The Japan Media Arts Festival Awards Announced

On March 16, the Agency for Cultural Affairs announced the winning works for the 21^st Japan Media Arts Festival Awards that are given to excellent media artworks from inside and outside of Japan. The Grand Prizes were given to a video installation titled ‘Interstices / Opus I – Opus II’ by Haythem ZAKARIA (Tunisia) in the Art Division; a video game titled ‘The Last Guardian’ by ‘The Last Guardian’ Development Team (UEDA Fumito, Representative) in the Entertainment Division; an animated feature film titled ‘In This Corner of the World’ by KATABUCHI Sunao in the Animation Division; and a manga titled ‘Nee, mama (My Dear, Mom)’ by IKEBE Aoi in the Manga Division. (Japanese)