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NEWS: Anime Eligible for Oscar [2005-11-17]

It would be interesting, although perhaps even more unlikely, for the Academy to nominate an animated film that is not directed at children, such as JIN-ROH or MILENNIUM ACTRESS. Thus far it has been a "for the whole family" category, which is certainly not a standard they would apply to, say, Best Picture. Perhaps recognizing this, I also give Disney credit during the SPIRITED AWAY Oscar campaign for trying to get the film nominations in "regular" categories as well, including seeking a Best Director nomination for Miyazaki.

Keep in mind that the category has only been around for the past 4 Oscars.

For a niche sub-medium like anime where the films are at a "visibility" disadvantage compared to the big American animated films, one-out-of-four is actually really good.

in terms of animation, i thought Beyond The Clouds, A Place Promised in our Early Days was a sure bet. aww, this is too bad it got overlooked. the level of animation it had felt like it had to be shown to the world, deserving the highest of praises.

Erufu wrote:

Ok, I would like to echo the sentiment of the person that asked what the hell Gulliver's Travel is. IMDB lists no Gulliver's Travel work that has come out in the last couple of years, google just brings up travel agencies, and the Academy Awards web site doesn't give any information about the movies eligible for this category. So, if anybody would like to fill us in, that would be great.

Gulliver's Travels is an Indian film. Thus, it's...

BOLLime!

cf. Guardian article.

So... am I great? *poses*

Widya Santoso

Nagisa wrote:

BlaqNumbr9 wrote: The "academy" doesn't care about anime and they won't reward anime, regardless of how good it may be. So SPIRITED AWAY isn't anime? Next time, please take a couple seconds to get your facts straight before complaining about how the world is against you.

And what other anime films have won? Or how about seriously nominated having a real chance?! Thank you.

I'm not fighting with you and I don't know where the anger is coming from but dude/gal, I love you.

Carl Horn wrote:

It would be interesting, although perhaps even more unlikely, for the Academy to nominate an animated film that is not directed at children, such as JIN-ROH or MILENNIUM ACTRESS. Thus far it has been a "for the whole family" category, which is certainly not a standard they would apply to, say, Best Picture. Perhaps recognizing this, I also give Disney credit during the SPIRITED AWAY Oscar campaign for trying to get the film nominations in "regular" categories as well, including seeking a Best Director nomination for Miyazaki.

The Academy nominated Triplets of Belleville in 2003/4, and that was a PG-13 movie that didn't seem to have any child audience in mind.

I'm guessing it's going to be a race between the 2 stop-motion movies and Howl. Not entirely sure who would win, but I'm guessing Howl's Moving Castle will also get Miyazaki a Best Director nomination (because in all honesty, how many live-action directors this year really deserve the award?).

Tenchi wrote:

Keep in mind that the category has only been around for the past 4 Oscars. For a niche sub-medium like anime where the films are at a "visibility" disadvantage compared to the big American animated films, one-out-of-four is actually really good.

You are right,Tenchi. That is something we should be proud of but only when we look at the situation from "our" world, if you will.

Anime IS seen as a sub-genre, apart from the whole. I'm not looking to get into that "Us vs. Them" arguement that someone accused me of earlier, but we are reminded everytime an anime comes to a theater, that it is "mostly" or "clearly" Japanese; translated as "other worldly."

All I'm saying is that Anime, or more specifically, Japanese animation or Turkish animation or Russian animation or even Korean animation should be seen simply as "animation." And they're not. I don't believe they should be seen as the "Best INTERNATIONAL blah blah blah."
I know that isn't what the catagory is called but that is how they are silently preceived, received and reviewed.

From my prespective,the Academy doesn't see animation having much weight or "as much weight as..." Their decision to reduce the amount of candidates eligible for an award suggests that TO ME. Yes, we should be glad that one of "our" films makes the cut. I would just like ALL animated films to get their due. Not just the Disney ones.

If "Howl's" wins or another "anime" wins again, wonderful. I'm not looking for the world to change with an Oscar. I am looking for opinions and perceptions to change, though.

Mugen The Great wrote:

Carl Horn wrote: It would be interesting, although perhaps even more unlikely, for the Academy to nominate an animated film that is not directed at children, such as JIN-ROH or MILENNIUM ACTRESS. Thus far it has been a "for the whole family" category, which is certainly not a standard they would apply to, say, Best Picture. Perhaps recognizing this, I also give Disney credit during the SPIRITED AWAY Oscar campaign for trying to get the film nominations in "regular" categories as well, including seeking a Best Director nomination for Miyazaki. The Academy nominated Triplets of Belleville in 2003/4, and that was a PG-13 movie that didn't seem to have any child audience in mind. I'm guessing it's going to be a race between the 2 stop-motion movies and Howl. Not entirely sure who would win, but I'm guessing Howl's Moving Castle will also get Miyazaki a Best Director nomination (because in all honesty, how many live-action directors this year really deserve the award?).

umm... Ron Howard for Cinderella Man?

Given that it's an imperfect world and that, for a multitude of reasons, the American animated films enjoy a hefty home field advantage at the Oscars, one out of four BAF Oscars so far is superb (or would be if I was someone who hadn't liked Lilo & Stitch better that particular year).