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Wind Rises, Madoka, Lupin vs. Conan, Harlock, Kaguya Earn Japan Academy Prize Nods
posted on by Egan Loo
The Japan Academy Prize Association for excellence in film announced the nominees for the 37th annual awards on Thursday. The five movies that have been nominated for Animation of the Year are:
Lupin III vs. Detective Conan The Movie
The academy honored composer Golgo 13) will receive an Association's Special Award for lifetime achievement as well.
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 7 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo.
Movies are eligible if they opened in Japan between December 16, 2012, and December 14, 2013.
The Animation of the Year category was only created seven years ago. Last year, Spirited Away.
Source: animeanime.jp
