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Fri, March 16, 2007 (9:40pm EDT)
Except for Animation of the Year, the winners of the 2007 Tokyo Anime Awards have been announced. The awards are part of the annual Tokyo International Anime Fair, which will be held on March 22-25 this year. This is the fair's sixth year.
  • Television Category: Code Geass, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Death Note
  • Film Category: Paprika, Arashi no Yoru ni
  • OVA Category: Top wo Nerae 2!, Freedom
  • Foreign Film Category: Cars
  • Best Director: Mamoru Hosoda (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
  • Best Original Work: Yasutaka Tsutsui (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo; Paprika)
  • Best Screenplay: Satoko Okudera (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
  • Best Art Direction: Nizo Yamamoto (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
  • Best Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo; Top wo Nerae 2!)
  • Best Seiyu: Aya Hirano (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya; Death Note)
  • Best Music: Susumu Hirasawa (Paprika)
Fri, March 16, 2007 (3:59am EDT)
Fuji TV announcer Maya Masai and actor Yasuyuki Maekawa have married. The announcement was made on Thursday by both Fuji TV and Maekawa's agency.

Masai is currently four months pregnant and is scheduled to deliver in late September.
Fri, March 16, 2007 (3:52am EDT)
Ayane Shinozaki and He Sui have been named the 2007 Asahi Kasei Fibers Campaign Models. They are the 32nd generation of that title, which has previously been held by Mao Miyaji and Nanako Matsushima.

Shinozaki, 19, is a first-year student at a junior college. In 2006, she won the Yahoo! Japan Award in the 1st Internet Bijo Contest.

He Sui, 17, is a second-year high school student. She is originally from China, and is a former competitive swimmer. Last year, she won both the Grand Prix and the Asahi Kasei Award in the 12th China Model Star Contest.
 
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