Academy Awards 4

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Picking the Winners

By Andrew Osmond. Earlier this month, there was a snippet of news in the film press about the Oscars. At first glance, it seems a technicality, but it could be serious, very serious, for any fan of animation beyond Hollywood. It’s about the way the nominees for Best Animated Feature Film are chosen – the […]

2 years ago https://blog.alltheanime.com/picking-the-winners/
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Animated Oscars 2017

By Andrew Osmond. The Animated Oscar nominee list was announced yesterday and – in the main headline for most anime fans – Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name wasn’t on it. It was a disappointment, though not very surprising. While the film’s astonishing box-office in Japan and China got it some press coverage in America, it’s unlikely […]

2 years ago https://blog.alltheanime.com/animated-oscars-2017/
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Anime at the Oscars 2016

By Andrew Osmond. One of this year’s Animated Feature Oscar nominees is not like the others. Inside Out is the only one that was a box-office hit in America, and the only one that more than 5% of the American public might have heard of. It’s also – let’s be honest – the sure-fire winner […]

3 years ago https://blog.alltheanime.com/anime-not-at-the-oscars-2016/
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Will Isao Takahata Get an Oscar…?

By Eija Niskanen Mention Studio Ghibli, and everybody starts raving about Hayao Miyazaki. But Ghibli was established by two talented animation professionals with a long, and often shared career already behind them. And now, with Takahata’s last film, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, nominated for an Academy Award there is a chance for him to […]

4 years ago https://blog.alltheanime.com/will-isao-takahata-get-an-oscar/