The semi-autobiographical fantasy Japanese film “The Boy and the Heron” (Japanese Name: Kimitachi wa Do Ikiru ka, Synonym: How Do You Live ) directed by Hayao Miyazaki won the category of best-animated feature in the Academy Awards 2024, with this Miyazaki has won a total of 3 Academy awards through his work.
Miyazaki, a Tokyo-born animator and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, has left an incredible mark on the animation industry. Best known for “Spirited Away,” the 2003 Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature and the only non-English language film to achieve this. Bookmark our website for more awesome updates!
In 2014, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his outstanding contributions to animation. Apart from “Spirited Away,” he received nominations for two other films in the Best Animated Feature category. “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “The Wind Rises” showcased Miyazaki’s versatility, earning him hard-fought nominations and emphasizing his consistent ability to produce thought-provoking and visually stunning animated works. With this fourth nomination for “The Boy and the Heron,” Miyazaki now shares the record for the most nominations in the Best Animated Movie category with Pixar’s Pete Docter.
All the nominees who were Nominated In Animated Featured At the Oscars Along With The Boy and The Heron
Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a 2023 American animated superhero film produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel Entertainment. This movie is the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) which is set in a shared multiverse of alternate universes called the Spider-Verse. The film is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson and written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Its prequel film “Spider-man: Into The Spider-Verse‘ Won an Oscar in 2018. Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse grossed over $690 million worldwide.
Elemental is a 2023 American animated romantic comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. This film is directed by Peter Sohn and it was written by Sohn, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, and Brenda Hsueh. Sohn pitched the concept to Pixar on the idea of “whether fire and water could ever connect or not” which led to the development of this film. This film was considered as sleeper hit and grossed over $496.4 million worldwide.
Nimona is a 2023 American animated science fantasy adventure comedy-drama film directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane. This is based on the graphic novel by ND Stevenson. The animation adaptation of this graphic novel was planned multiple times in the past but it was delayed every time. But in 2021, Annapurna Pictures revived the project, DNEG Animation provided animation in this film, and Netflix acquired its worldwide distribution.
This film did its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 14, 2023, and was also released in selected cinemas on June 23. It started streaming on Netflix on June 30. This film received many positive reviews from critics on its animation, Musical score, Characters, humor, Tone, Writing, and Vocal Performances.
Robot Dreams is a 2023 Spanish-French animated tragicomedy film written and directed by Pablo Berger. It is based on the comic Sara Varon. This film feature friendship between a dog and a robot set in Manhattan, New York in 1984. This film does not contain any dialogues. Robot Dreams had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2023.
Source: Oscars
