Additionally, Funimation and J.C. Staff’s original anime film coproduction Sing a Bit of Harmony (Ai no Utagoe o Kikasete) won the festival’s Audience Award.
The Scotland Loves Anime Festival announced on October 19 that Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Studio 4°C’s anime film of Kanako Nishi’s Gyokō no Nikuko-chan (Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor) novel, has won its Jury Award.
The “human drama” novel centers on a mother named Nikuko and her daughter, Kikuko, who live on a boat.
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko opened in Japan on June 11.