The Japan Academy Film Prize Association for excellence in film revealed on Friday that the Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time (Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||) anime film won the Animation of the Year award at the 45th annual Japan Academy Film Prizes. The other nominees were BELLE, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, and Sing a Bit of Harmony.
Mamoru Hosoda‘s BELLE (Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime) anime film won the Best Music award. The association honored the film’s composers Ludvig Forssell, Taisei Iwasaki, and Yuta Bando.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time also won the Popularity Award.
From live-action films of manga, the association honored Tokyo Revengers‘ Mio Imada and Honey Lemon Soda’s Ai Yoshikawa for Best New Actress, and What Did You Eat Yesterday?‘s Hayato Isomura for Best New Actor.
Producer Kyōko Ōbayashi, film art lettering designer…
