The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced 27 feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film for the 95th Academy Awards today, including three Japanese anime films – Drifting Home (Hiroyasu Ishida / Studio Colorido), Goodbye, Don Glees! (Atsuko Ishizuka / Madhouse), and INU-OH (Masaaki Yuasa / Science SARU).

BELLE (Mamoru Hosoda / Studio Chizu), Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (Ayumu Watanabe / Studio 4°C), Josee, The Tiger and the Fish (Kotaro Tamura / BONES), The Laws of the Universe – The Age of Elohim (Isamu Imakake / Happy Science), Pompo: The Cinéphile (Takayuki Hirao / CLAP), and Poupelle of Chimney Town (Yusuke Hirota / Studio 4°C) were eligible for consideration at last year’s awards, but none of them were nominated.

From a total of the 27 films listed below, the Academy members will vote to select five films. Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards will be announced on January 24, 2023, then the 95th Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on March 12, 2023.

The 27 eligible animated feature films:

• Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
• The Bad Guys
• The Bob’s Burgers Movie
• Charlotte
• DC League of Super-Pets
• Drifting Home
• Eternal Spring
• Goodbye, Don Glees!
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
• INU-OH
• Lamya’s Poem
• Lightyear
• Little Nicholas, Happy as Can Be
• Luck
• Mad God
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• Minions: The Rise of Gru
• My Father’s Dragon
• New Gods: Yang Jian
• Oink
• Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• Run, Tiger Run!
• The Sea Beast
• Strange World
• Turning Red
• Wendell & Wild

Source: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  

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