The Golden Globes finally came, and it was Studio Ghibli that stood tall by winning the prestigious Best Motion Picture: Animated Award for their newest film, The Boy and The Heron. The win marked not only the first foreign film to win in the Golden Globe’s Animation Category but it marked the first Golden Globe for Mr. Miyazaki and his studio.
The Boy and The Heron wasn’t the only anime film in the category, it was Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume (which became the top foreign film, along with The First Slam Dunk at Korean and Chinese Box Offices). Both films joined other animated films such as Disney’s Elemental and Wish, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, and The Super Mario Bros Movie.
In the Award Ceremony’s 18-year history, The Boy and The Heron was the first hand-drawn 2D film to win the prize, and as Cartoon Brew pointed out on Social Media, the Golden Globe for animated feature film had been won by 15 CG and 2 stop-motion projects, until two nights ago. For the longest time regarding Hollywood Cinema and its Film Awards such as the Oscars, and in this case, the Golden Globes, one acknowledged anime’s existence (and snubbed them), while the other was completely unaware of the genre, they made an effort to recognize films from Japan. It wasn’t the first time that Hayao Miyazaki’s work received a Golden Globes nomination. Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises was nominated for the “Best Foreign Language Film” award at the 71st Golden Globes.
Meanwhile, Studio Ghibli Co-Founder and Producer, Toshio Suzuki shared his thoughts on winning the Golden Globe, thanking everyone for the honor and sharing a positive message to those affected by the recent earthquake that hit the west coast of Japan, hoping that the award can bring a smile to everyone’s face.
A young boy named Mahito
yearning for his mother
ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead.
There, death comes to an end,
and life finds a new beginning.A semi-autobiographical fantasy
about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship,
from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
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