The 2012 Academy Award Nominees for "Best Animated Feature" Are...
No Nomination for Pixar or Anime in 2012
This year, no anime was among the list of 18 animated features submitted for Oscar consideration. What's more surprising is that, because over 15 films subbed, the short list of "Best Animated Feature" nominees could include five films, and despite that, Pixar was left out for a change. The Adventures of Tintin didn't make the cut either.
The animated features that were nominated for the "Best Animated Feature" Oscar include:
A Cat In Paris
Chico And Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss In Boots
Rango
Pixar was, however, nominated as "Best Animated Short Film" for "La Luna"
That list includes:
"Dimanche/Sunday"
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"
"La Luna"
"A Morning Stroll"
"Wild Life"
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1/24/12 by tiburonroano
Cars 2 was way better than Kung Fu Panda 2!! Pixar is the King of Anime
movies!!Second only to Ghilbi who is the Kage of all animated movies.
movies!!Second only to Ghilbi who is the Kage of all animated movies.
I don't think Pixar has made a single anime movie.
They haven't, but they're the official dubbers for most of Studio Ghibli films.
I don't think you understand what anime is.
Actually anime if you get down to the nitty gritty is just short for animated, but it does have a sub-culture and definition within it that relates it to asian series. It is usually related to Japanese animated shows which most Americans (I don't know about other countries) consider cartoons.
I think you sir are being rude to someone using the literal definition of "anime" instead of the subculture's definition come to be expected by most people involved in CR.
I think you sir are being rude to someone using the literal definition of "anime" instead of the subculture's definition come to be expected by most people involved in CR.
ANIME: Japanese movie and television animation, often having a science fiction theme and sometimes including violent or explicitly sexual material.
That is the literal definition, Smart one. subcultures use ANIMATION, you cant use Anime for anything else.
That is the literal definition, Smart one. subcultures use ANIMATION, you cant use Anime for anything else.
In Japanese anime literally just means animation. Like how in Japanese manga refers to any comics. You're using an outdated and somewhat incorrect definition anyway.
1/24/12 by AnoCRMem
It's interesting that none of you actually know the origin of the word "anime" and how it relates to Japanese animated works.
The word "anime" is French for "animate", as in an animated feature (not even necessarily cartoon-animation).
How it relates to Japanese animation is not a particularly long story, but I'll leave it as an exercise for people to use their own intellect and look up how it came to pass (Hint: You'll be looking back several decades at this point).
If only those French fans had used an original name, like Japanimation (which the Japanese government and business-types were in favor of using as a unique term for their animation for a couple of years around the turn of the millenium, until fans in English-speaking markets thought it sounded too racist).
The word "anime" is French for "animate", as in an animated feature (not even necessarily cartoon-animation).
How it relates to Japanese animation is not a particularly long story, but I'll leave it as an exercise for people to use their own intellect and look up how it came to pass (Hint: You'll be looking back several decades at this point).
If only those French fans had used an original name, like Japanimation (which the Japanese government and business-types were in favor of using as a unique term for their animation for a couple of years around the turn of the millenium, until fans in English-speaking markets thought it sounded too racist).
1/24/12 by xanxa
Actually, there is no real proof that the word anime comes from French, and there's a lot of evidence that it doesn't. For starters "anime" as the Japanese use it is short for the word animation so it isn't possible for them to have borrowed the word from French since the French word anime isn't a abbreviation, but it's own word. The French word anime refers to movement (like how someone would say a zombie is a "reanimated corpse"). When it is used to reference animation it's "dessin anime" which literally means "cartoon". Since "dessin" wasn't borrowed, but the entire word "animation" was, it's unlikely that anime was borrowed either.
The other strike against the French theory is that the Japanese pronounce "animation" the way we do in English rather than the french way where the "-tion" makes a "see-on" sound.
So no, it's only by chance that the French and Japanese both have a word called "anime", but the Japanese version is a shortened English borrowed word, not half of French phrase.
The other strike against the French theory is that the Japanese pronounce "animation" the way we do in English rather than the french way where the "-tion" makes a "see-on" sound.
So no, it's only by chance that the French and Japanese both have a word called "anime", but the Japanese version is a shortened English borrowed word, not half of French phrase.
Anime would wreck all this shit
WTF?! I hated Cars 2, but why the hell were "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Puss and Boots" nominated?!
Weakest year of animated movies at the Oscars.
Animated films aren't usually done for because of how good the plot is, in fact if that were the case most of the time there's been an upset in it, but rather how well animated it is. Cars 2 had mediocre animation at best and was nothing all that special. Kung Fu Panda 2 (kfp2) had pretty decent fluidity of motion and looked good while doing it which is why KFP2 is nominated. Also this section of the Oscars is relatively new compared to most of the other pieces and is only recently been getting more in-depth than it used to be.
This academy award is a joke
Hugo got nominated for best picture but not this?
I was about to say that the A Cat in Paris looked kinda lame but did you see that dog get hit with a slipper?! I think I'm sold...
Don't forget the gorilla who punched that one guy.
1/24/12 by Crinkletoes
Puss in Boots nominated for an Oscar?
I think the Academy Awards are not all about the best anymore, just a list of things out right now.
I think the Academy Awards are not all about the best anymore, just a list of things out right now.
1/24/12 by Jaxx_Raxor
I'm not surprised Cars 2 was snubbed. It was Pixar's first bad movie (that movie is at 39% on rotten tomatoes) so the academy rightly ignored it. Tin Tin is more surprising because it won best animated feature at the Golden Globes this year, so I'd think it would get a Oscar nomination.
In terms of Anime, Studio Ghibli films are the only anime films that are prominent enough in the USA to get a mention for the animated academy award (although to be fair Ghibli films are probably the most popular full length animated features in Japan). There wasn't any dubs for any Ghibli films last year and no other films were released in the USA except for very limited released niche titles that won't interest the general public or the voting members of the Academy.
In terms of Anime, Studio Ghibli films are the only anime films that are prominent enough in the USA to get a mention for the animated academy award (although to be fair Ghibli films are probably the most popular full length animated features in Japan). There wasn't any dubs for any Ghibli films last year and no other films were released in the USA except for very limited released niche titles that won't interest the general public or the voting members of the Academy.
Does it even matter if any Japanese cartoon get nominated, most of them sucked ass anyways *looks at Gundam 00 movie*.
1/24/12 by Maiden_aya
I only saw some of Rango, and it looked beautiful on Bluray. So if its based off animation I thought it was great.
As usual I've only seen like one of those moves XD but hey Kung Fu Panda 2 was hilarious
Kung fu Panda 2 is the best!
who cares. the crap they choose for awards are usually crap 9 times out of 10 anyway. Things the majority of the population havent seen.
1/24/12 by xanxa
Cars 2 was just a shadow of what the original Cars was, a real shame. Hopefully if there's a 3 it will go back to its roots.
Kung-Fu Panda was a great movie, I'll admit there were a few moments where I nearly cried, but I'm really pulling for Rango, that was great movie, really exceeded my expectations.
Kung-Fu Panda was a great movie, I'll admit there were a few moments where I nearly cried, but I'm really pulling for Rango, that was great movie, really exceeded my expectations.
I thought Puss in Boots was a good movie.
Haters be hatin.
Haters be hatin.
1/25/12 by smudgedragon
Been trying to track down a screening of Chico And Rita to no avail. Still would like to see it though. A cat in Paris looks to be fun. I should look that one up too. But for Oscars - my Vote is for Rango. If folks have not seen it yet, they really should. ^.^
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