  This year's winners of the 72nd Mainichi Film Awards were announced on Thursday by the Mainichi Shimbun and Sports Nippon Shimbun. Complex x Complex, a 25-minute animated short by Miyuki Fukuda, won the award for the Best Animation Film. It was produced in 2015 and centers around a female student who has an obsession with armpit hair. The film was screened in North America at the New York Japan CineFest event on June 2 last year. The Noburou Oofuji award for creative expression has been given to Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta (Lu Over the Wall), an animated film directed by Masaaki Yuasa produced by studio Science SARU. The film was screened in Japanese theaters on May 19, 2017 and GKids has licensed the film for North American distribution. The award ceremony will be held at Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall in Kawasaki, Kanagawa on February 15. 72nd Mainichi Film Award winners Best Film: Hanagatami Excellence Film: Aa, Kouya Best Animation Film: Complex x Complex Noburou Oofuji Award: Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta Foreign Film Best One Award: Watashi wa Daniel Blake Best Director: Tomita Katsuya (Bangkok Nites) Best Screenplay: Ishii Yuya (Yozora wa Itsudemo Saikou Mitsudo no Aoiro da) Best Actor: Masaki Suda (Aa, Kouya) Best Actress: Masami Nagasawa (Sanpo Suru Shinyakusha) Best Supporting Actor: Koji Yakusho (Sandome no Satsujin) Best Supporting Actress: Rena Tanaka (Osanago Warera ni Umare) Best Cinematography: Kamakari Youichi (Yozora wa Itsudemo Saikou Mitsudo no Aoiro da) Best Art Direction: Takeuchi Kouichi (Hanagatami) Best Film Score: SOI48, Young-G, Surakai Gentimuton (Bangkok Nites) Best Sound Recording: Katou Hirokazu, Keigo Takasuga (Yozora wa Itsudemo Saikou Mitsudo no Aoiro da) Source: Eiga Natalie |
Sakana-sanJan 20, 2018 10:08 AM
| Thats .... definitly not what i expected to see winning. Wat. |
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| > "a female student who has an obsession with armpit hair" What an actual fuck? What's going on? Is this some troll awarding ceremony? This kinds of announcement shouldn't be posted on MAL! |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| Congratulations to the winners. Complex x Complex reminds me of Dansan Joshi lol. |
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| I haven't watched these movies to judge them, But they do seem weird...atleast their descriptions do. |
| Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta was ok but a bit (too) childhish to my taste, it laked of that craziness i like so much about Yuasa Maasaki's work. Anyway good news for him. |
. It was produced in 2015 and centers around a female student who has an obsession with armpit hair. I'm getting more and more interested in how Japs thinks now. |
| my god what a shame |
| Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta = Kimi no Nawa + Totoro => Loli Mermaid x High School DJ romance |
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| Heard nothing but good about Lu Over the Wall. Seems like good even controversial winners. |
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| I've never heard of those movies and people which won, so now I'm curious. Lmao. |
     "Maybe he's trying to take a shit, but the shit just won't come out." Captain Levi, 2014 (／^-^)／☆♪  ♪☆＼(^０^＼) |
| I mean, well i guess a Yuasa film still won but man did his other movie deserve a win way more what the actual fuck is that other movie though, the trailer for it looks abysmal too, not even trying to be salty it looks like it was made on newgrounds |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
JizzyHitler said: What an actual fuck did I just watched? I know Japan likes it hairy but that is worst than the other!I mean, well i guess a Yuasa film still won but man did his other movie deserve a win way more what the actual fuck is that other movie though, the trailer for it looks abysmal too, not even trying to be salty it looks like it was made on newgrounds That's just a preview but it's already gross! The animation style was been even worst than Polygon Pictures animation! So this how Nippon thinks now huh? Or the full film had something really good that it made that film to win an award? |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
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