You find a 45-minute-long video made up of trailers of various Japanese animation films. Each clip has an enumeration at the bottom that almost fits the English title, except one number is always smaller than the length of the word it should clue. By taking the indexed letter of that word, you obtain a string of numbers:
NINE EIGHT FOUR THREE TWO EIGHT ONE SEVEN TWO ONE NINE
| Film Name | Enumerations | Extraction | Award Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buddha 2: The Endless Journey | 6 1: 3 2 7 | N | 2015 |
| One Piece Film: Gold | 3 5 2: 4 | I | 2017 |
| Doraemon the Movie: The New Records of Nobita's Spaceblazer | 8 3 5: 3 1 7 2 6'1 11 | N | 2010 |
| The Anthem of the Heart | 3 5 2 3 5 | E | 2016 |
| Summer Wars | 5 4 | E | 2010 |
| When Marnie Was There | 4 5 3 5 | I | 2015 |
| Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend | 8: 6 3 3 5 5 3 | G | 2009 |
| Stormy Night | 6 4 | H | 2007 |
| The Boy and the Beast | 3 3 3 1 5 | T | 2016 |
| Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy | 6 7 10 2 3 3 | F | 2012 |
| Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear | 9 5: 4 3 2 4 | O | 2009 |
| Colorful | 7 | U | 2011 |
| Space Pirate Captain Harlock | 5 3 7 7 | R | 2014 |
| Love Live! The School Idol Movie | 4 4! 1 6 4 5 | T | 2016 |
| Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror | 8 6: 1 3 3 5 6 | H | 2010 |
| Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | 10: 1.1 3 3 (3) 1 | R | 2013 |
| Tekkonkinkreet | 12 | E | 2008 |
| Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' | 6 4 1: 7 '1' | E | 2016 |
| The Secret World of Arrietty | 3 6 5 2 7 | T | 2011 |
| Wolf Children | 1 8 | W | 2013 |
| The Perfect World of Kai | 3 7 2 2 3 | O | 2008 |
| One Piece Film: Strong World | 3 3 4: 6 5 | E | 2011 |
| A Silent Voice | 1 6 3 | I | 2017 |
| Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion | 6 3 6 6 3 5: 9 | G | 2014 |
| Buddha: The Great Departure | 6: 2 5 9 | H | 2012 |
| Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence | 9 5: 5 2 7 | T | 2012 |
| Brave Story | 5 3 | O | 2007 |
| Friends: Naki on the Monster Island | 7: 4 2 3 3 6 | N | 2013 |
| The Sky Crawlers | 3 3 6 | E | 2009 |
| The Wind Rises | 3 4 3 | S | 2014 |
| Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser | 9 5: 3 4 6 | E | 2010 |
| K-On! The Movie | 1-2! 3 3 | V | 2012 |
| Tales from Earthsea | 4 4 8 | E | 2007 |
| Stand by Me Doraemon | 4 2 2 8 | N | 2015 |
| Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky | 9 5: 3 4 4 2 1 3 | T | 2011 |
| In This Corner of the World | 2 4 6 2 3 1 | W | 2017 |
| A Letter to Momo | 1 6 2 2 | O | 2013 |
| Your Name. | 2 4. | O | 2017 |
| Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | 10: 1.1 3 3 (3) 4 | N | 2008 |
| Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem | 9 5: 3 7 4' 6 | E | 2007 |
| Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper | 9 5: 5 6 | N | 2015 |
| The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | 3 4 2 3 3 6 | I | 2014 |
| One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus - Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura | 3 5: 7 2 7 4 - 5 2 3 3, 7 6 | N | 2009 |
| Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure | 9 5: 5 5 2 3 3 5 | E | 2008 |
These 44 films were all nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year given by the Nippon Academy-sho Association. Since 2007, 5 films are nominated annually, including the eventual winner. The films appearing in the video comprise 4 of the 5 nominees of each year from 2007 to 2017. You find the remaining film from each of those years and apply the obtained indices to find the letters HAYAONOHIME.
| Film Name | Index | Extraction | Award Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | NINE | H | 2007 |
| Summer Days with Coo | EIGHT | A | 2008 |
| Ponyo [on the Cliff by the Sea] | FOUR | Y | 2009 |
| Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | THREE | A | 2010 |
| Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Mermaid Legend | TWO | O | 2011 |
| From Up on Poppy Hill | EIGHT | N | 2012 |
| One Piece Film Z | ONE | O | 2013 |
| Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie | SEVEN | H | 2014 |
| Giovanni's Island | TWO | I | 2015 |
| Miss Hokusai | ONE | M | 2016 |
| Rudolf the Black Cat | NINE | E | 2017 |
Using the blanks at the bottom of the puzzle page ( [?] ), you read out the phrase HAYAO NO [?] HIME, or [Miyazaki] Hayao’s Princess [?]. That leads you to the final answer MONONOKE. The Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year was created in no small part due to the critical success of Princess Mononoke in 1998.