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Kougeru
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 Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 1:53 pm
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So before we (in the US) can even watch it, it will be in our major Motion Picture award show lol. Thanks GKIDS!. Seriously, why are they forcing us to wait for the dub to done before showing the sub? Literally everyone I know that ISN'T in the US has seen the film in theaters now in their own countries but thanks to GKIDS wanting to air the sub at the same time as the dub, I can't even talk about the film with a large % of my friends and even had to leave anime discord channels due to the large number of non-Americans that had watched it, just so I could avoid spoilers. I have to avoid spoilers for another 4+ months because of this illogical decision from GKIDS
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KitKat1721
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:25 pm
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I can't imagine it will actually get nominated in the Foreign Language category. It's such tough competition and I can't recall animated films having much luck (except for Waltz With Bashir, which was the first animated film to break through).
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Sheleigha
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 2:34 pm
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Well, since animation is basically "Disney vs. Dreamworks" at this point for winners, I don't blame them for entering into the International category. Didn't even know Princess Mononoke originally did, too. Makes sense though since they could go either way, but awful to see how the animation category has been treated and everyone usually just "going with Disney, cause Disney".
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TanyaTheEvil
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 3:29 pm
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This is absolutely wonderful. I am so happy that this so successful. I am so looking forward to watching this when it makes its way here
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Morry
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 4:21 pm
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I don't personally see much value in the Oscars, but it's a smart business move. You lose nothing if you lose and gain ridiculous levels in rep and prestige in the Hollywood sphere if you win. Any marketer for Jp animated films would want it to be the next Spirited Away.
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Lynx Raven Raide
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 10:47 pm
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| Sheleigha wrote: | | Well, since animation is basically "Disney vs. Dreamworks" at this point for winners, I don't blame them for entering into the International category. Didn't even know Princess Mononoke originally did, too. Makes sense though since they could go either way, but awful to see how the animation category has been treated and everyone usually just "going with Disney, cause Disney". |
This was my thought too, especially since both your name. and A Silent Voice got snubbed (Boss Baby? come on Academy....) it may be the only chance it has of winning, but still, sometimes I wonder if its more money than art that talks sometimes, as in which studio can push their film to the voters more...
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Raz_G
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:51 am
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| Sheleigha wrote: | | Well, since animation is basically "Disney vs. Dreamworks" at this point for winners, I don't blame them for entering into the International category. |
Well, it also came from a big studio, but "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" did manage to surprise, so everything can happen. The problem, similar to that of "Princess Mononoke" two decades ago, is that the film has little hype to fly on. Like Mononoke, it made lots of money in Japan, but this means nothing to Academy members. "Spirited Away" had won the grand price at the Berlin Film Festival, and was chosen by Roger Ebert as the best film of the year; "Waltz with Bashir" won at Cannes and at the Golden Globes. Maybe if "Weathering With You" can snatch some big prize in Toronto, it can get some of the attention it needs to be considered for nomination in either the International Film or the Animated Feature categories.
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WANNFH
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:22 am
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| Lynx Raven Raide wrote: | | This was my thought too, especially since both your name. and A Silent Voice got snubbed (Boss Baby? come on Academy....) it may be the only chance it has of winning, but still, sometimes I wonder if its more money than art that talks sometimes, as in which studio can push their film to the voters more... |
It got snubbed because Eleven Arts (who's licensed A Silent Voice for cinema run) don't give a two cents neither for the actual good Oscar run and promotion, nor the real run in the US theaters to get the movie at least to short-list, unlike GKIDS who actually cares about the runs to get at least nominations for both Oscars and Annie for Kaguya, When Marnie Was There, Miss Hokusai, Napping Princess and Mirai. And I don't think that A Silent Voice was at less level than all of them, it's about the screwed distribution of movie in US.
And yeah, it's pretty always about not the money, but the bias than art - the most Academics just don't even watch the movies and voting out in the most part what their kids picking.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:28 am
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Best Foreign Film has to be submitted the year it's released in its original country, but foreign Best Animated Film contenders are given an extra year from original release date to be eligible for the next-next Oscars, provided they do the Los Angeles county qualifying run that 2nd year.
So technically, Japan can submit Weathering With You for the 2019 Best Foreign Film Oscars, and then GKids can submit it again for the 2020 Best Animated Film Oscars.
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