Princess Mononoke
But in 1998, the Japan Academy Film Prize Association's attitude toward animated films changed with the hugely successful "Princess Mononoke", the highest box-office record ever in the history of Japanese cinema, which dominated the other major film prizes ("See": Awards). As a result, at the 21st Japan Academy Film Prize that year, Studio Ghibli's "Princess Mononoke" became the first-ever animation film to be nominated for and win the Japan Academy Film Prize Picture of the Year. Yoshiyuki Tomino, famed for "Gundam", mentioned it: "A hole that Hayao Miyazaki made spending ten years".