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Jan 25 – Anime - Posted By The Mask
Anime Short Film Gets Oscar Nod
Kunio Kato's 12-minute animated film "La Maison en Petits Cubes" (House of Small Cubes) has been nominated for Best Animated Short Film for the 81st Academy Awards, making it the only Japanese animation to be nominated in this year's Oscars. Mamoru Oshii's "The Sky Crawlers" and Masahiro Ando's "Sword of the Stranger" both failed to get the nomination for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year. The awards will be presented on February 22, 2009. Source Link
