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On-Gaku: Our Sound's Kenji Iwaisawa Directs Hina is Beautiful Anime Film
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Entertainment news source Variety reported on Friday that Kenji Iwaisawa is directing a new anime film titled Hina is Beautiful. The film will headline an Annecy Animation Showcase at this year's Cannes' Marché du Film. The event will take place on May 21. All the works that will exhibit at the showcase are works in progress.
Oscar-nominated scriptwriter Takamasa Ōe (Drive My Car, Dragons of Wonderhatch) is writing the film, and Naoyuki Asano (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time) is the animation director and character designer.

The film won the Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) in 2019. The film won the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards' Entertainment Division's Grand Prize in 2021, and the 75th Annual Mainichi Film Awards' Noburou Oofuji Award in 2021. The film was also nominated for an Annie Award in the same year.
Source: Variety (John Hopewell, Pablo Sandoval)