Out of ten nominated works including, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., Chi’s Sweet Adventure Rainbow Chicks, Dream Chapter of Stars’ Dream, We Bare Bears, and Clangers, it was “The Dragon Dentist” that earned the award of Best Animation at the Magnolia Awards at the Shanghai TV Festival as seen with the image above portraying director Kazuya Tsurumaki accepting the award.
The Shanghai Television Festival, otherwise known as Shanghai International Television or simply STVF is considered as the first and one of the largest television festivals in East Asia having first been held in 1986. Today it is considered as one of the most influential television festivals in Asia.
It is the home to the annual Magnolia Awards which presents awards to productions both national and international through a special voting and is considered as one of the most prestigious television awards.
In order to be considered eligible for the awards a title must be broadcasted on television in between the dates of April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017 and all animated series and TV specials are to be submitted to the copyright owners.
“The Dragon Dentist” is a two-part television special under the license of Sentai Filmworks and was first released in February 18 for the first part and February 25 for the second. Currently an English dub of the special has just been released in March.
The story of the special told of a world wherein not only do dragons exist but the mighty beings who are able to turn tides and create wars hold one weakness, their teeth. With enough strong cavities, a dragon could be rendered weak for battle even. This is where the Dragon Dentists step up; and for this story that particular dentist is one young woman named Nonoko.
Upon being assigned to protect the teeth of the guardian dragon of her country, she discovers an enemy soldier being resurrected from within a tooth. Such a phenomenon has only been spoken from legends and even then, it spoke of a great disaster. Thus, a great fate has befallen on Nonoko in a land ravaged by war.
The staff who worked on the special comprise of the following people:
Executive Producer and Sound Director: Hideaki Anno
Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Original Work and Script: Otaro Maijo
Scriptwriter: Yoji Enokido
Character Design: Shuichi Iseki
Executive Producer: Nobuo Kawakami
The cast who played in the special include:
Fumika Shimizu as Nonoko Kishii
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Bernard “Bell” Octavius
Kaori Nazuka as Kanne Arisugawa
Kenjiro Tsuda as Gireli
Kouichi Yamadera as Godo
Megumi Hayashibara as Shibana Natsume
Suzuki Matsuo as Salvatore Bianco
Takahiro Sakurai as Ozawa
Wataru Takagi as Sōtatsu Uchimura
Yukitoshi Tokumoto as Shūzō Satō
On another note, the picture above is to be credited as one of the images posted by the official twitter account of the Japan Animator Expo which can be found here.
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork