The 30th Japan Academy Awards were held on Friday. "Hula Girl" continued its award-winning streak by taking Picture of the Year, along with several other awards. Meanwhile, the critically-acclaimed "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo" earned the newly established Animation of the Year prize. Here is the list of winners:

• Best Picture: Hula Girl
• Best Animation: Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
• Best Actor: Ken Watanabe (Memories of Tomorrow)
• Best Actress: Miki Nakatani (Memories of Matsuko)
• Best Supporting Actor: Takashi Sasano (Love and Honor)
• Best Supporting Actress: Yu Aoi (Hula Girl)
• Best Director: Sang-il Lee (Hula Girl)
• Best Screenplay: Sang-il Lee, Daisuke Habara (Hula Girl)
• Best Music: Gabriele Roberto, Takeshi Shibuya (Memories of Matsuko)
• Best Cinematography: Mutsuo Naganuma (Love and Honor)
• Best Lighting Direction: Takeshi Nakasu (Love and Honor)
• Best Art Direction: Toshiyuki Matsumiya, Nariyuki Kondo (YAMATO)
• Best Sound Recording: Nobuhiko Matsukage, Tetsuo Segawa (YAMATO)
• Best Film Editing: Yoshiyuki Koike (Memories of Matsuko)
• Best Foreign Language Film: Flags of Our Fathers