Bandai Entertainment Leads with Most Nominations Followed by Viz Media, Geneon Entertainment, Bandai Visual and FUNimation Entertainment
Anaheim, California (March 27, 2008) — The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the overseeing body of the nation’s largest anime/manga convention (Anime Expo®), announced the SPJA Industry Award finalists for 2008 at the SPJA Symposium held at Tokyo International Anime Fair held within Tokyo Big Sight’s Special Theatre 2(Thursday; March 27, 2008; 16:30-18:00-Tokyo time). More information can be found on the website www.spja.org.
Leading the pack, of top five (5) companies receiving nominations, is Bandai Entertainment with thirteen (13) nominations including two (2) for Best Voice Actor (English) followed by Viz Media with twelve (12) nominations including two (2) for Best Voice Actor (English) as well. Geneon Entertainment follows with 11 nominations including two (2) for Best Voice Actor (Japanese), Bandai Visual with 9 nominations including two (2) for Best Background Design and FUNimation with seven (7) nominations. Other companies receiving nominations include:
- Anime News Network
- Aniplex
- ADV Films
- BONES
- Broccoli Books
- Columbia Music
- Dark Horse Comics
- defSTAR Records
- Del Rey Manga
- Digital Manga Publishing
- Gonzo
- Infinity Studios
- Kodansha
- Ki/oon Records
- Kadokawa Shoten
- Lantis
- Media Works
- Otaku USA
- Oxybot
- Right Stuf
- Shaft
- Shogakukan
- Sony
- Sony Music
- Toei Animation
- TokyoPop
The public is invited to vote for their choices for the 21 categories via the SPJA Industry Award voting page.
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