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'Tenki no Ko' Wins 43rd Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year

by Kingsman117
Mar 7, 2020 12:17 PM | 6 Comments
Makoto Shinkai's fantasy romance anime film Tenki no Ko (Weathering With You) won the prize for Animation of the Year award at the 43rd annual Japan Academy Prize ceremony on Friday.

The film was nominated alongside Sora no Aosa wo Shiru Hito yo (Her Blue Sky), Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire, Lupin III: The First, and One Piece: Stampede.

Tenki no Ko premiered in Japan on July 19 last year where it earned 14 billion yen domestically and 186 million dollars worldwide so far. A manga adaptation drawn by Wataru Kubota has been serialized in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine since July 2019. Yen Press released the novel adaptation of the film written by Shinkai in December 2019, which debuted a day before the film's premiere in Japan.

RADWIMPS took home the award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for their performance in Tenki no Ko. The pop rock band won the same award at the 40th ceremony in 2017 for Kimi no Na wa. (Your Name.).

Hideki Takeuchi won the Director of the Year award for his work on the live-action adaptation of Mineo Maya's Tonde Saitama (Fly me to Saitama) manga. The live-action adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara's historical action manga series Kingdom received ten nominations including Picture of the Year.

Animation director and character designer Youichi Kotabe received a Special Award for lifetime achievement, along with scriptwriter Kouji Takada (Future War 198X-nen) and Tetsuo Kaneko (Koukaku Kidoutai).

The late veteran actress Etsuko Ichihara (Kimi no Na wa.), who tragically suffered a fatal heart attack on January 12, 2019, received a posthumous Chairperson's Special Award for lifetime achievement.

Source: Comic Natalie
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6 Comments Recent Comments

More proof that Shinkai and Yoshiura are our anime gods.

Mar 8, 2020 6:57 AM by luinthoron

It was released last year in my region. Phenomenal animation, amazing soundtrack, really loved it.

Mar 7, 2020 10:36 PM by Silver_Graph

I want to see this movie fast!!! I loved

Mar 7, 2020 2:09 PM by Kinyoubi

Surprising, said no one during the ceremony.

Mar 7, 2020 1:49 PM by Daniel_Naumov

024 said:
This really makes me excited for the release in may. Can't wait to watch it!


I got to see it at a weekend showing and it's really good. I think it's my favorite Shinkai film.

Mar 7, 2020 1:12 PM by Xaeveax

This really makes me excited for the release in may. Can't wait to watch it!

Mar 7, 2020 12:22 PM by 024

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