Tokyo Gap-Financing Market Highlights 5 Animation Projects Seeking More Funding

Projects include those from OLM , P.I.C.S.

What we know

On Wednesday, TIFFCOM 2026 and the Tokyo International Film Festival highlighted 24 film projects, including five animated ones, that the 7th Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (TGFM) event will feature on October 28-30.

The projects include two Japanese animated projects: Ayumi Moriyama and OLM 's Mahora, and YKBX and P.I.C.S. ' Princess Zonof . Other Japanese projects include Nagoya Broadcasting Network 's Brackish Zone (working title), an unnamed Toei project, LesPros Entertainment 's Where We Bury the Pigeon , and Wild Zero director Tetsuro Takeuchi's Wild Zero Overdrive.

The full list of projects can be found on the TGFM website .

Our opinion

The update gives this project a clear reason to stay on the radar, but a trailer or business announcement is still a promise rather than proof. The next useful test is whether the finished work delivers something more substantial than a good headline.