If there is any major difference between the Japanese Oscars and the North American Oscars, it is the attitude of outsiders after the Oscar nominations are announced each year.
In North America, the most talked-about topic about the Oscars is which candidate will hold the golden statue.
Even though the North American Academy Awards will move more and more towards independent film awards in the future, there are still many people interested in the list of winners.
Countless media outlets will give their own predictions, and countless movie fans hope that the person they support will be able to lift the little golden man in front of the TV camera.
But in Japan, everyone knows that the winner of the award has been decided the moment the candidates are announced.
After all, you can't expect a judging panel that is so shameless as to hype up a special effects film like "Shin Godzilla" as an art film and has won so many awards to be fair.
But this year is different. Both the audience and people in the entertainment industry are eagerly waiting to see who will win the Japanese Oscar this year.
Because this year's judging panel was split into two factions, and the fight that took place was basically known to anyone who follows the Japanese entertainment industry.
And judging from the current situation, both Fate and "San Chome" have very good hopes of winning the award. It just depends on who can be more popular with the judges.
As the battle intensified, senior officials from both sides began to speak out, criticizing each other's films and praising their own films.
It can be said that Shion and Kiritsugu did everything they should have done except for not taking action themselves.
As for why Shion didn't make it...
Because she is dealing with that shit in the US and has no time to speak out in the Japanese media.
On the other side, Kiritsugu saw that Shion did not leave, so he did not plan to leave either.
After all, when the other boss hasn't spoken, wouldn't it be lower than the other party if you rush to express your opinion?
He had indeed issued similar provocations before, but since that little girl Washimine Shion had always ignored him, wouldn't it be very undignified for him to continue pursuing her so closely?
But no matter what, Kiritsugu has been adopting the strategy of "if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move" in recent months.
Although he was still promoting "San Chome" in private, he seemed to have disappeared in public.
"Anyway, Kiritsugu seems to be a crowd pleaser. He thinks it's really boring to play a single-player game by himself. He just can't get excited when no one pays attention to him."
This was the taunt that Nanaya heard from Kiritsugu's daughter, whose name could not be revealed.
In response, Nanaya pretended he heard nothing.
There was also a very rare phenomenon at this year's Japanese Oscars, that is, the organizer NHK actually gave a prediction for the awards on the official website of the Japanese Oscars.
If the audience is interested enough, they can fill in the information on the website and then predict who will win the award.
Depending on the final result, viewers who guess correctly will receive generous prizes.
If someone guesses all the answers correctly, then these viewers will receive a home theater package provided by Sony, from a large LCD TV to audio equipment.
Similar things happen almost every year at the North American Oscars, but they are rarely held at the Japanese Oscars.
The reason is very simple. Only things with uncertain probabilities can be considered prize-winning guessing games.
However, such a good thing would never happen in the Japanese Oscars in previous years, because just by looking at the production companies behind these movies, one can basically predict what the results will be.
At this time, even NHK itself is embarrassed to talk about holding a prize-giving contest, otherwise they will definitely lose a lot of money.
However, due to the fierce clash between two forces at this year's Japanese Oscars, NHK is confident that it can use it as a publicity point to attract a large number of viewers.
As a national television station, NHK doesn't care who will win or lose in this battle.
Even if Washimine defeats Lin Bao in the end, for NHK it would just be a change of thighs to hug.
On the contrary, NHK is more concerned about how much it can increase its ratings with the gimmick of Washimine VS Lin Bao.
This is also the reason why NHK launched the guessing contest with prizes, because such temptation can make more passers-by pay attention to the battle for dominance in the Japanese film market.
You have to know that Japanese people have a strong gambling nature, although gambling is still illegal in Japanese law.
But there is a saying that goes, every policy from the top has a countermeasure from the bottom.
The Japanese are always able to circumvent certain issues through some novel thought processes. The most famous ones are the small steel balls that skirt the rules, horse racing that imposes heavy taxes, and the card-drawing mobile games that force people to eat dirt.
This time there is a prize-giving contest. As long as you fill out the application, you will have a chance to win a home theater. This kind of thing is simply too tempting for the Japanese.
Even if you don't win all the prizes and get the home theater package, the other second-tier prizes look pretty good too.
However, although most of the audience participating in the prize guessing contest knew that the competition would be very fierce, these outsiders had no idea who would win the golden man.
Therefore, all major media outlets were very considerate and gave their own guesses to provide a reference for the audience.
Of course, these are just for reference, just like the experts analyzing the stock market trends. Although you can't say you should listen to them completely the opposite, if you believe them completely, you will definitely lose a lot of money.
Moreover, these media outlets are not very upright. Those sitting on Lin Bao's side will definitely praise "San Chome", while the media of the Washimine faction will favor Fate more.
However, what is surprising is that among all the awards, most media believe that the most unsurprising one should be the Best Actress award, but they do not think that the Best Actress will be chosen from Yuki from "San Chome" and Rin Tohsaka from Fate.
Sayuri Yoshinaga from "North Year Zero" is the person that the media thinks is most likely to win this award.
As for the remaining awards, most media believe that the acting award will definitely be given to "San Chome", while "Fate" will win the technical award, with some other movies winning insignificant small awards in between.
The awards with the most disagreement are Best Picture and Best Director, because these two awards are really difficult to guess, but it is generally expected that both awards should go to one winner.
This result is very consistent with the attitude of most film awards in dividing the pie.
But they all overlooked a background premise. No matter whether it was Washimine or Lin Bao, they would not be satisfied with the result of dividing the cake. What they wanted was a life-and-death fight.
But the final result can only be known when the prize is drawn.
Although the confidentiality measures of the Japanese Oscars are not as strict as those of the North American Oscars, for the sake of fairness, only a small number of people know the winning results before they are announced.
Moreover, these people are now under strict surveillance by a third-party agency. This is a request made by NHK and other Japanese film studios. They do not want anything they don't want to see to happen again.
Especially since NHK has invested a huge amount of money in this big news, how could it be possible for anyone to sabotage it?
Washimine and Lin Bao had no objections either. Perhaps they also felt that it would be more interesting to know the winning results together with everyone.
In order to highlight the uniqueness of this Oscars, NHK made a special effort to hold a grand event, and even the award ceremony was made to be somewhat magnificent.
As early as several days ago, a huge statue of the Golden Man and huge posters of various candidate films were placed at the entrance of the Pamir International Pavilion of the Grand Prince Hotel in Shin-Takanawa, where the Japanese Oscars were held.
Moreover, for the first time, the height of the awards ceremony reached 200 meters, just to allow outsiders to get a better glimpse of the stars.
In order to ensure that the participating guests can appear on the red carpet in the most perfect posture, the organizers also set up a simple lounge at the starting point of the red carpet for them to touch up their makeup and make corrections.
It can be said that the organizers really tried their best to restore everything of the North American Oscars as much as possible.
Just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Nanaya and Shion, who had just returned from North America, arrived near the venue by car and were led to the lounge by the staff.
There are already many stars and big-name producers from the Japanese entertainment industry here, waiting for the red carpet ceremony to officially begin.
These people are divided into two parts. One part is those who have been nominated for the Japanese Oscars, and they are dividing into small groups based on the crew.
The other group was the guests invited to attend the award ceremony. They were walking back and forth in the lounge, greeting people they knew.
"Hey, Nanaya-kun~Ah, Boss Shion is here too."
Nanaya had just walked into the lounge and hadn't found where the Fate crew was when Fujimura Taiga, wearing an evening gown, ran over to greet them.
Although Taiga's outfit today made her look a lot more familiar, her silly smile made Nanaya feel uncomfortable no matter how he looked at her.
However, Taiga himself was obviously not aware of this and waved to the two people enthusiastically.
"Hello, Sister Fuji." Nanaya nodded to her.
Shion had a polite smile on her face and said politely, "It's been a while, Miss Fujimura."
"Haha, I'm the host of the award ceremony this time~"
Taiga put his hands on his hips and laughed confidently.
"If I open the envelope that contains the prize for Brother Nanaya, Brother Nanaya, you have to treat me to a big meal~"
"The results aren't out yet..." Nanaya said helplessly.
"What does it matter? You will definitely win at least one award anyway."
"Hehe."
Nanaya laughed awkwardly twice, and he felt his arm being pulled tight by Shion.
Shion said with a smile: "It seems that Miss Fujimura is very familiar with my Nanaya."
[When did I become yours? ]
"Haha, we are old friends." Taiga smiled innocently.
[No, no, no, it's obviously this woman who is talking to herself.]
"Are you Nanaya Kiryuu?"
Just when Nanaya was about to explain, another middle-aged woman with black hair came over.
The other party took the initiative to speak: "Hello, I am Sayuri Yoshinaga, and I am Yukari's aunt. Please take care of my Yukari."