Did anyone care about the Oscars this year? Yeah, I thought not.

Meanwhile, Variety reports on the Tokyo Anime Fair’s awards. Top prize– Animation of the Year –went to Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone.

Pretty much all the other prizes went to foreign works, interestingly– from Taiwan, Poland, Iran, South Korea, and France. The exception is the two Notable Entry (Student) prize– Takashi Kato’s Clockwork City took one of the two awarded.

So the first new Evangelion flick opened in Japan today (or rather yesterday, seeing as it is now just after 12am on September 2nd in the land of the rising sun), and for those of you who are curious, Heisei Democracy offers not one but two reviews of the film to get you going.

Here’s all you really need to know (OMG SPOILER ALERT HIGHLIGHT TO READ!): “…you get to see Rei’s nipple when she’s changing into her plug-suit before going off to fight the third Angel.”

Enjoy!