CATDOLL: "Bones" President Minami Masahiko attended the Shanghai TV Festival as an animation judge

The new April anime Blood Blockade Battlefront is currently on air and has received rave reviews. The production company of this work is the famous "BONES". On May 15, the Shanghai TV Festival Organizing Committee announced again that the president of the famous animation company "BONES", Masahiko Minami, will serve as a judge for the animation unit. As the creator of classic Japanese animations such as "Fullmetal Alchemist" and "Symphonic Psalms", Masahiko Minami is known for his strict requirements on the quality of his works. His joining will be a very beneficial stimulus to the selection of the international "Magnolia" Award animation unit.

Masahiko Minami, President of BONES

For viewers who are familiar with Japanese anime, the name of "BONES" is definitely well-known. This top Japanese animation company has launched many "masterpieces" that are familiar to anime fans, such as "Fullmetal Alchemist", "Symphonic Psalms", and "Black Contract". This year, the president of "BONES" Minami Masahiko will come to the Shanghai TV Festival to serve as a judge for the "Magnolia" Award animation unit.

Fullmetal Alchemist

Masahiko Minami graduated from Osaka University of Arts, where he was a classmate of famous animators such as Hideaki Anno (EVA) and Kazuhiko Shimamoto (Kamen Rider). After graduation, he joined the well-known Japanese animation company SUNRISE. During the production of the animation Cowboy Bebop, he felt the limitations of SUNRISE, so he and his colleagues Hiroshi Oosaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto independently founded BONES Studio, determined to make "animation with backbone".

Compared with many large companies, BONES produces only about three animations a year, which seems to be very "low-yield". However, in contrast, the quality of the animations produced by BONES is very high. Works such as "Fullmetal Alchemist" and "Symphonic Psalms" have not only created international topics, but also won numerous praises. Minami Masahiko is also recognized by the industry as a producer who puts quality first. His principles for animation production can be said to be both simple and strict. "Making good things" is his only purpose, which coincides with the professional and fair "Magnolia" spirit.

Symphonic Poems

As a judge for the Shanghai TV Festival's "Magnolia" Award animation category, Nan Yayan will also bring his high standards for animation works to the judging work, which makes people look forward to the quality of the final winning works.

The 2015 Shanghai TV Festival will be held from June 8 to 12. The 21st Shanghai TV Festival is a first-class comprehensive TV exchange platform in Asia and the most international Chinese TV festival. Among them, the "Magnolia" Award for International TV Programs, which is famous for its authority and fairness, is the earliest award event in China. The "Magnolia" Award judges have always been strong, and all judges are industry elites with extensive influence at home and abroad. Zheng Xiaolong, Li Shaohong, Guo Baochang, Zhang Jizhong, Zhang Li, Gao Mantang, Jiang Wenli, Wang Liping, Nicholas Meyer, Claes Danielson and others have served as judges for the "Magnolia" Award. The 2015 "Magnolia" Award TV Series Unit will be judged by the famous Chinese director Yan Jiangang and five Chinese and foreign judges. It is reported that the rest of the judges of this year's Shanghai TV Festival will also be announced in the near future.

The Black Contractor

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