Entertainment Division
Award
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Excellence Award
MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM 2
TSUJIMOTO Ryozo,
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Excellence Award
Have you seen it?
TANAKA Hideo
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Excellence Award
DAYDREAM
TESHIGAWARA Kazumasa
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Excellence Award
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
KOJIMA Hideo (KONAMI)
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Excellence Award
The moon princess being smelled by -Japanese old tales remix-
HARA Rintaro + HARA yu
Jury Selections
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CellMetal
MUTO Gen
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Gears of War
Cliff BLESZINSKI
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Halo® 3
Bungie Studios (Studio Manager: Harold RYAN)
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Seaman 2: The Primitive Beijing Man Parenting Kit
SAITO Yutaka
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Super Paper Mario
KAWADE Ryota, representing the Super Paper Mario development team
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The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
AONUMA Eiji, representing the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess development team
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The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass
IWAMOTO Daiki, representing the Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass development team
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Pokémon Battle Revolution
YAMANA Manabu
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Mr.SPLASH!
PROJECT F Director INUKAI Hiroshi
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Freqtric Project
BABA Tetsuaki
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Mountain Guitar
KANEBAKO Junichi
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PC-DARTS
KASAKAWA Hirofumi, representing the PC-DARTS development team
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Sound Candy
ISHIBASHI Shuichi / URIU Daisuke / OKUDE Naohito
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Human Player
TAKAHASHI Shimpei, representing the Human Player development team
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FACE BANK
TAKADA Eiichi
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Kami-Robo Fight
YASUI Tomohiro
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tragedy of the soft ice cream
SUGIYAMA Minoru
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actface
INOKO Toshiyuki, representing the actface production team
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ALWAYS -Sunset on Third Street- 2
YAMAZAKI Takashi
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JUST DO IT/ Enjoy The Pressure
TANABE Shintaro
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Le Musicien
Kinda
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Mr.Children“ IRODORI”
MORIMOTO Chie
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"Pantone Mobile / Transformation" ver.
SASAKI Hiroshi
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WHERE'S THE NEXT? series
Driscoll REID / Chris HUTCHINSON
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Winning Eleven
YOKOZAWA Koichiro
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SANKEI SHIMBUN CO., LTD
TADA Taku
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"Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Incorporated" commercial series
MORIMOTO Chie
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Piano
NAKAJIMA Shinya
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"PC"ver.
SASAKI Hiroshi
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RYUKYUDISKO / NICE DAY feat. BEAT CRUSADERS
RYUKYUDISKO / KOJIMA Junji
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BeHaveYour ZOOGAMI
Alessandro ORLANDI
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The Handshake Company
FUKUOKA Masaaki
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VAIO Interactive Adverts
MIZUTO Yuji, representing the VAIO Interactive Adverts project team
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ASHITA NO HARMONY
ASHITA NO HARMONY SEISAKUIINKAI DAIHYO HIRAYAMA Koji
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It's D
SANO Katsuhiko
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Girl in Wonderland
TERABAYASHI Kenichi / NODOMI Natsuko / NISHIMURA Yuko
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KETCHAT LIVE
MIZUTO Yuji, representing the KETCHAT LIVE project team
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NICO NICO DOUGA
NAKANO Makoto, representing the NICO NICO DOUGA production team
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PEPSI NEX DANCE
KIDO Masayuki
Jury Critiques
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Head of the Jury
MIZUGUCHI Tetsuya
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KAWAZU Akitoshi
Game Designer
[Critique by work category] Game, Electronic Play Equipment, Character, Others
Every video game entry was finished to a high level of perfection and the overall standard of entertainment value was above average, which demonstrates how deeply rooted video game culture is in this country. On the other hand, because they were all well made, the individual personality of the creator was often obscured; professional game designers are facing a difficult challenge in consistently …
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TANAKA Hideyuki
[Critique by work category] Visual Image
Innovativeness became one of the key criteria for judgment during the screening sessions for the Entertainment Division this year. It is thought that this also served as an occasion during which to consider what kinds of new forms of visual expression are now possible. The Japan Media Arts Festival is unique in that it judges a wide variety of entertainment works, such as visual images, games, …
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FUKUI Shinzo
Creative Director
[Critique by work category] Web
When judging for the Japan Media Arts Festival, the things that I consider to be most important are, of course, the degree of perfection as a work of art, but also the degree of aesthetic sense displayed and a conceptual theme that appeals to our sensibilities. The level of comprehensibility is also important. Furthermore, for the judging of web works, which is a fairly new category, I try to …
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Expectations for inspiration by groundbreaking presentations and new creations
The entries for the Entertainment Division in 2007 were wide ranging and included High Definition (HD) media, portable media, a new platform and input device, new visual expressions, websites, toys and books; during the judging process, we gave most weight to the degree of innovation that was demonstrated. We awarded the Grand Prize to Wii Sports not just because it has introduced new ways to use …