The 41st Japan Academy Prizes took place March 2 and legal thriller “The Third Murder” won big, including the awards for picture of the year and best direc
The 41st Japan Academy Prizes took place March 2 and legal thriller “The Third Murder” won big, including the awards for picture of the year and best direction for Hirokazu Kore-eda.
The award for best animation went to Masaki Yuaasa’s “Night is Short, Walk on Girl,” which beat out the popular “Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?” and “Mary and the Witch’s Flower.”
Here is a list of the nominees and winners, with the winners at the top and in bold. The Japanese titles follow the English titles in parentheses.
“Let Me Eat Your Pancreas” (“Kimi no Suizo o Tabetai”)
“The Miracles of the Namiya General Store” (“Namiya Zakkaten no Kiseki”)
“Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?” (“Uchiage Hanabi, Shita Kara Miru Ka? Yoko Kara Miru Ka?”)
“Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me” (“Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari”)
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower” (“Meari to Majo no Hana”)
Ryuichi Hiroki, ” The Miracles of the Namiya General Store”
Yo Oizumi, “The Last Shot in the Bar” (Tantei wa Bar ni Iru 3″)
Ryuhei Matsuda, “The Last Shot in the Bar”
Keiko Kitagawa, “The Last Shot in the Bar”
Tomoyuki Maruo and Rihito Nakagawa, “The Miracles of the Namiya General Store”
