5th Anime Trending Awards 2018
ZAMA MIRO! The girls of Antarctica made history as A Place Further than the Universe becomes the first ever Winter Anime to win as Anime of the Year (AOTY). It led Zombie Land Saga by just over 96 votes – the third smallest lead in an AOTY Race. Aside from winning the top prize, A Place Further than the Universe became the inaugural winner of the award for Best in Ensemble – an award given to the anime with the best overall voice cast – and won as Action or Adventure Anime of the Year.
The anime’s AOTY win makes it just the 2 nd time that an AOTY winner did not win in the seasonal awards. It only placed 4 th during Winter 2018, losing then to Laid-Back Camp which won that season but for this year’s AOTY Race, placed 7th. Together with Zombie Land Saga, this marks the first time that both of the #1 and #2 AOTY are original animation.
? #ATA2019: 5TH ANIME TRENDING AWARDS? ANIME OF THE YEAR: A Place Further than the Universe pic.twitter.com/pOPy0XEIQr — Anime Trending (@) February 24, 2019
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ZAMA MIRO! Shirase, Hinata, Mari, and Yuzuki goes on stage to accept the ‘Anime of the Year’ award! #ATA2019 #yorimoi #よりもい @yorimoi Special Illustration by: @hakakamiiii pic.twitter.com/dNxLQ6cW5H — Anime Trending (@) February 24, 2019
Meanwhile, it’s beginner’s luck for Mari Okada, as her debut film as a director, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, wins the award for Anime Movie of the Year (AMOTY). Maquia received 141 votes over I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, despite the latter having the “last recall advantage, ” as it was the latest film to be released on digitally or on Blu-Ray and be seen by many. PA Works, on its official English Twitter account, thank all those who watch the film and wished that it has left a special place on their hearts.
? #ATA2019: 5TH ANIME TRENDING AWARDS? ANIME MOVIE OF THE YEAR: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms LIVE: https://t.co/vbMat4s3A6 pic.twitter.com/3s9OeH3yTn — Anime Trending (@) February 24, 2019
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Thank you, for watching Maquia. We hope it has a special place. ￣￣￣￣￣＼ in your heart. l ● ◡ ● l | — P․A․WORKS English ???? (@PAWORKS_eng) February 24, 2019
Together with the director of A Place Further than the Universe , Atsuko Ishizuka, this marks the first time that both of the winners of the Top Anime Awards were directed by women.
The victory of A Place serves as the icing on top among the overall performance of all the Winter 2018 nominees for AOTY. A week before the Awards Night, Anime Trending released the Top 10 Finalist for AOTY and astonishingly, all the AOTY delegates from Winter 2018 got in, while all Spring 2018 anime were eliminated. It’s quite a reverse of fate among the two seasons, considering that Winter has gained a reputation of always being the weakest season, while Spring is known to be a powerhouse season among the community.
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Violet Evergarden finished at 4 th place and was one of the shows that took home the most number of awards, as it won 4 during the night. Laid-Back Camp placed 7 th and, though it did not win any award in the ceremonies, it did have some close calls, notably for Opening Theme Song of the Year with “SHINY DAYS” by Asaka – which won Winter 2018’s best Opening Theme Song – and only lost by 8 votes to “Kimi no Sei” by the peggies, the OP of Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai . “ref;rain” by Aimer for Love is Like After the Rain , another Winter 2018 Anime, won as the Ending Theme Song of the Year, making it as Aimer’s 2 nd Theme Song Award. The first time she won was with Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (2015) when she sang the show’s OP, “Brave Shine”. Finally, DARLING in the FRANXX , whose second half received … quite a response, manages to finish at 10 th place.
Among the Spring 2018 AOTY nominees, the seasonal winner Tada Never Falls in Love is once again the one who led over the batch, placing 11 th , and then trailed again by Steins;Gate at 12 th – which won as the Mystery or Psychological Anime of the Year. The other two Spring anime, Hinamatsuri and SAO Alternative: Gun Gale Online , occupies the last two places at 16 th and 17 th respectively.
After winning the Best Girl award in the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, Mai Sakurajima ( Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai ) went on to become this year’s unanimous Best Girl as she also won the Girl of the Year of the 5 th Anime Trending Awards (ATA), narrowly beating Historia Reiss ( Attack on Titan S3 ), who was looking to level up from being last edition’s Best Supporting Girl, by just 64 votes. Along with her boyfriend, Sakuta Azusagawa, they went on to also win the Couple Ship of the Year award for the show, denying Ash Lynx and Eiji Okumura ( Banana Fish ) the chance to be this the first ever same-sex ship to win the award, though at least they were able to win it for a seasonal award.
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? #ATA 2019: 5TH ANIME TRENDING AWARDS? Couple Ship of the Year: Sakuta x Mai Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai LIVE RESULTS: https://t.co/vbMat4s3A6 pic.twitter.com/2VLMQYTUWJ — Anime Trending (@) February 24, 2019
Azusagawa won’t be able to join Sakurajima again though on the stage later as Koutarou Tatsumi ( Zombie Land Saga ) did his hometown Saga proud as he takes home the award for Man of the Year, winning it by over 148 votes over Ash Lynx, making him –presumably – the oldest mortal character to win the award and break from a tradition of high school students winning. Tatsumi’s voice actor, Mamoru Miyano, also won the award for Best Voice Acting Performance by a Male, as did Sakurajima’s voice actress, Asami Seto, who won as Miyano’s counterpart.
Just like Tatsumi, Goro saves the day for DARLING in the FRANXX as he gave the show its only trophy for the night, winning as the Supporting Man of the Year. GoBro, as most would fondly call him, was also the most voted nominee, winning the hearts of 8, 141 people. Though almost placing last for AOTY, Hinamatsuri still took home the trophy for Supporting Girl of the Year with Anzu, dubbed as everyone’s favorite daughter, who wonby a landslide, leading by 354 votes over the equally adorable Platelet ( Cells at Work! ). Though her age is not yet disclosed, physical appearance wise, Anzu would be the youngest
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The New Royalties of AT! Koutarou Tatsumi (Man of the Year), Mai Sakurajima (Girl of the Year), Goro (Supp. Man of the Year), and Anzu (Supp. Girl of the Year)@zombielandsaga @aobuta_anime @DARLI_FRA @hinamatsuri4649 #ATA2019 Special Illustration: @hakakamiiii pic.twitter.com/pKZB9551Hc — Anime Trending (@) February 24, 2019
To the disappointment of its fans, Violet Evergarden failed to win the grand title of Anime of the Year but they at least have something to be proud about as the show dominated the Aspect Awards: winning 3 out of 6, which includes Best Animation Effects and Sequences, Best in Character Design, and Best Sceneries and Visuals. It also won as Drama Anime of the Year, bringing their trophy count to 4.
? #ATA2019: 5TH ANIME TRENDING AWARDS? Best in Animation Effects and Sequence: Violet Evergarden pic.twitter.com/F33kZlgZdh — Anime Trending (@) February 24, 2019
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Meanwhile, Zombie Land Saga ’s Original Soundtrack (OST) Composer, Yasuharu Takanashi, was thankful and surprised that he won the award for Best Soundtrack as he expressed on his official Twitter account. Takanashi’s previous works include compositions for popular shonen anime like Naruto and Fairy Tail . He beat the equally well-known Hiroyuki Sawano, who composed Attack on Titan ’s OST, by 203 votes, marking the 5 th time in a row that Sawano finished as a runner-up. Sawano previously lost to Jin ( Mekakucity Actors ) in 2015, Taisei Iwasaki ( Blood Blockade Battlefront ) in 2016, Yuki Hayashi ( Kiznaiver ) in 2017, and Kevin Penkin ( Made in Abyss ) in 2018.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai took home yet another award – this time for Best in Adaptation, written by Masahiro Yokotani.
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Aside from having close calls for Man of the Year and Couple Ship of the Year, Banana Fish had many other close encounters with a trophy, Lynx’s Voice Actor, Yuuma Uchida, was almost able to get one too – only to lose to Mamoru Miyano. The anime had rarely ranked below #4 in most of its nominations and made them almost look like Arsenal, a popular English football club, or even Mista ( Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure ) – all notoriously known for seemingly having an affair with #4.
Lynx and Okumura’s fallen brother, Shorter Wong, placed 4 th for Supporting Man of the
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