Winners and nominees
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 (1st) | 5 Centimeters Per Second | Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru | Makoto Shinkai |  Japan |
| The Big Fighting Between Wukong and God Erlang | Wukong Da Zhan Er Lang Shen | Liang Hansen |  China | |
| Summer Days with Coo | Kappa no Kū to Natsuyasumi | Keiichi Hara | Japan | |
| 2008 (2nd) | Waltz with Bashir | Vals Im Bashir | Ari Folman |  Israel  France  Germany |
| If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2 | Byul-Byul Yi-Ya-Gi 2: Yeo-Seot-Bit-Ggal Mu-Ji-Gae | Ann Dong-hee, Ryu Jung-oo, Hong Deok-pyo, Lee Hong-soo, Lee Hong-min, Jung Min-young, Gwon Mi-jeong, and Park Yeong-jae |  South Korea | |
| Sword of the Stranger | Sutorenjia Mukōhadan | Masahiro Andō | Japan | |
| 2009 (3rd) | Mary and Max | Adam Elliot |  Australia | |
| First Squad: The Moment of Truth | Perviy otryad Fāsuto sukuwaddo | Yoshiharu Ashino |  Russia Japan | |
| The Sky Crawlers | Sukai Kurora | Mamoru Oshii | Japan | |
| Summer Wars | Samā Wōzu | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan | |
| The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow | Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa | Lyudmila Steblyanko | Russia | |
| 2010 (4th) | Piercing I | Cì Tòng Wǒ | Liu Jian | China |
| King of Thorn | Ibara no Ou | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Japan | |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Zack Snyder | Australia  United States | ||
| Mai Mai Miracle | Maimai Shinko to Sen-nen no Mahō | Sunao Katabuchi | Japan | |
| Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror | Hottarake no Shima: Haruka to Mahō no Kagami | Shinsuke Sato | Japan | |
| 2011 (5th) | Leafie, A Hen into the Wild | Madangeul Naon Amtak | Oh Sung-yun | South Korea |
| Children Who Chase Lost Voices | Hoshi o Ou Kodomo | Makoto Shinkai | Japan | |
| RPG Metanoia | Luis C. Suárez |  Philippines | ||
| Tatsumi | Eric Khoo |  Singapore | ||
| The Ugly Duckling | Gadkiy utyonok | Garri Bardin | Russia | |
| 2012 (6th) | A Letter to Momo | Momo e no tegami | Hiroyuki Okiura | Japan |
| From Up on Poppy Hill | Kokurikozaka Kara | Gorō Miyazaki | Japan | |
| Happy Feet Two | George Miller | Australia United States | ||
| Rainbow Fireflies | Niji-Iro Hotaru: Eien no Natsu Yasumi | Kōnosuke Uda | Japan | |
| Wolf Children | Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan | |
| 2013 (7th) | Ku! Kin-dza-dza | Ку! Кин-дза-дза | Georgiy Daneliya and Tatyana Ilyina | Russia |
| The Fake | Saibi | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea | |
| Patema Inverted | Sakasama no Patema | Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Japan | |
| The Wind Rises | Kaze Tachinu | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan | |
| The World of Goopi and Bagha | Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya | Shilpa Ranade |  India | |
| 2014 (8th) | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Kaguya-hime no Monogatari | Isao Takahata | Japan |
| The Frog Kingdom | Qingwa Wangguo | Nelson Shin | China | |
| Maya the Bee Movie | Alexs Stadermann | Australia Germany | ||
| On the White Planet | Chang-baek-Han Eol-gul-deul | Hur Bum-wook | South Korea | |
| The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow | Woo-ri-byul Il-ho-wa Ul-ruk-so | Chang Hyung-yun | South Korea | |
| 2015 (9th) | Miss Hokusai | Sarusuberi | Keiichi Hara | Japan |
| Blinky Bill the Movie | Deane Taylor | Australia India  Ireland | ||
| The Road Called Life | Mae-mil-ggot, Un-su Jo-eun Nal, Geu-ri-go Bom-bom | Ahn Jae-Hun and Han Hye-jin | South Korea | |
| The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King | Snezhnaya koroleva 2: Snezhny korol | Alexey Tsitsilin | Russia | |
| When Marnie Was There | Omoide no Mānī | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Japan | |
| 2016 (10th) | Seoul Station | Seoul-Yeok | Yeon Sang-ho | South Korea |
| Bilal: A New Breed of Hero | Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal |  United Arab Emirates | ||
| Manang Biring | Carl Joseph Papa | Philippines | ||
| Savva: Heart of the Warrior | Savva. Serdtse voina | Maxim Fadeev | Russia | |
| Sheep and Wolves | Volki i ovtsy | Maxim Volkov | Russia | |
| 2017 (11th) | Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming | Ann Marie Fleming |  Canada | |
| Have a Nice Day | Da Shi Jie | Liu Jian | China | |
| Saving Sally | Avid Liongoren | Philippines | ||
| A Silent Voice | Eiga Koe no Katachi | Naoko Yamada | Japan | |
| Your Name | Kimi no na wa. | Makoto Shinkai | Japan | |
| 2018 (12th) | Rezo | Znaesh', mama, gde ya byl | Leo Gabriadze | Russia |
| Hoffmaniada | Gofmaniada | Stanislav Sokolov | Russia | |
| Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarô | Mari Okada | Japan | |
| Mirai | Mirai no Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan | |
| On Happiness Road | Hsing Fu Lu Shang | Sung Hsin-yin |  Taiwan | |
| 2019 (13th) | Weathering with You | Tenki no Ko | Makoto Shinkai | Japan |
| Mosley | Kirby Atkins |  New Zealand China | ||
| Penguin Highway | Pengin Haiwei | Hiroyasu Ishida | Japan | |
| The Unseen | Kaghaz-Pareh ha | Behzad Nalbandi |  Iran | |
| Underdog | Eondeodog | Oh Sung-yoon and Lee Chun-baek | South Korea | |
| 2021 (14th) | The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks | Nos ili zagovor netakikh | Andrei Khrzhanovsky | Russia |
| Beauty Water | Ningxia Film Group | South Korea | ||
| Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko | Gyokō no Nikuko-chan | Studio 4°C | Japan | |
| The Knight and the Princess | Alsahar Animation |  Saudi Arabia  Egypt | ||
| Where Is Anne Frank | Purple Whale Films Doghouse Films |  Belgium | ||
| 2022 (15th) | Aurora's Sunrise | Արշալույսի լուսաբացը | Inna Shahakyan [1] |  Armenia  Lithuania Germany |
| Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo | Dounia et la princesse d'Alep | André Kadi, Marya Zarif | Canada France | |
| Goodbye, Don Glees! | Gubbai, Don Gurīzu! | Atsuko Ishizuka | Japan | |
| Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish | Lei Lei | USA  Netherlands China | ||
| To the Bright Side | Xiya Lan, Nianze Li, Yi Zhao, Kun Yu, Gaoxiang Liu, Maoning Liu, Chen Chen | China | ||
| 2023 (16th) | The Siren | Sepideh Farsi | France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium | |
| Deep Sea | Shēnhǎi | Tian Xiaopeng | China | |
| The First Slam Dunk | Takehiko Inoue | Japan | ||
| Scarygirl | Ricard Cussó | Australia | ||
| Suzume | Suzume no Tojimari | Makoto Shinkai | Japan | |
