Publicity. 

I didn't even know the Vampire D movie existed, 
while every commercial you see out there is of 
the movies nominated. Aniem fans might have 
known, some didn't. Anime is getting more well 
known, but it still hasn't probably come that far 
that it's on every American's mind or other 
countries. That's why it probably wasn't. Oscar 
is Hollywood. The movies nominated are well 
known, if not overly-publicied or something. But 
then again, you have Pokemon, that everyone knows 
of.

If the people know more about it, if you hear 
about it a lot, then maybe. Never heard about it 
until someone mentioned it here in the forum. If 
it wasn't mentioned, would not have known 
anything about it. It needed more advertising and 
publicity.

And I'm a huge fan of Russel Crowe. *sighs* Too 
bad there no cels of him! :) I hope he wins, he 
is truly the best actor I know next to a lot of 
other big ones, next to Mel Gibson. I knew he was 
going to be BIG and famous when I saw him in 
Virtuosity. God, that man has APPEAL. 

Anyway, back to cels. *shrugs* If more talk show 
hosts or other well known movie stars wer talking 
about it, it might have gotten nominated. Hire a 
few big named stars to mention it and then...