Results will be known on 15 Feb 2008 

The nominees 

Best Picture 
Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi 
Kisaragi 
Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai 
Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~ 
Bizan 

Best Animation 
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone 
Summer Days with Coo 
Tekkon Kinkreet 
Piano no Mori 
Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure 

Best Director 
Isshin Inudo (Bizan) 
Yuichi Sato (Kisaragi) 
Masayuki Suo (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Joji Matsuoka (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Takashi Yamazaki (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 

Best Screenplay 
Kankuro Kudo (Maiko Haaaan!!!) 
Ryota Kosawa (Kisaragi) 
Masayuki Suo (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Suzuki Matsuo (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Takashi Yamazaki / Ryota Kosawa (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 

Best Actor 
Sadao Abe (Maiko Haaaan!!!) 
Joe Odagiri (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Ryo Kase (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Koji Yakusho (Zou no Senaka) 
Hidetaka Yoshioka (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 

Best Actress 
Kirin Kiki (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Shinobu Terajima (Ai no Rukeichi) 
Miki Nakatani (Jigyaku no Uta) 
Yukie Nakama (Ooku) 
Rie Miyazawa (The Invitation from Cinema Orion) 

Best Supporting Actor 
Akira Emoto (Yajikita Dochuu Teresuko) 
Teruyuki Kagawa (Kisaragi) 
Kaoru Kobayashi (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Shinichi Tsutsumi (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 
Shinichi Tsutsumi (Maiko Haaaan!!!) 

Best Supporting Actress 
Maki Horikita (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 
Takako Matsu (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Nobuko Miyamoto (Bizan) 
Masako Motai (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Hiroko Yakushimaru (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 

Best Music 
Tadashi Ueda (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Michiru Oshima (Bizan) 
Naoki Sato (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 
Ringo Shiina (Sakuran) 
Yoshikazu Suo (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 

Best Cinematography 
Norimichi Kasamatsu (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Naoki Kayano (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Daisaku Kimura (Tsukigami) 
Kozo Shibazaki (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 
Takahiro Tsutai (Bizan) 

Best Lighting 
Kenichi Mizuno (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Tatsuya Osada (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Takashi Sugimoto (Tsukigami) 
Kenichi Mizuno (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 
Yoshitake Hikita (Bizan) 

Best Art Direction 
Namiko Iwaki (Sakuran) 
Anri Jojo (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 
Mitsuo Harada (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Kyoko Heya (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Takashi Yoshida (Ooku) 

Best Sound 
Shigeru Abe / Hiromichi Kori / Kiyoshi Yoneyama (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Kiyoshi Kakizawa (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Junichi Shima (Bizan) 
Hitoshi Tsurumaki (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 
Nobuhiko Matsukage (Tsukigami) 

Best Editing 
Soichi Ueno (Bizan) 
Junichi Kikuchi (Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai) 
Seigo Hirasawa (Maiko Haaaan!!!) 
Shinichi Fujima (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Ryuji Miyajima (Always: Zoku Sanchome no Yuhi) 

Best Newcomer 
Eiji Wentz (Gegege no Kitaro) 
Kento Hayashi (Battery) 
Haruma Miura (Koizora) 
Yui Aragaki (Koizora) 
Yayako Uchida (Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~) 
Kaho (Tennen Kokekko) 
Kie Kitano (Kofuku na Shokutaku) 

Best Foreign Film 
Letters from Iwo Jima 
Dreamgirls 
Babel 
Hairspray 
The Bourne Ultimatum