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Frozen, Ping Pong, Tiger & Bunny Win at Tokyo Anime Award Festival
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The winners of this year's Tokyo Anime Award Festival received their honors on Sunday.
Animation of the Year: Theatrical Film
FrozenAward of Excellence: Stand By Me Doraemon
Animation of the Year: Television
Ping Pong the AnimationAward of Excellence: Yo-kai Watch
Animation of the Year: Anime Fan Award
Tiger & Bunny The Movie -The Rising-Best Director
Isao TakahataBest Script/Original Work
Jukki HanadaBest Animator
Kumiko TakahashiBest Animator
Nobutake ItoBest Animator
Osamu TanabeBest Character/Mecha Design
Takahiro KishidaBest Art Director
Kazuo OgaBest Voice Actor/Actress
Daisuke OnoBest Voice Actor/Actress
Kouki UchiyamaBest Music
Hiroyuki SawanoThe festival announced recipients of this year's Lifetime Achievement Awards beforehand:
Art Director
Masahiro Ioka (Anne of Green Gables)
Voice Actor
Hiroshi Ohtake (Cyborg 009)
Composer
Nobuyoshi Koshibe (Sazae-san)
Singer
Isao Sasaki (Galaxy Express 999)
Producer
Hisashichi Sano (Doraemon)
Animation Artist
Sadao Tsukioka (Cigarettes and Ashes)
Director
Toshio Hirata (Pet Shop of Horrors)
Original Creator
Monkey Punch (Lupin III)Animator
Tadakatsu Yoshida (Fushigi Yugi Eikoden)Scriptwriter
Yoshitake Suzuki (Kyojin no Hoshi)Sound Director
Kan Mizumoto (Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files)Ioka, Koshibe, and Hirata passed away before receiving their awards.
The festival also gave its awards in the Competition category:
Feature-Length Work
Song of the SeaAward of Excellence: Mune
Short-Length Work
"Mi ne mozem zhit bez kosmosa" ("We can't live without cosmos")Award of Excellence: "Bang bang!"
Award of Excellence: "Beach Flags"
Judges' Special Award: "My Stuffed Granny"
Audience Award: "Shichigorosawa no Kitsune"
To be eligible, the works had to have been screened in theaters or broadcast on television in Japan between November 1, 2013 and October 31, 2014. The nominees were selected by 100 judges, including anime producers and members of The Association of Japanese Animations.
The titles are all being screened during the Tokyo Anime Award Festival from March 19 to March 23. Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises won the film award at last year's festival and Attack on Titan won the television award.
The awards ceremony was held on March 22 at the TOHO Cinemas Nihonbashi branch. The Tokyo Anime Award Festival is being held in Tokyo, Japan from March 19 to 23 at the same theater.
Source: Cinema Today
