The film won the Best Animation Film award at the Shanghai International Film Festival’s Golden Goblet Awards on June 23, and it also won the “Axis: The Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation” award for Best Animated Feature in Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival on July 25.
Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave film won the Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 52nd annual Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain on Sunday.
Mamoru Hosoda’s Mirai film won the festival’s Best Animated Feature Film award last year.
The anime will screen at the 39th annual Hawai’i International Film Festival in November.