Kyoto Animation Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2011) encouragement award
Ooji Kouji
おおじ こうじ
Ooji Kouji
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Original author
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Kyoto Animation Award — Encouragement Prize | High☆Speed! | — | Kyoto Animation | 受賞 |
Kyoto Animation Award — Encouragement Prize
Work:
High☆Speed!
Organization:
Kyoto Animation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
High☆Speed!
2013 Light novelHigh☆Speed! is a youth sports light novel about boys who once swam together and later form a high-school boys' swimming club, rediscovering friendship and their passion for competitive swimming. The novel earned recognition in the Kyoto Animation Award and served as the original concept for the anime series 'Free!'.
YouthSports (competitive swimming)Friendship
Adaptations
- [TV anime / Theatrical anime] Free! (TV anime series / films) / 内海紘子、河浪栄作、武本康弘 (2013)
Bibliography
- High☆Speed! (KA Esuma Bunko, 2013)
Adaptations
- TV anime 'Free!' series; theatrical films including 'High☆Speed! -Free! Starting Days-'
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Youth/coming-of-age light-novel styleDescriptive, scene-focused narration
- Recurring Motifs
- WaterCompetitive swimmingBonds among friends
Legacy
The original novel High☆Speed! received recognition in the Kyoto Animation Award and became widely known as the basis for the successful anime 'Free!' series. The anime adaptation expanded media exposure and established the author as the original creator.
In Popular Culture
- Known widely as the original concept for the 'Free!' anime series and influencing related CDs, Blu‑rays and publications.
Trivia
- The novel High☆Speed! served as the original work that won an Encouragement Prize in the Kyoto Animation Award.
- High☆Speed! was adapted into the TV anime 'Free!' series and multiple theatrical films.