Best of Anime, 2010 Part I: Special Awards
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So since exams are over and I have nothing better to do before I head off on holiday, I thought I might as well hold my very own Best of Anime, 2010 awards. This will be a two-part blog post, with special awards (this post) followed by the genre and overall awards (the next post). To clarify which anime are covered here, any series that ended its run in 2010 and have also aired the majority or (in the case of FMA: Brotherhood) a significant chunk of it's episodes in 2010 are eligible. Series that started in 2010 but have not concluded are not eligible for the awards that require an evaluation of the entire series (i.e. genre awards), but are eligible for some special awards. Of course, any series that I have not watched obviously will not be included (:P) Also, OVAs and movies are also generally not eligible (except in a few instances) to keep things simpler. So without further adieu, let's get started.
Special Awards
Best Animation
Winner: K-ON!!
Runners up: Angel Beats, FMA: Brotherhood, Star Driver
Best Music
Winner: Durarara!!
Runners up: Angel Beats, Nodame Cantabile Finale, FMA: Brotherhood
Best Story
Winner: Durarara!!
Runners up: Occult Academy, Giant Killing, FMA: Brotherhood
Best Female Character
Winner: Ika Musume (Shinryaku! Ika Musume)
Runners up: Hotori Arashiyama (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru), Sohara Mitsuki (Sora no Otoshimono Forte), Misaki Ayuzawa (Kaichou wa Maid-sama!)
Best Male Character
Winner: Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!!)
Runners up: Kohta Hirano (HOTD), Keima Katsuragi (TWGOK), Izaya Orihara (Durarara!!)
Best OP
Winner: Durarara! ("Uragiri no Yuuyake" by Theatre Brook)
Full Version:
TV Version:
Runners up: HOTD ("HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD", by Kisida Kyodan & The Akebosi Rockets), TWGOK ("God Only Knows", by Oratorio The World God Only Knows), Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ("REALOVE:REALIFE", by Sphere)
Best ED
Winner: FMA: Brotherhood ("Let it Out" by Miho Fukuhara)
Full Version:
TV Version:
Runners up: K-ON!! ("Listen", by HST), Durarara!! ("Trust Me", by Yuuya Matsushida), Nodame Cantabile Finale ("Kaze to Oka no Ballad" by Real Paradis with Nodame Orchestra)
Best Studio
Winner: Kyoto Animation (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, K-ON!!)
Runners up: SHAFT (Arakawa Under the Bridge, Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru), Madhouse (Trigun: Badlands Rumble, Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail), BONES (FMA Brotherhood, Star Driver), Brain's Base (Durarara!!, Kuragehime)
Most Surprisingly Good Anime:
Winner: B Gata H Kei
Runners up: Giant Killing, Seitokai Yakuindomo, Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
Most Disappointing Anime:
Winner?: Eden of the East Paradise Lost
Runners up: Senkou no Night-Raid, Angel Beats, Heroman
I don't feel like writing a description for the winners since, well nobody will read it anyway and besides, it's too early in the morning and I'm too tired to bother with it. Anyway, Part 2 is coming in the next couple of days while I refresh my memory some more and collect some "data." I need more coffee...