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アニメの制作現場における取引の適正化に関する指針 (Guideline on fair transactions in anime production; Cabinet Office IP Strategy Headquarters and Japan Fair Trade Commission, 22 June 2026)

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Source: https://www.jftc.go.jp/dk/guideline/unyoukijun/animeshishin.html

The JFTC landing page (https://www.jftc.go.jp/dk/guideline/unyoukijun/animeshishin.html) links the full text (animeshishin_hontai.pdf), a summary and a consultation desk list; the full text PDF was read. The JFTC PDF returns 403 to plain HTTP clients but was retrievable through the fetch tool.

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  "revision": {
    "ref": "令和８年６月 22 日 (22 June 2026), stated on the first page and on the JFTC page",
    "pinned": true,
    "source_url": "https://www.jftc.go.jp/dk/guideline/unyoukijun/animeshishin.html"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usefulness": "Joint government guideline applying the Antimonopoly Act, the Subcontract Act (取適法) and the Freelance Act to anime production. Its section on the flow of production dealings gives the commercial structure agents need when modelling who commissions whom (製作委員会 to 元請制作会社 to 下請制作会社 and freelancers), pay units (per cut, per sheet, per episode) and what must be specified in writing.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "source_owner": "内閣府知的財産戦略推進事務局 (Cabinet Office IP Strategy Headquarters) and 公正取引委員会 (Japan Fair Trade Commission)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "known_limitations": [
    "Applies competition and subcontract law; it is not a creative-process manual and refers to production steps only in passing.",
    "It cites an earlier METI/Small and Medium Enterprise Agency guideline on fair dealing in animation; that PDF returned HTTP 403 to this collector and was not read.",
    "Defines \"アニメ\" mainly as theatrical and TV anime.",
    "Not legal advice; the guideline is the agencies' view of how the laws apply."
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The guideline is issued jointly by the Cabinet Office IP Strategy Headquarters and the Japan Fair Trade Commission and is dated 22 June 2026. · locator: first page, はじめに source
[sourced_fact] In the mainstream 製作委員会 model, film companies, broadcasters and publishers plan the anime, and the actual production is carried out by a prime production company (元請制作会社) commissioned by the committee; streaming platforms may also commission directly. · locator: 第１総論１制作取引の流れ source
[sourced_fact] Production dealings are grouped into three: production committee (or platform) to prime production company, prime company to subcontracted production company, and production company to freelancer. · locator: 第１総論１制作取引の流れ source
[sourced_fact] Freelancers may be paid per work or per episode (directing, scripts) or at a unit price per sheet or per cut (原画, 仕上げ), besides monthly pay under exclusive or semi-exclusive contracts. · locator: 第１総論１ and footnote 7 source
[sourced_fact] The guideline notes that at order time the script and 絵コンテ, which correspond to the design drawings, may not yet be fixed and the production committee may not yet be formed, which complicates setting fees and conditions in writing. · locator: 第２１（１）書面等による取引条件の明示 source
[sourced_fact] Site terms: the JFTC site applies the Public Data License 1.0 to its content unless marked otherwise, with 出典 required. · locator: ご利用案内 (copyright policy) source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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