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Hisone and Masotan, Penguin Highway, Origin Win Media Arts Awards
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Japanese government's Ministry of Cultural Affairs announced the winners of the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Awards on Friday.
Manga Division
Grand Prize
Origin by BoichiExcellence Award
Space Battleship Tiramisu by Satoshi Miyakawa and Kei Itō
Nagi no Oitoma by Misato Konari
Momo to Manji (Momo and Manji) by Sawa Sakura
Yūgure e (Toward the Twilight) by Nazuna Saitō
New Face Award
Kiiroi Tenpan (Yellow Disc) by Tenshin Kijima
La Différence invisible (Mienai Chigai: Watashi wa Asperger) by Julie Dachez and Mademoiselle Caroline
Metamorphose no Engawa (The Balcony of Metamorphose) by Kaori Tsurutani
The website also listed 32 Jury Selections in the Manga Division, including Shin'ichi Sakamoto's Innocent Rouge, Yuhki Kamatani's Shimanami Tasogare, Tsubasa Yamaguchi's The Blue Period., and Rui Morita's Warera Contactee, among others.
Animation Division
Grand Prize
La Chute by Boris Labbé (France)Excellence Award
The Girl Without Hands (Otona no Grimm Dōwa - Te o Nakushia Shōjo) by Sebastien Laudenbach (France)
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (Hisone to Masotan) TV anime by Shinji Higuchi and Hiroshi Kobayashi (Japan)
Penguin Highway anime film by Hiroyasu Ishida (Japan)
Okko's Inn (Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!) anime film by Kitaro Kousaka (Japan)
New Face Award
Invisible (Tōmei Ningen) short film from Modest Heroes by Akhiko Yamashita (Japan)
Am I a Wolf? short film by Amir Houshang Mouein (Iran)
The Little Ship short film by Anastasia Makhlina (Russia)
The website also listed 30 Jury Selections in the Animation Division. The Jury Selections featured 14 Japanese works, including:
A Place Further than the Universe (Sora Yorimo Tōi Basho - A Story that leads to the Antarctica)
Animated TV series
Atsuko IshizukaThe Spirits of Cairn (Cairn no Kubi-tachi)
Animated short
Shinobu SoejimaI Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Kimi ni Suizō o Tabetai)
Animated feature film
Shin'ichirō UshijimaLife Ain't Gonna Lose (Samurai Egg)
Animated short film
Yoshiyuki MomoseMy Little Goat
Animated short film
Tomoki MisatoMirai
Animated feature film
Mamoru HosodaFluffiction (Mofu Mofiction)
Animated short
Yoshiki ImazuMogu & Perol (Mori Mori Shima no Mogu to Perol
Animated short film
Tsuneo GodaLiz and the Blue Bird (Liz to Aoi Tori)
Animated feature film
Naoko YamadaB: The Beginning
Net anime series
Kazuto NakazawaDevilman Crybaby
Net anime series
Masaaki YuasaMimi
Animated short film
Risa FukayaSomewhere Soft
Animated short film
Satoe YoshinariWater in the Cup
Animated short film
Ikuo Katō
Sources: Media Arts Awards (link 2), Comic Natalie
