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Coraline's Uesugi Wins Annie, But Not Miyazaki, Hisaishi
posted on by Egan Loo
Illustrator Tadahiro Uesugi earns animation award for production design
Neil Gaiman's novel of the same name, is Uesugi's first major movie credit.
Uesugi primarily creates illustrations for women's magazines, advertising, packaging, film posters, and CD jackets. He also contributed art to the Totoro Forest Project to help My Neighbor Totoro anime film. Uesugi travelled to America to attend the Annie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday, and he gave his acceptance speech in both English and Japanese.
David Bowers) categories, but won neither.
Pixar's Up feature, The Curiosity Company's Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder video, ShadowMachine's Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 short, Pete Docter also won an Annie in the Directing in a Feature Production category.
Source: Oricon, Cinema Today, Alt Film Guide
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