- Animation Kobe
Infobox award
name = Animation Kobe Awards
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description = Excellence in animation achievements
presenter = Animation Kobe Organizing Committee,Kobe city
country = flagicon|JapanJapan
year = 1996
website = http://www.anime-kobe.jp/The Nihongo|Animation Kobe|アニメーション神戸 is an event created by Kobe city in 1996, to promoteanime and other visual media. In the event, the Nihongo|Animation Kobe Awards|アニメーション神戸賞 are awarded annually by Kobe and the Organizing Committee of the event, to creators and creations.Event
Since 1996, the Animation Kobe has been held every year in Kobe. Except the awards ceremony, the event holds the screenings of the prize winners and talk shows. The 11th event, in 2006, is carried live on the official website.
TV Feature Award
The TV animations broadcasted from September of the previous year to August of the year in Japan, exclude rebroadcasts, become candidates. The candidates are selected not only from Japan but also from other countries, however the committee sees more importance in a point of view to promote to young creators of Japan.
pecial Award
Awards for individual(s) or group that contributed to Japanese anime during a long period.
In the first year, the Yomiuri Award was given to Fujiko F. Fujio who died two months before the event.
Animation Kobe Theme Song Award
The theme songs of anime or the animations of other media distributed from September of the previous year to August of the year in Japan become candidates. The vote by fans is done, and the best five voted songs become the candidates to final. Especially, the committee sees more importance to one that made only for the anime and sing the 'spilit' of it.
Only the "Thema Song Award" is influenced by the fans. This format started from the 4th event. The total number of votes in a year is about 10,000 votes. The result of the vote is also announced on the official sites of
Radio Kansai ,Anitama.com and the programs of Radio Kansai before the event. Though this is a preliminary vote to reduce the candidates to final, the candidates chosen in first by the vote always win the awards, at present.References
External links
* [http://www.anime-kobe.jp/ Animation Kobe official website] jp icon
* Archives in English
** [http://www.anime-kobe.jp/archive/1996/main-e.html Animation Kobe '96]
** [http://www.anime-kobe.jp/archive/1997/index_e.html Animation Kobe '97]
** [http://www.anime-kobe.jp/archive/1998/index_e.html The 3rd Animation Kobe (1998)]
** [http://www.anime-kobe.jp/archive/1999/index_e.html The 4th Animation Kobe (1999)]
** [http://www.anime-kobe.jp/archive/2000/index_e.html The 5th Animation Kobe (2000)]
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