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Belle, Evangelion 3.0+1.0, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Nikuko, Sing a Bit of Harmony, More Nominated for 45th Japan Academy Film Prizes
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The Japan Academy Film Prize Association for excellence in film announced the nominees for the 45th annual awards on Tuesday. The five movies that have been nominated for Animation of the Year are:
Hayato Isomura was nominated for Best New Actor.
Producer Kyōko Ōbayashi, film art lettering designer Toshiyuki Sasatake, and animator Sadao Tsukioka will each receive a Special Award from the Association for lifetime achievement.
The following will receive the Chairperson Award for lifetime achievement:
- Mitsuko Kusabue (actor)
- Natsuko Toda (film subtitler)
- Teruyo Nogami (recording/Kurosawagumi production manager)
- Masako Nozawa (voice actress)
- Hanae Mori (costume design)
- Tsutomu Yamazaki (actor)
The recipients of posthumous Special Awards from the Chairperson for lifetime achievement are:
- Yasuo Ōtsuka (animator)
- Masato Hara (producer)
- Kunie Tanaka (actor)
- Sonny Chiba (actor)
- Shin'ichirou Sawai (director, scriptwriter)
- Toei Animation president and producer)
- Emi Wada (costume design)
Kyoto Animation and Toei Animation will receive the Shigeru Okada Award for "producing high-quality films that combine entertainment and art with unique creativity and advanced technology."
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 Film 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 11 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo.
Movies are eligible if they opened in Japan between January 1, 2021, and December 31, 2021.
The Animation of the Year category was only created 15 years ago. Last year, Spirited Away.
Sources: Japan Academy Film Prize Association, The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
