Ōfuji Noburō Award
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Ōfuji Noburō Award | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in animation |
Country | Japan |
First awarded | 1962 |
The Ōfuji Noburō Award (
History
[edit]Following the death of pioneering animator Noburō Ōfuji in 1961, Mainichi established a new award in his honour to recognise animation excellence. A specialist in silhouette animation, Ōfuji was one of the earliest Japanese animators to gain international recognition, winning accolades at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival and the 1956 Venice Film Festival. This award was first presented in 1962 for Tale of a Street Corner (ある
With the growth of the animation industry in Japan in the 1980s, the award came to be dominated by big budget studio productions, over the work of the independent animators for whose efforts it was originally established. To address this concern, the Animation Grand Award was established to reward large scale cinematic animation, enabling the Ōfuji award to focus on shorter pieces again. Th Animation Grand Award was first presented in 1989 for Kiki's Delivery Service (
The award encompasses a wider variety of animation, including stop motion. Two of the most frequent winners over the years, Tadanari Okamoto (
Winners
[edit]- 1962 - Tale of a Street Corner (ある
街角 の物語 , Aru Machi Kado no Monogatari) by Osamu Tezuka - 1963 - Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji by Yugo Serikawa/Toei Doga
- 1964 - Murder (
殺人 MURDER) by Makoto Wada - 1965 - Love (
愛 Ai) by Yoji Kuri and The Mysterious Medicine (ふしぎなくすり Fushigi na Kusuri) by Tadanari Okamoto - 1966 - Pictures at an Exhibition (
展覧 会 の絵 Tenrankai no E) by Osamu Tezuka - 1967 - Two Pikes (
二 匹 のサンマ Ni-Hiki no Sanma) and The Room (部屋 Heya) by Yoji Kuri - 1968 - The Ugly Duckling (みにくいあひるのこ Minikui Ahiru no Ko) by Gakken
- 1969 - Yasashii Lion (やさしいライオン) by Mushi Production
- 1970 - The Flower and the Mole (
花 ともぐら Hana to Mogura) and Home My Home (ホーム・マイホーム) by Tadanari Okamoto - 1971 - Tenma no Torayan (てんまのとらやん) by Video Tokyo
- 1972 - Oni (
鬼 ) by Kihachirō Kawamoto - 1973 - Praise Be to Small Ills (
南無 一 病 息災 Nanmu Ichibyousokusai) by Tadanari Okamoto - 1974 - A Poet's Life (
詩人 の生涯 Shijin no Shougai) by Kihachirō Kawamoto - 1975 - The Water Seed (
水 のたね Mizu no Tane) by Tadanari Okamoto - 1976 - Dojoji Temple (
道成寺 Dojoji) by Kihachirō Kawamoto - 1977 - Towards the Rainbow (
虹 に向 かって Miji ni Mukatte) by Tadanari Okamoto - 1978 - Not awarded
- 1979 - The Castle of Cagliostro
- 1980 - Speed (スピード) by Taku Furukawa
- 1981 - Gauche the Cellist
- 1982 - The Magic Ballad (おこんじょうるり) by Tadanari Okamoto
- 1983 - Barefoot Gen
- 1984 - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
- 1985 - Night on the Galactic Railroad
- 1986 - Castle in the Sky
- 1987 - Legend of the Forest Part 1 (
森 の伝説 ) by Osamu Tezuka - 1988 - My Neighbor Totoro
- 1989 - Not awarded
- 1990 - Briar Rose, or The Sleeping Beauty (いばら
姫 、またはねむり姫 Ibarahime Mata wa Nemurihime) by Kihachirō Kawamoto - 1991 - The Restaurant of Many Orders (
注文 の多 い料理 店 Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten) by Tadanari Okamoto/Kihachirō Kawamoto - 1992 - Not awarded
- 1993 - Ginga no Uo ~Ursa Minor Blue~ (
銀河 の魚 ~URSA minor BLUE~) by Shigeru Tamura - 1994 - Not awarded
- 1995 - Memories (「MEMORIES」
大友 克洋 ) by Katsuhiro Ōtomo - 1996 - Rusuban (るすばん) by N&G Production
- 1997 - Not awarded
- 1998 - Mizu no Sei Kappa Hyakuzu (
水 の精 河童 百 図 ) by Shirokumi - 1999 - Rōjin to Umi - The Old Man and the Sea (「
老人 と海 」アレクサンドル・ペトロフと技術 スタッフ) by Aleksandr Petrov - 2000 - Blood: The Last Vampire by Hiroyuki Kitakubo/Production I.G
- 2001 - Kujira Tori (くじらとり) by Studio Ghibli
- 2002 - Millennium Actress (
千 年 女優 Sennen Joyū) by Satoshi Kon/Madhouse - 2003 - Winter Days (
冬 の日 Fuyu no Hi) - 2004 - Mind Game (マインド・ゲーム) by Masaaki Yuasa/Studio 4°C
- 2005 - tough guy! by Shintarō Kishimoto
- 2006 - Tekkon Kinkreet (
鉄 コン筋 クリート, Tekkon Kinkurīto) by Michael Arias/Studio 4°C - 2007 - A Country Doctor (カフカ
田舎 医者 ) by Kōji Yamamura - 2008 - Ponyo (
崖 の上 のポニョ, Gake no Ue no Ponyo) by Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli - 2009 - Denshin-Bashira Elemi no Koi by Hideto Nakata/Sovat Theater
- 2010 - Not awarded
- 2011 - 663114 by Isamu Hirabayashi
- 2012 - Combustible (
火 要 鎮) by Katsuhiro Ōtomo[1] - 2013 - The Moon That Fell Into the Sea (
海 に落 ちた月 の話 ) by Akira Oda[2][3] - 2014 - Crazy Little Thing (
澱 みの騒 ぎ) by Onohana - 2015 - Datum Point (
水準 原点 ) by Ryo Orikasa - 2016 - In This Corner of the World (この
世界 の片隅 に) by Sunao Katabuchi - 2017 - Lu Over the Wall (
夜明 け告 げるルーのうた) by Masaaki Yuasa - 2018 - Liz and the Blue Bird (リズと
青 い鳥 ) by Naoko Yamada - 2019 - A Japanese Boy Who Draws (ある
日本 の絵描 き少年 ) by Masanao Kawajiri - 2020 - On-Gaku: Our Sound (
音楽 ) by Kenji Iwaisawa - 2021 - Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest (プックラポッタと
森 の時間 ) by Takeshi Yashiro - 2022 - Inu-Oh (
犬 王 ) by Masaaki Yuasa - 2023 - The Boy and the Heron (
君 たちはどう生 きるか) by Hayao Miyazaki
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wolf Children, 'Combustible' Win at 67th Mainichi Film Awards". Anime News Network. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- ^ Kevin Ma (January 21, 2014). "Great Passage, Pecoross top Mainichi Award". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Princess Kaguya Wins at 68th Mainichi Film Awards". Anime News Network. January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.