CATDOLL: Japan's authoritative awards ceremony opens, voice actress Minase Nori of "The Heart Calls Out" wins award

The Japan Film Critics Awards, an authoritative event in the Japanese film industry, will officially open at 17:00 today (May 25). Award-winning voice actors such as Minase Inori, Fuchigami Mai, and Nakao Takashi will attend the awards ceremony for the animation department.

Winning work: "The Heart Wants to Shout Out Loud", the heroine is Naruse Jun (CV: Minase Inori)

The Japan Film Critics Award was established in 1992 and is an independent film award based on the critics' perspective. The animation award was established in 2011, and as of 2015, there are five awards: the Work Award, the Director Award, the Merit Award, the Voice Actor Award, and the Special Award.

The animation category awards ceremony will begin at 17:00 on the 25th (18:00 Japan time)

Since the two works "Girls und Panzer" and "The Heart Calls Out" achieved good results in terms of quality and box office last year, the leading voice actors Mai Fuchigami and Inori Minase were invited to attend the awards ceremony. In addition, Inori Minase, who showed her strength in "The Heart Calls Out", also won the Newcomer Voice Actor Award of the competition.

Last year, works such as "Paradise: Chasing the Dragon", "Stand by Me Doraemon" and "When Marnie Was There" all won awards in the animation category, and the voice actor award was won by Koichi Yamadera.