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Animax Taishō

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Animax Taishō(アニマックス đại thưởng,Animakkusu Taishō),also known asAnimax Awards,is a Japaneseanimescriptwriting competition organized by the Japanese animesatellite televisionnetwork,Animax,a subsidiary ofSony Pictures Entertainment.[1][2]

History and broadcasts

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Held annually since 2002,[1]the competition awards the best original anime scripts submitted across Japan, judged by a panel of notedmanga artists,animators and anime creators, which has includedRyōsuke TakahashiandKaiji Kawaguchiamong others, and which subsequently gets animated into an anime by a noted Japanese animation studio for broadcast on Animax's networks the following year.[1][2]Winners of the Animax Award have gone on to forge successful careers in the anime and manga industry, with the second award winner, Yūko Kawabe going on to co-writeErgo ProxyandTweeny Witches,among others, while the fourth winner, Ikuko Yoshinari, went on to publish a shōjo manga forRibon.[1][2]

The first four award-winning screenplays were animated by each ofAnimax's co-founders, the studiosSunrise,Toei Animation,andTokyo Movie Shinsha,while the fifth and seventh were animated byProduction I.Gand the sixth animated by Sony'sA-1 Pictures.[1][2]In 2007, the awards were made open to Animax's viewers across its networks worldwide, under the name Animax Awards, with one of the winning scripts going on to be animated into the anime movieLaMB.[1][2][3]

The seventh iteration of the award, in 2008, was won by Kenji Saidō, for his entryShoka(lit. "Calligraphy" ), and will be animated by Production I.G and to be broadcast on Animax's networks in 2009. The seventh iteration of the competition received a record of 1,235 entries, the largest in the competition's seven-year history, and its judging panel included manga artistKaiji Kawaguchi,Detroit Metal Cityfilm screenwriterMika ŌmoriandDensha Otokofilm screenwriterArisa Kaneko.[1]The award ceremony for the seventh iteration was also broadcast in Japan on November 9, 2008.[1]

Winners

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Super Kuma-san

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Super Kuma-san(スーパークマさん,lit.Super Bear)—the first winner of the annual Animax Taishō in 2002.

Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!

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Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!(アズサ, お thủ vân いします!,lit.Azusa Will Help!)—the second winner of the annual Animax Taishō in 2003.

Hotori ~ Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau

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Hotori ~ Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau(ほとり〜たださいわいを hi う. 〜,lit.Hotori ~ I Only Want Happiness)—the third winner of the annual Animax Taishō in 2004.

Lily to Kaeru to (Ototo)

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Lily to Kaeru to (Ototo)(リリとカエルと( đệ ),Riri to Kaeru to (Ototo)) lit.Lily and the Frog and (Little Brother))—the fourth winner of the annual Animax Taishō in 2005. Amangaadaptation was serialized inShueisha'sRibonshōjomagazine.

Yumedamaya Kidan

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Yumedamaya Kidan(ゆめだまや kỳ đàm,lit.Strange Stories of a Dream Ball Seller)—the fifth winner of the annual Animax Taishō in 2006. Animated byProduction I.G.,the script was the first winner not to be animated by one of Animax's co-founding studios.

  • Original concept/story: Tsukino Akari(Nguyệt dã あかり,Akari Tsukino)
  • Director: Itsurō Kawasaki
  • Original character design:Yōsuke Takahashi
  • Character design: Shōko Nakamura
  • Cast:Yūka Iguchi
  • Production:Production I.G

Takane no Jitensha

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Takane no Jitensha(タカネの tự 転 xa,lit.Takane's Bike)—the sixth winner of the annual Animax Taishō in 2007. This was the first Animax Taishō to be open to an international audience as it was made available to Animax's broadcast networks worldwide. It was animated byA-1 Pictures,which was also established by one ofSony's subsidiaries,Aniplex.The supervising animation director and character designer wasSachiko Kamimuraand featuredMaaya Sakamotoas the title character.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcdefgh"7th Animax Award-Winning Script Announced".Anime News Network.2008-09-12.Retrieved2009-01-13.
  2. ^abcde"6th Animax Award-Winning Scripts Announced".Anime News Network.2007-09-10.Archivedfrom the original on 6 February 2009.Retrieved2009-01-13.
  3. ^"Animax opens Animax Awards to script writers across Asia".Reed Business Information Asia Interactive Network. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-27.Retrieved2007-06-22.
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