Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Look Back has achieved a new milestone, as the anime film becomes eligible for Oscar nomination this season, following in the footsteps of Hayao Miyazaki.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the films eligible for the Animated Feature Film category at the 2025 Oscars.
Out of the 31 films vying for a spot in the Animated Feature category, several anime and Japanese media productions stand out. That includes Look Back, Imaginary, THE COLORS WITHIN, Ghost Cat Anzu, and The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.
Here’s the full list of eligible films for OSCAR nomination:
- Art College 1994
- Captain Avispa
- Chicken for Linda!
- The Colors Within
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
- Despicable Me 4
- FlowThe Garfield Movie
- Ghost Cat Anzu
- The Glassworker
- The Imaginary
- Inside Out 2
- Kensuke’s Kingdom
- Kung Fu Panda 4
- Living Large
- Look Back
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
- Mars Express
- Memoir of a Snail
- Moana 2
- Piece by Piece
- Rocket Club: Across the Cosmos
- Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds
- Spellbound
- Sultana’s Dream
- That Christmas
- Thelma the Unicorn
- Transformers One
- Ultraman: Rising
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Which one out the these deserve the OSCAR? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. Also, don’t forget to share this article with your fellow anime fans.
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Source: Oscars.org