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47th Annie Awards Honor Kyoto Animation Victims in 'In Memoriam' Segment
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The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood announced the winners for its 47th Annual Annie Awards on Saturday. No anime or Japanese video games won awards in which they nominated.
The awards ceremony honored the victims of the horrific fire at Baja no Studio" short (pictured at right), which was the only video or image shown during the segment.
As previously announced, the awards presented late director Maki Terashima-Furuta interpreting Maruyama's speech.
Madhouse's Weathering With You films were nominated in the "Best Indie Feature" category, but I Lost My Body took the award. Weathering With You was also nominated for "Best FX for Feature" but Frozen 2 won the award.
Pokémon Detective Pikachu were both nominated for the "Best Character Animation - Live Action" award, but Avengers: Endgame won the award.
Additionally, Carole & Tuesday, but Kenny Park won the award for Carmen Sandiego.
The Annie Awards recognize outstanding achievement in animation. ASIFA-Hollywood won the award in 2019.
Source: Annie Awards
