‘The Boy and Heron’ Wins Miyazaki His Second Oscar

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• “The Boy and the Heron,” directed by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, won Best Animated Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
• This is Miyazaki’s second Oscar after 20 long years.

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the most influential figures in the history of anime, and has captured the attention of audiences around the world with his magical films. Despite its long history, the anime community has not received enough recognition from the Oscars.

Spirited Away was the first anime film to win an Oscar, and that was almost two decades ago. After a long drought, Miyazaki has once again shown his shining potential and made the anime community proud.

“The Boy and the Heron,” directed by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, won Best Animated Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.

The film is nominated alongside the revolutionary Spider-Man films: Across the Spider-Verse, Nimona, Robot Dreams, and Elemental. So we know she faced some tough competition.

While some global fans were disappointed that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was not nominated for an Oscar, many others acknowledged the massive work that went into the anime film.

Studio Ghibli Vice President Kiyofumi Nakajima accepted the award and explained why neither Miyazaki nor Suzuki could attend the event. He jokingly used their advanced age group as a reason and also expressed Suzuki’s gratitude.

This project began after Hayao Miyazaki came out of retirement. After working on this project for seven years, the efforts of the director and the studio have finally paid off. He is one of the oldest filmmakers to receive the award in the animated feature film category, doing so at the age of 83.

The audience was amazed by the final result, and the rest, of course, is history. It’s one of the proudest moments of the anime, and fans are very happy about this news.

About “The Boy and the Heron”

“The Boy and the Heron” (Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) is an anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Genzaburo Yoshino, first published in 1937 and set in pre-war Japan.

The novel tells the story of Cooper, a fifteen-year-old boy living in Tokyo, who sees thousands of people every day and wonders about anything and everything. After his father’s death, he goes on a journey of philosophical enlightenment and uses his knowledge to determine the best way to live!

source: Oscars