GIOVANNI'S ISLAND Wins Best Animated Film At 69th Mainichi Awards

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GIOVANNI'S ISLAND Wins Best Animated Film At 69th Mainichi Awards
Mizuho Nishikubo's animated feature Giovanni's Island has picked up yet another award. The Production I.G film won Best Animated Film by the Mainichi Film Awards. This is the tenth distinction for the film since it began its festival run in 2014. 

The awards are sponsored by the Mainichi Shinbun newspaper in Japan and date back to 1946 to celebrate the best in Japanese productions. The Best Animated Film award was first awarded in 1989 to Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service.

This is the fifth Production I.G film to be awarded this distinction. Previous films to win the award were Patlabor 2: The Movie in 1993), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade in 1999), Blood:The Last Vampire the Ofuji Noburo Award in 2000 and The Sky Crawlers in 2008.
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