Just as there is Japan Academy Awards to U.S. Oscars, there is Bunshun Raspberry Awards to Golden Raspberry Awards in the US. Just as its US model, Japan's Bunshun Raspberry Awards are given to the worst movies in the year selected by 32 movie critics in Japan.
Here are the honorable winners of the year's worst movies among the movies (both foreign and Japanese) released in Japan in 2006. (All the films without country name are Japanese.)
1. Tales from Earthsea 69 points
2. Sinking of Japan 38
3. Da Vinci Code (US) 27
4. Nada Soso 20
5. The Promise (China) 17
6. Umizaru 2: Test of Trust 13
7. Now and Forever (Korea) 12
8. Rough 11
9. Angel-A (France) 11
10. Christmas on July 24th Street 10
Worst Actress: Masami Nagasawa
Worst Actor: Tom Hanks
Worst Director: Goro Miyazaki
The judges are generally very critical to the TV-to-movie combination films, such as Umizaru 2.
Source: Shukan Bunshun
If you take a crayon drawing or napkin scribble created by Pablo Picasso and judged his quality based on that drawing it is the same as scoffing at Gedo Senki/Goro Miyazaki. Gedo Senki was a great animation by most artistic standards, but it was not as seasoned as other Ghibli/Hayao/Isao films. A person has to start somewhere. Goro purposefully paid homage to older 60's/70's cartoon styles to get the job done.
This is an unfair judgement.
Posted by: W. Eric Myers | January 24, 2007 at 12:00 PM
i let the 'tom hunks' one go - he's kind of a masculine, fine looking man after all :)
Posted by: logboy | January 23, 2007 at 02:49 AM
Tom Hunks? Isn't he a porn star?
Or do you mean Tom Hanks? ;)
Posted by: Aya Reiko | January 23, 2007 at 12:03 AM
Thanks for pointing out. I changed it.
Posted by: Michi | January 22, 2007 at 01:29 PM
thats either some very obscure movie called 'angela' or its actually 'angel-a'??
Posted by: logboy | January 20, 2007 at 10:36 AM