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And won best revived classic for the complete FMA:B bluray set, a series that hasn't been oop since it was first released in the UK.

Yeah that one totally baffled us as well. Surely revived means something that hasn't been available for years, but now is? Examples like Tenchi, Escaflowne etc. As you say, Brotherhood has been available for ages.
 
I put Marnie easily last in my list:

Earthsea nearly made the top ten.

Lol, and I'm just the opposite, with Marnie taking over my number 1 favorite slot over long-standing Nausicaa. Earthsea had to drop a place when Marnie was released, but it had been close to top 10 for me as well. My bottom of the barrel Ghibli movie is definitely Ponyo. It's pretty, but too childish for me to enjoy. Same reason why I ranked Totoro only a couple spots above it.
 
Well, I guess Manga sorta revived FMA:B on Blu-ray after a fashion, given that they also killed FMA:B on Blu-ray the first time around by cancelling the single volume releases after Volume 2.
 
Yeah that one totally baffled us as well. Surely revived means something that hasn't been available for years, but now is? Examples like Tenchi, Escaflowne etc. As you say, Brotherhood has been available for ages.

Yeah if anything, out of the classics I would say Tenchi Muyo! OVA Series or Serial Experiments Lain should have won the spot (and Berserk if Blu-ray upgrades counted).
 
Yeah if anything, out of the classics I would say Tenchi Muyo! OVA Series or Serial Experiments Lain should have won the spot (and Berserk if Blu-ray upgrades counted).
My thoughts exactly, Tenchi Muyo was a great release and I hope the other series' get released in the future.
 
Should FMA: B even be considered a classic yet? I mean, It only started in 2009...
Classic reboot of a classic but really something to follow a classic manga more closely. I would say with brotherhood's weird decision to exist in the way that it does ties it in along with FMA'03 as a classic
 
The Neo awards are always a joke. I wonder if Tokyo Toys won best merchandiser...that again would confirm just how much of a joke they are.

Yes they did win. The full list of winners was:

*Best Game: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wind.
* Best Game Distributor: Nintendo.
* Best Reintroduced Anime Classic: FMA Brotherhood.
* Best Manga Distributor: Viz Media
* Best Manga: Tokyo Ghoul:Re
* Best Anime Streaming Service: Crunchyroll
* Best Anime: One Punch Man
* Best Franchise: Pokemon
* Best Anime Movie: Your Name.
* Best Asian Movie: We Are X
* Best Musical Act: X Japan
* Best Asian Movie Distributor: Manga
* Best Anime Distributor: Manga
* Best Specialist Company: JPU Records
* Best Merchandiser: TokyoToys
 
Yes they did win. The full list of winners was:

* Best Game: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wind.
* Best Game Distributor: Nintendo.
* Best Reintroduced Anime Classic: FMA Brotherhood.
* Best Manga Distributor: Viz Media
* Best Manga: Tokyo Ghoul:Re
* Best Anime Streaming Service: Crunchyroll
* Best Anime: One Punch Man
* Best Franchise: Pokemon
* Best Anime Movie: Your Name.
* Best Asian Movie: We Are X
* Best Musical Act: X Japan
* Best Asian Movie Distributor: Manga
* Best Anime Distributor: Manga
* Best Specialist Company: JPU Records
* Best Merchandiser: TokyoToys

Here's how I would have awarded them:

* Best Game: Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wind
* Best Game Distributor: Nintendo.
* Best Reintroduced Anime Classic: Tenchi Muyo! OVA Series (Berserk for Blu-ray upgrade)
* Best Manga Distributor: Seven Seas (J-Novel Club for digital)
* Best Manga: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
* Best Anime Streaming Service: HIDIVE
* Best Anime: A Silent Voice
* Best Franchise: --
* Best Anime Movie: A Silent Voice
* Best Asian Movie: Shin Godzilla
* Best Musical Act: MAN WITH A MISSION
* Best Asian Movie Distributor: Arrow Video
* Best Anime Distributor: MVM
* Best Specialist Company: --
* Best Merchandiser: --
 
Manga beating Arrow for Best Asian Movie Distributor is actually hilarious.

My guess is that most of the voters don't know about Arrow. Having said that, as an X Japan fan I'm glad they won stuff, although it would be better if that band actually released their new album (after 20 years of waiting).
 
Arrow losing to Manga for Best Asian Movie Distributor is indeed hilarious considering pretty much all of my Asian cinema aside from the 88 Asia line are Arrow titles. Gotta love their Takashi Miike releases.

At least they got the best manga vote right. Tokyo Ghoul: Re has been amazing to read each week, damn Ishida and his unpredictability. His artwork has only gotten better and better as well.
 
No anime were nominated in this year's Oscars.
And will continue due to shortfallings on both sides.

No anime will be nominated as long as voters won't bother voting themselves or the production committee placing extremely tight regulations on how the films can be promoted.

I honestly don't know how the production committee expects to get a nomination while severely restricting availability of the movie to the voters.
 
WOW! Blade Runner got snubbed hard.

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