The night of The Academy Awards is finally here, and the accolades are being handed out to the nominee who has truly raised the bar in their nominated categories. Thus, many might not be surprised to know that Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated masterpiece, titled The Boy and the Heron, took home the Oscar for Best Animated Film.
Many from the audience and fans of Studio Ghibli called this decision by The Academy to be one of the most deserving in recent years, and thus, the right choice. But there are also fans of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, the other frontrunner in the race to win this award, who believe that the film was wrongfully snubbed at the ceremony.
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy And The Heron Beats Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse For Best Animated Film
The legacy and reputation of Studio Ghibli at The Academy Awards has been well-known by the global film industry since the time Hayao Miyazaki‘s Spirited Away became the first Japanese animated film to win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. And now, the filmmaker has come full circle once again.
At the 2024 Academy Awards, the most likely films that were to win the prestigious accolade for an animated film were none other than Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece along with Sony’s sequel to its animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. As fate would have it, the animated feature by Studio Ghibli took home the award.
‘THE BOY AND THE HERON’ wins Best Animated Film at the #Oscars
See the full winners list: https://t.co/IctYZ9WO3B pic.twitter.com/ZwLvYxojaM
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 10, 2024
Many consider this as one of the best decisions that The Academy took in this year’s awards since this film was a once-in-a-lifetime feature by one of the greatest animation studios and filmmakers in the world. And once you experience this coming-of-age fantasy feature with your own eyes, it’s hard to imagine anyone else worthy of this award.
But at the same time, countless others claim that Sony’s animated feature was wrongly snubbed at the Oscars, and the reason was because it was a superhero film.
What Do The Fans Have to Say About This?
While many chant the praises of Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki, something that they rightfully deserve, many fans on the internet are also throwing dirt at The Academy for snubbing yet another masterpiece, and most claim that reason as Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse being a superhero film.
It was a Superhero film versus a Miyazaki film, what did you think was going to win?
— The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 (@BlackMajikMan90) March 10, 2024
JUSTICE FOR ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR. pic.twitter.com/ynsizzxkNb
— Adam (@AdamJoseph____) March 10, 2024
Spider verse was robbed pic.twitter.com/Zs4k4BHM0d
— JAY (@Jayhatesports1) March 10, 2024
spider-verse shouldve won lets keep it a buck
— LG Spaceman (@SpacemanSR) March 10, 2024
how Across the Spiderverse loses is just the EPITOME of how no one should CARE about these “AWARDS” 🤣🤣🤣
— Tbates (@T3Bates) March 10, 2024
At the end of the day, whether it be one animated feature or the other, fans can widely agree that the nominated films were some of the best the world has seen in the last year.
The Boy and the Heron, now in cinemas.
