Kyoushitsu ~Kyouso Sensei no 'Kyusai' Jugyou (Amuse Creative Studio): comic; Fumitaka Anan, Content Planning & Production Department Director
- Ani datta Mono (Comisme): comic; Tatsuo Sakamoto, Overseas Business Office
- Hoshikuzu Kazoku (KADOKAWA): comic; Mai Kato, Rights Business Bureau Media Mix Promotion Department Planning Coordination Section 3
- 20001-nen Chikyuu no Tabi (Nippon Animation): short animated film; Yasuto Yoshizuka, International Department
- Otoko wa Tsurai yo series (Shochiku): film; Kiwamu Sato, Overseas Business Department Global Sales Office Director
- Hate no Hoshi Tsuushin (Shufu to Seikatsusha): comic; Naoya Otsuka, IP Business Office
- BEYBLADE (Takara Tomy): toy; Yui Iokibe, Beyblade Business Office, Licensing & Alliance Department, Senior Supervisor
- Inunaki-mura (Toei): film; Toshinari Yanaka and Nana Okamoto, International Planning Strategy Department Planning Office
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