The nominees for the 39th Annual Japan Academy Prizes were announced on January 17th and on March 4th the Japan Academy Prize Associations revealed the winners (hi-lighted in yellow). Here they are (after the jump):

Best Picture of the Year

• Umicachi Diary (Our Little Sister / lit. “Sea Town Diary”)
• Kainan 1890 (125 Years Memory / lit. “Shipwreck 1890”)
• Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi (The Emperor in August)
• Haha to Kuraseba (Nagasaki: Memories of My Son / lit. “Living with My Mother”)
• Hyakuen no Koi (100 Yen Love)

Best Animation

• The Anthem of the Heart
• Miss Hokusai
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
• The Boy and the Beast
• Love Live! The School Idol Movie

Best Director

• Ohne Hitoshi (Bakuman)
• Koreeda Hirokazu (Umimachi diary)
• Take Masaharu (Hyakuen no Koi)
• Tanaka Mitsutoshi (Kainan 1890)
• Harada Masato (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Best Screenplay

• Eriko Komatsu (Kainan 1890)
• Hirokazu Koreeda (Umicachi Diary)
• Masato Harada (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)
• Shin Adachi (Hyakuen no Koi)
• Yoji Yamada, document.write(“”); Emiko Hiramatsu (Haha to Kuraseba)

Best Actor

• Uchino Seiyo (Kainan 1890)
• Oizumi Yo (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)
• Sato Koichi (Terminal)
• Ninomiya Kazunari (Haha to Kuraseba)
• Yakusho Koji (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Best Actress

• Ayase Haruka (Umimachi diary)
• Arimura Kasumi (Biri Gal / Flying Colors)
• Ando Sakura (Hyakuen no Koi)
• Kiki Kirin (An / Sweet Bean)
• Yoshinaga Sayuri (Haha to Kuraseba)

Best Supporting Actor

• Asano Tadanobu (Haha to Kuraseba)
• Arai Hirofumi (Hyakuen no Koi)
• Ito Atsushi (Biri Gal / Flying Colors)
• Sometani Shota (Bakuman)
• Motoki Masahiro (Tenkuu no Hachi / Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Best Supporting Actress

• Kaho (Umimachi diary)
• Kuroki Haru (Haha to Kuraseba)
• Nagasawa Masami (Umimachi diary)
• Mitsushima Hikari (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)
• Yoshida Yo (Biri Gal)

Best Cinematography : Takimoto Mikiya (Umimachi diary)

Best Lighting Direction : Fujii Norikiyo (Umimachi diary)

Best Music (Composer) : Sakanaction (Bakuman)

Best Art Direction : Hanatani Hidefumi (Kainan 1890)

Best Sound Recording : Nobuhiko Shoin (Kainan 1890)

Best Film Editing : Ozeki Yasuyuki (Bakuman)

Best Foreign Language Film : American Sniper

Popularity Award: Momoiro Clover Z (“The Curtain Rises“) & Bakuman

Special Award : Kazoo Matsuda (costume) & Gal Enterprise (trailer production)

Association Honor Award : Tatsuya Nakadai (actor)

Newcomers of the year

• Arimura Kasumi (Biri Gal)
• Tsuchiya Tao (Orange)
• Hirose Suzu (Umimachi diary)
• Fujino Ryogo (Solomon no Gisho Zenpen / Solomon no Gisho Kohen)
• Shinohara Atsushi (Koibito Tachi / Three Stories of Love)
• Noda Yojiro (Toire no Pieta / Pieta in the Toilet)
• Yamasaki Kento (Orange, Heroine Shikkaku / No Longer Heroine)
• Yamada Ryosuke (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu / Assassination Classroom)

Sources: ANN, Arama Japan, Asian Wiki, Japan Academy Prize Association [ translated ], Psycho Drama.

You can also read our entries for the Japan Academy Prizes’ winners for 2015, 2014 and 2013.

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