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Arrietty Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Top Award & 4 More (Update 2)
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The Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) announced the winners of the 10th annual Tokyo Anime Awards in the nominated categories on Tuesday.
Animation of the Year
Arrietty the Borrower (Karigurashi no Arrietty)Television Category
K-ON!!
The Tatami GalaxyDomestic Feature Film Category
Arrietty the BorrowerInternational Feature Film Category
Toy Story 3Original Video Anime Category
Mobile Suit Gundam UCBest Director
Hiromasa YonebayashiArrietty the Borrower
Best Screenplay
Miho MaruoColorful
Best Art Direction
Youji Takeshige, Noboru YoshidaArrietty the Borrower
Best Character Design
Yoshihiko UmakoshiHeartcatch Precure!
Best Voice Actor/Actress
Aki ToyosakiK-ON!! (Yui Hirasawa)
Best Music
Cécile Corbel Arrietty the Borrower
TAF had previously announced the Tokyo Anime Awards' 7th Annual Awards of Merit in January. The awards ceremony will take place during the Tokyo International Anime Fair, which runs from March 24 to March 27 at the Tokyo Big Sight event center.
[Via MJ Obama]
Update: The winners of this year's awards in the open categories are as follows:
Grand Prix: Alice Dieudonné (Trois Petits Points)
Award of Excellence (General): Ryan Woodward (Thought of You)
Award of Excellence (General): Kiminori Tagami (Fruity Samurai)
Award of Excellence (Student): Huang Jian le (Hong)
Award of Excellence (Student): Verena Fels (Mobile)
Special Award: Masaki Okuda (Kuchao)
Cortoons Italia 2011: Takuya Okada (Children)
Winner: Yōsuke Ōmomo (farm music)
Winner: Mariko Tokunaga (Utopian)
Update 2: The following is the Grand Prix-winning Trois petits points short by Alice Dieudonné from France's Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image school [via Anime Anime Japan]:
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