L.A. Film Critics Association Names Shinkai's 'your name.' as Best Animated Film 

L.A. Film Critics Association Names Shinkai\'s \'your name.\' as Best Animated Film

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) awarded

) anime film with its Best Animated Film award on Sunday. Michael Dudok de Wit and

is the runner-up for the award. Issey Ogata is also the runner-up for the Best Supporting Actor award, for his performance in Martin Scorsese\'s

with the Best Animated Film award in 2002, and the film went on to win the Best Animated Feature award in the Academy Awards in 2003. The LAFCA also awarded

has earned 19,492,000,000 yen (about US$174 million) as of November 27, surpassing the 19.3 billion yen earnings of

anime film. The film has also sold 14,986,000 tickets. Shinkai\'s film is now the the sixth highest-grossing film of all time in Japan, the third highest-grossing Japanese film in Japan, and the third highest-grossing anime film in Japan. The two highest-grossing Japanese films in Japan include

is projected to possibly approach 20 billion yen (US$200 million).

The film ranked #1 at the box office in China this past weekend with the equivalent of US$41 million.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter and TnAdct1 for the news tips.

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