OUTSTANDING ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Croods (Directed by Kirk De Micco & Chris Sanders)

Ernest & Celestine (Directed by Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar & Benjamin Renner)

Frozen (Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee)

Turbo (Directed by David Soren)

The Wind Rises (Directed by Hayao Miyazaki)

AND THE WINNER IS:

THE WIND RISES (DIRECTED BY HAYAO MIYAZAKI)

This is the third win and nomination for Hayao Miyazaki. He previously won for animating Spirited Away (2002) and Howl’s Moving Castle (2005).

For being possibly the final film from Miyazaki I’m so happy that he has created a final film to be proud of. This is true animation mastery, the hand drawn animation alone proves how this form of animation should be regularly used as apposed to the most computer generated animation being used in high budget american cinema. There’s not much that can be said other than get out and see this film because it’s incredibly made.