The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper announced the nominees for both the Best Animation Film Award (for feature films) and the Ōfuji Noburō Award (for short films) for the 74th Annual Mainichi Film Awards on Wednesday.
Children of the Sea won the Best Animation Film Award last year, while “A Japanese Boy Who Draws” won the Ōfuji Noburō Award.
The newspaper then launched the Animation Film Award in 1989.
The Mainichi Shimbun launched the Noburou Oofuji Award in 1962, and it is Japan’s oldest ongoing animation award.