The 2020 award for
Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year went to
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train, which has become the biggest Japanese film of all-time both domestically, and soon-to-be internationally. Aniplex representative director
Atsuhiro Iwakami collected the award at the ceremony, expressing his "heartfelt gratitude to the anime staff and everyone who brought the characters to life."
This makes
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train the first franchise anime film to win the award, and the first anime that was adapted from a Weekly Shonen Jump property. Usually, franchise films, such as
Evangelion,
K-ON!, and
One Piece have only been nominated and won the runner-up Excellent Animation of the Year.
