This is the only Oscar-winning anime movie

A Oscar award It is the highest honor that a filmmaker can get, being the so-called prize of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that celebrates a luxurious gala every year. We consider the most important awards of the year, in 2020 they are held this Sunday, February 9 at 02:00 CET in Los Angeles. In its 92nd edition, the Oscar nominated films for Best Animated Film are How to train your dragon 3 from Dreamworks, the French I lost my body (J’ai perdu mon corps), the Spanish Klaus, the stop-motion work Mr. Link. The Lost Origin (Missing Link), and the known Toy Story 4.

However, after 92 dictionaries, so there is only one anime movie that maintains the honor of being the only Oscar-winning anime. It is also the only film of Japanese origin to have won this award and for many years managed to be the highest grossing anime in history, until the arrival of Your Name.

The Journey of Chihiro, the only Oscar-winning anime

Chihiro's journey, an original film of the year 2001 directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, tells the story of a twelve-year-old girl who during a move is caught in a magical and supernatural world. His goal will be none other than to seek his freedom along with that of his parents in order to return to his world.

Almost 20 years later, the film is considered one of the best of the 2000s, and one of the best animated films of all time, after being so acclaimed by critics as well as by the general public. The film won not only an Oscar, but that he also took the golden bear of the Berlin International Film Festival of 2002, being the only animated film to get it to this day.

Studio Ghibli, one of the best animation studios

Spirited Away belongs to Studio Ghibli, considered the best Japanese animation studio. Recently, the streaming giant Netflix signed an agreement with the Japanese to incorporate their best films on your platform Currently, the titles available are My Neighbor Totoro, The Trip of Chihiro, The Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.