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Mainichi | The '''Mainichi Film Awards''' are a series of cinematic prizes awarded annually, sponsered by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since the end of the war. | ||
Award. | |||
Following the death of pioneering animator ŌFUJI Noburō (大藤信郎) in 1961, Mainichi established a new ''Ōfuji Noburō Award'' in his honour to recognise animation excellence. A specialist in silhouette animation, Ōfuji was one of the earliest Japanese animators to gain internation recognition, winning prizes at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival and the 1956 Venice Film Festival. | |||
It's worth noting that the award encompasses a much wider variety of animation than many western anime fans would consider. Two of the most frequent winners over the years OKAMOTO Tadanari and KAWAMOTO Kihachirō specialise mainly in stop motion rather than cell animation. Also as well as being an adaptation of the Hemmingway novel (not Japanese!), 'The Old Man and the Sea' is the work of Russian animator Alexander Petrov, which would have the average moe fan screaming 'not anime!' | |||
With the growth of the animation industry in Japan, the award in the 80s came to be dominated by big budget studio productions, over the work of the independant animators for recognition of whom's efforts it was originally established. To address this concern, the ''Animation Grand Award'' was established to reward large scale cinematic animation, enabling the Ōfuji award to focus on shorter pieces again. | |||
It's worth noting that the award encompasses a much wider variety of animation than many western anime fans would consider. Two of the most frequent winners over the years OKAMOTO Tadanari (岡本忠成) and KAWAMOTO Kihachirō (川本喜八郎) specialise mainly in stop motion rather than cell animation. Also, as well as being an adaptation of the Hemmingway novel (not Japanese!), 'The Old Man and the Sea' is the work of Russian animator Alexander Petrov, which would have the average moe fan screaming 'not anime!' | |||
== Table of awards == | |||
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! {{title2n|年|Year}} !! {{title2n|大藤信郎賞|Ōfuji Noburō Award}} !! {{title2n|アニメーション大賞|Animation Grand Award}} | ! {{title2n|年|Year}} !! {{title2n|大藤信郎賞|Ōfuji Noburō Award}} !! {{title2n|アニメーション大賞|Animation Grand Award}} | ||
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=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
*[http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/geinou/cinema/eicon/etc/sakuhin.html Mainichi page with table of awards] | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20050306170055/http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/geinou/cinema/eicon/etc/sakuhin.html Mainichi page with table of awards (web archive)] | |||
*[http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?p=173&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Pellas page on Ōfuji Noburō Award] | *[http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?p=173&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Pellas page on Ōfuji Noburō Award] | ||
*[http://www.laputa-jp.com/laf2000/oofuji.html Ōfuji past winners showing at the Laputa anime festival in 2000] | *[http://www.laputa-jp.com/laf2000/oofuji.html Ōfuji past winners showing at the Laputa anime festival in 2000] | ||
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