TAAF2020's "Anime of the Year Category Best Picture Award" goes to "Weather Child" and "Blade of Demon's Destruction"! Noitamina" 15th Anniversary Screening Programs Also Held!

Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2020 (TAAF2020), an international animation film festival to be held from March 13, 2020, has announced the "Anime of the Year Category Best Picture Award" and "Anime of the Year Category Individual Award," which will be selected by votes of animation industry professionals. The "Animation Fan Awards" were also announced at the same time.

The "Anime of the Year" category is selected by votes from a wide range of professionals in the animation industry, including producers, creators, media, and stores handling animation goods. The "Best Picture Award" and "Individual Award" went to the following works.

Firstly, "Weather Child" was selected for the "Best Picture" category for theatrical films, and "Demon Slayer" was selected for the "Best Television Film" category.

The "Individual Award" will be presented to the following five individuals.

Original Story and Screenplay: Yoseharu Goge (for "Demon Slayer")
Director, Direction Category: Makoto Shinkai (Representative works: "Kimi no na wa. Weather Child")
Animator Division: Akira Matsushima (representative works: "Tales of Zestiria the Cross" and "Demon Slayer")
Art, Color and Visual Division: Mikiko Watanabe (representative works: "Violet Evergarden", "Beyond the Boundary")
Sound and Performance: Yuki Kajiura (representative works: "Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]" and "Sword Art Online - Alicization: War of Underworld")

In addition, the "Anime Fan Award," the most beloved work of 2019, as chosen by the general public, was also determined. The top vote-getter with 551,491 votes was "Uta no Prince-sama the Movie: Maji Love Kingdom.

Noitamina's 15th anniversary program will also be screened.

In addition, a special program will be held at TAAF2020 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of "Noitamina," Fuji Television's late-night anime slot established in April 2005.

Noitamina" 15th Anniversary Commemorative Program - Thoughts on the Launch
The first program, "Noitamina" 15th Anniversary Commemorative Program: Thoughts on Launch," will screen one episode from each of the three works that aired in 2005, the year Noitamina began: "Hachimitsu to Clover," "Paradise Kiss," and "Kai~ayakashi~. An episode of each will be screened, and a special talk show will be held.

The program outline is as follows.

Program Outline
Noitamina" 15th anniversary program - Thoughts on the start-up
Screening date and time: March 15, 2020 (Sun.) 15:45 - 17:25
Venue: Cine Libre Ikebukuro
Location: Lumine Ikebukuro 8F, 1-11-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Speakers: Yoko Matsuzaki (Fuji Television Network, Inc.), Naoshi Sudo (Journalist)
Fee: 1,500 yen for adults and students and younger
Tickets on the day are 200 yen more.
Tickets will be on sale from February 6 (Thu.) at 12:00 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale on February 6 (Thu.) at 12:00 p . m. *For details, please visit the official website.

■"Noitamina" 15th Anniversary Commemorative Program: Your Choice of 3 Memorable Films

The second commemorative program, "Noitamina" 15th Anniversary Commemorative Program: Your Choice of Three Memorable Works," began accepting votes today, February 6. The program will be divided into five-year segments from 2005 to 2009, 2010 to 2014, and 2015 to 2019, and the results will be announced on February 6, 2012. Fans will be able to vote for their "most memorable" works.

After the voting is over, one carefully selected episode from the three films that took first place in each of the five years will be screened, and a talk show will be held with the staff involved in the production of the films on stage.

The representative works from each of the five years are as follows

2005-2009
Honey and Clover," "Nodame Cantabile," "Moyashimon," "Library War," etc.

2010-2014
We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day Thermae Romae, PSYCHO-PASS, Silver Spoon, etc.

From 2015 to 2019
Battery," "BANANA FISH," "The Promised Neverland," "Sarazanmai," etc.

For details of all "Noitamina" works, please check the official website.

Voting Outline
Voting period: Until 23:59 on February 13, 2020 (Thursday)
Voting method: Vote using the form on the official TAAF website.
Voting method: Vote via the TAAF official website form.

The outline of the second program is as follows.

Outline of the second program
NoitaminA" 15th Anniversary Program: Your Choice of 3 Memorable Films
Screening date and time: March 15 (Sun.) 18:30 - 20:10
Venue: Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa
Location: 1-37-12 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Speakers: Naoshi Sudo (journalist), staff members of selected films
Fee: 1,500 yen for both adults and students and younger
Tickets on the day are 200 yen more.
Ticket sales will be announced at a later date.
*For details, please visit the official website.

(C) 2019 "Weather Child" Production Committee
(C) Yoseharu Goge/Shueisha, Aniplex, ufotable
(C) UTA☆PRI-MOVIE PROJECT
(C) Chika Umino/Shueisha, Hachikuro Production Committee
(C) Yazawa Manga Production Studio/Shodensha, Parakis Production Committee
(C) Kai~ayakashi~! Production Committee