 The winners of the Anime of the Year categories from the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2022 (TAAF 2022) were announced on Thursday. A panel of judges selected the winners from a pool of 446 titles that either screened, aired, or were distributed in Japan between October 1, 2020 and September 30, 2021, with 100 titles (80 television anime and 20 theatrical anime) ultimately in the running for the Anime of the Year awards. Grand Prize Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (Feature Film) Jujutsu Kaisen (TV) (Television Series) Anime Fan Award IDOLiSH7: Third Beat! Individual Awards Writers Category: Hideaki Anno (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time) Directors Category: Hideaki Anno Animators Category: Akira Matsushima (Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen) Visual Artists Category: Yuuichi Terao (Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen) Sound Artists and Performers Category: Yuki Kajiura (Sword Art Online: Progressive Movie - Hoshi Naki Yoru no Aria), Gou Shiina (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen) Note: The Anime Fan Award is awarded to the entry that received the most votes in the general voting. The titles listed for the individual awards are merely titles the recipient has worked on during this period; they are not the sole title the recipient won the award for. The Tokyo Anime Award Festival is scheduled to be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo between March 11 and 14, and will in addition to the Anime of the Year categories also present additional entries from around the world for its Feature Animation Competition and Short Animation Competition categories. In total, 31 entries from 27 countries were submitted to the former category, while 874 entries from 57 countries were submitted to the latter. TAAF 2022 Preliminary Selection Committee selected 36 of these entries (four for Feature Animation and 32 for Short Animation) to qualify for the Grand Prize and the Award of Excellence in their respective categories, with each category awarding it to two titles. Source: Official Site, Comic Natalie ← Previous Year |
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| Well earned for everyone. Cannot argue with that. |
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| i7 fans stay winning |
| Omedeto Hideaki Anno sama |
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| Congratulations to Anno, a well deserved recognition |
| Not exactly surprising, those choices. Well earned, I would say. Personally, I didn't get that much into Jujutsu Kaisen so I would've preferred something else but well. As for NGE and Hideaki Anno-kantoku, I'm not sure if the movie was actually good or if it was simply because of the conclusion of the series, but I'm sure I'll check it out once it's out! |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
Partyu said: i7 fans stay winning Thats cause they are losing in real life. |
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| Even yawning is too much of a reaction. Dull, random and tiring choices, like every year. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
| Great to see that both Akira Matsushima and Yuuichi Terao are getting some well deserved recognition. |
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| Evangelion 4.0 was great but jjk Dosen't deserve it |
| https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ [WATCH THIS^^^] |
| Yuki Kajiura-sensei winning sound and performance award for 3 years in a row is... (I cannot find any words to describe the feeling) |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
tsubasalover said: Well deserved....I'm very happy for the manYuki Kajiura-sensei winning sound and performance award for 3 years in a row is... (I cannot find any words to describe the feeling) |
maki_trg said: IDOLiSH7 wins 2 years in a row! i7 is really popular in Japan and has a pretty solid fanbase in some of the East-Asia countries but not so many Western sides ppl watching this, it's a hidden gem! Some might want to pass it because of its "idol themed" but the story is really well written, there're only 5 idol anime with a rating score above 8 on MAL and the top 2 of them are belongs to IDOLiSH7 (the ss2&ss3 1st cour TAAF award-winning). This series is well balanced between comedic wholesome scenes and dramatic storylines which may give you a rollercoaster of emotion. Especially the drama in this upcoming 3rd ss 2nd cour will be driven to its highest so you might want to catch up w the story right now. AND they also have great music, maybe check out their yt channel first, i7 works w many studios like MAPPA, Ufotable, Kamikaze Douga etc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs4ms7uVxO8wVvQoEocz8jw What if im not 14 yers old girl ? |
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Actually, Idolish7 really isn't for young girls. It's from a gacha rhythm game, which relies on using money to pull cards, so most of the audience should be adult working women with disposable income. There's also major themes on corporate/work exploitation, capitalism, commentary on media and fan culture, parasocial relationships, messed up abusive familial relationships. Definitely not for 14 year old girls. |
| The only idol series worth writing home about is Oshi no Ko...I can tell that most of these mainstream idol shows barely touch on any of these serious themes that yall claim that they go into lol |
Chiribei said: Dude, I7 living in your head rent-free? My pick lost to it too, and you don't see me giving everybody who likes it shit. Get over it. 16k posts and you still don't know how to manage your salt? I don't think you're cut out for forum browsing. Thank you.. Dude was straight up acting like a child |
| Congrats to i7!!! Totally deserved and underrated, but I'm glad fans are getting it the recognition it should get everywhere |
| Glad to see Hideaki Anno get the recognition he deserves. Congrats to the other winners as well. |
| Well done eva and jjk |
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