The Tale of Princess Kaguya Receives Oscar Nomination

The 87th Acadamy Awards are almost on us and soon, we'll be able to see talented professionals from across the film industry gathering to a lavish ceremony to honour the world's most lauded films of the previous year. With the latest awards show set to take place on 22nd February, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the selection of movies who have been honoured with a nomination in one or more of the various categories.

One nomination worth mentioning, is Studio Ghibli's&nbsp;<strong>The Tale of Princess Kaguya</strong>. Directed by Isao Takahata (<em>Grave of the Fireflies</em>), this unique animated feature is based on the Japanese folk tale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. The movie has already earned a number of awards and accolades across the globe, including winning the Animation Film Award at the 68th Mainichi Film Awards and the 40th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, as well as nominations for the 37th Japan Academy Prize and 67th Cannes Film Festival.

The movie will be going up against Disney's&nbsp;<em>Big Hero 6</em>, Focus Features'&nbsp;<em>The Boxtrolls</em>, DreamWorks'&nbsp;<em>How to Train Your Dragon 2</em>&nbsp;and StudioCanal's&nbsp;<em>Song of the Sea</em>.

<em>The Tale of Princess Kaguya</em>&nbsp;is currently slated to be released in UK cinemas on 20th March 2015.

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Personally, I think the biggest surprise is that The LEGO Movie didn't receive a nomination (although it did pick one up for Best Original Song).

I admittedly have yet to see any of the movies in this category (although Kaguya and Big Hero 6 are high on my list). I should watch them.
 
Yeah, I'm shocked the LEGO movie didn't get a nom - was it ineligible for some reason?

I love that Kaguya has been nommed - hopefully this means it gets a full UK cinema release, instead of just the usual arthouse places.

Maybe it'll actually end up winning it - as a kind of 'make up' for The Wind Rises not winning last year - although I doubt it. Still, I remain hopeful.
 
I can't believe The Lego Movie didn't get nominated. That's insane! Biggest snub of the oscar nominations by far.

Big Hero 6 was awesome, but I still need to see How to Train your Dragon 2. Good to see Princess Kaguya there.
 
My guess that the reason The LEGO Movie didn't get a nomination in the Animated Feature is because there's scenes of live-action.

But on another note, this might be the chance that Ghibli could get a second Oscar award since Howl's Moving Castle and Wind Rises ended up as nominations in the end.
 
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My guess that the reason The LEGO Movie didn't get a nomination in the Animated Feature is because there's scenes of live-action.
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No, it was on the shortlist so it wasn't an eligibility issue. Voters probably didn't bother to see it, which is a shame.
 
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I'm surprised about The LEGO Movie too, it certainly got a lot of promotion over here and my friends kept trying to persuade me to watch it because they liked it so much.

I know it will never win but I'm glad this film is getting more attention. It looks beautiful, so even though I'm not terrifically into Ghibli I might have to go and see it.

R
 
I'm still up watching the ceremony live. Big Hero 6 wins! It should have been The Lego Movie, but I loved Big Hero 6 too so I'm happy.
 
Ath said:
NormanicGrav said:
My guess that the reason The LEGO Movie didn't get a nomination in the Animated Feature is because there's scenes of live-action.
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No, it was on the shortlist so it wasn't an eligibility issue. Voters probably didn't bother to see it, which is a shame.
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Didn't we establish last year that pretty much none of the people voting for best animated feature had seen any of the films in question?

I distinctly recall a few of them being asked what and why they voted and a few had seen Frozen and the rest shrugged their shoulders at the whole thing. I can't take the Oscars seriously because of that.
 
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Ath said:
NormanicGrav said:
My guess that the reason The LEGO Movie didn't get a nomination in the Animated Feature is because there's scenes of live-action.
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No, it was on the shortlist so it wasn't an eligibility issue. Voters probably didn't bother to see it, which is a shame.
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Didn't we establish last year that pretty much none of the people voting for best animated feature had seen any of the films in question?

I distinctly recall a few of them being asked what and why they voted and a few had seen Frozen and the rest shrugged their shoulders at the whole thing. I can't take the Oscars seriously because of that.
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They probably did the exact same thing this year - Barely any of them watched other animated films that were nominated and just two of them only watched Big Hero 6.
 
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I was personally expecting the Oscar to go to How To Train Your Dragon 2, so I'm surprised that Big Hero 6 won - although from what I heard, the film deserved it. I can't saw if it deserved the win over The Tale of Princess Kaguya though, because I have yet to see either movie.

In regards to the voters, there is one quote flying around about how one voter thought that not only The Tale of Princess Kaguya but also Song of the Sea were Chinese! The quote is below:

I only watch the ones that my kid wants to see, so I didn’t see [The] Boxtrolls but I saw Big Hero 6 and I saw [How to Train Your] Dragon [2]. We both connected to Big Hero 6 — I just found it to be more satisfying. The biggest snub for me was Chris Miller and Phil Lord not getting in for [The] Lego [Movie]. When a movie is that successful and culturally hits all the right chords and does that kind of box-office — for that movie not to be in over these two obscure freakin’ Chinese fuckin’ things that nobody ever freakin’ saw [an apparent reference to the Japanese film The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, as well as the Irish film Song of the Sea]? That is my biggest bitch. Most people didn’t even know what they were! How does that happen? That, to me, is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.
MY VOTE: Big Hero 6
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But on the flip side, there are also votes like:
Voter #6: I saw all five. I like to sit down with [the young people in her family] and watch them. We all loved Big Hero 6 and there was no discussion, no argument, no nothing. The kids watched that one three times — what does that tell you?
MY VOTE: Big Hero 6
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Which I think is pretty fair to be honest; especially considering that a majority of the movies in the animated category were exclusively marketed towards children.

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So let me get this straight, the Oscars, considered the most prestigious film awards going and which actors get all teary eyed about receiving, are awarded by a panel of voters who not only aren't required to watch all the films they're judging but appear to be little more than average idiots dragged in off the streets whose comments look like voted unhelpful Amazon reviews?
 
I don't think it makes much sense to accept nominations for non-kiddy animations then allow voters to vote based on which film appealed most to their kids, as they'll obviously pick based on different criteria to an industry professional. It sounds as though there are no guidelines in place and the entire thing is a farce. I started watching Big Hero 6 on a flight but dropped it about a third of the way through due to boredom. However, a lot of people like it so I can't say it's necessarily a bad thing it won. And Baymax is cute.

Disclaimer: I don't watch the Oscars or pay attention to film critics in general, so my opinion is probably about as relevant as that 'Chinese films' idiot's should have been :D

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I wonder if they'd ever consider separating '2D' animation out - I wonder if it'd prompt more output from America/the UK if they did? It just seems like such a fallacy to me that 2D is inherently unpalatable to mainstream movie-going audiences these days - do people need big-budget CG stuff shoved down their throat endlessly? Why is 3D inherently 'better'?
 
Lutga said:
I wonder if they'd ever consider separating '2D' animation out - I wonder if it'd prompt more output from America/the UK if they did? It just seems like such a fallacy to me that 2D is inherently unpalatable to mainstream movie-going audiences these days - do people need big-budget CG stuff shoved down their throat endlessly? Why is 3D inherently 'better'?
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Amongst the masses, it's the perception of new = good, old = rubbish. 3D animation is presumed by the average cinema-goer to have replaced 2D animation, for the simple reason that the majority grew up with 2D output from Disney and kids TV shows animated so as to appeal to children due to the Disney connotations. Therefore animation to most people means that it is solely for children, and that 2D animation no longer exists since all the major western studios moved to 3D.

For most people, the world beyond western output simply doesn't exist, and when they encounter it they can't understand why it's presented in an 'old' way, thus deeming it inferior from the get-go. Huge generalisations I know, but the masses, in my experience, are quite predictable in this regard.
 
I'd personally like to see the introduction of a "Best Foreign Language Animated Feature Film" category to give more Asian and European works of animation a chance to stand out from the big budget North American stuff.
 
Joshawott said:
I'd personally like to see the introduction of a "Best Foreign Language Animated Feature Film" category to give more Asian and European works of animation a chance to stand out from the big budget North American stuff.
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Spot on what I was thinking. They could at least add 3 or 4 films to that category and at least give Anime and European animation some chance for once.
 
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