Best anime series
Looking back at the year, it’s really wild to see how many great anime series actually came out. This includes not only some of the most anticipated manga adaptations ever (including one fans have been waiting over a decade to see in action), but some original series and new adaptations that surprised fans as well. It’s a pretty competitive category this year with a wide variety of potential winners, so it’s definitely going to be hard to figure out which of these will win!
The nominees are:
- Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
- Chainsawman
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Lycoris recoil
- Ranking of Kings
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Best Anime Movie
While the TV anime series definitely offered some of the biggest new releases of the year overall, theaters were packed with some of the heaviest hitters as well. Not only did we get to see some unique originals hit streaming platforms, but Makoto Shinkai’s latest original hit theaters in Japan, Fruits Basket officially ended with a special feature, and Toei Animation sort of dominated the action market with two films presented. their biggest franchises! There was a lot to go to the theater for.
The nominees are:
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
- Driving Home
- Fruit Basket: Prelude
- One Piece Movie: Red
- Suzume
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Best manga series
Anime TV and movies may have dominated our attention on screens over the years, but of course, manga was certainly no slouch in that department. This year in particular included some of the biggest new releases of the year that were actually outside of many of the franchises fans expected to see dominate. This included some new series that really hit their stride over the past year, a new manga debut that quickly caught on with Shonen Jump fans, a Shonen Jump series starting its final arc, and a special one-shot from a prominent creator.
The nominees are:
- Akane banashi
- Dandadan
- Goodbye, Eri
- Mashle: Magic and Muscles
- The Sakamoto days
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