12th Digicon6 Awards: China’s ‘See Through’ wins big, India gets regional grand

By Bollywood Hungama -

November 22, 2010 - 2:42 PM IST

Tokyo: TBS DigiCon6 announced the winners for 12th TBS DigiCon6 Awards in a grand ceremony held at Marunouchi Building Hall on November 19, 2010. The event

12th Digicon6 Awards: China’s ‘See Through’ wins big, India gets regional grand

was indeed a historic one for Asian Animation industry where creativity and effort got recognition and appreciation at the centre stage.

Attended by the who's who of the Asian animation industry, the Golden Digicon6 Award was won by China's official entry See Through, made by Jokelate.

India's Wilson Periera made by National Institute of Design's young turk Dhaneesh Jameson, won Asian Regional Grand Prize.

China's representative Yang Yu, who was present at the ceremony on behalf of Jokelate, commented, "I am sure this award means a lot to the creative effort

put together by Jokelate and he would be very excited to know about his victory. This award is not going to be an end to his work and efforts but will be a

motivation for him to work further in his life."

This year TBS DigiCon6 received over 2,000 entries from Japan and other Asian
regions such as China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines,
Taiwan and Thailand. TBS DigiCon6 Asia jury selected the awards winners for six
categories and announced them at the ceremony. TBS DigiCon6 Japan jury selected the awards winners for nine categories and announced them, too.

An elated Dhaneesh added, "I really feel proud and honored to have won this prize and to represent the country. The film was well received at Digicon6 than

any other festivals that I have been till now. I got the biggest compliment for my film from the well known Korean director Kwak Jae-yong and I was

speechless when he said he personally got my film subtitled in Korean and watched it over 5 times!"

TBS DigiCon6 was organized in 2000 by Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc, one of major television stations, to discover and support new talent. It has been

inviting digital contents creators, both professionals and amateurs, to submit their original works in the competition, and it is widely recognized for its

achievement.

Complete list of 12th TBS DigiCon6 Awards winners:

12th TBS DigiCon6 Awards Winners

Golden DigiCon6 Award - See Through - Jokelate CHINA

Silver DigiCon6 Award - Googuri Googuri - Yoshiko Misumi JAPAN

Bronze DigiCon6 Award - Kung Fu Bunny 3 - Counterattack- Li Zhiyong CHINA

Encouragement Awards:

Fumiko's Confession - Hiroyasu Ishida JAPAN

Temple Rider - Radio Television Hong Kong / Simage Animation & Media Ltd. HONG KONG

CONTAINED - Henry Zhuang & Harry Zhuang SINGAPORE

12th TBS DigiCon6 JAPAN Regional Awards Winners

Grand Prize - Fumiko's Confession - Hiroyasu Ishida JAPAN

Outstanding Performance Awards:

The Light of Life - Daihei Shibata JAPAN

Googuri Googuri - Yoshiko Misumi JAPAN

Encouragement Awards:

UTOPIAN - TOKUNAGA MARIKO JAPAN

Dreamer - Naohisa Ikuta JAPAN

SUNRISE Award - Rainy Holiday - Kaneko Osamu JAPAN

Adobe Systems Award - ab-rah KOHEI YOSHINO JAPAN

Hewlett-Packard & ATI Award - Amagoi Suzuki Ippei JAPAN

Mitsubishi Estate Award - Travel of Art - YU MASHIMO JAPAN

BS-TBS Award - Sepia Clock - Gaku Kinoshita JAPAN

Hole Makino Atsushi JAPAN

Prize for Effort:

Hole - Makino Atsushi JAPAN

Tokyo Teleport - Takeda Yuta JAPAN

a song like a fish - Taijin Takeuchi JAPAN

A GUM BOY - Masaki Okuda JAPAN

flesh color - masahiko Adachi JAPAN

Asian Regional Awards Grand Prizes

CHINA: Kung Fu Bunny 3 - Counterattack - Li Zhiyong

HONGKONG: Temple Rider - Radio Television Hong Kong / Simage Animation & Media Ltd.

INDIA: WILSON PERIERA - Dhaneesh Jameson

KOREA: Tom N Jerry - CHOI JIN SUNG

MALAYSIA: Bo Boi Boy - ANIMONSTA STUDIOS SDN. BHD.

PHILIPPINES: Mutya - Nelson "Blog" A. Caliguia, Jr.

SINGAPORE: Calypso Agency - Jose Andres Velasco

TAIWAN: CREATION - Hsuan-Ying Lu

THAILAND: Impassable - NATTAPORN YIAMCHAWEE