March 23, 2003
Spirited Away Wins Oscar

The first anime to win and get nominated for an Academy Award

Sunday night at the 75th Annual Academy Awards, Spirited Away captured the “Best Animated Film” award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The film prevailed against the competition of four other nominees: Ice Age, Lilo and Stitch, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Treasure Planet.

The award was accepted by the academy with no speech. Both Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki were unable to attend the ceremony.

On Feburary 11th, Spirited Away became the first Japanese animated feature to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Film.” Despite grossing only $5.55 million since its limited release on Sept. 20th, the film received almost universal praise from critics.

Winning the Oscar marks the zenith of the film's long string of awards. Spirited Away’s previous awards include Best Film at the 2001 Japanese Academy Awards, Best Animated Feature (among other awards) at the 2002 Annie Awards, Best Animated Feature from Critics’ Awards in New York and Los Angeles, Best Asian Film at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards, and Best Film at the Cinekid 2002 International Children's Film Festival.


I didn't see any of the other animated movies, but I did see Spirited Away. Very cool flick. It certainly deserved a nomination.



Posted by Drizzten at March 23, 2003 10:10 PM

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You forgot that it also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival :)

Personally this win and this year in particular marks an interesting one for the academy award. While there were several predictable winners (Nicole Kidman's win for The Hours, Chicago's Best Picture Nod, Chris Cooper for Adaptation), there are several wins that are completely unexpected. Roman Polanski's win for the Pianist was a complete upset because Rob Marshall or Martin Scorsese were thought to be the front runners especially given Polanski's past and record (both Oscar and Criminal wise). There was also Eminem's win which was a huge step for rap. Not to mention the upset by Pedro Almodóvar over Gangs of New York and Far From Heaven. It's been a very interesting night.

I also have ot say that I'm glad that commerce did not win over art this evening in the case of Spirited Away.

Posted by: Dan Morris on March 23, 2003 11:14 PM
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