Feb1
2012 Year-Ender: Staff Nominations
Readers’ Nominations for Staff Categories have been compiled. Vote up!!!
Apologies for the late post but I’ve been sick and work had been quite hectic (hiring is no easy feat, I tell you! ><). Anyways, as I’ll be scheduling the next posts within one-two days’ time, the award category would be quite busy and frequent for everyone to vote on. After music (still open for voting), the turn is of Staff Awards containing, Male/Female seiyuu, director and studio nominations.
Your epic nominations for studios were taken and compiled! Do note that we have excluded all anime that are still continuing this year. Let’s begin the voting!
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2012 Year-Ender: Best Female Seiyuu (Select 7)
- Kana Hanazawa - Aquarion Evol (Zessica) | Binbougami ga! (Ichiko) (12%, 85 Votes)
- Eri Kitamura - Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (Yasaka) | Nisemonogatari (Karen) (6%, 45 Votes)
- Sawashiro Miyuki - Jinrui (Y) | Lupin III (Fujiko) (7%, 51 Votes)
- Chiwa Saito - Nisemonogatari (Senjougahara) | Phi Brain (Maze) (7%, 53 Votes)
- Youko Hikasa - Campione (Erica) | KoreZom (Seraphim) (3%, 23 Votes)
- Maaya Sakamoto - Nisemonogatari (Shinobu) | Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito (Leila) (8%, 60 Votes)
- Yumi Hara - Tasogare Otome x Amnesia (Yuuko) (2%, 16 Votes)
- Sayaka Ohara - Fate/Zero (Irisviel) | Jormungand (Valmet) (5%, 37 Votes)
- Aoi Yuuki - Senki Zesshou Symphogear (Hibiki) | Nichibros (Yassan) (2%, 15 Votes)
- Shizuka Ito - High School DxD (Akeno) | Jormungand (Koko) (5%, 37 Votes)
- Ai Kayano - Sukitte Ii na yo (Mei) | Hyouka (Mayaka) (8%, 57 Votes)
- Haruka Tomatsu - Binbougami ga! (Ranmaru) | Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun (Shizuku) (9%, 67 Votes)
- Kana Asumi - Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (Nyaruko) | Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb (Yuno) (3%, 19 Votes)
- Yoshitani Ayako - Nazo no Kanojo X (Urabe) (2%, 16 Votes)
- Kawasumi Ayako - Fate/Zero (Saber) (5%, 38 Votes)
- Nakahara Mai - Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita (Watashi) (7%, 49 Votes)
- Mikako Komatsu - K (Neko) (3%, 25 Votes)
- Misato Fukuen - Tasogare Otome x Amnesia (Momoe) | To Love-Ru Darkness (Yami) (1%, 8 Votes)
- Kaori Ishihara - Rinne no Lagrange (Madoka) | Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (Cui) (2%, 16 Votes)
- Iori Nomizu - Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Of the Dead (Haruna) (1%, 7 Votes)
Total Votes: 724
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lvlln – Miyuki Sawashiro made this category really easy. She not only featured in a ridiculous number of shows this year, including some less advertised roles such as in Sengoku Collection, Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb, or Medaka Box, but she excelled in them. Her starring roles in works like Lupin III and Kokoro Connect were stellar, while her supporting roles such as inHumanity Has Declined or Nisemonogatari were no less impressive. She even got in on the movie action, reprising her role as one of the Strike Witches in the movie, and getting a part in Studio Khara’s much anticipated Evangelion 3.0. She provided one of my favorite moments of the year in Medaka Box, when her character Naze burst out crying upon seeing her friend getting killed. A talented workhorse, that woman.
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2012 Year-Ender: Best Male Seiyuu (select 7)
- Hiroshi Kamiya - Nisemonogatari (Koyomi) | Phi Brain S2 (Free Cell), (8%, 62 Votes)
- Jun Fukuyama - Phi Brain (Gammon) | Chu2koi (Yuuta) (9%, 67 Votes)
- Nobuhiko Okamoto - Hagure Yuusha no Estetica (Akatsuki) | Code:Breaker (Rei) (3%, 21 Votes)
- Yuuki Kaji - High School DxD (Issei) | Aquarion (Amata) (3%, 23 Votes)
- Daisuke Ono - K (Kuroh) | Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (Yuuya) (7%, 58 Votes)
- Yoshimasa Hosoya - Sakamichi no Apollon (Sentarou) | InuxBoku SS (Renshou) (4%, 32 Votes)
- Miyano Mamoru - Chihayafuru (Taichi) | K (Fushimi) (9%, 68 Votes)
- Sugita Tomokazu - Nichibros (Hidenori) | Tsuritama (Yamada) (6%, 47 Votes)
- Nakamura Yuichi - Hyouka (Houtarou) | KoiChoco (Yuuki) (7%, 58 Votes)
- Matsuoka Yoshitsugu - Sword Art Online (Kirito) | Tari Tari (Makoto) (4%, 32 Votes)
- Sakurai Takahiro - Sukitte Ie na yo. (Yamato) | K (Izumo) (4%, 31 Votes)
- Namikawa Daisuke - Waver (Fate/Zero) | K (Shiro) (6%, 49 Votes)
- Miyu Irino - Tsuritama (Haru) | Nichibros (Tadakuni) (3%, 26 Votes)
- Suzuki Tatsuhisa - Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun (Haru) | Kuroko no Basket (Kazunari) (3%, 21 Votes)
- Kimura Ryohei - Sakamichi no Apollon (Kaoru) | Kimi to Boku 2 (Yuuki) (4%, 32 Votes)
- Uchiyama Kouki - Tsuritama (Natsuki) | Guilty Crown (Daryl) (3%, 21 Votes)
- Suzumura Kenichi - Nichibros (Yoshitake) | Code:Breaker (Toki) (2%, 19 Votes)
- Tomokazu Seki - Fate/Zero & Carnival Phantasm (Gilgamesh) (4%, 33 Votes)
- Rikiya Koyama - Fate/Zero (Kiritsugu) | Zetman (Sweeper) (3%, 25 Votes)
- Nakata Jouji - Fate/Zero (Kirei) | Code:Breaker (Fujiwara) (3%, 24 Votes)
- Akio Ohtsuka - Fate/Zero (Rider) (4%, 35 Votes)
Total Votes: 784
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Kyokai – Fate/Zero has been the hotbed of amazing voice work last year. As I’m commenting on the male segment, I have to highlight Rikiya Koyama’s tortured soul rendering of Kiritsugu, Nakata Jouji’s broody Kirei, Akio Ohtsuka’s amazing broskanderness, Namikawa Daisuke’s brilliant variation in Waver and Tomokazu Seki’s high-handed Gilgamesh. Every episode I felt like swooning to their voices, they were that good. I should also mention my favourite Yoshimasa Hosoya, who did an amazing job in Sakamichi Apollon as Sen. I can write an essay on this alone so let me stop here.
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2012 Year-Ender: Best Director (Select 3)
- Akiyuki Shinbo - Nisemonogatari (15%, 49 Votes)
- Takahiro Omori - Natsume Yuujinchou Shi & Hotarubi no Mori e (9%, 31 Votes)
- Watanabe Ayumu - Nazo no Kanojo X (4%, 15 Votes)
- Takamatsu Shinji - Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou (Nichibros) (6%, 20 Votes)
- Asaka Morio - Chihayafuru (13%, 44 Votes)
- Yasuhiro Takemoto - Hyouka (17%, 58 Votes)
- Aoki Ei - Fate/Zero (14%, 46 Votes)
- Watanabe Shinichiro - Sakamichi no Apollon (11%, 38 Votes)
- Nakamura Kenji - Tsuritama (10%, 33 Votes)
Total Votes: 334
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Steelman – Akiyuki Shinbo managed to contain his worst tendencies (see: walls of text), and compounded with a much higher budget compared to Bakemonogatari, it really brought his vision to life. By far the best TV show of the year in terms of direction and art.
Kyokai – This category is important in terms of the full outlook of an anime and all of the above directors have literally gone over the known convention and recent tradition to present us with something out of the box. Even if it’s not true in all instances, still high entertainment and something unique caused us to stop and notice. Lots of power to them.
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2012 Year-Ender: Best Studio (Select 3)
- Production I.G - Guilty Crown, Rinne no Lagrange, Kuroko no Basket (13%, 49 Votes)
- Kyoto Animation - Hyouka, Chu2koi (20%, 73 Votes)
- Ufotable - Fate/Zero, Kara no Kyoukai Epilogue, Gyo (15%, 56 Votes)
- A-1 Pictures - Sword Art Online, Tsuritama (12%, 43 Votes)
- Madhouse - Chihayafuru, Oda Nobuna no Yabou, Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (9%, 32 Votes)
- David Production - Inu x Boku SS (5%, 17 Votes)
- Shaft - Nisemonogatari, Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb (11%, 40 Votes)
- Xebec - Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Upotte! (2%, 6 Votes)
- Sunrise - Phi Brain, Nichibros, Binbougami ga!, Gintama' (6%, 22 Votes)
- White Fox - Jormungand, Steins;Gate special episode (3%, 12 Votes)
- MAPPA - Sakamichi no Apollon (4%, 14 Votes)
Total Votes: 364
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Steelman – After showing their mettle on the Kara no Kyoukai movie series Ufotable finally managed to land a TV hit – and what a heavy hitter it was. Especially remarkable since previous adaptations of Nasu’s work have ranged from horrible (Tsukihime) to mediocre (Fate/Stay Night).
lvlln – Actas deserves mention for Girls und Panzer alone, while Shaft should too for producing 15 episodes-worth of -monogatari goodness and another full, beautiful season of Hidamari Sketch. Xebec deserves recognition for 2 great comedies in Haiyore! Nyaruko-san and Upotte!!
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POWUH: iLurker with 10 comments
Nice use of a Tokyo Encounter screenshot for the Male Seiyuu header XD Tomokazu Sugita and Yuuchi Nakamura are such bros.
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
I like that you have the appreciative eye. ^_~
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Whew, the choices were easy to make this time around.
Best Female Seiyuu:
Kana Hanazawa
Eri Kitamura
Chiwa Saito
Youko Hikasa
Maaya Sakamoto
Ai Kayano
Haruka Tomatsu
Best Male Seiyuu:
Hiroshi Kamiya
Jun Fukuyama
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Yuuki Kaji
Daisuke Ono
Nakamura Yuichi
Nakata Jouji
Best Director:
Akiyuki Shinbo – Nisemonogatari
Yasuhiro Takemoto – Hyouka
Aoki Ei – Fate/Zero
Best Studio:
Production I.G – Guilty Crown, Rinne no Lagrange
Kyoto Animation – Hyouka, Chu2koi
Ufotable – Fate/Zero
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
I had a hard time deciding on seiyuu. :<
POWUH: Metanorn Lover with 175 comments
give names mention among if pick that had good year
kana hana (really nuff said next era of seiyu voice)
eri kit (give some good yet more rise)
Sawashiro (from fujiko to Y & english in symphogear all well)
Hikasa (quite range year she got)
sayaka ohara (the MILK voice still the MILK to hear)
aoi yukki (more to develop stil more rise she got)
shizuka ito (akeno to koko she is quite the loco)
kayano (still breakout more characters)
tomatsu (really got notice in characters in past year)
mai naka (watashi nuff said)
misato fukuen (she got more to go)
with some need more to notice
iori (still known as nymph give doing bunny girl really need more develop)
kana asu (many support roles really need gain more MAINS roles)
Kaori Ishihara (her still got more to come & Yui Ogura as well give them right time to develop)
ayako (quiet year give unless need her mamiko noto come for her)
yea mostly female batch in more roster rise with so many on them.
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
KanaHana has definitely become the next legend already but Sawashiro miyuki is giving her a good run for her money. I miss Noto Mamiko voicing main roles; been ages since I heard her as a main heroine.
I think Kana Asumi will gain roles this year and same for Kayano, Tomatsu and Mistao Fukuen.
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
The male seiyuu poll was the HARDEST EVER. What do you do when you like ALL of them?!
POWUH: 400-499 with 489 comments
Ahhhh yes I know how you feel Kyokai-San, to choose 7 out of 20 is a hard pick. If I don’t one over the other I feel like the other male seiyuu’s will attack me for not picking them
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Actually, I won’t mind an attack from any of them. ~__^
POWUH: iLurker with 1 comments
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