The AMD Award, also known as "Digital Contents of the Year / AMD Award," is an annual award established by the Association of Digital Media (AMD) in Japan to honor excellent digital content and promote the development of the Japanese content industry. The 8th AMD Award / Digital Contents of the Year '02 recognized works released or announced in the preceding year, with Makoto Shinkai's "Voices of a Distant Star" being among the recipients in 2002.