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The 14th Animation Kobe Awards has announced this year's winners. The awards are considered to be the most prestigious industry accolades in Japanese animation and media.

The ceremony will be held on October 18rh in the city of Kobe in Western Japan. The judging committe for the awards is composed of experts in the industry. Of them is the editors of animation and media magazines such as Animage, Animedia and Weekly ASCII.

Previous winners of these awards have inculded Mitsuo Iso, Hideaki Anno, Hayao Anno, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Miku Hatsune, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, Ghost in the Shell, Paprika, Princess Mononoke, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, Key the Metal Idol, Voices of a Distant Star, Phatasy Star Online, Final Fantasy XI, Second Life, Fujiko F. Fujio, Leiji Matsumoto, and the theme songs to the Fruits Basket, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Macross Frontier television series.