Well, at least fans are glad it was even nominated.
Summary:
The Boy and the Heron was nominated for Oscars, but otaku don’t expect it to actually win the award.
Anime is usually underrepresented at the Oscars ceremony.
Fans are also unhappy about the movie not being nominated in the Best Original Score category.
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka) has attracted quite a lot of attention. As it usually happens with Ghibli movies, it was eagerly anticipated by fans — and the opinions on the movie were quite divided.
Some fans praise The Boy and the Heron for its storytelling and the magical world it creates, while others criticize it for being too confusing. These disagreements aside, the movie is definitely worth experiencing at least once — it is very unique.
The film has already won the Golden Globe Award, but what many fans were wondering was whether it was going to be mentioned during the 2024 Oscars or not. It did end up being nominated — but otaku aren’t too thrilled about its chances.
Anime movies are rarely nominated for Oscars
The Academy Awards ceremony, commonly known as Oscars, is the most prestigious movie awards ceremony in the world. However, it didn’t actually have a category for animated movies until 2001 — mostly because there simply weren’t enough animated movies to warrant one. There was an award for animated short films, though.
That said, even though there is now an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, not many anime movies were even nominated for the category, with only Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) actually winning the award for feature-length movies in 2001 and La Maison en Petits Cubes (Tsumiki no Ie) winning for Best Animated Short Film in 2008.
It probably won’t win the award
Many fans consider anime to be extremely underrepresented in the ceremony in general. For example, not a single movie by Makoto Shinkai has ever been nominated for Oscars — a fact that baffles many.
To otaku, it feels like the judges are biased towards the movies made by Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks. Despite anime becoming more and more popular each year, it’s still very far from being as famous as Disney movies, with many people hardly aware of anime movies that come out.
Given that, it’s unlikely (although definitely possible) that The Boy and the Heron is going to win the Academy Award. That said, fans are happy it was nominated in the first place — and even those who didn’t particularly enjoy the movie are glad the anime is getting more serious recognition.
Otaku aren’t fully satisfied
One thing fans are unhappy about is the fact that Joe Hisaishi, the composer for the movie, wasn’t nominated for the Best Original Score award. The commonly praised point about The Boy and the Heron is its soundtrack, and to see it ignored doesn’t sit right with people. Sadly, with how underrepresented anime is, this was also expected.
Well, at least fans are glad it was even nominated.
Summary:
The Boy and the Heron was nominated for Oscars, but otaku don’t expect it to actually win the award.
Anime is usually underrepresented at the Oscars ceremony.
Fans are also unhappy about the movie not being nominated in the Best Original Score category.
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka) has attracted quite a lot of attention. As it usually happens with Ghibli movies, it was eagerly anticipated by fans — and the opinions on the movie were quite divided.
Some fans praise The Boy and the Heron for its storytelling and the magical world it creates, while others criticize it for being too confusing. These disagreements aside, the movie is definitely worth experiencing at least once — it is very unique.
The film has already won the Golden Globe Award, but what many fans were wondering was whether it was going to be mentioned during the 2024 Oscars or not. It did end up being nominated — but otaku aren’t too thrilled about its chances.
Anime movies are rarely nominated for Oscars
The Academy Awards ceremony, commonly known as Oscars, is the most prestigious movie awards ceremony in the world. However, it didn’t actually have a category for animated movies until 2001 — mostly because there simply weren’t enough animated movies to warrant one. There was an award for animated short films, though.
That said, even though there is now an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, not many anime movies were even nominated for the category, with only Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) actually winning the award for feature-length movies in 2001 and La Maison en Petits Cubes (Tsumiki no Ie) winning for Best Animated Short Film in 2008.
It probably won’t win the award
Many fans consider anime to be extremely underrepresented in the ceremony in general. For example, not a single movie by Makoto Shinkai has ever been nominated for Oscars — a fact that baffles many.
To otaku, it feels like the judges are biased towards the movies made by Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks. Despite anime becoming more and more popular each year, it’s still very far from being as famous as Disney movies, with many people hardly aware of anime movies that come out.
Given that, it’s unlikely (although definitely possible) that The Boy and the Heron is going to win the Academy Award. That said, fans are happy it was nominated in the first place — and even those who didn’t particularly enjoy the movie are glad the anime is getting more serious recognition.
Otaku aren’t fully satisfied
One thing fans are unhappy about is the fact that Joe Hisaishi, the composer for the movie, wasn’t nominated for the Best Original Score award. The commonly praised point about The Boy and the Heron is its soundtrack, and to see it ignored doesn’t sit right with people. Sadly, with how underrepresented anime is, this was also expected.
