December 15, 2006

The bisque doll reproducing D'Eon de Beaumont, the main character in Kazuhiro Furuhashi's TV series Le Chevalier D'Eon, has been nominated Jury Recommended Work in the Entertainment Division of the 10th Japan Media Arts Festival. The 70-cm tall doll, released in January 2007 and for sale in Japan only, is produced by Gekkosha, the workshop that already collaborated with I.G in the days of Innocence. The model was created by Toshiyuki Tsuji and the dress was crafted by Rina Watabe.

Four Production I.G's works received recognitions in the past editions. In 2000, Blood: The Last Vampire (director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo) was awarded with the Animation Division Grand Prize, and in 2002, Episode 2 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (director: Kenji Kamiyama) received the Excellence Prize in the same category. In 2004, both Innocence (director: Mamoru Oshii) and Otogi Zoshi (director: Mizuho Nishikubo) were nominated Jury Recommended Works. In this 10th edition, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (director: Kenji Kamiyama) was also nominated Jury Recommended Work in the Animation Division.

Started in 1997, the Japan Media Arts Festival is a "Contest" that praises creative media art works utilizing the latest expression technology, and it is also a "Festival" that supports creative activity and broadly presents various art works. At the same time, the event is promoting the development of media arts in Japan by providing the opportunities of appreciation, such as Exhibitions and Sanctioned Events.

Japan Media Arts Festival official website:
http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/index_ie.html