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The Young Animator Training Project (若手アニメーター育成プロジェクト, Wakate Animator Ikusei Project) is an annual project launched in 2010, and funded by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators. The project culminates in a series of anime shorts produced by various animation studios each year.

Project A, released in 2011
Anime Mirai (アニメミライ, Anime Future), released in 2012–2015
Anime Tamago (あにめたまご, Anime Egg), released in 2016-2020
Animenotane (あにめのたね, Anime's Seed), released since 2021

(Source: Wikipedia)

The "Scotland Loves Anime" film festival takes place every October in Glasgow and Edinburgh. It was started in 2010 and includes the "Golden Partridge" jury award and audience-voted awards.

The past winners of the Golden Partridge Award are as follows.

2011: Hotarubi no Mori e
2012: Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen II - Doldrey Kouryaku
2013: Patema Inverted
2014: Giovanni no Shima
2015: Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai

In 2012, the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney live action film also had its UK premiere at SLA.

In 2015, the Japan Animator Expo also had its EU premiere. These have been omitted from the list below due to space.

Also in 2015, the live action Attack on Titan movies (Part 1 and Part 2) were also given their EU premiere at SLA.

Animes heavily featuring samurai

Animes starring anthropomorphic animals.


Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3720
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6893

Here's a bunch of goodies lacking love, many of which are obscure, others just underappreciated. Almost all of them lean more towards being lighthearted, cute and silly. (Not necessarily all at once.) Lots of adventure, too! Keep in mind that they're not all "must-see", but this should still be a great source for finding something new and enjoyable.