Ichigo's Anime Nominations


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Tell us what anime would you nominate as the best one under different categories!


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Rules:


Place just the anime title

You are allowed to submit a max of 5 anime under each category.

You can select any anime from any year.

If you do not want to fill a category you can omit it.

Any detail you wish to share in each category please put it in blankets { } next to the anime title or make a comment at the end of your list.



Note:

I decided to omit genres because there would me too many and you can put them in the "Best Feature film, short film, TV Series, OVA".



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M: Feel free to modify the categories. To add new categories or to eliminate .

Categories



Media

Best Anime Feature Film
Best Anime Short Film
Best Anime TV Series
Best Anime OVA
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Direction, Original Story & Screenplay

Best Direction
Best Original Story
Best Screenplay
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Art & Design Department

Best Background Artwork
Best Character Design
Best Mechanical Design
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Animation Department

Best Opening Animation
Best Closing Animation
Best Character Animation
Best Mechanical Animation
Best Animated Special Effects
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Audio Deparment

Best Voice Casting
Best Opening Theme
Best Closing Theme
Best Original Soundtrack
Best Sound Effect
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Innovation

Most Innovative Anime in the history

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Personal Comments:
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My vote~

Media

Best Anime Feature Film: Air The Motion Picture (http://anidb.net/a1667)
Best Anime Short Film: Cencoroll (http://anidb.net/a4982)
Best Anime TV Series: Kanon 2006 (http://anidb.net/a4404)
Best Anime OVA: Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (http://anidb.net/a3573), Mnemosyne (http://anidb.net/a5530)

Direction, Original Story & Screenplay

Best Direction: Code Geass (http://anidb.net/a4521)
Best Original Story: Kaiba (http://anidb.net/a5673), Pandora Hearts (http://anidb.net/a6288), Spice and Wolf (http://anidb.net/a5406)
Best Screenplay: Clannad (http://anidb.net/a5101)


Art & Design Department

Best Background Artwork: Kara no Kyoukai (http://anidb.net/a4932)
Best Character Design: Utawarerumono (http://anidb.net/a3427), Death Note (http://anidb.net/a4563)
Best Mechanical Design: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (http://anidb.net/a4575)

Animation Department

Best Opening Animation: Air TV (Bluray Extended Edition) (http://anidb.net/a2002)
Best Closing Animation: Inuyasha ED 1 (http://anidb.net/a144)
Best Character Animation: Witch Hunter Robin (http://anidb.net/a96)
Best Mechanical Animation: Escaflowne the Movie (http://anidb.net/a321)
Best Animated Special Effects: Macross Frontier (Bluray Edition) (http://anidb.net/a5415)


Audio Department

Best Voice Casting: Jigoku Shoujo (http://anidb.net/a3291) (Enma Ai)
Best Opening Theme: Resublimity - KOTOKO (Kanazuki no Miko (http://anidb.net/a2142))
Best Closing Theme: Shinkirou - LOVEHOLIC (Black Blood Brothers (http://anidb.net/a4416)), Sayanara Solita - Saeko Chiba (Chrno Crusade (http://anidb.net/a1052))
Best Original Soundtrack: Iriya no Sora - UFO no Natsu (http://anidb.net/a2169)

Innovation

Most Innovative Anime in the history : Dennou Coil (http://anidb.net/a4345), Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (http://anidb.net/a6107), Last Exile (http://anidb.net/a581), Cross Game (http://anidb.net/a6424), Kaliedo Star (http://anidb.net/a635)



Personal Comments
Lots of hard decisions to make from this fairly complete list. Considering the vast quantity of quality anime since the early 1980s to the late 2000s which was both appealing to complete as well as bittersweet. Appealing as it allows me to illustrate what I feel is the best, and bittersweet due to the fact that several anime from the past are tossed aside not from being bad, but because they have become dated and retold in a different light. Several notable mentions such as Beserk, SDF Macross, Chobits, KareKano, Mariasama ga Miteru, Arjuna, Mononoke Hime, and Ayashi no Ceres come to mind as I completed this list, but could not be placed when considering all factors.

You'll notice that almost all of the anime that I have listed here have been made post 2005 (with the exception being the Animation Department). I've done this simply because it is difficult for the generation to properly relate particular fields with the dating of the anime. An example of this is the Best Mechanical Animation award, which would have gone to Macross or Daicon IV, but when put side-by-side to an anime made in the 2000s, it's pretty hard to compete with Gurren Lagann and Death Note.

Those with a keen eye will note that I did not repeat an anime twice. Unlike anime reactor's award system, which essentially comes down to about five good anime repeating over and over again for each award point, I believe it is best to cast votes on things mutually exclusive and where the anime shined the best, rather than spam away on a personal favorite that I felt was best at everything.

I wonder if I should have made this a "per year nomination". I did not want to ignore a lot of quality anime that have appeared in the past, by just mentioning the anime that appeared in a single year.

I will edit this post later to post my own nominations! Hard decisions... :D