The annual 46th Japan Academy Film Awards has announced the official winners this year! It is with great joy that there are a lot of anime films that have secured the trophy! Notably, one of these are: One Piece Film: Red, the Doraemon film and anime series, Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus, and Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths.
One Piece Film: Red has received a special award which is similar to the Chairman’s Achievement Award. This is an acknowledgment of the massive box office success of the film.
Here are the anime winners:
1. One Piece Film: Red
Release year: 2022
Category: Music
Award: Special Award (similar to Chairman’s Achievement Award)
Recipient: One Piece Film: Red Music team
2. Doraemon Film & Anime Series
Release years: 1979 (series); 1980 (first film)
Category: Animated Art Background
Award: Special Awards from the Association
Recipient: Shōhei Kawamoto
3. Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths
Release year: 2005
Category: Casting Director
Award: Special Awards from the Association
Recipient: Yasuhiro Fukuoka
4. Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus
Release year: 1995
Category: Director
Award: Awards from the Chairperson
Recipient: Shunya Itо̄
5. Kochikame: Tokyo Beat Cops
Release year: 1996
Category: Actor
Award: Awards from the Chairperson
Recipient: Yūzō Kayama
6. Toward the Terra
Release year: 1980
Category: Director
Award: Posthumous Special Awards from the Chairperson
Recipient: Hideo Onchi (d. January 20, 2022)
7. The Boy Who Saw the Wind
Release year: 2000
Category: Screenplay
Award: Posthumous Special Awards from the Chairperson
Recipient: Kazuki Omori (d. November 12, 2022)
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What is One Piece Film: Red about?
Uta has always dreamed of freedom and performing music for the world. However, due to childhood trauma, she has hatred towards pirates. This caused her relationship with her childhood friend, Luffy, to be strained. Their supposed happy reunion in Uta’s live concert was then cut short, especially when Luffy refused to change his pirate ways.
Uta then unleashed her power towards Luffy and the Straw Hats, trapping them in a dream. It turns out that their minds already entered the dream since the beginning of the concert. They have to find the way out or be trapped in Uta’s dream permanently.
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