Tokyo Gap-Financing Market Adds Five Animation Projects to 2026 Slate
The gap-financing selection shows which animation projects have cleared most of their budget and are now shopping for the last stretch of funding, with OLM and P.I.C.S. the two Japanese animation names on the list.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
TIFFCOM 2026 and the Tokyo International Film Festival have named 24 projects for the 7th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market, including five animated ones. Two are Japanese: Ayumi Moriyama and OLM's Mahora, and YKBX and P.I.C.S.'s Princess Zonof. The market runs October 28 to 30 and takes projects that have already raised at least 60 percent of their budgets.
The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market takes a specific kind of project: those that have already closed at least 60 percent of their budgets and need meetings to finish the rest. The 7th edition runs October 28 to 30 under TIFFCOM 2026 and the Tokyo International Film Festival, and 24 film projects are listed.
Five are animated. The Japanese entries are Ayumi Moriyama and OLM's Mahora and YKBX and P.I.C.S.'s Princess Zonof. The first pitch event, on October 28, covers 10 of the 24 titles.
- Mahora: Japanese animated project from Ayumi Moriyama and OLM
- Princess Zonof: Japanese animated project from YKBX and P.I.C.S.
- Brackish Zone (working title): Japanese project from Nagoya Broadcasting Network
- Untitled Toei project: Japanese project from Toei
- Where We Bury the Pigeon: Japanese project from LesPros Entertainment
- Wild Zero Overdrive: Japanese project from Wild Zero director Tetsuro Takeuchi
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