Tokyo’s TIFFCOM Announces Panels On Anime Co-Production And Overseas Sales
TIFFCOM 2026 is a content market taking place in Tokyo from October 28 to 30, 2026. Its anime co-production conference addresses early-stage international partnerships, financing, rights management, a
TIFFCOM 2026 will be held in Tokyo from October 28–30. The key point for animation production companies in this year’s program is that, beyond simple overseas sales, the design of international co-productions that combine overseas partners and financing from the early planning stage will be addressed in a dedicated session. Unlike selling the rights to a completed work, co-production requires production costs, rights, and market strategy to be determined together from the development stage.
What to Determine First in Co-Production
The ‘ANIME CO-PRODUCTION CONFERENCE,’ held on October 29, will feature Ervin Han of Robot Playground Media, Taiki Sakurai of Salamander, and Ilan Urroz of Foliascope, with Masao Kawano serving as moderator. The session will cover financing models, deal structures, rights management, and the use of film festivals and industry markets. Co-production can expand access to early-stage financing and overseas networks, but it is also a transaction in which rights ownership and decision-making structures must be documented from the outset.
Context of the Overseas Expansion Session
TIFFCOM is a market connecting content owners, buyers, and producers in the film, television, and animation sectors. The 2025 event drew more than 4,600 participants from 46 countries and regions, and more than 7,700 business meetings were held. This year’s co-production session expands this meeting ground into discussions of contracts and financing, making it possible to distinguish between introducing a project overseas and structuring its production with overseas capital included.
Schedule and Scope of Use
The event will be held at the Hamamatsucho Hall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial and Trade Center. The co-production session is scheduled for October 29 from 16:30 to 17:30 in Conference B on the fifth floor. Because the session’s agenda addresses financing, rights, and market access together, it provides direct criteria for decision-making not only when looking for overseas distribution partners, but also when considering production partners and financing combinations for an animation project in development.