Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film

Animation Film Award

Country| Japan
First award| 1989

The Animation Film Award (アニメーション映画賞) is an award given to the best animated feature film at the Mainichi Film Awards. The award was established to reward large scale cinematic animation, enabling the Ōfuji Noburō Award to focus on shorter pieces. This award was first presented in 1989 for Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin) by Hayao Miyazaki.

## Winners

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No. | Year | Title | Studio | Director

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1  | 1989  | Kiki's Delivery Service | Studio Ghibli | Hayao Miyazaki
2  | 1990  | Hashire! Shiroi Ōkami | Group TAC | Tsuneo Maeda
3  | 1991  | Roujin Z | Tokyo Theaters Co.  | Hiroyuki Kitakubo
4  | 1992  | Porco Rosso | Studio Ghibli | Hayao Miyazaki
5  | 1993  | Patlabor 2: The Movie | Production I.G | Mamoru Oshii
6  | 1994  | Pom Poko | Studio Ghibli | Isao Takahata
7  | 1995  | Junkers Come Here | Triangle Staff | Junichi Sato
8  | 1996  | Black Jack | Tezuka Productions | Satoshi Kuwabara
9  | 1997  | Princess Mononoke | Studio Ghibli | Hayao Miyazaki
10  | 1998  | Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas | Shin-Ei Animation | Tsutomu Shibayama
11  | 1999  | Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Production I.G | Hiroyuki Okiura
12  | 2000  | Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections | Shin-Ei Animation | Ayumu Watanabe
13  | 2001  | Spirited Away | Studio Ghibli | Hayao Miyazaki
14  | 2002  | Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring States | Shin-Ei Animation | Keiichi Hara
15  | 2003  | Tokyo Godfathers | Madhouse | Satoshi Kon
16  | 2004  | The Place Promised in Our Early Days | CoMix Wave Films | Makoto Shinkai
17  | 2005  | Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa | Bones | Seiji Mizushima
18  | 2006  | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | Madhouse | Mamoru Hosoda
19  | 2007  | Summer Days with Coo | Shin-Ei Animation | Keiichi Hara
20  | 2008  | The Sky Crawlers | Production I.G | Mamoru Oshii
21  | 2009  | Summer Wars | Madhouse | Mamoru Hosoda
22  | 2010  | Colorful | Ascension  | Keiichi Hara
23  | 2011  | Hotarubi no Mori e | Brain's Base | Takahiro Omori
24  | 2012  | Wolf Children[1] | Studio Chizu, Madhouse | Mamoru Hosoda
25  | 2013  | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya[2] | Studio Ghibli | Isao Takahata
26  | 2014  | Giovanni's Island | Production I.G | Mizuho Nishikubo
27  | 2015  | Miss Hokusai | Production I.G | Keiichi Hara
28  | 2016  | Your Name | CoMix Wave Films | Makoto Shinkai
29  | 2017  | Complex × Complex | Panpokopina | Miyuki Fukuda
30  | 2018  | Okko's Inn | DLE, Madhouse | Kitaro Kosaka[3][4]
31  | 2019  | Children of the Sea | Studio 4°C | Ayumu Watanabe
32  | 2020  | Looking for Magical Doremi | Toei Animation | Haruka Kamatani, Junichi Sato
33  | 2021  | The House of the Lost on the Cape | Aniplex | Shin'ya Kawatsura
32  | 2022  | Takano Intersection | (Independent production)  | Mizuki Ito
33  | 2023  | Maboroshi | MAPPA | Mari Okada

## See also

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* List of animation awards

## References

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1. ^ "Wolf Children, 'Combustible' Win at 67th Mainichi Film Awards". Anime News Network. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
2. ^ Kevin Ma (21 January 2014). "Great Passage, Pecoross top Mainichi Award". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
3. ^ "毎日映画コンクール 歴史（過去の受賞作）". Mainichi.jp. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
4. ^ "ギャガ株式会社（GAGA Corporation）／Intls". Archived from the original on 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-08-01.

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1989–2010|

* Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
* White Wolf (1990)
* Roujin Z (1991)
* Porco Rosso (1992)
* Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
* Pom Poko (1994)
* Junkers Come Here (1995)
* Black Jack (1996)
* Princess Mononoke (1997)
* Doraemon: Nobita's South Sea Adventure (1998)
* Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
* Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections (2000)
* Spirited Away (2001)
* Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States (2002)
* Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
* The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
* Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
* The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
* Summer Days with Coo (2007)
* The Sky Crawlers (2008)
* Summer Wars (2009)
* Colorful (2010)

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* The Light of a Firefly Forest (2011)
* Wolf Children (2012)
* The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)
* Giovanni's Island (2014)
* Miss Hokusai (2015)
* Your Name (2016)
* Complex × Complex (2017)
* Okko's Inn (2018)
* Children of the Sea (2019)
* Looking for Magical Doremi (2020)
* The House of the Lost on the Cape (2021)
* Takano Intersection (2022)
* Maboroshi (2023)

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