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Well I'll be darned, maybe Shinkai can be a little more careful next time about the planning the release and distribution of his infrequent works!
But wait; for the short animated feature: "It had to have won a prize prior to its first internet transmission?" As in officialy sanctioned internet transmission and not what the fans manage to scrounge up on their own? In that case Part 1 could be technically be submitted on its own for consideration, no, as long as it won some sort of prize in Japan? I know, I'm being unreasonable now, but I'm afraid I'm not patient enough to wait till Shinkai comes out with his next work to see it go up against the heavy weights (upstarts).
Because really, its up to the Japanese now to remind the world that the roots of animation lies not in CG but in down to earth 2D, like Walt Disney.
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