Experimental Shorts can be added to the website if it meets all the following criteria:
- Its creator has worked on professionally produced anime.
- It meets the Japanese 'Country Of Origin'.
- The short is not based on existing published material (anime, manga, manhwa etc.) - it must be an original work.
{% hint style="info" %} Experimental Shorts created by a non-professional who later works on professionally produced anime may be retroactively added. {% endhint %}
{% hint style="warning" %} Exceptions may be granted for student graduation projects from Japanese animation universities. {% endhint %}
Example 1:
Rain Town Is an experimental short by Hiroyasu Ishida. At the time of creation, he was an independent non-professional animator. As he has now worked on professionally produced works such as Penguin Highway, this entry is acceptable.