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Isao Takahata & Ghibli's Princess Kaguya Nominated for Oscar
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday that Giovanni's Island, although The Lego Movie's "Everything Is Awesome" earned a nod in the Music — Original Song category.
No anime National Film Board of Canada; and "A Single Life" by director Joris Oprins and studio Job, Joris & Marieke.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is based on the famous Japanese folktale Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter), which centers on a princess named Kaguya who was discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
release it in a Blu-ray Disc combo pack on February 17. The official synopsis is as follows:
From Studio Ghibli, the award-winning studio that brought you Chloë Grace Moretz.
The film screened at Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight but did not receive any awards there.
won in the Best Animated Short Film category at the 81st Annual Academy Awards in 2009.
