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Fireworks, Napping Princess, More Nominated for 41st Japan Academy Prize
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Japan Academy Prize Association for excellence in film announced the nominees for the 41st annual awards on Monday. The five movies that have been nominated for Animation of the Year are:
The live-action film adaptation of Anri Jōjō is nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction.
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 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo.
Movies are eligible if they opened in Japan between December 16, 2016, and December 15, 2017.
The Animation of the Year category was only created 11 years ago. Last year, Spirited Away.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
