Country Japan | First awarded 1996 | |
Awarded for Excellence in animation achievements Presented by Animation Kobe Organizing Committee,
Kobe city Official website | ||
The Animation Kobe (Japanese: アニメーション神戸) is an event established by Kobe city in 1996 to promote anime and other visual media. The Animation Kobe Awards (アニメーション神戸賞) are given annually by Kobe and the Organising Committee to creators and creations.
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Event
Since 1996, the Animation Kobe has been held every year in Kobe. In addition to the awards ceremony, the event holds screenings of the prize winners and talk shows. The 11th event, in 2006, is carried live on the official website.
Major staffs
The examination is done mainly by the chief editors of the magazines covering anime, like Newtype, Animedia and Animage. Usually, one of the city employee sent by Kobe City also participates. The chairman is chosen from them by their own votes.
Winners
The committee chooses most of the winners. Only the Animation Kobe Theme Song Award is chosen by fans' votes in the first selection, though the decision is by the committee. Therefore, the tendency of the prize winners is a little different from other prizes by the fan's vote. (See: Animage Grand Prix)
Individual Award
The activities from September of the previous year to August of the year become objects for the examination. The new figure who can expect the activity in the future is valued.
* Watanabe, Okiura, Nagahama and Iso awarded by their first directing films
Special Award
Awards for individual(s) or group that contributed to Japanese anime during a long period.
In the first year, the Yomiuri Award was given to Fujiko F. Fujio who died two months before the event.
Theatrical Film Award
The animation films released from September of the previous year to August of the year in Japan become candidates. The candidates are selected not only from Japan but also from other countries, however, the committee sees more importance in a point of view to promote to young creators of Japan.
Television Award
The TV animations broadcast from September of the previous year to August of the year in Japan, exclude rebroadcasts, become candidates. The candidates are selected not only from Japan but also from other countries, however, the committee sees more importance in a point of view to promote to young creators of Japan.
Packaged Work Award
The packaged media distributed from September of the previous year to August of the year in Japan become candidates. The candidates are selected not only from Japan but also from other countries, however, the committee sees more importance in a point of view to promote to young creators of Japan.
Network Award
The anime related media the best use of interactive distributed from September of the previous year to August of the year in Japan become candidates.
Re-created in 2000, as Network Media Award. A word Network does not mean only 'internet'. The candidates are selected not only from Japan but also from other countries, however, the committee sees more importance in a point of view to promote to young creators of Japan.
Theme Song Award
The theme songs of either anime or other forms of animated media distributed from September of the previous year to August of the year in Japan become candidates. The voting by fans is counted, and the five songs with the highest number of votes become the candidates for the final competition. Especially, the committee sees more importance to one that made only for the anime and sing the 'spirit' of it.
Only the Thema Song Award is influenced by the fans. This format started from the 4th event. The total number of votes in a year is about 10,000 votes. The result of the vote is also announced on the official sites of Radio Kansai, Anitama.com and the programs of Radio Kansai before the event. Though this is a preliminary vote to reduce the candidates to final, the candidates were chosen in first by the vote always win the awards, at present.