Tokikake & Tekkon Kinkreet Win Additional Awards

The Toki wo Kakeru Shojo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) and Tekkon Kinkreet anime movies have been recognized by the 61st Annual Mainichi Film Contest.

Judges awarded “Tokikake” with the Animation Award, given to the year’s most entertaining animated film. Tekkon Kinkreet received the Ofuji Noburo Award, given to the year’s most artistic and innovative anime film.

The first live action Death Note movie, based on the manga by Tsugumi Oba & Takeshi Obata, won the public voting for the Tsutaya Movie Fan Award for Best Japanese Film.

Source: Anime News Network