{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9e96d2d9e29d22acbf497ce0","clusterId":"c_92c3747b25a8ec70a7ff5a83","slug":"cg-arts-opens-animation-skills-test-with-five-production-companies-scoring","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"CG-ARTS Opens Animation Skills Test With Five Production Companies Scoring","summary":"CG-ARTS will hold its Animation Practical Skills Test 2026 for students aiming to become CG animators. Institutional registration begins October 1, 2026, and exam entries run from early November until November 30. Capacity is 500 on a first-come, first-served basis. Anima, OLM Digital, Orange, Sanzigen, and Polygon Pictures score the submitted works, with scores, advice comments, and national rankings returned to examinees.","whyItMatters":"The test turns hiring evaluation over to five active CG production companies, so the scores and advice students receive come from the same studios that recruit them.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe exam fee is 7,700 yen including tax, raised from 6,700 yen. Scoring splits evenly between a basic evaluation and a company evaluation. The basic evaluation covers posing, animation, direction, layout and camera work, and length and specifications against criteria set by the evaluating companies. The company evaluation uses new graduate hiring level as its standard, and an advice comment arrives from one company picked at random from the evaluating companies or the secretariat. Works that fall below a certain standard in the basic evaluation receive detailed comments from the secretariat.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupporting member companies recruited as Like! Companies can mark assignments they like, letting examinees see which companies evaluated their work.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnima Inc.\u003c/strong\u003e: evaluating company\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOLM Digital, Inc.\u003c/strong\u003e: evaluating company\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrange Co., Ltd.\u003c/strong\u003e: evaluating company\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanzigen Inc.\u003c/strong\u003e: evaluating company\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePolygon Pictures, Inc.\u003c/strong\u003e: evaluating company\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"CG-ARTS opens its Animation Practical Skills Test 2026: registration from October 1, entries through November 30, 500 seats. Anima, OLM Digital, Orange, Sanzigen and Polygon Pictures score the hand-keyed assignments. Fee rises to 7,700 yen.","twitterPost":"CG-ARTS will run its Animation Practical Skills Test 2026, capped at 500 seats. Anima, OLM Digital, Orange, Sanzigen and Polygon Pictures score submissions. Entries open early November and close November 30. Fee is now 7,700 yen.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"CG-ARTS will hold the Animation Practical Skills Test 2026 for students aiming at CG animation work, with registration for institutions opening October 1 and entries closing November 30 at 500 seats. Anima, OLM Digital, Orange, Sanzigen and Polygon Pictures evaluate the assignments, returning scores, comments and national rankings. The fee is now 7,700 yen, and AI-generated video or motion capture data used as-is is not permitted.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GameBusiness.jp\",\"url\":\"https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2026/10/16/28334.html\",\"title\":\"CG-ARTS Holds \\\"Animation Practical Skills Test 2026\\\"; 5 CG Production Companies to Evaluate Students' Hand-Keyed Animation\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4677,"outputTokens":730,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792104730,"createdAt":"2026-10-15T22:46:44.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T22:51:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T22:51:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_92c3747b25a8ec70a7ff5a83","canonicalTitle":"CG-ARTS「アニメーション実技試験2026」実施。CGプロダクション5社が学生の手付けアニメーションを評価","representativeArticleId":"a_95870a9b2b5f0ab10192f836","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"アニメーション実技試験2026\"],\"studios\":[\"Sanzigen\",\"Polygon Pictures\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-15T21:45:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-15T21:45:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T22:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GameBusiness.jp","url":"https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2026/10/16/28334.html","title":"CG-ARTS「アニメーション実技試験2026」実施。CGプロダクション5社が学生の手付けアニメーションを評価"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["アニメーション実技試験2026"],"studios":["Sanzigen","Polygon Pictures"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}