Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron won a Golden Globe. Now can it win an Oscar?

The question now becomes whether or not The Boy and the Heron can also win an Oscar. An anime receiving the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature wouldn’t be unprecedented, as that feat was famously accomplished by Miyazaki’s Spirited Away in 2002.

The idea that The Boy and the Heron is Miyazaki’s last hurrah is likely to earn it plenty of attention and goodwill from the Academy members, and easily enough for a Best Animated Feature nomination.

Looking at the competing nominees in the Golden Globes Best Animated Feature Film category, The Boy and the Heron beat out Disney’s Wish, Pixar’s Elemental, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and fellow anime Suzume.