Mamoru Hosoda

Awards & Honours

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Mamoru Hosoda is one of the most awarded anime directors of his generation. He has won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year four times, a feat matched by few. His film Mirai earned an Academy Award nomination, placing him among a select group of Japanese directors recognized by the Oscars. Wolf Children won the Asia Pacific Screen Award, and Belle took home the Annie Award for Best Independent Animated Feature. His consistent success at festivals like Sitges, where he has won Best Animated Feature Film four times, underscores his international appeal.

AwardsHosoda has won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year four times: for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2007), Summer Wars (2010), Wolf Children (2013), and The Boy and the Beast (2016). Wolf Children also won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature. Mirai (2018) earned the Mainichi Film Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film. Belle (2021) won the Annie Award for Best Independent Animated Feature. Several of his films have won Best Animated Feature at the Sitges Film Festival.

Records & Feats

First anime director to win Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year four times

Awards·2016

Hosoda won the award for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2007), Summer Wars (2010), Wolf Children (2013), and The Boy and the Beast (2016).

Most wins for Best Animated Feature Film at Sitges Film Festival

Awards·2018

Hosoda has won the award four times: for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2007), Summer Wars (2009), Wolf Children (2012), and Mirai (2018).