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Anime Takes Honors at Fantasia
Date: 7/28/2005
Mind Game, Kakurenbo and Place Promised Pick up the Awards


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Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival has announced the festival's award winning movies. Mindgame picked up more awards than any other movie.

Mindgame was awarded the following Jury awards: Best Film, Best Director (tie with Survive Style 5 +), best script, and Special Award ? Visual Accomplishment.

In the People's choice categories, voted on by Fantasia attendees, the following awards were picked up by Mindgame and other anime:

Best Animation Film : Mindgame (Gold), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Silver)

Most Groundbreaking Film: Survive Style 5 + (Gold), Mindgame (Silver)

Best Short Film: Kakurenbo (Gold).

Gen Sekiguchi's live-action movie Survive Style 5 + was closest to matching Mind Game's 6 awards, with 3 awards, includeing Best Asian Film.
Source: Anime News Network