Kunio Kato Anime Nominated for Oscar

Director Kunio Kato’s 12 minute long short anime film Tsumiki no Ie ~ La Maison en Petits Cubes (House of Small Cubes) has been nominated for an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Award for best animated short film. The work is the only Japanese animation production to be nominated in the 81st Academy Awards selection. The Academy Awards winners will be announced on February 22.

Animation World Network hosts a 28 second sample of the short film.

Source: Anime News Network