January 23, 2014

Mizuho Nishikubo's animated feature film Giovanni's Island was greeted with the Excellence Prize in the Animation Category at the 38th annual Japan Academy Prizes.

Started in 1978 and operated by the Japan Academy Prize Association with the mission of supporting the advancement and development of cinematic art, technique and science, the Japan Academy Prizes added the Animation Category eight years ago, and Giovanni's Island is one of the five animated movies awarded for this 38th edition. Winners become nominees for the Best Animated Feature Film Prize, that will be conferred by the jury during the official ceremony in Tokyo on February 27th, 2015. Movies released in Japan between December 12, 2013, and December 13, 2014 were eligible for the 38th edition of the prizes.

In the past years, Mamoru Oshii's The Sky Crawlers (32nd edition), Shinsuke Sato's Oblivion Island (33rd edition) and Hiroyuki Okiura's A Letter to Momo (36th edition) received the Excellence Prize.

Japan Academy Prizes official website (Japanese only):
http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

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