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TGFM's open pitch covers 10 of 24 selected projects, including two Japan-originated animation projects and international co-productions.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u0026#39;s TIFFCOM Business Department moderates.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSannou Kyoushitsu ~Kyouso Sensei no \u0026#39;Kyusai\u0026#39; Jugyou (Amuse Creative Studio)\u003c/strong\u003e: comic; Fumitaka Anan, Content Planning \u0026amp; Production Department Director\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAni datta Mono (Comisme)\u003c/strong\u003e: comic; Tatsuo Sakamoto, Overseas Business Office\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoshikuzu Kazoku (KADOKAWA)\u003c/strong\u003e: comic; Mai Kato, Rights Business Bureau Media Mix Promotion Department Planning Coordination Section 3\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e20001-nen Chikyuu no Tabi (Nippon Animation)\u003c/strong\u003e: short animated film; Yasuto Yoshizuka, International Department\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOtoko wa Tsurai yo series (Shochiku)\u003c/strong\u003e: film; Kiwamu Sato, Overseas Business Department Global Sales Office Director\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHate no Hoshi Tsuushin (Shufu to Seikatsusha)\u003c/strong\u003e: comic; Naoya Otsuka, IP Business Office\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBEYBLADE (Takara Tomy)\u003c/strong\u003e: toy; Yui Iokibe, Beyblade Business Office, Licensing \u0026amp; Alliance Department, Senior Supervisor\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInunaki-mura (Toei)\u003c/strong\u003e: film; Toshinari Yanaka and Nana Okamoto, International Planning Strategy Department Planning Office\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"TIFFCOM's pitching split the room: Shochiku's Otoko wa Tsurai yo and Takara Tomy's BEYBLADE are the IP flagships, but the 10 projects being pitched to backers are mostly co-productions, not domestic titles.","twitterPost":"Eight IP holders pitch at Tokyo IP Market, but TGFM's money pitch is where the co-production footprint shows: 10 of 24 projects, two of them Japanese animation.","threadsPost":"TIFFCOM 2026 puts Shochiku's Otoko wa Tsurai yo and Takara Tomy's BEYBLADE on the IP market stage, but the financing event runs a different logic: TGFM pitches 10 of 24 selected projects, with only two Japan-originated animation in the mix and the rest weighted toward international co-productions.","newsletterBlurb":"TIFFCOM 2026, the market running October 28 to 30 alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival, announced the pitch outlines for Tokyo IP Market and Tokyo Gap-Financing Market. Eight Japan-originated IP holders present at the TIPM session on October 28, and TGFM holds its first open pitch covering 10 of 24 selected projects. 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