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Tsumiki no Ie, Piano Forest, Kaiba Win Media Arts Awards
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The Japanese government's Ministry of Cultural Affairs has announced the winners of the 12th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards on Tuesday. Kunio Katō's "Tsumiki no Ie" ("The House of Small Cubes") anime short won the Grand Prize in the Animation Division; it had already won the top award at France's Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June. Makoto Isshi's Piano no Mori (The Piano Forest), the inspiration for the recent anime film of the same name, won the Grand Prize in the Manga Division.
Masaaki Yuasa's Kaiba science-fiction love story and Koji Yamamura's "A Child's Metaphysics" experimental short were among the four winners of the Prize for Excellence in Animation. Satoru Makimura's Real Clothes shōjo fashion manga and Daijiro Morohoshi's Shiori to Shimiko supernatural horror manga were among the four winners of the Prize for Excellence in Manga.
The Tenori-on digital musical instrument won the Grand Prize in the Entertainment Division. The Wii Fit game for the Nintendo Wii console and Balance Board accessory was among the four winners of the Prize for Excellence in Entertainment. Brazilian artist Marcio Ambrosio won the Grand Prize in the Art Division for his Oups! art installation.
The 12th Japan Media Arts Festival will be held in Tokyo from February 4 to February 15 next year. Previous winners of the Media Arts Festival Awards have included Gainax's Gurren Lagann and Mitsuo Iso's Dennō Coil science-fiction anime, Yamamura's acclaimed "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor" short, Takehiko Inoue's Vagabond and Real manga, Nintendo's Nintendogs pet simulator, Aniplex's Kamichu! slice-of-life school anime, and Mamoru Hosoda's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time time-traveling anime remake.
Animation Division
Grand Prize
"The House of Small Cubes" (Kunio Katō)Excellence Prize
Kaiba (Masaaki Yuasa)"Dreams" (Chie Arai)
"Kudan" (Taku Kimura)
"A Child's Metaphysics" (Koji Yamamura)
Encouragement Prize
"Algol" (Noriaki Okamoto)Jury Recommended Works (Long Animation)
| Title | Artist | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kara no Kyōkai - the Garden of sinners: Thanatos. | Ei Aoki | Movie | |
| The Sky Crawlers | Mamoru Oshii | Movie | |
| Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 | Gorō Taniguchi | TV·OVA | |
| Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei | Akiyuki Shinbo | TV·OVA | |
| Sutefan No Ongaeshi | Maro Naito / Yukihiro Suzuki / Jun Aoki / Atushi Edo | TV·OVA | |
| Strike Witches | Kazuhiro Takamura | TV·OVA | |
| Soul Eater | Takuya Igarashi | TV·OVA | |
| Tetsuwan Birdy Decode | Kazuki Akane | TV·OVA | |
| Tokyo Marble Chocolate | Naoyoshi Shiotani | TV·OVA | |
| Noramimi | Yoshitaka Koyama | TV·OVA | |
| Hakaba Kitarō | Kimitoshi Chioka | TV·OVA | |
| Hells Angels | Yoshinobu Yamakawa | TV·OVA | |
| Minami-ke | Masahiko Ohta | TV·OVA | |
| Vegetable Fairies (Yasai no Yōsei - N.Y. Salad) Episode 5 The Lost Piano | Yoshitaka Amano | TV·OVA |
Manga Division
Grand Prize
Piano no Mori (Makoto Isshi)Excellence Prize
Real Clothes (Satoru Makimura)Shiori to Shimiko (Daijiro Morohoshi)
Maestro (Akira Saso)
Munakata Kyouju Ikouroku (Yukinobu Hoshino)
Encouragement Prize
Cartoon 2008 (Masafumi Kikuchi)Jury Recommended Works (Story Manga)
| Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| Nurse Aoi | Ryō Koshino |
| Inuyasha | Rumiko Takahashi |
| Uryuudou Yume Banashi | Akiko Hatsu |
| Oishinbo | Tetsu Kariya / Akira Hanasaki |
| Otomen | Aya Kanno |
| Galaxy Ginza | Kenichiro Nagao |
| Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni | Fumiyo Kouno |
| Jōkyō Afro Tanaka | Masaharu Noritsuke |
| Shinjuku Swan | Ken Wakui |
| Saint Young Men | Hikaru Nakamura |
| Nodame Cantabile | Tomoko Ninomiya |
| 81diver | Yokusaru Shibata |
| The Top Secret | Reiko Shimizu |
| Hoshi Mamoru Inu | Takashi Murakami |
| Mokuzoumeikyuu | Mart Asami |
| Moyashimon | Masayuki Ishikawa |
| Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan | Yukari Takinami |
Source: animeanime.jp
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