Animation Division
Award
Jury Selections
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Oblivion Island:Haruka and the Magic Mirror
SATO Shinsuke
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CANAAN
ANDO Masahiro
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TO
SORI Fumihiko
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Sweet Blue Flowers
KASAI Kenichi
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Guin Saga
WAKABAYASHI Atsushi
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SCARECROWMAN THE ANIMATION
TAKEUCHI Yoshio
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TORADORA!
NAGAI Tatsuyuki
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ASATARO, THE ONION SAMURAI
IKEDA Yoko
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Nodame Cantabile Pari
KON Chiaki
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EDEN OF THE EAST
KAMIYAMA Kenji
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Xam'd:LostMemories
MIYAJI Masayuki
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Coal Story
LI Jie
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Deadline
BANG Yao Liu
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FORESTRY
TAKEUCHI Shuntaro / HAYAFUNE Masato(woodpecker)
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HAND SOAP
OYAMA Kei
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Lizard Planet
JOKO Tomoyoshi
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METROPOLIS
MIZUE Mirai
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No corras tanto (Take it easy)
Cesar DIAZ MELENDEZ
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Organic
KOZUTSUMI Pon
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The Fitting Dance
Javier VILLEGAS
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URS
Moritz MAYERHOFER
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ANPAN the chief of detectives
WADA Toshikatsu
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the river
SAKAMOTO yusuke
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Family Deck
MURATA Tomoyasu
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CENCOROLL
UKI Atsuya
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the only one room
SUZUKI Atsushi
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once upon a time in the forest
SUZUKI Atsushi
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a formula of forgotten planet
FUJITA Junpei
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Chisato stared
UEKUSA Wataru
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signs of spring
TOKUI Shinya
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Fuji-Log
SHICHIJI Shigeo
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Cavity Express
MUTO Kenji
Jury Critiques
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Head of the Jury
SUZUKI Shinichi
Animation Director
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IKUHARA Kunihiko
Animation Director
This is an age when the "heart" has become important. Sweet Blue Flowers, though not selected, skillfully reflects the spirit of the times. In our lifetime, most people hear the phrases, "It's not you," or "You're wrong," uttered again and again. Sweet Blue Flowers, however, presents us with a miraculous encounter whose message is, "You can stay just the way you are." The jury disagreed in …
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KIFUNE Sonoko
Animation Artist
No Corras Tanto (Take It Easy) , an excellent short animation that animates the sand in Spain, was entered as an OVA, not as a short animation. On the other hand, there was a discussion about the genre of CENCOROLL, whether it should be considered an OVA work rather than a short animation, because it employs the rendering style of commercial animation, and also because a DVD version of the work …
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NOMURA Tatsutoshi
Animation Artist
I would like to comment on the recommended works, mainly on the short animations that came close to winning a prize. HAND SOAP, which perfectly depicts the turmoil and pangs of puberty in the most unpleasant manner, received a large number of votes because of its completeness and originality. However, after a heated discussion of its artistic merit and decency, it ended up not being selected. a …
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HIGUCHI Shinji
Film Director
Japanese Version Only.
There were 473 entries to the Animation Division this year, the largest number of entries to date. Characteristically, we received more short animations than long animations, TV animations and OVA's. The trend could be connected, to the spread of animation production software for PCs and an increase in the number of young people studying animation in institutions. Considering that China and South …