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The Boy and the Heron Film Wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature
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Miyazaki and producer The Wind Rises.
No anime films eligible for the awards that year.
The Boy and the Heron announced ahead of its February 14 ceremony that the film will receive the Noburou Oofuji Award, which honors animated works that offer new forms of creative expression.
Update: The Boy and the Heron is the first film rated PG-13 in the United States to win the Best Animated Feature Film category, and the first film distributed by received an Honorary Award in Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards in 2014. Thank, GATSU.
The academy posted the video of the speech from Studio Ghibli Vice-President Kiyofumi Nakajima at the press room after the win. Nakajima explained why Miyazaki and Suzuki could not receive the award in person:
Source: Oscars
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