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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 Media Arts Festival Awards has recommended several of the finalists in the festival's Animation and Manga Divisions for recognition. The jury's recommendations are intended to honor worthy finalists that did not win one of the Festival Awards earlier this month.

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

• Genius Party
  Shinichiro Watanabe/Others
  © Genius Party
  
  
• The Piano Forest (Piano no Mori)
  Masayuki Kojima
  © 2007 Makoto Isshiki / The Piano Forest Film Partners
  
  
• Darker than Black
  Tensai Okamura
  © BONES・Tensai Okamura / DTB Committee・MBS
  
  
• Prince Mackaroo: Peril at the Full Moon Road -A 'Rare' Adventure of Our Prince-
  Akitarō Daichi
  © Rin Inumaru / NHK / NEP
  
  
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
  Goro Taniguchi
  © Sunrise / Project Geass・MBS
  Character Design © 2006 CLAMP
  
  
• Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit
  Kenji Kamiyama
  © Nahoko Uehashi / Kaisei-Sha / Guardian of the Spirit Committee
  
  
• Moyashimon
  Yuichiro Yano
  © Masayuki Ishikawa・Kodansha / Moyashimon Committee
  
  
• Vegetable Fairies N.Y. Salad
  Noriyuki Ohmi/Hiroaki Matsu
  © 2007 Yoshitaka Amano / DML・N.Y. Salad Partners All Rights Reserved.
  
  
• Freedom 5
  Shuhei Morita
  © 2006 FREEDOM COMMITTEE
  
  
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
  Shuhei Morita
  © Masamune Shirow-Production I.G / Kodansha
  
  
• Red Colored Elegy
  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
• "Lost Utopia"
  Mirai Mizue
• "Love Rollercoaster"
  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

• Ookiku Furikabutte
  Asa Higuchi
  © Asa Higuchi / Kodansha
  
  
• Oyururi Mantama Nikki
  Tamakichi Sakura
  © Tamakichi Sakura / Enterbrain, Inc.
  
  
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
  Yoshikazu Yasuhiko / Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
  © Yoshikazu Yasuhiko / Kadokawa Shoten
  © Sotsu ・Sunrise
  
  
• Sgt. Frog
  Mine Yoshizaki
  © Mine Yoshizaki / Kadokawa Shoten
  
  
• Fullmetal Alchemist
  Hiromu Arakawa
  © Hiromu Arakawa / Square Enix
  
  
• 81diver
  Yokusaru Shibata
  © Yokusaru Shibata / Shueisha
  
  
• The Top Secret
  Reiko Shimizu
  © Reiko Shimizu / Hakusensha
  
  
• Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture
  Masayuki Ishikawa
  © Masayuki Ishikawa / Kodansha
  
  
• Ushijima the Loan Shark
  Shohei Manabe
  © Shohei Manabe / Shogakukan
  
  
• Pippi, the Prophet
  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
• Zenryoku-Usagi
  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, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and Pokémon Battle Revolution. One of the recommended works in the Entertainment Division (Visual Image) is Always: Sunset on Third Street 2, the sequel film based on Ryohei Saigan's Sanchoume no Yuuhi - Yuuyake no Uta nostalgic post-war manga.

Source: AnimeonDVD.com Forums via ComiPress for Manga Division