Thirty-five nominees from seven awards categories were selected as nominees for the LIMA Asian Licensing Awards. Winners will be announced during the Hong Kong International Licensing Show at the LIMA Opening Night Awards Ceremony on January 12, 2015.  Online voting is now open, and will continue through Tuesday, December 16!

This year’s nominees were selected from entries across Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia:

Best Asian Property
Ali The Fox (Beijing Dream Castle)
GON (Daewon Media)
Rilakkuma (San-X)
GG Bond (Winsing Company)
LINE Friends (LINE)

Best Corporate Brand and Lifestyle Program 
Rebecca Bonbon (Crown Creative)
Coca-Cola (The Coca-Cola Company)
Smiley World (Smiley World Ltd)
Hershey’s (The Hershey Company)
B. Duck (Semk Products Limited)

Best Entertainment License
Batman 75th Anniversary (Warner Bros.)
100 Gadgets (ShoProDoraemon)
Gundam (Bandai)
Shaun the Sheep (Aardman Animation)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (Hasbro)

Best Licensed Promotion
Mr. Men & Little Miss (Sanrio/Chocoolate)
DC Heroes with attitude (Warner Bros./Tesco Lotus)
Sponge Bob (Viacom/Changi Airport)
European Football clubs (MU, FCB, Real Madrid, A.C. Milan, InterMilan, Liverpool, Juventus, Arsenal/PPW Sports & Entertainment Limited)
Tayo the Little Bus (Iconix/Seoul city bus)
Smiley World (Smiley World Ltd/Hyson Place shopping mall)

Best Licensee
Hot Toys Limited (Captain America)
Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Group Co., Ltd. (Sponge Bob)
Giordano (Smiley World)
PT Adinata (Transformers : Age of Extinction)
Soyfresh (Hershey’s)

Best Licensing Agency
Pacific Licensing Studio (Batman 75th Anniversary)
Animation International (Doraemon)
Impact Licensing (Barbie)
PPW Sports & Entertainment Limited (2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil)
Guangzhou Art-land Human Being Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (SpongeBob & Qee)

Best Retailer
The SM Store  (Justice League)
Discovery Expedition (Discovery Expedition)
Kitchen (Coca-Cola)
Chocoolate (Batman)