Educating the business creators to lead the next generation Tokyo Net Wave

Departments

Media Management Department
Media Management
This major is aimed at fostering producers, talent agents, and promotional staff that can plan, produce, and manage the campaigns and events of advertising agencies and production companies.
You’ll study the latest Japanese trends, and learn from leading industry professionals, like television and event producers, about advertising campaigns and media and event production.

Media Marketing
This major teaches creative and media strategies for advertising planners, publicists, and internet marketing planners.
You’ll study marketing, advertising, VMD (visual merchandising), artist promotion, and management, and get hands on experience collaborating on projects with CG, game, and video majors.


Visual Media Business Department
Animation & Video
Your studies will focus on 3D computer graphics and special effects as used in films, games, TV, commercials, and animation.
With a thorough study of video and CG fundamentals, and plenty of practical training, you’ll develop skills that can be used in a range of industries. From the fusion of CG and image that is indispensable to today’s video production, to CG animation and game movies, you’ll be able to do it all.
Through collaborations on projects with students from the Digital Sound and Game departments, you’ll cultivate the needed communications skills of a professional in the game and video industries.
Digital Sound
You’ll learn digital sound as applied to a growing range of media including film, TV, advertisements, games, internet, and portable devices. You’ll study basic music theory and composition using music sequencers. You’ll broaden your base of experiences and hone your skill set, provide music and sound effects in collaborations with Game and Video departments. In addition to composition, you’ll also learn recording and post production, giving you the engineering skills to meet a range of music industry demands.

Digital Creative Business Department
Computer Graphics Design
The CG Design major seeks to provide you with the standard skills for putting the data that deluges our society into an easy-to-follow arrangement, and designing media projects that get the point across.
You’ll get a range of knowledge and business experience, rooted in design fundamentals, that you can apply to real world strategies in advertising, character business, and web businesses. At the same time, we want to foster professionals with a strong sense of the complementary business skills, like presentation and communication techniques.
Internet Business
This major is designed to teach the basic skills and knowledge necessary to understand the Internet itself and magazines, divided into three main aspects: design, programming, and servers & networks. This major aims to foster professionals with a strong sense of the complementary business skills, like presentation and communication techniques, as well as how to creatively produce media.

Game Entertainment Business Department
Game Design
This major covers all aspects of game design, including planning, game structure, and game scenarios.
It trains students to constantly be studying games, to rethink their understanding of games, and to take a flexible approach to games. In addition to game planning and scenarios, you’ll also learn about all the design that goes into game production, including the fundamentals of game graphics and the basic design skills for an effective proposal. You’ll also lead a team on a student game project.
Game Programming
This major specializes in computer programming for video games. While learning programming languages like C and Java, you’ll also learn about all the various jobs that are involved in producing games. Our goal is to impart the skills you’ll need for a variety of roles in the game production work environment. You’ll create your own game in collaboration with Game Design majors.

Student Interviews

Visual Media Business Department:
Digital Video major – 2nd Year

Fang-Yi Chu (from Taiwan)

Graduated from Tokyo Language Center

I wanted to study video, so I came to Japan. But, I didn’t have any information at all, so finding a school was quite difficult. So, I asked my Japanese instructors to recommend some, and then attended informational sessions for a few schools. My first impression of Tokyo Net Wave was that the students and teachers seemed kind, and the environment around the campus is quiet, which suits me. Actually, when I visited other schools, I didn’t know what to ask, so when asked what kind of questions I had or what I’d like to know more about, I didn’t have an answer. But when I visited Tokyo Net Wave, they explained a lot up front, so when it came time for questions, I felt more comfortable asking.
And after I enrolled, in my first class I had trouble with the mix of day-to-day conversational Japanese and technical terms, but my classmates helped out and I somehow got through it. It’s really satisfying to be able to do what I love everyday in a supportive environment like this.
Visual Media Business Department:
CG Animation major – 2nd Year

Jihye Lee (from Korea)

Graduated from Tokyo Japanese Language & Culture College

2 years ago I chose Tokyo Net Wave because I liked the small class sizes and the open classrooms where we can work freely. In June, I got an offer to work as a 3D modeler (a type of CG designer) in a development position at a famous game maker.
Looking for work in Japan is completely different than in Korea, and the exams and other issues also vary by company. It was really difficult. I got my start in the fall of my first year when attending a job fair that brought together many creative companies. Beforehand, I had the school’s Job Information Center assist me in finding out which of those companies accept non-Japanese employees. That way I could go straight to their booths. I saw that my works were on par with those of other students, which gave me a lot of confidence. And my homeroom teacher stayed late to help me with my portfolio, and gave me lots of moral support and assistance. I think that support also helped me get the job, some I’m very grateful.