Actually, there are many more.
Over the years of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature category existing, only one anime movie managed to score a win, which is Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. And there’s hope that he can do it once again with The Boy and the Heron.
But the most upsetting thing is that in the more than 20 years of this category’s existence, there haven’t even been many anime films nominated, even though fans think it’s practically a crime. So let’s talk about a couple of anime movies that deserved to be nominated and win an Oscar over the years.
- A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi)
A Silent Voice is the most common answer when someone asks for anime movie recommendations. This story explores a lot of important topics such as bullying, disability, guilt and personal improvement.
It touched the hearts of so many fans that they still cannot understand why A Silent Voice never even got an Oscars nomination. It was just robbed!
- Your Name (Kimi no Na wa)
Another anime movie classic that deserved both an Academy Awards nomination and a win, but got neither.
There were a lot of great animated movies in 2016, but fans are still confident that if Your Name had got an opportunity to compete, it would’ve had all the chances of winning due to how touching and absolutely beautiful it was. There’s just something breathtaking in Makoto Shinkai’s movies.
- Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou)
When asked about anime movies that deserve an Oscar, a lot of fans say “Maquia without a doubt.”
The story of an ancient being raising a human baby managed to charm thousands of fans with its astonishing beauty and incredible drama, and they think it’s a mistake that they couldn’t even find the movie among the Academy Awards nominees.
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari)
This movie was actually nominated for Best Animated Feature in 2014, but lost to Big Hero 6, which anime fans consider a mistake.
Fans call the movie poetic and say that its peculiar art style only added to its charm. The entire thing left them speechless and they couldn’t get it out of their heads for weeks after they saw the credits roll.
- Doukyuusei
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One of the best BL anime movies ever made, according to fans. They admit that they expected Doukyuusei to be good, but they never expected it to be this great.
The story of the movie and its characters felt so human and real that it was quite easy to get into it. Fans think this is how BL movies should be made, and the Academy Awards should have acknowledged it at least with a nomination.