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Ponyo Not Nominated for Oscars (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has Studio Ghibli's Ponyo anime film is not among the five nominated films in the Animated Feature Film category.
The five nominated films are:
- Coraline (Henry Selick)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
- The Princess and the Frog (Ron Clements)
- The Secret of Kells (Tomm Moore)
- Up (Pete Docter)
Miyazaki's two previous films, won the Animated Feature Film category in 2003.
Ponyo and submitted for consideration to be nominated in the Animated Feature Film category. Enough films qualified to expand the field of nominees to five this year. The awards will be presented on March 7.
The "La Maison en Petits Cubes" anime short, respectively. It was the first time that either category was won by a Japanese film. Spirited Away and "La Maison en Petits Cubes" are the only anime works to ever win Oscars.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association did not qualified for consideration. The only difference between the Golden Globes and Oscars in their Animated Feature Film nominees is that the Golden Globes had Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs instead of The Secret of Kells. Up won the Golden Glboe for the category last month.
Update: More background information added.
Update 2: Up is the first animated film since 1991's Beauty and the Beast to be nominated for Best Picture.
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