At the ceremonies of the 39th Japan Academy Prize on Friday, the live-action film adaptations of manga Umimachi Diary and Bakuman. received multiple awards.
Umimachi Diary received awards for Picture of the Year, Director of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, and Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction. The film opened last June and earned 1.68 billion yen in the domestic box office. The original manga, drawn by Akimi Yoshida, has won the Manga Taisho and the Shougakukan Manga Award.
Bakuman. received the awards for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing. It also received the Popularity Award, which is voted on by listeners of the All Night Nippon radio program on the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting station. The film opened in October and earned 1.76 billion yen in the domestic box office. The original manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and drawn by Takeshi Obata ended serialization in 2012.
Newcomer of the Year awards were also presented to actress Tao Tsuchiya (Naho Takamiya in the live-action film adaptation of Orange), actress Suzu Hirose (Suzu Asano in Umimachi Diary), actor Kento Yamazaki (Rita Terasaka in the live-action film adaptation of Heroine Shikkaku), and actor Ryousuke Yamada (Nagisa Shiota in the live-action film adaptation of Ansatsu Kyoushitsu).
Members of the idol group Momoiro Clover Z also received the Popularity Award for their roles in the youth drama film Maku ga Agaru.
Source: Official site
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