Dirk mentioned this, but I haven’t seen too much about it anywhere else. For those interested, the nominees for the first ever American Anime Awards have been announced. ICv2 has the full list right here.
Like Dirk, I’m a little bit flummoxed by the choices. Didn’t Akira come out, like, back when I was in college (which, for those counting, would have been over 10 years ago)? And I don’t see how you can have a Best Manga list and not include Ode to Kirihito in there. That’s downright offensive.
February 8th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Akira was out in America in my early high school years, about 15 years ago. IMDB has the release date as 1988, which seems much earlier than I remember (although I do seem to remember Marvel/Epic publishing the manga around then).
February 8th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
That might be the Japanese release date. I remember seeing the movie in a Philadelphia theater back in 1991 or thereabouts.