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AZU awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lighthouse International Film Festival | Winner Jury Award | Best Narrative Feature (Masakazu Kaneko) | River Returns |
| 2024 | Anime Trending Awards | Winner Annual Award | Best in Sceneries and Visuals (Masakazu Miyake) | Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation |
| 2023 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Winner Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Music Score (Radwimps, Kazuma Jinnouchi) | |
| 2023 | Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards | Winner Artisan | Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling - Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series (Anthony Wilson, Jennifer Guerrero-Mazursky, Maria Sandoval, Myo Lai) | Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration |
| 2022 | LGBT Los Angeles Film Festival | Winner Best Sound & Music | Short Film (Azure Kwok, Scott Geer) | Monodialogue. |
| 2022 | Tribeca Film Festival | Winner Best Cinematography | U.S. Narrative Feature (Azuli Anderson) | Next Exit |
| 2021 | Warsaw International Film Festival | Winner Ecumenical Jury Award - Special Mention | (Masakazu Kaneko) | Ring Wandering |
| 2016 | California on Location Awards | Winner COLA | Location Team of the Year - Independent Feature Film (Edward Mazurek, Scott Trimble, Philip Fracassi, Kenton Harris, Jack R. Tate, Sea Change Productions) | The Circle |
| 2016 | Nashville Film Festival | Winner Special Jury Prize | Best Actress - Graveyard Shift Competition (Marta Mazurek) | The Lure |
| 2012 | Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award | Best Animated Feature Film (Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Shigeru Watanabe, Kazuya Hamana) | A Letter to Momo |
| 2012 | Tokyo Anime Award | Winner Best Character Design | TV Category (Masakazu Katsura) | TIGER & BUNNY |
| 2012 | Tokyo Anime Award | Winner Notable Entry | OVA Category (Kazuhiro Furuhashi) | Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn |
| 2011 | Monaco International Film Festival | Winner Angel Film Award | Best Angel Peace Award, Short Film (Martín Rosete, Jose Martín Rosete, Koldo Zuazua, Manuel Calvo, Sebastián Álvarez) | Voice Over |
| 2011 | Tokyo Anime Award | Winner Notable Entry | OVA Category (Kazuhiro Furuhashi) | Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn |
| 2009 | Online Film & Television Association | Winner OFTA Film Award | Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Peter Abrahamson, Jessica Anderson Crocker, Greg Cannom, Mark Jacyszyn, Liah Saldaña, Kazu Hiro, Todd Tucker) | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 2008 | MovieGuide Awards | Winner Best Film for Families | (Paula Mazur) | Nim's Island |
| 2002 | Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards | Winner Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award | Best Special Makeup Effects - Feature (Rick Baker, Kazu Hiro, Toni G) | Planet of the Apes |
| 2001 | BAFTA Awards | Winner BAFTA Film Award | Best Make Up/Hair (Rick Baker, Kazu Hiro, Toni G, Gail Rowell-Ryan, Sylvia Nava) | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 2001 | Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards | Winner Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award | Best Special Makeup Effects - Feature (Rick Baker, Toni G, Kazu Hiro) | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 1999 | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema | Winner Best Film | (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1999 | Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema | Winner Best Screenplay | (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1998 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Winner Special Award | (Yoshikazu Mera) | Princess Mononoke |
| 1998 | Nantes Three Continents Festival | Winner Golden Montgolfiere | (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1998 | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Winner FIPRESCI Prize | (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1998 | Torino Film Festival | Winner Holden Award for Best Script | (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1996 | Yokohama Film Festival | Winner Festival Prize | Best Screenplay (Kazunori Itô, Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen) | Ghost in the Shell |
| 1996 | Yokohama Film Festival | Winner Festival Prize | Best Screenplay (Kazunori Itô, Kôkaku Kidôtai) | Gamera: Guardian of the Universe |
| 1995 | Annie Awards | Winner Annie | Best Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in the Field of Animation (Kazuo Terada) | Gargoyles |
| 1987 | Pink Film Award | Winner Zoom-Up Film Festival Award | Best Ten (Film) (Kazuo 'Gaira' Komizu, Nikkatsu) | Entrails of a Virgin |
| 1982 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Winner Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Art Direction (Norimichi Igawa, Yoshikazu Sano) | Samurai Reincarnation |
| 1980 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Winner Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Art Direction (Setsu Asakura, Kiyoshi Awazu, Yutaka Yokoyama) | Demon Pond |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Sceneries and Visuals (Arimasa Ômi, Miyuki Kibata, Masakazu Miyake) | With You, Our Love Will Make It Through |
| 2025 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Voice Cast (Tomori Kusunoki, Chinatsu Akasaki, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Yôko Hikasa) | Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online |
| 2025 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Adapted Screenplay (Kazuyuki Fudeyasu) | Shangri-La Frontier |
| 2025 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Sceneries and Visuals (Jun'ichi Higashi, Kazuto Izumida, Makiho Kondô, Satoshi Hashimoto) | Dandadan |
| 2025 | Golden Panda Awards | Nominee Golden Panda Award | Best Screenplay for a Motion Picture (Gabriel Mascaro, Tibério Azul) | The Blue Trail |
| 2024 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Adaptation (Kazuyuki Fudeyasu) | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime |
| 2024 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Voice Cast (Ai Kakuma, Daisuke Namikawa, Tomokazu Sugita, Yumi Uchiyama) | Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation |
| 2024 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Animation (Kazutaka Sugiyama, Miyachi, Miyako Nishida, Mizuki Takahashi, Yoshiko Saitou, Hiroyuki Saita, Kou Aine, Nanako Ninomiya) | Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation |
| 2024 | Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC) | Nominee Windie | Best Foreign Film (Kenji Yamada, Kazuaki Kishida, Minami Ichikawa, Keiichiro Moriya) | Godzilla Minus One |
| 2024 | Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival | Nominee Nippon Cinema Award | Best Film (Kazuaki Kiriya) | From the End of the World |
| 2024 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Nominee Actor | Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture (Shane Roberts, Douglas Robson, Emanuele Romano, Enrico Salamon, Franco Maria Salamon, Essadik Samali, Louis Samms, Hasit Savani, Stefano Saveriano, Hayley Saywell, Gabriele Scilla, Gianluigi Scilla, Roberto Sgarbi, David Hernández Silva, Anthony Skrimshire, Mark Slaughter, Jon Slayer, Alfie Smith, Venice Smith, Mike Snow, Jamie Stanley, Anna Stephenson, George Surry, Laura Swift, Kazu Patrick Tang, Massimo Tartaglia, Karen Teoh, Alessandro Ubaldi, Massimiliano Ubaldi, Edward Upcott, Bruno Verdirosi, Vittorio Verdirosi, Miguel Villalba, Majcol Vinante, Elmo Walker, Calvin Warrington-Heasman, Marlow Warrington-Mattei, Nathan Whatton, Christopher White, Steven Whitley, Maxine Whittaker, Alistair Whitton, Eldredd Wolf, Annabel Elizabeth Wood, Jake Young, Dan Adams, Joel Adrian, Alejandro Bertero Álvarez, Ramon Álvarez, Giorgio Antonini, Ramón Martí, James Apps, Mark Archer, Miguel Arregui, Mehrzad Asgi-Kermani, Abdelaaziz Attougui, Daniel Awde, Luciano Bacheta, Helen Steinway Bailey, Russell Balogh, Charlie Barrett, Adam Basil, Rachelle Beinart, Matthew Bell, Evonnee Bentley-Holder, Anna Benton, David Birkbeck, Jamel Blissat, Dan Bradley, Emma Britton, Jason Brown, Katy Bullock, Andrew Burford, Jon Callaway, Mauro Calo, Boris Martinez, Carlos Castillo, Matthew Cawley, Yusuf Chaudhri, Jonathan Cohen, Michael Collin, David Collom, Ben Cooke, Tom Cotton, Gavin Coventry, Christopher Cox, Jake Cox, Martin Craven, Luis Cros, Nicholas Daines, Andrius Davidenas, Tim Davies, Agostino De Cesaris, Alessandro Xavier De Silva, Eduardo Xavier De Silva, Will Deville, Ben Dimmock, Christian Domenighini, Gabriele Domenighini, Stefano Domenighini, Hung Dante Dong, Dom Dumaresq, Josh Dyer, Jamie Edgell, Paul Edmondson, Rachael Evelyn, Lorenzo Faraglia, Bradley Farmer, Jonathan Fee, Jo Fox, Adam Francis, Sofian Francis, Rocco Maria Franco, Emanuele Freddo, David Garrick, Andrea Giglio, Álvaro Gómez Cerezo, Martin Gordon, Federico Grillo, Clayton Grover, Richard Hall, Regis Harrington, George Harris, Tom Hatt, Elliot Hawkes, Robert Hladik, Boyd Holbrook, Rob Hunt, Erol Ismail, Martin Ivanov, Jack Jagodka, Jonny James, Andrei Jdanov, Mathew Kaye, Robbie Keane, Graham Kelly, Bogdan Kumshatsky, Roman Neso Laupmaa, Richard Leggett, Patrizio Licata, Marta Machuca Sastre, Simon Mahoney, Youssef Marchouki, Tea Markova, Jacob Martin, Kai Martin, Freddie Mason, Mike Massa, Kim McGarrity, Adrian McGaw, Lucky McQueede, Aimad Mghar, Theo Morton, Elliot Murray, Tarik Nbezari, Chris Newton, Daniele Nguyen, Fernando Martín-Maestro, Matthew Paine, Ryan Palmer, Ignacio Herráez, Sara Leal, Ansko Pitkänen, Oleg Podobin, Jake Pogson, Jorian Ponomareff, Tilly Powell, Matthew Provost, Gabriele Ragusa, Jota Jota Ramos, Charles Ramsay, Simone Ranieri, Federico Regazzo, Danilo Regini, Andrej Riabokon, Uli Richter) | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny |
| 2023 | Goya Awards | Nominee Goya | Best Original Score (Mejor Música Original) (Aránzazu Calleja, Maite Arroitajauregi) | Irati |
| 2023 | Goya Awards | Nominee Goya | Best Original Song (Mejor Canción Original) (Aránzazu Calleja, Maite Arroitajauregi, Paul Urkijo Alijo) | Irati |
| 2023 | Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | Nominee Golden Reel Award | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Motion Picture Effects/Foley (Johnnie Burn, Simon Carroll, Brendan Feeney, Maximilian Behrens, Ben Gulvin, Jeff Smith, Beresford Cookman, Dhyana Carlton-Tims, Natalia Lubowiecka, Ewa Mazurkiewicz, Jacek Wisniewski) | Nope |
| 2023 | Visual Effects Society Awards | Nominee VES Award | Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature (Jesse Parker Holmes, Grayden Solman, Toyokazu Hirai, Rob Richardson) | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore |
| 2022 | Directors Guild of Canada | Nominee DGC Craft Award | Outstanding Achievement in Production Design - Feature Film (Zazu Myers) | |
| 2022 | Hollywood Professional Association Awards | Nominee HPA Award | Outstanding Visual Effects - Theatrical Feature (Joel Behrens, Alexandre Millet, Kazuki Takahashi, Juan Pablo Allgeier, Bryan Smeall) | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness |
| 2022 | International Cinephile Society Awards | Nominee ICS Award | Best Animated Film (Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Mahiro Maeda) | Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time |
| 2022 | Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival | Nominee Nippon Visions Audience Award | (Masakazu Kaneko) | Ring Wandering |
| 2022 | Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival | Nominee Nippon Visions Jury Award | (Masakazu Kaneko) | Ring Wandering |
| 2021 | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Nominee Saturn Award | Best Make-Up (Robert Kurtzman, Bernadette Mazur) | Doctor Sleep |
| 2021 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Animation (Kazuya Hirata, Kazuyuki Yamayoshi) | The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants |
| 2021 | Warsaw International Film Festival | Nominee International Competition | Best Film (Masakazu Kaneko) | Ring Wandering |
| 2019 | Anime Trending Awards | Nominee Annual Award | Best in Voice Cast (Yûichirô Umehara, Yui Ogura, Yûichi Nakamura, Yuka Iguchi, Tomokazu Sugita, Nao Tôyama, Aya Endô, Maaya Uchida, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Yôko Hikasa) | Goblin Slayer |
| 2016 | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Nominee BTVA Television Voice Acting Award | Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role (Kazumi Evans) | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic |
| 2015 | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Nominee BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award | Best Female Vocal Performance in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short (Kazumi Evans) | My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks |
| 2015 | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Nominee BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award | Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short (Tara Strong, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, Cathy Weseluck, Kazumi Evans, Rebecca Shoichet, Maryke Hendrikse, Vincent Tong, Diana Kaarina) | My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks |
| 2014 | CinEuphoria Awards | Nominee CinEuphoria | Best Short Film - International Competition (Manuel Calvo, Koldo Zuazua, Sebastián Álvarez, Martín Rosete) | Voice Over |
| 2007 | Academy Awards, USA | Nominee Oscar | Best Achievement in Makeup (Kazu Hiro, Bill Corso) | Click |
| 2005 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Rick Baker, Beverley Binda, Roland Blancaflor, Mike Elizalde, Jeanette Freeman, Sylvia Nava, Matt Rose, Bill Sturgeon, Kazu Hiro) | Hellboy |
| 2004 | Nika Awards | Nominee Nika | Best Film (Aleksandr Sokurov, Jens Meurer, Karsten Stöter, Andrey Deryabin, Andrei Razumovsky) | Russian Ark |
| 2004 | Torino Film Festival | Nominee Prize of the City of Torino | Best Feature Film (Kazuaki Kiriya) | Casshern |
| 2003 | DVD Exclusive Awards | Nominee DVD Premiere Award | Best Animated Character Performance (Tress MacNeille, Kazuyoshi Takeuchi, Hiroshi Kawamata) | Cinderella II: Dreams Come True |
| 2003 | Fantasia Film Festival | Nominee Best Animation Film | (Kazuya Tsurumaki) | FLCL |
| 2002 | BAFTA Awards | Nominee BAFTA Film Award | Best Make Up/Hair (Rick Baker, Toni G, Kazu Hiro) | Planet of the Apes |
| 2002 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Lance Anderson, Rick Baker, John Blake, Toni G, Kazu Hiro) | Planet of the Apes |
| 2001 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Rick Baker, Toni G, Sylvia Nava, Gail Rowell-Ryan, Kazu Hiro) | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 2000 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee CFCA Award | Best Foreign Language Film (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 2000 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee Sierra Award | Best Foreign Film (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 2000 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Kevin Yagher, Peter Owen, Liz Tagg, Paul Gooch, Susan Parkinson, Bernadette Mazur, Tamsin Dorling Barbosa) | Sleepy Hollow |
| 2000 | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee TFCA Award | Best Screenplay (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1999 | Newport International Film Festival, Rhode Island | Nominee Jury Award | Best Film (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1999 | Online Film & Television Association | Nominee OFTA Film Award | Best Music, Adapted Song (John Denver, Chantal Kreviazuk) | Armageddon |
| 1998 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Nominee Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Jennifer Guerrero-Mazursky, Ellin La Var, Carla Farmer, Julia L. Walker, Kimberly Kimble, Lucia Mace) | Cinderella |
| 1998 | Pusan International Film Festival | Nominee New Currents Award | (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1998 | San Sebastián International Film Festival | Nominee Golden Seashell | (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1998 | Torino Film Festival | Nominee Prize of the City of Torino | Best Feature Film (Hirokazu Koreeda) | After Life |
| 1996 | Annie Awards | Nominee Annie | Best Individual Achievement: Writing (Kazunori Itô) | Ghost in the Shell |
| 1996 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Sound (Kazuo Miyauchi) | Godzilla vs. Destoroyah |
| 1995 | Annie Awards | Nominee Annie | Best Individual Achievement for Production Design in the Field of Animation (Kazuyoshi Takeuchi) | Gargoyles |
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