Which Hayao Miyazaki film was the first animated film to win the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year?
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro
Answer
Princess Mononoke was the first animated film to win the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year. Released in 1997, it also briefly became the highest-grossing film in Japan.
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