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2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Jury Recommends Works

The Japanese government's Ministry of Cultural Affairs has announced that the jury for the 2007 (11th) Japan Festival Awards earlier this month.

Animation Division/Long Animation (Movie/TV/Original Video Animation)

• Shinichirō Watanabe/Others
  © Genius Party
  
  
• Masayuki Kojima
  © 2007 Makoto Isshiki / The Piano Forest Film Partners
  
  
• Tensai Okamura
  © MBS
  
  
• Akitarō Daichi
  © NEP
  
  
• Gorō Taniguchi
  © Sunrise / Project Geass・MBS
  Character Design © 2006 CLAMP
  
  
• Kenji Kamiyama
  © Nahoko Uehashi / Kaisei-Sha / Guardian of the Spirit Committee
  
  
• Yūichirō Yano
  © Kodansha / Moyashimon Committee
  
  
• Vegetable Fairies N.Y. Salad
  Noriyuki Ohmi/Hiroaki Matsu
  © 2007 N.Y. Salad Partners All Rights Reserved.
  
  
• Shuhei Morita
  © 2006 FREEDOM COMMITTEE
  
  
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
  Shuhei Morita
  © Production I.G / Kodansha
  
  
• Seiichi Hayashi
  © Seiichi Hayashi / Toei Animation Co., Ltd.
  
  

Animation Division/Short Animation

• "49"
  Ichiro Iwano
• "Birthday"
  Toshiaki Hanzaki
• "Blockman"
  Youhei Murakoshi
• "Boneheads"
  Hiroshi Chida
• "Burning Safari"
  Team Burning Safari, Gobelins 2006
• "How To Cook Breakfast?"
  Ryōko Yamazaki
• "Mirai Mizue
• "Hiromasa Horie
• "The Clockwork City"
  Ryū Katō
• "Magnetic UFO"
  Shōjirō Nishimi
• "A Tale of Carefree King"
  Yoshiko Misumi
• "Mr. Cloud and Mr. Rain"
  Tomoyoshi Jōkō
• "The Black Bear Cub and the Forest Train"
  Usagi Tanaka
• "Copet"
  Seijiro Kubo / Ichiro Tanida / Katsunori Aoki
• "Last Snow Before Spring"
  Mai Yoshida
• "The Dandelion Sister"
  Yusuke Sakamoto
• "Lightning doodle project 2007"
  Takeshi Nagata / Kazue Monno
• "houkago, emerald"
  Kazuya Nanao
• "After School Midnight"
  Hitoshi Takekiyo

Manga Division/Story Manga

• Asa Higuchi
  © Asa Higuchi / Kodansha
  
  
• Tamakichi Sakura
  © Tamakichi Sakura / Enterbrain, Inc.
  
  
• Yoshiyuki Tomino
  © Yoshikazu Yasuhiko / Kadokawa Shoten
  © Sotsu ・Sunrise
  
  
• Mine Yoshizaki
  © Mine Yoshizaki / Kadokawa Shoten
  
  
• Hiromu Arakawa
  © Hiromu Arakawa / Square Enix
  
  
• Yokusaru Shibata
  © Yokusaru Shibata / Shueisha
  
  
• Reiko Shimizu
  © Reiko Shimizu / Hakusensha
  
  
• Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture
  Masayuki Ishikawa
  © Masayuki Ishikawa / Kodansha
  
  
• Shohei Manabe
  © Shohei Manabe / Shogakukan
  
  
• Chuya Chikazawa
  © Chuya Chikazawa / East Press Co., Ltd.
  
  

Manga Division/Frame Manga, Independent Manga, Online Manga, Others

• Zone
  Noboru Fuji
• Tokio mravinjak / Tokio Suana
  Stanko Gojic
• Kappa Maki
  Kenichi Chikuhama/Kazuko Chikuhama
• Nanja Shingyo
  Kenkichi Yaoita
• The Naked Anouchkas
  Hal Ikeda
• Hiyoko Industry Product Catalogue
  Sho Shibamoto
• minus.
  Ryan Armand
• Okerakun
  Seiichiro Oomori
• Gliding REKI
  Akira Himekawa
• sen-nen-gahou
  Machiko Kyō
• Slangehund-Snakedog-Hebi Inu
  Helle Vibeke Jensen
• Kei Ikeda

The recommended works in the Entertainment Division (Game, Electronic Play Equipment, Character) include several works with anime or manga tie-ins, such as Super Paper Mario, Sanchoume no Yuuhi - Yuuyake no Uta nostalgic post-war manga.

Source: AnimeonDVD.com Forums via ComiPress for Manga Division