Studio Ghibli Clinches 2nd Oscar For Best Animated Feature With 'The Boy And The Heron'

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Hayao Miyazaki, the co-founder of Studio Ghibli and the mastermind behind many of the studio's films, won the Best Animated Feature Film with his latest work at 83 years old, reported AFP.

The Boy and the Heron beat Disney's Elemental and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse this year.

Miyazaki was not present during the Oscars ceremony in the US yesterday, 10 March. His team from Studio Ghibli received the award on his behalf.

The Best Animated Feature Film category was introduced in 2002, with Shrek winning the award that year. Spirited Away became the second animated film to win the accolade the following year.

Miyazaki's latest win at the Oscars last night came two decades after his first win, commemorating his lifelong work that began as early as 1963 when he joined Tōei Animation.

While promoting the film last year, Miyazaki said The Boy and the Heron took about a decade to make, as the animation was hand-drawn.

The animated film follows Mahito, a young 12-year-old boy, who struggles to settle in a new town after his mother's death. When a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive, he enters an abandoned tower in search of her, transporting him to another world.

Best Picture
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer (Winner)
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Director
Justine Triet — Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer (Winner)
Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer — The Zone of Interest

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper — Maestro
Colman Domingo — Rustin
Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer (Winner)
Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction

Best Actress
Annette Bening — Nyad
Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan — Maestro
Emma Stone — Poor Things (Winner)

Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown — American Fiction
Robert De Niro — Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr — Oppenheimer (Winner)
Ryan Gosling — Barbie
Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple
America Ferrera — Barbie
Jodie Foster — Nyad
Da'Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers (Winner)

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction (Winner)
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall (Winner)
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One (Winner)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon

Best Costume Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (Winner)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (Winner)
Society of the Snow

Best Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer (Winner)
Poor Things

Best Production Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (Winner)

Best Sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest (Winner)

Best Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (Winner)
Poor Things

Best Original Score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (Winner)
Poor Things

Best Original Song
The Fire Inside — Flamin' Hot
I’m Just Ken — Barbie
It Never Went Away — American Symphony
Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) — Killers of the Flower Moon
What Was I Made For — Barbie (Winner)

Best Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (Winner)

Best Live-Action Short Film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Winner)

Best Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop (Winner)
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó

Best Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol (Winner)

Best International Feature Film
Io Capitano — Italy
Perfect Days — Japan
Society of the Snow — Spain
The Teachers' Lounge — Germany
The Zone of Interest — UK (Winner)

Best Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron (Winner)
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse