N.E.mation! is a competition for youths to express their notions on Total Defence through animation.

Encouraged by the success of the five TD animation clips featured in the National Day Rally in 2006, Nexus has organised N.E.mation! since 2007 to provide a creative platform for students to express their personal ideas about Total Defence.

Almost 700 students participated in the last two seasons of the competition. Students with no prior experience in animation were given training to equip themselves with skills to convert their stories into one-minute animation clips for public viewing and voting. The winners of the competition were determined by a combination of public voting and judging by a panel comprising industry professionals. The winning clips were then screened island-wide on free-to-air television.

The champion teams from the last two seasons of the competition had the opportunity to go on a fully sponsored learning visit to internationally renowned animation studios like Studio Ghibli in Japan, Pixar Animation Studios, and DreamWorks Animation in the USA.