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The lineup includes Phil Tippett, Makoto Kimura of BLUE RIGHTS, and creators building AI production tools and platforms.","whyItMatters":"The bill puts Hollywood VFX veterans who are now building AI production environments on the same program as the rights and licensing side of Japanese anime, so the craft sessions and the business sessions are addressing one question.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe program separates sessions by subject rather than by industry. On November 2 at 11:10, Phil Tippett appears with Gary Mundell, former CEO of Tippett Studio, and Remko Noteboom of LOFTAPPS. The three are involved in the Mad Goddess project, which the company describes as combining Tippett\u0026#39;s visual expression with AI production technology.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anime and IP session is November 1 at 12:30 with Makoto Kimura, Masayoshi Sakai and Yoshimitsu Kaji. Timo Ramu and art producer Alexander KOAN Mitchell speak at 16:30 the same day. Tippett has two Academy Awards and two Emmy Awards, and Mad God, his stop-motion feature, took about 30 years to produce.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhil Tippett\u003c/strong\u003e: VFX on Star Wars, Jurassic Park and RoboCop; two Academy Awards, two Emmys\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Mundell\u003c/strong\u003e: Former CEO of Tippett Studio; co-founder and CEO of LOFTAPPS\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemko Noteboom\u003c/strong\u003e: LOFTAPPS co-founder and CTO; leads LOFTai technical development\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMakoto Kimura\u003c/strong\u003e: BLUE RIGHTS representative director; former MAPPA rights business director\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMasayoshi Sakai\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYoshimitsu Kaji\u003c/strong\u003e: Cinnamon AI chairman and CSDO; senior principal at Hitachi\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Charles Lee\u003c/strong\u003e: imCore founder; directed The Black Box; leads Core Studio\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimo Ramu\u003c/strong\u003e: Cannes Lions Gold and D\u0026amp;AD Pencil winner; Buddy Dog project\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexander KOAN Mitchell\u003c/strong\u003e: Art producer; session with Timo Ramu on November 1\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Phil Tippett and Makoto Kimura sit on a 33-speaker bill where the other names are people building AI production tools. The festival is as much a vendor floor as a talk program.","twitterPost":"Phil Tippett shares a 33-speaker bill with creators building AI production tools, so AI Film Festival Japan 2026 leans toward tooling demos.","threadsPost":"Phil Tippett and Makoto Kimura anchor a 33-speaker lineup, but most of the names around them are creators building AI production tools and platforms. AI Film Festival Japan 2026 runs October 31 to November 2 at Tokyo Innovation Base, and the speaker mix points at tooling as much as craft.","newsletterBlurb":"AI Film Japan named 24 more speakers on October 23, taking the AI Film Festival Japan 2026 lineup to 33. Phil Tippett speaks on November 2 with the LOFTAPPS team behind the Mad Goddess project, and Makoto Kimura of BLUE RIGHTS joins the anime IP session on November 1. 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