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Tokyo Cool Japan is a vocational school specializing in games and animation, training students to be at the forefront of the industry. Its sister school, Tokyo Designer Gakuin, is a comprehensive academy with a 50-year history of animation education and has taken over its curriculum, enabling students to acquire skills that can be used in society in two years. Practical classes are conducted by active professional instructors.
Minimum Course Duration: | 2 years |
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Team up with students from different majors to create original games. Develop human resources with both sensitivity and communication skills.
Acquire professional skills from scratch in two years.Understand the various processes and hone the required skills through a well-developed curriculum and team-based animation production.
The students voice many of the university's original games and animations. An audition is held in October of the second year, where each individual is judged, and after the audition, students can make connections with companies while still in school.
Students gain experience that cannot be gained from lectures alone through industry-university co-operation, production with professionals while still in school at on-campus production companies, and by exhibiting work at the Tokyo Game Show and Anime Japan.
Provide support at on-campus company information sessions and industry seminars, and individual interviews. At the Industry EXPO, a job hunting event for first-year students organized by the Adachi Gakuen Group, full support is provided for job hunting activities in preparation for recruitment activities starting in the winter of the first year.
AO entrants only can take special classes for 0.5 years prior to enrolment. They can attend a total of 11 classes free of charge and acquire basic skills before enrolment.
Sendagaya is a town in central Tokyo, yet surrounded by greenery.Shibuya, Harajuku and Shinjuku are located close by, and you can cycle to Harajuku and Omotesando in about 10 minutes. At the same time, it is surrounded by facilities and shrines such as the National Stadium, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Shinjuku Gyoen and Meiji Jingu Gaien, where you can live in peace and quiet. Furthermore, the living environment is well equipped for food, clothing and housing, with many restaurants and a short walk to Shinjuku and Harajuku, so there is no need to worry about shopping.
Nearest Station(s):
3-minute walk from Station on the JR Sobu Line.
3-minute walk from Exit A4 of Kokuritsu-Kyogijo Station on the Oedo Subway Line.
7-minute walk from Exit 2 of Kitasando Station on the Fukutoshin Subway Line.
1. Game writer
Acquire the skills and knowledge to become a professional writer. ‘Game writers’ who create game reviews and strategy articles, ‘game scenario writers’ who create stories and conversations for games, ‘novelists’ who write original works for games and animation, etc.
2. Game planning
3. Game programmer
Develops programmers who are active in the development field. The course focuses on programming languages such as ‘C#’ and ‘C++’, which are the basis of game development, and also teaches the game development engines ‘Unity’ and ‘Unreal Engine’.
4. Game illustration
Learn drawing skills and how to use 2DCG software. Also learn about background design for characters and world views, UI, key visuals and setting drawings at the development stage.
5. Game 3DCG
Students learn how to use CG software and a wide range of techniques, from drawing to engines. You can aim for a job as a 3DCG designer that suits you.
6. Game sound
Classes cover a wide range of ‘sound’, from the production of background music and sound effects to voice recording game development engines for games.
7. E-sports
Writer basics
Learn the basics of Japanese language skills, literary expressions and technical knowledge of editing and publishing.
Game design
Practical training to give concrete form to ideas.
Game scenarios
Characterisation Learn the basics of game scenarios, from character setting and story structure production.
Producing a game proposal
Produce a game proposal, which is required for employment as a game planner.
Market analysis
Learn how to set up target users and concepts necessary for game production.
Game scenarios Game theory
Learn about the history and current state of games, and ultimately utilize this information in a collection of works for employment.
Game production
Develop practical communication skills by creating games with peers from other majors.
Web front-end
Learn to create static websites based on HTML, CSS and JavaScript, as well as design and create more dynamic websites using Node.js.
Game production
Develop practical communication skills by creating games with peers from other majors.
Character design
Produced characters based on drawings and croquis.
User Interface design
Produced the user interface to be implemented in the game.
Background design
Produced backgrounds and landscapes for the game’s world and setting.
3DCG character modeler
Turn 2D character design drawings into three-dimensional 3DCG characters using 3DCG software.
3DCG character modeler
Produce backgrounds and items with attention to detail to fit the game’s world view.
Motion designer
Add movement to 3D characters in games using 3DCG software.
Recording / multi audio
Participate in the production of games and learn practical sound effects and voice recording techniques.
Composition / sound effect
Learn music theory and computer music techniques.
Game development
Learn to set up BGM, sound effects and voice data while studying the ‘game engine’.
Video editing basics
Use Adobe After Effects.
Physical training
Developing physical fitness for long periods of play.
Practical streaming skills
Learn the basics of Adobe Premiere, OBS and Youtube distribution.
Use PowerPoint and Adobe Photoshop to create programme scripts and thumbnails.
Introduction to streaming
Practice the skills and theory required for event MCing and live game streaming programmes.
Game studies
Experience the latest e-sports.
Tuition fees | |
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1ST Year | ¥1,247,000 |
2ND Year | ¥1,294,000 |
Other fees | |
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Textbook | ¥13,500 (Game writer) ¥13,800 (Game planning) ¥17,800 (Game Programmer) ¥25,000 (Game illustration) ¥30,300 (Game 3DCG) ¥6,500 (Game sound) ¥12,000 (e-Sports) |
shared teaching materials | ¥6,900 (Game writer) ¥6,900 (Game planning) ¥6,900 (Game Programmer) ¥10,800 (Game illustration) ¥10,100 (Game 3DCG) ¥9,100 (Game sound) ¥6,025 (e-Sports) |
Study trip expenses | ¥31,000 |
1 . General Animation
Curriculum to equip students with skills and animation knowledge for real-life situations in order to be immediately effective in the animation industry.
2 . Hybrid animation
The curriculum focuses on drawing and croquis to improve drawing skills for characterisation.
3 .CG animation
Develops students to acquire solid CG skills and to become active at the forefront of ever-evolving animation production.
4 . 3DCG・VFX
Students pursue live-action compositing techniques and realistic expressions, and learn know-how that will enable them to work in a wide range of fields in the visual arts as well as CG animation.
Storyboarding
Learn to read and write storyboards, as well as various production techniques.
Drawing
Basic training in observation and expression.
Film research
Students analyze films in groups and present the results of their research.
Motion croquis.
Draw a series of motions, considering the human skeleton and muscular system.
Character Exercise
Learn how to handle Adobe Photoshop and CLIP STUDIO while learning to create characters digitally.
Perspective study
Deepen understanding of perspective and learn how to draw natural and man-made objects.
2DCG basics
Learn the basic operations of RETAS STUDIO, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, etc.
Modeling basics
Learn the basics required for modeling, including modeling, UV and rigging.
Drawing
Draw indoor and outdoor spaces while learning basic perspective drawing.
Maya
Learn the basics of modeling using the 3DCG software Maya.
3DCG basics
Learn the basics of character animation and the creation of effects such as flames and smoke.
Colour Basics
Comprehensive study of the properties of colors, color scheme techniques and color psychology.
Tuition fees | |
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1ST Year | ¥1,247,000 |
2ND Year | ¥1,294,000 |
Other fees | |
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Textbook | ¥30,500 (General Animation) ¥30,500 (Hybrid Animator) ¥21,500 (CG Animation) ¥29,200 (3DCG・VFX) |
shared teaching materials | ¥12,000 (General Animation) ¥12,000 (Hybrid Animator) ¥12,000 (CG Animation) ¥12,000 (3DCG・VFX) |
Study trip expenses | ¥31,000 |
Voice actor
Students learn the high level of acting skills required of voice actors and the fundamentals of vocalization and pronunciation to support these skills.After graduation, students can go on to become animation song singers, narrators, TV personalities, radio personalities, animation song vocalists, etc.
Movie creator
While focusing on voice acting, she expanded her potential by working in multiple fields, such as video and live streaming.
Career paths after graduation include YouTuber, VTuber, video creator, video producer and compositor.
Animation post recording
Performs dubbing for a variety of animation, from past classics to contemporary works.
Western dubbing
Perform dubbing in the same environment as the actual scene, wearing earphones.
Vocals
Practical training in vocal fundamentals and animation songs.
Dance
Develops dance skills and a sense of rhythm, as well as physical fitness for long hours in the field.
Entertainment Practice
Practice the techniques and theories required for corner MCing and talk shows.
Modeling basics
Learn the basics required for modeling, including modeling, UV and rigging.
Video editing practice
Practical training in video delivery techniques.
Tuition fees | |
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1ST Year | ¥1,247,000 |
2ND Year | ¥1,294,000 |
Other fees | |
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Textbook | ¥60,000 |
shared teaching materials | ¥7,200 |
Study trip expenses | ¥31,000 |
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