Hoshi Shinichi’s Short Shorts Special Wins Emmy

The NHK television network’s multi-award winning 2008 anime television series Hoshi Shinichi Short Shorts this week won the top prize in the comedy category of the 37th International Emmy Awards. The award was presented for a TV special that aired last February which consisted of 9 segments culled from the 2008 TV series.

Hoshi has been called the “God of Short Shorts” for writing over a thousand short stories in science fiction, comedy, and other genres. Apart from having stories adapted into the 26 episode 2008 TV series, Studio 4C adapted Hoshi’s Kimagure Robot (Capricious Robot) sci-fi short story into a series of ten 2-minute shorts in 2004.

Source: Anime News Network