Celsys Hosts Animation Forum ACTF2026 at TAAF for Creators

Celsys Hosts the Animation Creative Technology Forum 2026

In a thriving initiative to foster the animation industry, Celsys, in collaboration with JAniCA and Wacom, hosted the Animation Creative Technology Forum (ACTF2026) at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) on March 14-15. This forum has been an annual event since 2015, aimed at enhancing knowledge around digital production technologies in animation.

A Focus on Digital Production

ACTF2026 aimed to provide creators and educators in animation with essential insights into current digital technologies. The gathering witnessed a diverse range of activities including seminars and hands-on demonstrations of CLIP STUDIO PAINT Version 5.0, a software tool that has become indispensable in animation creation.

During the forum, notable figures from Marza Animation Planet, a globally recognized studio specializing in full CG animation, participated in the seminars. Renowned storyboard artists Yuto Nakaya and Kaoruko Nishiyama shared their expertise by showcasing the use of CLIP STUDIO PAINT in the production of **