Winners and nominees
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country(s) |
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| 2007 (1st) |
5 Centimeters Per Second | Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru | Makoto Shinkai |  Japan
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| The Big Fighting Between Wukong and God Erlang | Wukong Da Zhan Er Lang Shen | Liang Hansen |  China
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| Summer Days with Coo | Kappa no Kū to Natsuyasumi | Keiichi Hara | Japan
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| 2008 (2nd) |
Waltz with Bashir | Vals Im Bashir | Ari Folman |  Israel France Germany
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| If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2 | Byul-Byul Yi-Ya-Gi 2: Yeo-Seot-Bit-Ggal Mu-Ji-Gae | Ann Dong-hee, Ryu Jung-oo, Hong Deok-pyo, Lee Hong-soo, Lee Hong-min, Jung Min-young, Gwon Mi-jeong, and Park Yeong-jae |  South Korea
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| Sword of the Stranger | Sutorenjia Mukōhadan | Masahiro Andō | Japan
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| 2009 (3rd) |
Mary and Max | Adam Elliot |  Australia
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| First Squad: The Moment of Truth | Perviy otryad Fāsuto sukuwaddo |
Yoshiharu Ashino |  Russia Japan
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| The Sky Crawlers | Sukai Kurora | Mamoru Oshii | Japan
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| Summer Wars | Samā Wōzu | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan
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| The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow | Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa | Lyudmila Steblyanko | Russia
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| 2010 (4th) |
Piercing I | Cì Tòng Wǒ | Liu Jian | China
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| King of Thorn | Ibara no Ou | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Japan
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| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Zack Snyder | Australia United States
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| Mai Mai Miracle | Maimai Shinko to Sen-nen no Mahō | Sunao Katabuchi | Japan
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| Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror | Hottarake no Shima: Haruka to Mahō no Kagami | Shinsuke Sato | Japan
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| 2011 (5th) |
Leafie, A Hen into the Wild | Madangeul Naon Amtak | Oh Sung-yun | South Korea
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| Children Who Chase Lost Voices | Hoshi o Ou Kodomo | Makoto Shinkai | Japan
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| RPG Metanoia | Luis C. Suárez |  Philippines
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| Tatsumi | Eric Khoo |  Singapore
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| The Ugly Duckling | Gadkiy utyonok | Garri Bardin | Russia
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| 2012 (6th) |
A Letter to Momo | Momo e no tegami | Hiroyuki Okiura | Japan
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| From Up on Poppy Hill | Kokurikozaka Kara | Gorō Miyazaki | Japan
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| Happy Feet Two | George Miller | Australia United States
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| Rainbow Fireflies | Niji-Iro Hotaru: Eien no Natsu Yasumi | Kōnosuke Uda | Japan
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| Wolf Children | Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan
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| 2013 (7th) |
Ku! Kin-dza-dza | Ку! Кин-дза-дза | Georgiy Daneliya and Tatyana Ilyina | Russia
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| The Fake | Saibi | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea
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| Patema Inverted | Sakasama no Patema | Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Japan
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| The Wind Rises | Kaze Tachinu | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan
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| The World of Goopi and Bagha | Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya | Shilpa Ranade |  India
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| 2014 (8th) |
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Kaguya-hime no Monogatari | Isao Takahata | Japan
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| The Frog Kingdom | Qingwa Wangguo | Nelson Shin | China
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| Maya the Bee Movie | Alexs Stadermann | Australia Germany
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| On the White Planet | Chang-baek-Han Eol-gul-deul | Hur Bum-wook | South Korea
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| The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow | Woo-ri-byul Il-ho-wa Ul-ruk-so | Chang Hyung-yun | South Korea
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| 2015 (9th) |
Miss Hokusai | Sarusuberi | Keiichi Hara | Japan
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| Blinky Bill the Movie | Deane Taylor | Australia India Ireland
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| The Road Called Life | Mae-mil-ggot, Un-su Jo-eun Nal, Geu-ri-go Bom-bom | Ahn Jae-Hun and Han Hye-jin | South Korea
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| The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King | Snezhnaya koroleva 2: Snezhny korol | Alexey Tsitsilin | Russia
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| When Marnie Was There | Omoide no Mānī | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Japan
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| 2016 (10th) |
Seoul Station | Seoul-Yeok | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea
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| Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal |  United Arab Emirates
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| Manang Biring | Carl Joseph Papa | Philippines
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| Savva: Heart of the Warrior | Savva. Serdtse voina | Maxim Fadeev | Russia
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| Sheep and Wolves | Volki i ovtsy | Maxim Volkov | Russia
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| 2017 (11th) |
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming | Ann Marie Fleming |  Canada
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| Have a Nice Day | Da Shi Jie | Liu Jian | China
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| Saving Sally | Avid Liongoren | Philippines
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| A Silent Voice | Eiga Koe no Katachi | Naoko Yamada | Japan
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| Your Name | Kimi no na wa. | Makoto Shinkai | Japan
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| 2018 (12th) |
Rezo | Znaesh', mama, gde ya byl | Leo Gabriadze | Russia
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| Hoffmaniada | Gofmaniada | Stanislav Sokolov | Russia
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| Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarô | Mari Okada | Japan
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| Mirai | Mirai no Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan
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| On Happiness Road | Hsing Fu Lu Shang | Sung Hsin-yin |  Taiwan
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| 2019 (13th) |
Weathering with You | Tenki no Ko | Makoto Shinkai | Japan
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| Mosley | Kirby Atkins |  New Zealand China
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| Penguin Highway | Pengin Haiwei | Hiroyasu Ishida | Japan
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| The Unseen | Kaghaz-Pareh ha | Behzad Nalbandi |  Iran
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| Underdog | Eondeodog | Oh Sung-yoon and Lee Chun-baek | South Korea
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| 2021 (14th) |
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks | Nos ili zagovor netakikh | Andrei Khrzhanovsky | Russia
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| Beauty Water | Ningxia Film Group | South Korea
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| Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko | Gyokō no Nikuko-chan | Studio 4°C | Japan
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| The Knight and the Princess | Alsahar Animation |  Saudi Arabia Egypt
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| Where Is Anne Frank | Purple Whale Films Doghouse Films |
 Belgium
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| 2022 (15th) |
Aurora's Sunrise | Արշալույսի լուսաբացը | Inna Shahakyan[1] |  Armenia Lithuania Germany
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| Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo | Dounia et la princesse d'Alep | André Kadi, Marya Zarif | Canada France
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| Goodbye, Don Glees! | Gubbai, Don Gurīzu! | Atsuko Ishizuka | Japan
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| Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish | Lei Lei | USA Netherlands China
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| To the Bright Side | Xiya Lan, Nianze Li, Yi Zhao, Kun Yu, Gaoxiang Liu, Maoning Liu, Chen Chen | China
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| 2023 (16th) |
The Siren | Sepideh Farsi | France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium | |
| Deep Sea | Tian Xiaopeng | China | ||
| The First Slam Dunk | Takehiko Inoue | Japan | ||
| Scarygirl | Ricard Cussó | Australia | ||
| Suzume | Makoto Shinkai | Japan | ||