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35th Japan Academy Prize Nominees Listed Early
posted on by Egan Loo
A "test" page on the Japan Academy Prizes' official website lists the animation category nominees in the 35th annual awards — even though the nominees have not been formally announced yet:
Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence
According to the test page, the live-action film Azumi).
The Nippon Academy-Sho Association, a Japanese group roughly comparable to America's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Oscars fame, presents the Japan Academy Prizes every year. The nominees all receive "Awards of Excellence," but the actual top award in each category will be presented in a ceremony on March 2.
The Animation of the Year category was only created five years ago. Last year, Spirited Away.
[Via My Game News Flash]
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