01 Conference Overvie
The China Game Studies Twin-City Annual Conference serves as the flagship academic component of the [Aniwow!] China (Beijing) International College Animation Festival series. Jointly initiated by the School of Animation and Digital Arts at Communication University of China and the School of Animation and Game Design at China Academy of Art, the event alternates between Beijing and Hangzhou, hence its name “Twin-City Annual Conference.”
Rooted in the era of intelligent media, the conference adopts a multi-perspective, interdisciplinary approach to deeply examine the application and impact of game art and technology in education, society, and culture. It explores topics including but not limited to game ontology research, functional games, indie games, and the application and future development of diverse technologies in gaming. The conference aims to forge deep connections between academia and industry, promote the integration and collision of Chinese game academic research and design practice, and build an international, innovative exchange platform serving global game and animation, digital arts research and practice worldwide.
The inaugural 2025 conference is hosted by the School of Animation and Digital Arts at Communication University of China, with co-hosting by the School of Animation and Game Design at China Academy of Art. The annual theme is “Possible Worlds of Games,” featuring keynote sessions and multiple sub-sessions.
02 Meeting Time and Location
Date: October 22–26, 2025
Location: Communication University of China
03 Guest Lineup
The entire [Aniwow!] Animation Festival will feature a series of major events, including but not limited to masterclasses, keynote speeches, and diverse sub-program activities. Guests spanning animation, comics, gaming, and other fields make this an event worth looking forward to! Selected guests are listed below (in no particular order):
Vivien Forsans
Student Section Programmer, Annecy International Animation Film Festival
睦月ムンク
（Munku Mutsuki）
Professor at Kyoto Seika University
Sabine Teyssonneyre
Scholar and Cartoonist at the Angoulême European Institute of Visual Arts
刘宝莹
（Baoying Bilgeri）
Professor of Animation at the Film University Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany
Konstantins Visnevskis
3D Animation/Visual Effects Supervisor for “The Fantastic Drift of Cats”
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Additionally, more domestic and international guests will be announced in due course. Stay tuned.
04 Call for Papers
This open call for submissions primarily targets current master's and doctoral students, as well as young faculty members under the age of 40. Authors should provide either an abstract of approximately 1,500–2,000 words (written in Chinese or English) or a full paper exceeding 6,000 words (written in Chinese).
Suggested Research Topics (for reference only):
·Video Games and the Digital Economy
· Game Innovation Design Practice
· Games as Historical Rewriting
· Gameplay and Mechanics of Digital Games
· Games as the Ninth Art
· The Broader Anime/Manga Industry
· Games vs. Animation
· Virtual Idols
· Intelligence, Interaction, and Animated Visuals
· The Value of Indie Games
· Serious Games/Functional Games
· Future Gaming and New Media
· Digital Art and New Media Theory
· Digital Art and Science Fiction
· AI and Creativity Exploration
· Interactive and Immersive Experience Design
· Digital Preservation and Re-enactment of Cultural Heritage
· Media Archaeology and the History of Digital Technology
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Submission email address for this conference：
accgs_contact@163.com
Submission Email Format:
1. Email Subject: Please name as “[2025 Paper Submission] - Paper Title - Name - Affiliation”
2. Email Body: Briefly include personal information: name, affiliation, contact number, and email address.
3. Attachments:
(1) 01 Paper Submission Registration Form: Complete according to the template and name as “01 Registration Form - Paper Title - Name - Affiliation” .
(2) 02 Anonymous Paper (Abstract): Format details are provided in the reference template. Submit a doc file named “02 Paper-Paper Title”. As this Young Scholars Symposium session employs anonymous review, the author's name, the author's advisor's name, or the author's institution must not appear in the file name, file content, or abstract.
Please download the submission form and paper format template via the following link:
Baidu Netdisk：
链接: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1pOn6wl9gvdX5gFLEQQ5hVQ?pwd=2025
提取码: 2025
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Submission Deadline for All Sections: September 25, 2025
Expected Email Notification of Review Results: October 10, 2025
Important Notes on Manuscript Submission:
All submissions must be original works. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Authors bear full responsibility for the content of their submissions. Please refrain from submitting the same manuscript to multiple venues. Ensure that the paper or abstract has not been previously published or made publicly available through any channel. Papers and abstracts must generally align with the suggested research topics, feature well-developed arguments, demonstrate theoretical or practical value, and exhibit a degree of innovation. Submitted articles will undergo peer-review evaluation, focusing on originality, research depth, relevance to conference themes, academic merit, and readability. Selected papers/abstracts may be invited for oral presentations at the conference or for academic poster displays during the event (subject to the organizing committee's notification).
If AI tools are used to assist in writing, the name of the AI tool and its specific purpose must be clearly stated in the manuscript. The direct generation of the main content of the paper using AI tools is strictly prohibited; AI tools may only be used for auxiliary tasks such as language polishing and format adjustments. Academic responsibility cannot be evaded by citing AI generation.
Aniwow! Animation Festival Annual Conference Working Group
Communication University of China
August 2025
