Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year
Awarded forExcellence in animation films of Japan
CountryJapan
Presented byJapan Academy Film Prize Association
First awarded2007
Websitehttp://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

The Animation of the Year (アニメーション作品賞) of the Japan Academy Film Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association.

History

Although the Japan Academy Film Prize has been awarded annually since 1978 to Japanese films, animation films were disregarded in the early years of the Prize. Animation films have included top grossing Japanese films of the year, such as Doraemon (1980,1981,1983,1984),[1] Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service (1989),[2] Only Yesterday (1991),[3] Porco Rosso (1992),[4] Pom Poko (1994),[5] and Whisper of the Heart (1995).[6] Yet no animated film received a nomination for a Japan Academy Film Prize during those years. This was notably different from other major Japanese film awards, such as the Mainichi Film Award and Kinema Junpo, which both awarded Picture of the Year to My Neighbor Totoro in 1988.

In 1990, the Japan Academy Film Prize Association gave a Special Award to Kiki's Delivery Service at the 13th the Japan Academy Film Prize,[7] and again in 1995 to Takahata's Pom Poko. However, there were still no nominations for these animated box office hits.

But in 1998, the Japan Academy Film Prize Association's attitude toward animated films changed with the hugely successful Princess Mononoke, the highest box-office record ever in the history of Japanese cinema, which dominated the other major film prizes (See: Awards). As a result, at the 21st Japan Academy Film Prize that year, Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke became the first-ever animation film to be nominated for, and win the Japan Academy Film Prize Picture of the Year. Yoshiyuki Tomino, famed for Gundam, mentioned it: "A hole that Hayao Miyazaki made spending ten years".[8]

In 2002, at the 25th Japan Academy Film Prize, another animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, Spirited Away, was again nominated and won the Picture of the Year.

In 2007, the Japan Academy Film Prize followed the American Academy Awards, which instituted the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002, by creating the Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year. Only one film is awarded Best Animation of the Year (最優秀アニメーション作品賞), but all five nominees are recognized by the association with the awarding of Excellent Animation of the Year (優秀アニメーション作品).[9]

List of winners and nominees

Studio Ghibli with 4 films has the most awards as a studio while Studio Chizu & Madhouse feature prominently. No franchise has ever won the award twice but Detective Conan is the most nominated franchise with 11 nominations while Doraemon, One Piece, Evangelion, Dragon Ball & Lupin III feature prominently.

Year Best Animation of the Year Excellent Animation of the Year Ref
2007 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time [10]
2008 Tekkon Kinkreet [11]
2009 Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea [12]
2010 Summer Wars [13]
2011 The Secret World of Arrietty [14]
2012 From Up on Poppy Hill [15]
2013 Wolf Children [16]
2014 The Wind Rises [17]
2015 Stand by Me Doraemon [18]
2016 The Boy and the Beast [19]
2017 In This Corner of the World [20][21]
2018 Night Is Short, Walk On Girl [22]
2019 Mirai [23]
2020 Weathering with You [24]
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train [25]
2022 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time [26]
2023 The First Slam Dunk [27]

See also

References

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  27. ^ "One Piece, Suzume, INU-OH, Lonely Castle, Slam Dunk Nominated for Japan Academy Film Prizes". Anime News Network. January 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.

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