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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Sonny Boy, Oddtaxi, More Win Media Arts Awards
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The Japanese government's Ministry of Cultural Affairs announced the winners of the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards on Sunday.
The Naoki Urasawa presents Manben neo -Yoshikazu Yasuhiko- program won the Entertainment Division's Grand Prize. The festival also awarded Polygon Pictures president and CEO Shūzō Shiota and professor and manga creator belne with a Special Achievement Award.
The award winners in the Animation Division and Manga Division include:
Animation Division
Grand Prize
"The Fourth Wall" animated short film by Mahboobeh Kalaee (Iran)Excellence Award
Dozens of Norths anime film by Koji Yamamura (Japan)
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko anime film by Sanma Akashiya and Ayumu Watanabe (Japan)
"Letter to a Pig" animated short film by Tal Kantor (Israel)
Sonny Boy TV anime series by Shingo Natsume (Japan)
Social Impact Award
Pui Pui Molcar animated TV series by Tomoki Misato (Japan)New Face Award
ODDTAXI TV anime series by Kadzuya Konomoto and Baku Kinoshita (Japan)
"A Bite of Bone" short anime film by Honami Yano (Japan)
"Yallah!" animated short film by Nayla Nassar, Edouard Pitula, Renaud de Saint Albin, Cécile Adant, and Anaïs Sassatelli (France)
Manga Division
Grand Prize
Golden Raspberry by Aki Mochida (Japan)Excellence Award
Darwin Jihen (Darwin's Incident) by Shun Umezawa (Japan)
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano (Japan)
Hokkyoku Hyakkaten no Concierge-san (The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store) by Tsuchika Nishimura (Japan)
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui (United States)
Social Impact Award
Onna no Sono no Hoshi by Yama Wayama (Japan)New Face Award
Kitsune to Tanuki to Iinazuke (Fiance and two critters) by Seiichi Tokiwa (Japan)
Korogaru Kyōdai (Rolling Siblings) by Tsubumi Mori (Japan)
Lost Lad London by Shinya Shima (Japan)
Last year the Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! television anime series won the Animation Division's Grand Prize, and Chica Umino's March comes in like a lion manga won the Manga Division Grand Prize.
Sources: Japan Media Arts Festival, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
