Tokyo Polytechnic University
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Tokyo Polytechnic University (東京工芸大学, Tōkyō Kōgei Daigaku) is a private university in Honchō, Nakano, Tokyo. Its nickname is Shadai (写大). It was formerly known as Tokyo College of Photography (東京写真大学, Tōkyō Shashin Daigaku).
Since 2007, the university has offered courses in manga studies and animation studies. Tokyo Polytechnic is also notable for being one of the few universities in Japan to have a game design department,cite-ref-2[2] with its faculty including such notable practitioners as Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatanicite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-0-4-0[4] and Xevious creator Masanobu Endō.cite-ref-0-4-1[4]cite-ref-5[5] The university also operates the Suginami Animation Museum, which focuses on the history and future of the animation industry in Japan.cite-ref-6[6]
Contents
• Alumni
• Notes
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Alumni
• Eikoh Hosoe (photographer)cite-ref-7[7]
• Mouna Karray (photographer) cite-ref-8[8]
• Kōichi Saitō (film director)
• Sakae Tamura (photographer)cite-ref-9[9]
• Shin Yanagisawa (photographer)cite-ref-10[10]
Academic staff
• Yoshino Ōishi,cite-ref-nikonprofile-11-0[11] photojournalist
• Toru Iwatani, game designer, creator of Pac-Man
• Jun Hatanaka, manga and woodblock artist
• Mitsuru Hongo, anime director
• Yuu Miyake, game composer
Notes
cite-note-11. ↑ "History - Corporate Information". KONICA MINOLTA. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
cite-note-22. ↑ "Department of Game|Faculty of Arts|Tokyo Polytechnic University". 東京工芸大学. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
cite-note-0-44. ↑ "Keynotes announced! – Replaying Japan 2016". Retrieved 2019-08-23.
cite-note-55. ↑ "Modernising Super Mario: How Nintendo has reinvented its star". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
cite-note-66. ↑ citerefbureauBureau, Tokyo Convention & Visitors. "Tokyo Polytechnic University Suginami Animation Museum". The Official Tokyo Travel Guide, GO TOKYO. Retrieved 2019-08-23. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
cite-note-88. ↑ "Mouna Karray". Edge of Arabia. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
cite-note-99. ↑ Nihon kindai shashin no seiritsu to tenkai (日本近代写真の成立と展開) / The Founding and Development of Modern Photography in Japan (Tokyo: Tokyo Museum of Photography, 1995), p.277.
cite-note-nikonprofile-1111. ↑ Profile of Ōishi, Nikon Corp. Accessed 2010-11-03.
cite-note-1212. ↑ "『風のクロノア 1&2アンコール』オリジナル版開発陣インタビュー。感動のエンディングは「熱量が一気に消費されず、じわじわと広がったことで深く心に刻まれたのかもしれません」 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-07-04.
External links
• Official website
• Japanese Official website
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