Anime Grand Prix

Anime Grand Prix
Awarded forBest in anime of the previous year
Country
  • Japan
Presented byTokuma Shoten
First award1979 (1979)
Websiteanimageplus.jp

The Anime Grand Prix (アニメグランプリ) is an annual Japanese anime award given to recognize the best in anime of the previous year, decided by the votes of readers of entertainment magazine Animage, published by Tokuma Shoten since July 1978. The Anime Grand Prix started in 1979, and the first prize was announced in the January 1980 issue, generally announced at the next year's June issue every year.[1]

Best Title

20th Century

No. Year Winner
(1st place)
Studio Type Runners Up
(2nd–8th places)
Studio Type
1 1979[2] Mobile Suit Gundam Sunrise TV 2nd Galaxy Express 999: The Movie Toei Animation FF
3rd Space Pirate Captain Harlock TV
4th Cyborg 009 Sunrise TV
5th Galaxy Express 999 Toei Animation TV
6th Song of Baseball Enthusiasts Nippon Animation TV
7th Treasure Island TMS Entertainment TV
8th Arrivederci Yamato Academy Productions FF
2 1980 1st half[3] Mobile Suit Gundam Sunrise TV 2nd Toward the Terra Toei Animation FF
3rd Cyborg 009 Sunrise TV
4th Marco Polo's Adventures Madhouse TV
5th Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro TMS Entertainment FF
6th Space Runaway Ideon Sunrise TV
7th Space Pirate Captain Harlock Toei Animation TV
8th Space Battleship Yamato II Academy Productions TV
3 1980 2nd half[4] Space Runaway Ideon Sunrise TV 2nd Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy Toei Animation FF
3rd Be Forever Yamato Academy Productions FF
4th Lupin III Part 2 TMS Entertainment TV
5th Tomorrow's Joe 2 TV
6th Do Your Best Genki Toei Animation TV
7th The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Studio Pierrot TV
8th The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Nippon Animation TV
4 1981[5] Adieu Galaxy Express 999 Toei Animation FF 2nd Warring Demon God GoShogun Ashi Productions TV
3rd Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow Sunrise FF
4th Six God Combination Godmars TMS Entertainment TV
5th Space Runaway Ideon Sunrise TV
6th Urusei Yatsura Studio Pierrot TV
7th Space Warrior Baldios: The Movie Ashi Productions & Kokusai Eigasha FF
8th The Sea Prince and the Fire Child Sanrio Films FF
5 1982[6] Six God Combination Godmars TMS Entertainment TV 2nd Combat Mecha Xabungle Sunrise TV
3rd Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space FF
4th Urusei Yatsura Studio Pierrot TV
5th Godmars: The Movie TMS Entertainment FF
6th Super Dimension Fortress Macross Artland & Tatsunoko TV
7th Ideon: Be Invoked Sunrise FF
8th Magical Princess Minky Momo Ashi Productions TV
6 1983[7] Crusher Joe Sunrise FF 2nd Super Dimension Fortress Macross Artland & Tatsunoko TV
3rd Future Policeman Urashiman Tatsunoko TV
4th Aura Battler Dunbine Sunrise TV
5th Urusei Yatsura: Only You Studio Pierrot FF
6th Urusei Yatsura TV
7th Armored Trooper Votoms Sunrise TV
8th Harmagedon Madhouse FF
7 1984[8] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Topcraft FF 2nd Macross: Do You Remember Love? Artland & Tatsunoko FF
3rd Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer Studio Pierrot FF
4th Galactic Drifter Vifam Sunrise TV
5th Heavy Metal L-Gaim TV
6th Giant Gorg TV
7th Magic Angel Creamy Mami Studio Pierrot TV
8th Little Memole Toei Animation TV
8 1985[9] Dirty Pair Sunrise TV 2nd Zeta Gundam Sunrise TV
3rd Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love Studio Deen FF
4th Touch Group TAC TV
5th Super Beast Machine God Dancouga Ashi Productions TV
6th Urusei Yatsura Studio Deen TV
7th Creamy Mami: Once More Forever Studio Pierrot DVF
8th Blue Comet SPT Layzner Sunrise TV
9 1986[10] Castle in the Sky Studio Ghibli FF 2nd Gundam ZZ Sunrise TV
3rd Zeta Gundam TV
4th Arion FF
5th Blue Comet SPT Layzner TV
6th Maison Ikkoku Studio Deen TV
7th Spaceship Sagittarius Nippon Animation TV
8th Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever Studio Deen FF
10 1987[11] Saint Seiya Toei Animation TV 2nd Red Photon Zillion Tatsunoko TV
3rd Maison Ikkoku Studio Deen TV
4th The Wings of Honnêamise Gainax FF
5th Spaceship Sagittarius Nippon Animation TV
6th Gundam ZZ Sunrise TV
7th Tales of Little Women Nippon Animation TV
8th Kimagure Orange Road Studio Pierrot TV
11 1988[12] My Neighbor Totoro Studio Ghibli FF 2nd Saint Seiya Toei Animation TV
3rd Sonic Soldier Borgman Ashi Productions TV
4th Ronin Warriors Sunrise TV
5th Akira TMS Entertainment FF
6th Gundam: Char's Counterattack Sunrise FF
7th The Three Musketeers Studio Gallop TV
8th Urusei Yatsura 5: The Final Chapter Magic Bus FF
12 1989[13] Kiki's Delivery Service Studio Ghibli FF 2nd Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato Tatsunoko TV
3rd Patlabor I.G. Tatsunoko FF
4th Dragon Ball Z Toei Animation TV
5th Madö King Granzört Sunrise TV
6th Ronin Warriors TV
7th Ranma ½ Studio Deen TV
8th Gunbuster Gainax OVA
13 1990[14] Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water Gainax & Group TAC TV 2nd Mashin Hero Wataru 2 Sunrise TV
3rd Dragon Ball Z Toei Animation TV
4th Patlabor: The Mobile Police Sunrise TV
5th Ranma ½ Studio Deen TV
6th NG Knight Ramune & 40 Ashi Productions TV
7th Like the Clouds, Like the Wind Studio Pierrot TF
8th Chibi Maruko-chan Nippon Animation TV
14 1991[15] Future GPX Cyber Formula Sunrise TV 2nd Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water Gainax & Group TAC TV
3rd Dragon Ball Z Toei Animation TV
4th Ranma ½ Studio Deen TV
5th Only Yesterday Studio Ghibli FF
6th Mashin Hero Wataru 2 Sunrise TV
7th Matchless Raijin-Oh TV
8th Gundam F91 FF
15 1992[16] Sailor Moon Toei Animation TV 2nd Yu Yu Hakusho Studio Pierrot TV
3rd Porco Rosso Studio Ghibli FF
4th Minky Momo: Hold on to Your Dreams Ashi Productions TV
5th Mama Is Just a Fourth Grade Pupil Sunrise TV
6th Dragon Ball Z Toei Animation TV
7th Ranma ½ Studio Deen TV
8th The Brave of Legend Da-Garn Sunrise TV
16 1993[17] Yu Yu Hakusho Studio Pierrot TV 2nd Sailor Moon R Toei Animation TV
3rd Oh My Goddess! AIC OVA
4th The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Tatsunoko TV
5th Sailor Moon Toei Animation TV
6th Victory Gundam Sunrise TV
7th Yadamon Group TAC TV
8th Southern Boy Papuwa Nippon Animation TV
17 1994[18] Yu Yu Hakusho Studio Pierrot TV 2nd Sailor Moon S Toei Animation TV
3rd Akazukin Chacha Studio Gallop TV
4th Oh My Goddess! AIC OVA
5th Macross 7 Ashi Productions TV
6th Magic Knight Rayearth TMS Entertainment TV
7th Blue Seed Ashi Productions & Production I.G. TV
8th G Gundam Sunrise TV
18 1995[19] Neon Genesis Evangelion Gainax & Tatsunoko TV 2nd Gundam Wing Sunrise TV
3rd Magic Knight Rayearth 2 TMS Entertainment TV
4th Macross 7 Ashi Productions TV
5th Yu Yu Hakusho Studio Pierrot TV
6th Romeo and the Black Brothers Nippon Animation TV
7th Whisper of the Heart Studio Ghibli FF
8th Slayers E&G Films TV
19 1996[20] Neon Genesis Evangelion Gainax & Tatsunoko TV 2nd Slayers Next E&G Films TV
3rd Martian Successor Nadesico Xebec TV
4th Gundam Wing Sunrise TV
5th Sailor Stars Toei Animation TV
6th The Vision of Escaflowne Sunrise TV
7th Gundam X TV
8th Saber Marionette J Studio Junio TV
20 1997[21] The End of Evangelion Gainax & Production I.G. FF 2nd Slayers Try E&G Films TV
3rd Martian Successor Nadesico Xebec TV
4th Revolutionary Girl Utena J.C.Staff TV
5th Princess Mononoke Studio Ghibli FF
6th Battle Athletes Victory AIC TV
7th The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!! WGP Xebec TV
8th The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Sunrise TV
21 1998[22] Nadesico: Prince of Darkness Xebec FF 2nd Cowboy Bebop Sunrise TV
3rd Lost Universe E&G Films TV
4th Kare Kano Gainax & J.C.Staff TV
5th Cardcaptor Sakura Madhouse TV
6th Cyber Team in Akihabara Ashi Productions TV
7th Trigun Madhouse TV
8th Sorcerous Stabber Orphen J.C.Staff TV
22 1999[23] Cardcaptor Sakura Madhouse TV 2nd Cowboy Bebop Sunrise TV
3rd Infinite Ryvius TV
4th Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie Madhouse FF
5th Soul Hunter Studio Deen TV
6th ∀ Gundam Sunrise TV
7th To Heart OLM TV
8th Mamotte Shugogetten! Toei Animation TV
23 2000[24] Gensomaden Saiyuki Studio Pierrot TV 2nd Cardcaptor Sakura Madhouse TV
3rd Cardcaptor Sakura 2: The Sealed Card FF
4th Hunter x Hunter Nippon Animation TV
5th Infinite Ryvius Sunrise TV
6th Love Hina Xebec TV
7th Ah! My Goddess Movie AIC FF
8th One Piece Toei Animation TV

21st Century

No. Year Winner
(1st place)
Studio Type Runners Up
(2nd–8th places)
Studio Type
24 2001[25] Fruits Basket Studio Deen TV 2nd Inu Yasha Sunrise TV
3rd Scryed TV
4th Gensomaden Saiyuki Studio Pierrot TV
5th Sister Princess Zexcs TV
6th Shaman King Xebec TV
7th Spirited Away Studio Ghibli FF
8th Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bones FF
25 2002[26] Gundam SEED Sunrise TV 2nd Azumanga Daioh J.C.Staff TV
3rd Inu Yasha Sunrise TV
4th The Prince of Tennis Trans Arts TV
5th Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning J.C.Staff TV
6th Shaman King Xebec TV
7th One Piece Toei Animation TV
8th GetBackers Studio Deen TV
26 2003[27] Fullmetal Alchemist Bones TV 2nd Gundam SEED Sunrise TV
3rd GetBackers Studio Deen TV
4th Saiyuki Reload Studio Pierrot TV
5th Stellvia Xebec TV
6th Inu Yasha Sunrise TV
7th Da Capo Zexcs TV
8th The Prince of Tennis Trans Arts TV
27 2004[28] Gundam SEED Destiny Sunrise TV 2nd Fullmetal Alchemist Bones TV
3rd Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor Xebec TV
4th Gundam SEED: Special Edition Sunrise TFS
5th The Prince of Tennis Trans Arts TV
6th Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Gonzo TV
7th Kyo Kara Maoh! Studio Deen TV
8th My-Hime Sunrise TV
28 2005[29] Gundam SEED Destiny Sunrise TV 2nd Kyo Kara Maoh! Studio Deen TV
3rd Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa Bones FF
4th Bleach Studio Pierrot TV
5th Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor Xebec TV
6th Rozen Maiden: Träumend Nomad TV
7th Eureka Seven Bones TV
8th Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Bee Train TV
29 2006[30] Code Geass Sunrise TV 2nd Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition Sunrise TFS
3rd The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Kyoto Animation TV
4th Ouran High School Host Club Bones TV
5th Gintama Sunrise TV
6th Blood+ Production I.G. TV
7th Bleach Studio Pierrot TV
8th Rozen Maiden: Träumend Nomad TV
30 2007[31] Code Geass Sunrise TV 2nd Gundam 00 Sunrise TV
3rd Lucky Star Kyoto Animation TV
4th Gintama Sunrise TV
5th Big Windup! A-1 Pictures TV
6th Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition Sunrise TFS
7th Reborn! Artland TV
8th Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Khara FF
31 2008[32] Code Geass R2 Sunrise TV 2nd Gundam 00 Sunrise TV
3rd Black Butler A-1 Pictures TV
4th Macross Frontier Satelight TV
5th Gintama Sunrise TV
6th Reborn! Artland TV
7th Natsume's Book of Friends Brain's Base TV
8th D.Gray-Man TMS Entertainment TV
32 2009[33] K-On! Kyoto Animation TV 2nd Gintama Sunrise TV
3rd Gundam 00 TV
4th Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Bones TV
5th Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings Production I.G. TV
6th Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Khara FF
7th Monogatari Shaft TV
8th Macross Frontier: The False Songstress Satelight FF
33 2010[34] Inazuma Eleven OLM TV 2nd Durarara!! Brain's Base TV
3rd K-On!! Kyoto Animation TV
4th Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings Production I.G. TV
5th Angel Beats! P.A. Works TV
6th Gintama Sunrise TV
7th Hakuoki: Record of the Jade Blood Studio Deen TV
8th Black Butler 2 A-1 Pictures TV
34 2011[35] Inazuma Eleven GO OLM TV 2nd Inazuma Eleven OLM TV
3rd Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000% A-1 Pictures TV
4th Blue Exorcist TV
5th Tiger & Bunny Sunrise TV
6th Gintama’ TV
7th Puella Magi Madoka Magica Shaft TV
8th Anohana A-1 Pictures TV
35 2012[36] Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone OLM TV 2nd Kuroko's Basketball Production I.G. TV
3rd Inazuma Eleven GO OLM TV
4th Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic A-1 Pictures TV
5th K GoHands TV
6th K-On the Movie! Kyoto Animation TV
7th Gintama’ Sunrise TV
8th Sword Art Online A-1 Pictures TV
36 2013[37] Attack on Titan Wit Studio TV 2nd Inazuma Eleven GO 3: Galaxy OLM TV
3rd Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone TV
4th Free! Iwatobi Swim Club Kyoto Animation TV
5th Kuroko's Basketball Production I.G. TV
6th Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 2000% A-1 Pictures TV
7th LBX Wars OLM TV
8th Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Rebellion Shaft FF
37 2014[38] Free! Eternal Summer Kyoto Animation TV 2nd Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 2000% A-1 Pictures TV
3rd Kuroko's Basketball Production I.G. TV
4th The Seven Deadly Sins A-1 Pictures TV
5th Haikyu!! Production I.G. TV
6th Yowamushi Pedal TMS Entertainment TV
7th Yona of the Dawn Studio Pierrot TV
8th Gintama: Be Forever Yorozuya Sunrise FF
38 2015[39] Mr. Osomatsu Studio Pierrot TV 2nd Gintama° Bandai Namco Pictures TV
3rd Haikyu!! Production I.G. TV
4th Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Sunrise TV
5th King of Prism by Pretty Rhythm Tatsunoko FF
6th Prism Paradise TV
7th Go! Princess Pretty Cure Toei Animation TV
8th Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Revolution A-1 Pictures TV
39 2016[40] Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Sunrise TV 2nd Yuri on Ice MAPPA TV
3rd Gintama° Bandai Namco Pictures TV
4th Bungo Stray Dogs Bones TV
5th Prism Paradise Tatsunoko TV
6th Kuroko's Basketball: The Last Game Production I.G. FF
7th Witchy Pretty Cure Toei Animation TV
8th Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Legend Star A-1 Pictures TV
40 2017[41] Idolish 7 Troyca TV 2nd Mr. Osomatsu Studio Pierrot TV
3rd Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter TMS Entertainment FF
4th Gintama. Bandai Namco Pictures TV
5th Pop Team Epic Kamikaze Douga TV
6th Idol Time PriPara Tatsunoko TV
7th Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Madhouse TV
8th Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu Ufotable TV
41 2018[42] Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer TMS Entertainment FF 2nd Idolish 7 Vibrato Troyca ONA
3rd Banana Fish MAPPA TV
4th The Promised Neverland CloverWorks TV
5th Inazuma Eleven: Ares OLM TV
6th JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind David Production TV
7th Mr. Osomatsu: The Movie Studio Pierrot TV
8th Mob Psycho 100 Bones TV
42 2019[43] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Ufotable TV 2nd Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire TMS Entertainment FF
3rd Star Twinkle Pretty Cure Toei Animation TV
4th Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll Kyoto Animation FF
5th Ensemble Stars! David Production TV
6th GeGeGe no Kitaro Toei Animation TV
7th If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die Eightbit TV
8th My Hero Academia Bones TV
43 2020[44] Healin' Good Pretty Cure Toei Animation TV 2nd Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train Ufotable FF
3rd Jujutsu Kaisen MAPPA TV
4th Hypnosis Mic: Rhyme Anima A-1 Pictures TV
5th The Millionaire Detective's Balance: Unlimited CloverWorks TV
6th Gintama: The Very Final Bandai Namco Pictures FF
7th Case Closed TMS Entertainment TV
8th SK8 the Infinity Bones TV
44 2021[45] Jujutsu Kaisen 0 MAPPA FF 2nd Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Ufotable TV
3rd Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure Toei Animation TV
4th Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet TMS Entertainment FF
5th Yashahime Sunrise TV
6th The Vampire Dies in No Time Madhouse TV
7th Pokémon OLM TV
8th Waccha PriMagi! Tatsunoko TV
45 2022[46] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Ufotable TV 2nd The Vampire Dies in No Time Madhouse TV
3rd Spy x Family Wit Studio & CloverWorks TV
4th Delicious Party Pretty Cure Toei Animation TV
5th Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Sunrise TV
6th Blue Lock Eightbit TV
7th Pokémon OLM TV
8th Idolish 7 Third Beat! Troyca TV
46 2023[47] Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe Toei Animation FF 2nd Brave Bang Bravern! Cygames Pictures TV
3rd Soaring Sky Pretty Cure Toei Animation TV
4th Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Madhouse TV
5th The Apothecary Diaries Toho Animation Studio & OLM TV
6th Jujutsu Kaisen MAPPA TV
7th Gundam SEED Freedom Sunrise FF
8th Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Ufotable TV
47 2024[48] The Apothecary Diaries Toho Animation Studio & OLM TV 2nd Nintama Rantaro: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja Squad Ajiado FF
3rd Orb: On the Movements of the Earth Madhouse TV
4th Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe[a] Toei Animation FF
5th Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Ufotable TV
6th Case Closed: The Million-Dollar Signpost TMS Entertainment FF
7th BanG Dream! Ave Mujica Sanzigen TV
8th Oshi no Ko Doga Kobo TV

Best Character

1979–1982

No. Year Character
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] Captain Harlock
from Space Pirate Captain Harlock
(VA: Makio Inoue)
Amuro Ray
from Mobile Suit Gundam
(VA: Tōru Furuya)
Char Aznable[b]
from Mobile Suit Gundam
(VA: Shūichi Ikeda)
2 1980
(1st half)[3]
Char Aznable[b]
from Mobile Suit Gundam
(VA: Shūichi Ikeda)
Amuro Ray
from Mobile Suit Gundam
(VA: Tōru Furuya)
Captain Harlock
from Space Pirate Captain Harlock
(VA: Makio Inoue)
3 1980
(2nd half)[4]
Joe Shimamura
from Cyborg 009
(VA: Kazuhiko Inoue)
Susumu Kodai
from Be Forever Yamato
(VA: Kei Tomiyama)
Arsène Lupin III
from Lupin III Part 2
(VA: Yasuo Yamada)
4 1981[5] Takeru Myoujin
from Six God Combination Godmars
(VA: Yū Mizushima)
Lum
from Urusei Yatsura
(VA: Fumi Hirano)
Leonardo Medici Bundle
from Warring Demon God GoShogun
(VA: Kaneto Shiozawa)
5 1982[6] Takeru Myoujin
from Six God Combination Godmars
(VA: Yū Mizushima)
Marg
from Six God Combination Godmars
(VA: Yūji Mitsuya)
Lynn Minmay
from Super Dimension Fortress Macross
(VA: Mari Iijima)

1983–2021

Male character

No. Year Character
1st 2nd 3rd
6 1983[7] Chirico Cuvie
from Armored Trooper Votoms
(VA: Hozumi Gōda)
Joe
from Crusher Joe
(VA: Hiroshi Takemura)
Ryu Urashima
from Future Policeman Urashiman
(VA: Michitaka Kobayashi)
7 1984[8] Daba Myroad
from Heavy Metal L-Gaim
(VA: Hirokazu Hiramatsu)
Ataru Moroboshi
from Urusei Yatsura
(VA: Toshio Furukawa)
Sherlock Hound
from Sherlock Hound
(VA: Taichirō Hirokawa)
8 1985[9] Tatsuya Uesugi
from Touch
(VA: Yūji Mitsuya)
Quattro Bajeena[b]
from Zeta Gundam
(VA: Shūichi Ikeda)
Shinobu Fujiwara
from Super Beast Machine God Dancouga
(VA: Kazuki Yao)
9 1986[10] Kamille Bidan
from Zeta Gundam
(VA: Nobuo Tobita)
Pazu
from Castle in the Sky
(VA: Mayumi Tanaka)
Judau Ashta
from Gundam ZZ
(VA: Kazuki Yao)
10 1987[11] J.J.
from Red Photon Zillion
(VA: Toshihiko Seki)
Ryo Saeba
from City Hunter
(VA: Akira Kamiya)
Dragon Shiryu
from Saint Seiya
(VA: Hirotaka Suzuoki)
11 1988[12] Ryo Saeba
from City Hunter 2
(VA: Akira Kamiya)
Son Goku
from Dragon Ball
(VA: Masako Nozawa)
Ryo Hibiki
from Sonic Soldier Borgman
(VA: Yasunori Matsumoto)
12 1989[13] Ryo Saeba
from City Hunter 2
(VA: Akira Kamiya)
Ranma Saotome
from Ranma ½
(VA: Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara)
Ravi
from Madö King Granzört
(VA: Shinobu Adachi)
13 1990[14] Ryo Saeba
from City Hunter 3
(VA: Akira Kamiya)
Ranma Saotome
from Ranma ½
(VA: Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara)
Son Goku
from Dragon Ball Z
(VA: Masako Nozawa)
14 1991[15] Hayato Kazami
from Future GPX Cyber Formula
(VA: Jun'ichi Kanemaru)
Bleed Kaga
from Future GPX Cyber Formula
(VA: Toshihiko Seki)
Ranma Saotome
from Ranma ½
(VA: Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara)
15 1992[16] Hiei
from Yu Yu Hakusho
(VA: Nobuyuki Hiyama)
Ranma Saotome
from Ranma ½
(VA: Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara)
Kurama
from Yu Yu Hakusho
(VA: Megumi Ogata)
16 1993[17] Kurama
from Yu Yu Hakusho
(VA: Megumi Ogata)
Hiei
from Yu Yu Hakusho
(VA: Nobuyuki Hiyama)
Justy Ueki Tylor
from The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
(VA: Kōji Tsujitani)
17 1994[17] Kurama
from Yu Yu Hakusho
(VA: Megumi Ogata)
Basara Nekki
from Macross 7
(VA: Nobutoshi Canna and Yoshiki Fukuyama[c])
Hiei
from Yu Yu Hakusho
(VA: Nobuyuki Hiyama)
18 1995[19] Duo Maxwell
from Gundam Wing
(VA: Toshihiko Seki)
Shinji Ikari
from Neon Genesis Evangelion
(VA: Megumi Ogata)
Heero Yuy
from Gundam Wing
(VA: Hikaru Midorikawa)
19 1996[20] Shinji Ikari
from Neon Genesis Evangelion
(VA: Megumi Ogata)
Kaworu Nagisa
from Neon Genesis Evangelion
(VA: Akira Ishida)
Duo Maxwell
from Gundam Wing
(VA: Toshihiko Seki)
20 1997[21] Shinji Ikari
from The End of Evangelion
(VA: Megumi Ogata)
Xellos
from Slayers Try
(VA: Akira Ishida)
Ashitaka
from Princess Mononoke
(VA: Yōji Matsuda)
21 1998[22] Spike Spiegel
from Cowboy Bebop
(VA: Kōichi Yamadera)
Orphen
from Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
(VA: Showtaro Morikubo)
Akito Tenkawa
from Martian Successor Nadesico
(VA: Yūji Ueda)
22 1999[23] Spike Spiegel
from Cowboy Bebop
(VA: Kōichi Yamadera)
Orphen
from Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
(VA: Showtaro Morikubo)
Syaoran Li
from Cardcaptor Sakura
(VA: Motoko Kumai)
23 2000[24] Genjo Sanzo
from Gensomaden Saiyuki
(VA: Toshihiko Seki)
Syaoran Li
from Cardcaptor Sakura 2: The Sealed Card
(VA: Motoko Kumai)
Kurapika
from Hunter x Hunter
(VA: Yuki Kaida)
24 2001[25] Inu Yasha
from Inu Yasha
(VA: Kappei Yamaguchi)
Kazuma
from Scryed
(VA: Sōichirō Hoshi)
Genjo Sanzo
from Gensomaden Saiyuki
(VA: Toshihiko Seki)
25 2002[26] Kira Yamato
from Gundam SEED
(VA: Sōichirō Hoshi)
Athrun Zala
from Gundam SEED
(VA: Akira Ishida)
Inu Yasha
from Inu Yasha
(VA: Kappei Yamaguchi)
26 2003[27] Edward Elric
from Fullmetal Alchemist
(VA: Romi Park)
Kira Yamato
from Gundam SEED
(VA: Sōichirō Hoshi)
Roy Mustang
from Fullmetal Alchemist
(VA: Tōru Ōkawa)
27 2004[28] Athrun Zala
from Gundam SEED: Special Edition
(VA: Akira Ishida)
Kira Yamato
Gundam SEED: Special Edition
(VA: Sōichirō Hoshi)
Edward Elric
from Fullmetal Alchemist
(VA: Romi Park)
28 2005[29] Kira Yamato
from Gundam SEED Destiny
(VA: Sōichirō Hoshi)
Athrun Zala
from Gundam SEED Destiny
(VA: Akira Ishida)
Yuri Shibuya
from Kyo Kara Maoh!
(VA: Takahiro Sakurai)
29 2006[30] Lelouch Vi Britannia
from Code Geass
(VA: Jun Fukuyama)
Kira Yamato
from Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition
(VA: Sōichirō Hoshi)
Athrun Zala
from Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition
(VA: Akira Ishida)
30 2007[31] Lelouch Vi Britannia
from Code Geass
(VA: Jun Fukuyama)
Setsuna F. Seiei
from Gundam 00
(VA: Mamoru Miyano)
Kira Yamato
from Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition
(VA: Sōichirō Hoshi)
31 2008[32] Lelouch Vi Britannia
from Code Geass R2
(VA: Jun Fukuyama)
Sebastian Michaelis
from Black Butler
(VA: Toshiyuki Morikawa)
Lockon Stratos
from Gundam 00
(VA: Shin'ichirō Miki)
32 2009[33] Gintoki Sakata
from Gintama
(VA: Tomokazu Sugita)
Edward Elric
from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
(VA: Romi Park)
Kyon
from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
(VA: Tomokazu Sugita)
33 2010[34] Ichirota Kazemaru
from Inazuma Eleven
(VA: Yuka Nishigaki)
Izaya Orihara
from Durarara!!
(VA: Hiroshi Kamiya)
Shirō Fubuki
from Inazuma Eleven
(VA: Mamoru Miyano)
34 2011[35] Ranmaru Kirino
from Inazuma Eleven GO
(VA: Yū Kobayashi)
Kariya Masaki
from Inazuma Eleven GO
(VA: Yūki Tai)
Ichirota Kazemaru
from Inazuma Eleven
(VA: Yuka Nishigaki)
35 2012[36] Ranmaru Kirino
from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
(VA: Yū Kobayashi)
Tetsuya Kuroko
from Kuroko's Basketball
(VA: Kenshō Ono)
Kyosuke Tsurugi
from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
(VA: Takashi Ōhara)
36 2013[37] Levi Ackerman
from Attack on Titan
(VA: Hiroshi Kamiya)
Ranmaru Kirino
from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
(VA: Yū Kobayashi)
Makoto Tachibana
from Free! Iwatobi Swin Club
(VA: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
37 2014[38] Makoto Tachibana
from Free! Eternal Summer
(VA: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
Kazunari Takao
from Kuroko's Basketball
(VA: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
Ban
from The Seven Deadly Sins
(VA: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
38 2015[39] Karamatsu Matsuno
from Mr. Osomatsu
(VA: Yuichi Nakamura)
Ichimatsu Matsuno
from Mr. Osomatsu
(VA: Jun Fukuyama)
Gintoki Sakata
from Gintama°
(VA: Tomokazu Sugita)
39 2016[40] Victor Nikiforov
from Yuri on Ice
(VA: Junichi Suwabe)
Mikazuki Augus
from Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
(VA: Kengo Kawanishi)
Gintoki Sakata
from Gintama°
(VA: Tomokazu Sugita)
40 2017[41] Ten Kujou
from Idolish 7
(VA: Sōma Saitō)
Riku Nanase
from Idolish 7
(VA: Kenshō Ono)
Sogo Osaka
from Idolish 7
(VA: Atsushi Abe)
41 2018[42] Toru Amuro
from Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer
(VA: Tōru Furuya)
Ash Lynx
from Banana Fish
(VA: Yuma Uchida)
Ten Kujou
from Idolish 7
(VA: Sōma Saitō)
42 2019[43] Tanjiro Kamado
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
(VA: Natsuki Hanae)
Giyu Tomioka
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
(VA: Takahiro Sakurai)
Conan Edogawa
from Case Closed
(VA: Minami Takayama)
43 2020[44] Kyojuro Rengoku
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train
(VA: Satoshi Hino)
Satoru Gojo
from Jujutsu Kaisen
(VA: Yūichi Nakamura)
Daisuke Kambe
from The Millionaire Detective's Balance: Unlimited
(VA: Yūsuke Ōnuki)
44 2021[45] Tengen Uzui
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
(VA: Katsuyuki Konishi)
Yuta Okkotsu
from Jujutsu Kaisen 0
(VA: Megumi Ogata)
Satoru Gojo
from Jujutsu Kaisen
(VA: Yūichi Nakamura)

Female character

No. Year Character
1st 2nd 3rd
6 1983[7] Misa Hayase
from Super Dimension Fortress Macross
(VA: Mika Doi)
Lum
from Urusei Yatsura
(VA: Fumi Hirano)
Minky Momo
from Magical Princess Minky Momo
(VA: Mami Koyama)
7 1984[8] Nausicaä
from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
(VA: Sumi Shimamoto)
Gaw Ha Leccee
from Heavy Metal L-Gaim
(VA: Maria Kawamura)
Lum
from Urusei Yatsura
(VA: Fumi Hirano)
8 1985[9] Four Murasame
from Zeta Gundam
(VA: Saeko Shimazu)
Yuri
from Dirty Pair
(VA: Saeko Shimazu)
Lum
from Urusei Yatsura
(VA: Fumi Hirano)
9 1986[10] Elpeo Ple
from Gundam ZZ
(VA: Chieko Honda)
Sheeta
from Castle in the Sky
(VA: Keiko Yokozawa)
Kyoko Otonashi
from Maison Ikkoku
(VA: Sumi Shimamoto)
10 1987[11] Madoka Ayukawa
from Kimagure Orange Road
(VA: Hiromi Tsuru)
Kyoko Otonashi
from Maison Ikkoku
(VA: Sumi Shimamoto)
Apple
from Red Photon Zillion
(VA: Yūko Mizutani)
11 1988[12] Anise Farm
from Sonic Soldier Borgman
(VA: Yoshino Takamori)
Kyoko Otonashi
from Maison Ikkoku
(VA: Sumi Shimamoto)
Aramis
from The Three Musketeers
(VA: Eiko Yamada)
12 1989[13] Kiki
from Kiki's Delivery Service
(VA: Minami Takayama)
Noa Izumi
from Patlabor
(VA: Miina Tominaga)
Renge
from Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
13 1990[14] Nadia
from Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water
(VA: Yoshino Takamori)
Himiko Shinobibe
from Mashin Hero Wataru 2
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
Noa Izumi
from Patlabor: The Mobile Police
(VA: Miina Tominaga)
14 1991[15] Nadia
from Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water
(VA: Yoshino Takamori)
Asuka Sugo
from Future GPX Cyber Formula
(VA: Kotono Mitsuishi)
Miki Jonouchi
from Future GPX Cyber Formula
(VA: Shinobu Adachi)
15 1992[16] Ami Mizuno
from Sailor Moon
(VA: Aya Hisakawa)
Usagi Tsukino
from Sailor Moon
(VA: Kotono Mitsuishi)
Minky Momo
from Minky Momo: Hold on to Your Dreams
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
16 1993[17] Belldandy
from Oh My Goddess!
(VA: Kikuko Inoue)
Ami Mizuno
from Sailor Moon R
(VA: Aya Hisakawa)
Yadamon
from Yadamon
(VA: Mika Kanai)
17 1994[18] Haruka Tenoh
from Sailor Moon S
(VA: Megumi Ogata)
Belldandy
from Oh My Goddess!
(VA: Kikuko Inoue)
Mylene Flare Jenius
from Macross 7
(VA: Tomo Sakurai and Chie Kajiura[c])
18 1995[19] Rei Ayanami
from Neon Genesis Evangelion
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
Hikaru Shidou
from Magic Knight Rayearth 2
(VA: Hekiru Shiina)
Asuka Langley Soryu
from Neon Genesis Evangelion
(VA: Yūko Miyamura)
19 1996[20] Rei Ayanami
from Neon Genesis Evangelion
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
Lina Inverse
from Slayers Next
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
Ruri Hoshino
from Martian Successor Nadesico
(VA: Omi Minami)
20 1997[21] Lina Inverse
from Slayers Try
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
Ruri Hoshino
from Martian Successor Nadesico
(VA: Omi Minami)
Utena Tenjou
from Revolutionary Girl Utena
(VA: Tomoko Kawakami)
21 1998[22] Ruri Hoshino
from Nadesico: Prince of Darkness
(VA: Omi Minami)
Sakura Kinomoto
from Cardcaptor Sakura
(VA: Sakura Tange)
Canal Volfield
from Lost Universe
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
22 1999[23] Sakura Kinomoto
from Cardcaptor Sakura
(VA: Sakura Tange)
Shao Lin
from Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten!
(VA: Mariko Kōda)
Akari Kamigishi
from To Heart
(VA: Ayako Kawasumi)
23 2000[24] Sakura Kinomoto
from Cardcaptor Sakura 2: The Sealed Card
(VA: Sakura Tange)
Belldandy
from Ah! My Goddess Movie
(VA: Kikuko Inoue)
Naru Narusegawa
from Love Hina
(VA: Yui Horie)
24 2001[25] Tohru Honda
from Fruits Basket
(VA: Yui Horie)
Kagome Higurashi
from Inu Yasha
(VA: Satsuki Yukino)
Anna Kyoyama
from Shaman King
(VA: Megumi Hayashibara)
25 2002[26] Lacus Clyne
from Gundam SEED
(VA: Rie Tanaka)
Cagalli Yula Athha
from Gundam SEED
(VA: Naomi Shindō)
Tohru Honda
from Fruits Basket
(VA: Yui Horie)
26 2003[27] Riza Hawkeye
from Fullmetal Alchemist
(VA: Michiko Neya)
Lacus Clyne
from Gundam SEED
(VA: Rie Tanaka)
Winry Rockbell
from Fullmetal Alchemist
(VA: Megumi Toyoguchi)
27 2004[28] Lacus Clyne
from Gundam SEED: Special Edition
(VA: Rie Tanaka)
Cagalli Yula Athha
from Gundam SEED: Special Edition
(VA: Naomi Shindō)
Riza Hawkeye
from Fullmetal Alchemist
(VA: Michiko Neya)
28 2005[29] Lacus Clyne
from Gundam SEED Destiny
(VA: Rie Tanaka)
Cagalli Yula Athha
from Gundam SEED Destiny
(VA: Naomi Shindō)
Stella Loussier
from Gundam SEED Destiny
(VA: Hōko Kuwashima)
29 2006[30] Lacus Clyne
from Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition
(VA: Rie Tanaka)
Haruhi Suzumiya
from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
(VA: Aya Hirano)
C.C.
from Code Geass
(VA: Yukana)
30 2007[31] C.C.
from Code Geass
(VA: Yukana)
Konata Izumi
from Lucky Star
(VA: Aya Hirano)
Lacus Clyne
from Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition
(VA: Rie Tanaka)
31 2008[32] C.C.
from Code Geass R2
Yukana
Sheryl Nome
from Macross Frontier
(VA: Aya Endō and May'n[c])
Ranka Lee
from Macross Frontier
(VA: Megumi Nakajima)
32 2009[33] Yui Hirasawa
from K-On!
(VA: Aki Toyosaki)
Mio Akiyama
from K-On!
(VA: Yōko Hikasa)
Sheryl Nome
from Macross Frontier: The False Songstress
(VA: Aya Endō and May'n[c])
33 2010[34] Yui Hirasawa
from K-On!!
(VA: Aki Toyosaki)
Haruna Otonashi
from Inazuma Eleven
(VA: Hinako Sasaki)
Azusa Nakano
K-On!!
(VA: Ayana Taketatsu)
34 2011[35] Haruna Otonashi
from Inazuma Eleven
(VA: Hinako Sasaki)
Midori Seto
from Inazuma Eleven GO
(VA: Mina Kasai)
Aoi Sorano
Inazuma Eleven GO
(VA: Sayaka Kitahara)
35 2012[36] Kinako Nanobana
from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
(VA: Aoi Yūki)
Morgiana
from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
(VA: Haruka Tomatsu)
Beta
from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
(VA: Mariya Ise)
36 2013[37] Kinako Nanobana
from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
(VA: Aoi Yūki)
Mikasa Ackerman
from Attack on Titan
(VA: Kiko Mizuhara)
Morgiana
from Magi: The Kingdom of Magic
(VA: Haruka Tomatsu)
37 2014[38] Diane
from The Seven Deadly Sins
(VA: Aoi Yūki)
Haruka Nanami
from Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 2000%
(VA: Miyuki Sawashiro)
Yona
from Yona of the Dawn
(VA: Chiwa Saitō)
38 2015[39] Kagura
from Gintama°
(VA: Rie Kugimiya)
Totoko
from Mr. Osomatsu
(VA: Aya Endō)
Hibike Shikyoin
from Prism Paradise
(VA: Mitsuki Saiga)
39 2016[40] Kagura
from Gintama°
(VA: Rie Kugimiya)
Kudelia Aina Bernstein
from Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
(VA: Yuka Terasaki)
Hibike Shikyoin
from Prism Paradise
(VA: Mitsuki Saiga)
40 2017[41] Sakura Kinomoto
from Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
(VA: Sakura Tange)
Tsumugi Takanashi
from Idolish 7
(VA: Satomi Satō)
Kagura
from Gintama.
(VA: Rie Kugimiya)
41 2018[42] Emma
from The Promised Neverland
(VA: Sumire Morohoshi)
Neko Musume
from GeGeGe no Kitaro
(VA: Umeka Shōji)
Sakura Kinomoto
from Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
(VA: Sakura Tange)
42 2019[43] Eripiyo
from If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die
(VA: Fairouz Ai)
Nezuko Kamado
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
(VA: Akari Kitō)
Shinobu Kocho
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
(VA: Saori Hayami)
43 2020[44] Nodoka Hanadera
from Healin' Good Pretty Cure
(VA: Aoi Yūki)
Manatsu Natsuumi
from Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure
(VA: Fairouz Ai)
Towa Higurashi
from Yashahime
(VA: Sara Matsumoto)
44 2021[45] Nezuko Kamado
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
(VA: Akari Kitō)
Daki
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
(VA: Miyuki Sawashiro)
Manatsu Natsuumi
from Tropical Rouge Pretty Cure
(VA: Fairouz Ai)

2022–present

No. Year Character
1st 2nd 3rd
45 2022[46] Anya Forger
from Spy x Family
(VA: Atsumi Tanezaki)
Draluc
from The Vampire Dies in No Time
(VA: Jun Fukuyama)
Ronaldo
from The Vampire Dies in No Time
(VA: Makoto Furukawa)
46 2023[47] Mizuki
from Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
(VA: Hidenobu Kiuchi)
Gegero
from Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
(VA: Toshihiko Seki and Masako Nozawa)
Isami Ao
from Brave Bang Bravern!
(VA: Ryōta Suzuki)
47 2024[48] Maomao
from The Apothecary Diaries
(VA: Aoi Yūki)
Mizuki
from Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
(VA: Hidenobu Kiuchi)
Gegero
from Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
(VA: Toshihiko Seki and Masako Nozawa)

Best Voice Acting

Megumi Hayashibara won 12 times and Akira Kamiya won 11 times. In 1994, Megumi Ogata won the voice actress, the Male character (Kurama) and the Female character (Haruka Tenoh).

1979–1990

Men's voice acting

No. Year Voice actor
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] Akira Kamiya Kei Tomiyama Makio Inoue
2 1980 (1st half)[3] Akira Kamiya Tōru Furuya Kei Tomiyama
3 1980 (2nd half)[4] Akira Kamiya Kei Tomiyama Kazuhiko Inoue
4 1981[5] Akira Kamiya Toshio Furukawa Tōru Furuya
5 1982[6] Toshio Furukawa Akira Kamiya Yūji Mitsuya
6 1983[7] Akira Kamiya Yūji Mitsuya Toshio Furukawa
7 1984[8] Akira Kamiya Toshio Furukawa Yū Mizushima
8 1985[9] Akira Kamiya Kazuhiko Inoue Yuji Mistuya
9 1986[10] Kazuki Yao Akira Kamiya Kazuhiko Inoue
10 1987[11] Akira Kamiya Tōru Furuya Kazuhiko Inoue
11 1988[12] Akira Kamiya Tōru Furuya Kazuhiko Inoue
12 1989[13] Akira Kamiya Toshio Furukawa Kazuhiko Inoue
13 1990[14] Akira Kamiya Kappei Yamaguchi Toshio Furukawa

Women's voice acting

No. Year Voice actress
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] Noriko Ohara Yōko Asagami Kazuko Sugiyama
2 1980 (1st half)[3] Noriko Ohara Yōko Asagami Mami Koyama
3 1980 (2nd half)[4] Noriko Ohara Keiko Han Yōko Asagami
4 1981[5] Mami Koyama Keiko Han Noriko Ohara
5 1982[6] Mami Koyama Keiko Han Fumi Hirano
6 1983[7] Mami Koyama Mika Doi Mayumi Tanaka
7 1984[8] Sumi Shimamoto Mami Koyama Mayumi Tanaka
8 1985[9] Saeko Shimazu Sumi Shimamoto Mami Koyama
9 1986[10] Mayumi Tanaka Sumi Shimamoto Saeko Shimazu
10 1987[11] Sumi Shimamoto Eiko Yamada Hiromi Tsuru
11 1988[12] Sumi Shimamoto Mayumi Tanaka Eiko Yamada
12 1989[13] Megumi Hayashibara Sumi Shimamoto Minami Takayama
13 1990[14] Megumi Hayashibara Noriko Hidaka Sumi Shimamoto

1991–present

After its 14th edition, the Anime Grand Prix no longer separated women and men into distinct voice acting categories.

No. Year Voice actor
1st 2nd 3rd
14 1991[15] Megumi Hayashibara Noriko Hidaka Toshihiko Seki
15 1992[16] Megumi Hayashibara Kotono Mitsuishi Aya Hisakawa
16 1993[17] Megumi Hayashibara Kotono Mitsuishi Megumi Ogata
17 1994[18] Megumi Ogata Megumi Hayashibara Mariko Kōda
18 1995[19] Megumi Hayashibara Megumi Ogata Toshihiko Seki
19 1996[20] Megumi Hayashibara Megumi Ogata Yūko Miyamura
20 1997[21] Megumi Hayashibara Megumi Ogata Yūko Miyamura
21 1998[22] Megumi Hayashibara Omi Minami Sakura Tange
22 1999[23] Megumi Hayashibara Sakura Tange Omi Minami
23 2000[24] Megumi Hayashibara Sakura Tange Toshihiko Seki
24 2001[25] Megumi Hayashibara Yui Horie Kappei Yamaguchi
25 2002[26] Sōichirō Hoshi Megumi Hayashibara Akira Ishida
26 2003[27] Romi Park Akira Ishida Sōichirō Hoshi
27 2004[28] Akira Ishida Sōichirō Hoshi Romi Park
28 2005[29] Sōichirō Hoshi Akira Ishida Romi Park
29 2006[30] Sōichirō Hoshi Akira Ishida Jun Fukuyama
30 2007[31] Jun Fukuyama Aya Hirano Akira Ishida
31 2008[32] Jun Fukuyama Hiroshi Kamiya Daisuke Ono
32 2009[33] Aki Toyosaki Hiroshi Kamiya Nana Mizuki
33 2010[34] Daisuke Ono Mamoru Miyano Hiroshi Kamiya
34 2011[35] Mamoru Miyano Yūki Kaiji Yū Kobayashi
35 2012[36] Yūki Kaji Yū Kobayashi Mamoru Miyano
36 2013[37] Yūki Kaji Hiroshi Kamiya Yū Kobayashi
37 2014[38] Tatsuhisa Suzuki Jun'ichi Suwabe Mamoru Miyano
38 2015[39] Jun Fukuyama Hiroshi Kamiya Yūichi Nakamura
39 2016[40] Hiroshi Kamiya Mamoru Miyano Yoshimasa Hosoya
40 2017[41] Sōma Saitō Yūki Kaji Kenshō Ono
41 2018[42] Sōma Saitō Yūsuke Shirai Shintarō Asanuma
42 2019[43] Natsuki Hanae Sōma Saitō Fairouz Ai
43 2020[44] Aoi Yūki Fairouz Ai Natsuki Hanae
44 2021[45] Takuya Eguchi Fairouz Ai Saori Hayami
45 2022[46] Makoto Furukawa Atsumi Tanezaki Ayumu Murase
46 2023[47] Atsumi Tanezaki Hidenobu Kiuchi Minori Suzuki
47 2024[48] Aoi Yūki Kana Hanazawa Hidenobu Kiuchi

Best Song

20th Century

No. Year Song
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] "Kita no Okami, Minami no Tora"
by Mitsuko Horie
from Song of Baseball Enthusiasts (OP)
"Taga Tame ni"
by Ken Narita
from Cyborg 009 (OP)
"Tobe Gundam"
by Kō Ikeda
from Mobile Suit Gundam (OP)
2 1980 1st half[3] "Fukkatsu no Ideon"
by Isao Taira
from Space Runaway Ideon (OP)
"Tobe Gundam"
by Kō Ikeda
from Mobile Suit Gundam (OP)
"Ai no Planet"
by Da-Capo
from Toward the Terra (ED)
3 1980 2nd half[4] "Cosmos ni Kimi to"
by Keiko Toda
from Space Runaway Ideon (ED)
"Fukkatsu no Ideon"
by Isao Taira
from Space Runaway Ideon (OP)
"1,000,000 Kōnen no Ai"
by Yoshito Machida
from Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy (ED)
4 1981[5] "Lum's Love Song"
by Yūko Matsutani
from Urusei Yatsura (OP)
"Ai no Kinjitō"
by Ippo Hiura
from Six God Combination Godmars (ED)
"Sayonara"
by Mary MacGregor
from Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (ED)
5 1982[6] "Macross"
by Makoto Fujiwara
from Super Dimension Fortress Macross (OP)
"17-sai no Densetsu"
by Yūji Mitsuya
from Six God Combination Godmars (ED)
"Ai no Kinjitō"
by Ippo Hiura
from Six God Combination Godmars (ED)
6 1983[7] "Hello Vifam"
by TAO
from Galactic Drifter Vifam (OP)
"Cat's Eye"
by Anri
from Cat's Eye (OP)
"Get It!"
by MIQ
from Xabungle Graffiti (ED)
7 1984[8] "Ai Oboete Imasu ka?"
by Mari Iijima
from Macross: Do You Remember Love? (BGM)
"Kaze no No Reply"
by Mami Ayukawa
from Heavy Metal L-Gaim (OP)
"Galient World"
by Eurox
from Panzer World Galient (OP)
8 1985[9] "Ru-Ru-Ru-Russian Roulette"
by Meiko Nakahara
from Dirty Pair (OP)
"Melos no Yōni Lonely Way"
by Airmail from Nagasaki
from Blue Comet SPT Layzner (OP)
"Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete"
by Hiroko Moriguchi
from Zeta Gundam (OP)
9 1986[10] "Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa"
by Yuki Saito
from Maison Ikkoku (OP)
"Kimi wo Nosete"
by Azumi Inoue
from Castle in the Sky (ED)
"Silent Voice"
by Jun Hiroe
from Gundam ZZ (OP)
10 1987[11] "Get Wild"
by TM Network
from City Hunter (ED)
"Hidamari"
by Kōzō Murashita
from Maison Ikkoku (OP)
"Pegasus Fantasy"
by Make-Up
from Saint Seiya (OP)
11 1988[12] "Beyond the Time"
by TM Network
from Gundam: Char's Counterattack (ED)
"Tonari no Totoro"
by Azumi Inoue
from My Neighbor Totoro (ED)
"Step"
by Achi-Achi
from Mashin Hero Wataru (OP)
12 1989[13] "Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara"
by Yumi Matsutoya
from Kiki's Delivery Service (ED)
"Running To Horizon"
by Tetsuya Komuro
from City Hunter 3 (OP)
"Miracle Girl"
by Mariko Nagai
from Yawara! (OP)
13 1990[14] "Blue Water"
by Miho Morikawa
from Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water (OP)
"Fight!"
by Yumiko Takahashi
from Mashin Hero Wataru 2 (OP)
"Yume wo Shinjite"
by Hideaki Tokunaga
from Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel (OP)
14 1991[15] "Winners"
by G-Grip
from Future GPX Cyber Formula (ED)
"I'll Come"
by G-Grip
from Future GPX Cyber Formula (OP)
"Blue Water"
by Miho Morikawa
from Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water (OP)
15 1992[16] "Moonlight Densetsu"
by Dali
from Sailor Moon (OP)
"Hohoemi no Bakudan"
by Matsuko Mawatari
from Yu Yu Hakusho (OP)
"Kaze no Mirai e"
by Yuka Satō
from The Brave of Legend Da-Garn (OP)
16 1993[17] "Moonlight Densetsu"
by Dali
from Sailor Moon R (OP)
"Sayonara Bye-Bye"
by Matsuko Mawatari
from Yu Yu Hakusho (ED)
"Anata Dake Mitsumeteru"
by Maki Ōguro
from Slam Dunk (ED)
17 1994[18] "Yuzurenai Negai"
by Naomi Tamura
from Magic Knight Rayearth (OP)
"Daydream Generation"
by Matsuko Mawatari
from Yu Yu Hakusho (ED)
"7th Moon"
by Fire Bomber
from Macross 7 (OP)
18 1995[19] "A Cruel Angel's Thesis"
by Yoko Takahashi
from Neon Genesis Evangelion (OP)
"Just Communication"
by Two-Mix
from Gundam Wing (OP)
"Hikari to Kage wo Dakishimeta Mama"
by Naomi Tamura
from Magic Knight Rayearth 2 (OP)
19 1996[20] "A Cruel Angel's Thesis"
by Yoko Takahashi
from Neon Genesis Evangelion (OP)
"Give A Reason"
by Megumi Hayashibara
from Slayers Next (OP)
"Successful Mission"
by Megumi Hayashibara
from Saber Marionette J (OP)
20 1997[21] "Rondo-Revolution"
by Masami Okui
from Revolutionary Girl Utena (OP)
"Komm, Süßer Tod"
by Arianne
from The End of Evangelion (BGM)
"Yūsha-ō Tanjō"
by Masaaki Endō
from The King of Braves GaoGaiGar (OP)
21 1998[22] "Dearest"
by Yumi Matsuzawa
from Nadesico: Prince of Darkness (ED)
"Infinity"
by Megumi Hayashibara
from Lost Universe (OP)
"Tank!"
by Seatbelts
from Cowboy Bebop (OP)
22 1999[23] "Platinum"
by Maaya Sakamoto
from Cardcaptor Sakura (OP)
"Will"
by Chihiro Yonekura
from Soul Hunter (OP)
"Dis"
by Mika Arisaka
from Infinite Ryvius (OP)
23 2000[24] "Platinum"
by Maaya Sakamoto
from Cardcaptor Sakura (OP)
"Still Time"
by Hidenori Tokuyama
from Gensomaden Saiyuki (OP)
"Sakura Saku"
by Megumi Hayashibara
from Love Hina (OP)

21st Century

No. Year Song
1st 2nd 3rd
24 2001[25] "For Fruits Basket"
by Ritsuko Okazaki
from Fruits Basket (OP)
"Over Soul"
by Megumi Hayashibara
from Shaman King (OP)
"Love Destiny"
by Yui Horie
from Sister Princess (OP)
25 2002[26] "Anna ni Issho Datta no Ni"
by See-Saw
from Gundam SEED (ED)
"Invoke"
by TM Revolution
from Gundam SEED (OP)
"Shizukana Yoru ni"
by Rie Tanaka
from Gundam SEED (BGM)
26 2003[27] "Melissa"
by Porno Graffitti
from Fullmetal Alchemist (OP)
"Kesenai Tsumi"
by Nana Kitade
from Fullmetal Alchemist (ED)
"Akatsuki no Kuruma"
by Fiction Junction
from Gundam SEED (BGM)
27 2004[28] "Ignited"
by TM Revolution
from Gundam SEED Destiny (OP)
"Reason"
by Nami Tamaki
from Gundam SEED Destiny (ED)
"Shangri-La"
by Angela
from Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor (OP)
28 2005[29] "Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru"
by See-Saw
from Gundam SEED Destiny (ED)
"Vestige"
by TM Revolution
from Gundam SEED Destiny (BGM)
"Hateshinaku Tōi Sora ni"
by The Stand Up
from Kyo Kara Maoh! (OP)
29 2006[30] "Colors"
by Flow
from Code Geass (OP)
"Hare Hare Yukai"
by Aya Hirano feat. Minori Chihara and Yūko Gotō
from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (ED)
"Yūkyō Seishunka"
by Ali Project
from Code Geass (ED)
30 2007[31] "Motteke!! Sailor Fuku"
by Aya Hirano feat. Emiri Katō, Kaori Fukuhara and Aya Endō
from Lucky Star (OP)
"Daybreak's Bell"
by L'Arc-en-Ciel
from Gundam 00 (OP)
"Colors"
by Flow
from Code Geass (OP)
31 2008[32] "Monochrome no Kiss"
by Sid
from Black Butler (OP)
"Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi"
by Uverworld
from Gundam 00 (OP)
"Lion"
by May'n feat. Megumi Nakajima
from Macross Frontier (OP)
32 2009[33] "Don't Say Lazy"
by Ho-Kago Tea Time[d]
from K-On! (ED)
"Kagayake! Girls"
by Ho-Kago Tea Time[d]
from K-On! (ED)
"Only My Railgun"
by Fripside
from A Certain Scientific Railgun (OP)
33 2010[34] "Bokura no Goal"
by T-Pistonz + KMC
from Inazuma Eleven (OP)
"Sword Summit"
by TM Network
from Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings (OP)
"Maji Bomber!!"
by Berryz Kobo
from Inazuma Eleven (ED)
34 2011[35] "Mata ne... no Kisetsu"
by Inazuma Eleven All-Stars[e]
from Inazuma Eleven (ED)
"Maji Love 1000%"
by Starish[f]
from Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000% (ED)
"Naseba Naru no sa Nanairo Tamago"
by T-Pistonz + KMC
from Inazuma Eleven GO (OP)
35 2012[36] "Te wo Tsunagō"
by Inazuma Eleven All-Stars feat. Sayaka Kitahara
from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone (ED)
"V.I.P."
by Sid
from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (OP)
"Can Do"
by Granrodeo
from Kuroko's Basketball (OP)
36 2013[37] "Guren no Yumiya"
by Linked Horizon
from Attack on Titan (OP)
"Bokutachi no Shiro"
by Inazuma Eleven All-Stars
from Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone (ED)
"The Other Self"
by Granrodeo
from Kuroko's Basketball (OP)
37 2014[38] "Dried Up Youthful Fame"
by Oldcodex
from Free! Eternal Summer (OP)
"Future Fish"
by Style Five[g]
from Free! Eternal Summer (ED)
"Imagination"
by Spyair
from Haikyu!! (OP)
38 2015[39] "Hanamaru Pippi wa Yoiko Dake"
by AŌP
from Mr. Osomatsu (OP)
"Zenryoku Batankyū"
by AŌP
from Mr. Osomatsu (OP)
"Six Same Faces"
by Ken'ichi Suzumura feat. The Matsuno Brothers[h]
from Mr. Osomatsu (ED)
39 2016[40] "History Maker"
by Dean Fujioka
from Yuri on Ice (OP)
"Freesia"
by Uru
from Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (ED)
"Yōkoso Japari Park e"
by Dōbutsu Biscuits[i] feat. PPP[j]
from Kemono Friends (OP)
40 2017[41] "Wish Voyage"
by Idolish 7[k]
from Idolish 7 (OP)
"Heavenly Visitor"
by Trigger[l]
from Idolish 7 (ED)
"Togetsukyō (Kimi Omou)"
by Mai Kuraki
from Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter (ED)
41 2018[42] "Zero"
by Masaharu Fukuyama
from Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer (ED)
"Prayer X"
by King Gnu
from Banana Fish (ED)
"I Beg You"
by Aimer
from Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel 2 – Lost Butterfly (ED)
42 2019[43] "Gurenge"
by Lisa
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (OP)
"Onegai Muscle"
by Fairouz Ai feat. Kaito Ishikawa
from How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? (OP)
"Momoiro Kataomoi"
by Fairouz Ai
from If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die (ED)
43 2020[44] "Homura"
by Lisa
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train (ED)
"Kaikai Kitan"
by Eve
from Jujutsu Kaisen (OP)
"Healin' Good Touch!!"
by Rie Kitagawa
from Healin' Good Pretty Cure (OP)
44 2021[45] "Zankyōsanka"
by Aimer
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (OP)
"Cry Baby"
by Official Hige Dandism
from Tokyo Revengers (OP)
"Akeboshi"
by Lisa
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (OP)
45 2022[46] "Mixed Nuts"
by Official Hige Dandism
from Spy × Family (OP)
"Shukufuku"
by Yoasobi
from Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (OP)
"Asa ga Kuru"
by Aimer
from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (ED)
46 2023[47] "Ba-Bang to Suisan! Bang Bravern"
by Ken'ichi Suzumura
from Brave Bang Bravern! (OP)
"Idol"
by Yoasobi
from Oshi no Ko (OP)
"Where Our Blue Is"
by Tatsuya Kitani
from Jujutsu Kaisen (OP)
47 2024[48] "Kaijū"
by Sakanaction
from Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (OP)
"Otonoke"
by Creepy Nuts
from Dandadan (OP)
"Arigatō Kokoro Kara"
by Naniwa Danshi
from Nintama Rantaro: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja Squad (ED)

Most awarded studios

The list below cites the most awarded studios based on the productions of these studios that won the award for Best Anime of the Year.

Studio Position
1st 2nd 3rd
Sunrise 13 13 9
Toei Animation 5 6 5
OLM 4 2 2
Studio Pierrot 4 2 1
Gainax 4 1 0
Studio Ghibli / Topcraft 4 0 1
Tatsunoko 2 4 2
Ufotable 2 2 0
TMS Entertainment 2 1 2
Kyoto Animation 2 0 3
Madhouse 1 2 1
Production I.G. / I.G. Tatsunoko 1 1 3
Studio Deen 1 1 3
MAPPA 1 1 2
Bones 1 1 1
Troyca 1 1 0
Group TAC 1 1 0
Xebec 1 0 3
Wit Studio 1 0 1
Toho Animation Studio 1 0 0
E&G Films 0 2 1
Artland 0 2 0
A-1 Pictures 0 1 2
Ashi Productions 0 1 1
Bandai Namco Pictures 0 1 1
Brain's Base 0 1 0
J.C.Staff 0 1 0
Cygames Pictures 0 1 0
Academy Productions 0 0 1
AIC 0 0 1
Studio Gallop 0 0 1
CloverWorks 0 0 1

Defunct Awards

Best Episode (1979–2015)

No. Year Episode
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] Episodes 13–14[m]
Song of Baseball Enthusiasts
Episode 42
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Episode 24
Mobile Suit Gundam
2 1980
(1st half)[3]
Episode 43
Mobile Suit Gundam
Episode 41
Mobile Suit Gundam
Episode 43
Marco Polo's Adventures
3 1980
(2nd half)[4]
Episode 155
Lupin III Part 2
Episode 145
Lupin III Part 2
Episode 32
Space Runaway Ideon
4 1981[5] Episode 26
Warring Demon God GoShogun
Episode 47
Tomorrow's Joe 2
Episode 39
Space Runaway Ideon
5 1982[6] Episode 44
Urusei Yatsura
Episode 19
Six God Combination Godmars
Episode 64
Six God Combination Godmars
6 1983[7] Episode 27
Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Episodes 47–48[m]
Magical Princess Minky Momo
Episode 75
Urusei Yatsura
7 1984[8] Episode 46
Galactic Drifter Vifam
Episode 52
Magic Angel Creamy Mami
Episode 26
Giant Gorg
8 1985[9] Episode 36
Zeta Gundam
Episode 157
Urusei Yatsura
Episode 27
Touch
9 1986[10] Episode 36
Gundam ZZ
Episode 50
Zeta Gundam
Episode 194
Urusei Yatsura
10 1987[11] Episode 47
Gundam ZZ
Episode 31
Red Photon Zillion
Episode 77
Spaceship Sagittarius
11 1988[12] Episode 96
Maison Ikkoku
Episode 35
Sonic Soldier Borgman
Episode 45
The Three Musketeers
12 1989[13] Episode 28
Dragon Ball Z
Episodes 49–50[m]
City Hunter 2
Episode 39
Ronin Warriors
13 1990[14] Episode 22
Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water
Episode 32
Mashin Hero Wataru 2
Episode 21
Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water
14 1991[15] Episode 39
Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water
Episode 37
Future GPX Cyber Formula
Episode 36
Future GPX Cyber Formula
15 1992[16] Episode 31
Sailor Moon
Episode 51
Mama Is Just a Fourth Grade Pupil
Episode 24
Sailor Moon
16 1993[17] Episode 45
Sailor Moon
Episode 46
Sailor Moon
Episode 170
Yadamon
17 1994[18] Episode 21
Sailor Moon S
Episode 51
Victory Gundam
Episode 89
Yu Yu Hakusho
18 1995[19] Episode 29
Magic Knight Rayearth 2
Episode 9
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 29
Romeo and the Black Brothers
19 1996[20] Episode 24
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 26
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 26
Slayers Next
20 1997[21] Episode 26
Slayers Try
Episode 26
Martian Successor Nadesico
Episode 34
Sailor Stars
21 1998[22] Episode 26
Lost Universe
Episode 5
Cowboy Bebop
Episode 26
Cyber Team in Akihabara
22 1999[23] Episode 46
Cardcaptor Sakura
Episode 25
Saber Marionette J to X
Episode 26
Cowboy Bebop
23 2000[24] Episode 70
Cardcaptor Sakura
Episode 50
∀ Gundam
Episode 45
Hunter x Hunter
24 2001[25] Episode 50
Gensomaden Saiyuki
Episode 48
Inu Yasha
Episode 22
Fruits Basket
25 2002[26] Episode 1
Gundam SEED
Episode 5
Gundam SEED
Episode 8
Gundam SEED
26 2003[27] Episode 7
Fullmetal Alchemist
Episode 50
Gundam SEED
Episode 3
Fullmetal Alchemist
27 2004[28] Episode 50
Fullmetal Alchemist
Episode 1
Gundam SEED Destiny
Episode 6
Gundam SEED Destiny
28 2005[29] Episode 50
Gundam SEED Destiny
Episode 39
Gundam SEED Destiny
Episode 40
Kyo Kara Maoh
29 2006[30] Episode 51
Gundam SEED Destiny
Episode 1
Code Geass
Episode 26[n]
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
30 2007[31] Episode 25
Code Geass
Episode 1
Gundam 00
Episode 23
Code Geass
31 2008[32] Episode 25
Code Geass R2
Episode 23
Gundam 00
Episode 25
Macross Frontier
32 2009[33] Episode 12
K-On!
Episode 50
Gundam 00
Episode 24
Black Butler
33 2010[34] Episode 24
K-On!!
Episode 65
Inazuma Eleven
Episode 7
Durarara!!
34 2011[35] Episode 127
Inazuma Eleven
Episode 13
Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%
Episode 126
Inazuma Eleven
35 2012[36] Episode 25
Kuroko's Basketball
Episode 21
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
Episode 44
Inazuma Eleven GO
36 2013[37] Episode 12
Free! Iwatobi Swim Club
Episode 50
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
Episode 51
Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone
37 2014[38] Episode 14
Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 2000%
Episode 13
Free! Eternal Summer
Episode 97
Saint Seiya Omega
38 2015[39] Episode 22
Go! Princess Pretty Cure
Episode 75
Kuroko's Basketball
Episode 50
Go! Princess Pretty Cure

Best Director (1979–1989)

No. Year Director
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] Rintaro Yoshiyuki Tomino Tadao Nagahama
2 1980
(1st half)[3]
Rintaro Yoshiyuki Tomino Hayao Miyazaki
3 1980
(2nd half)[4]
Yoshiyuki Tomino Rintaro Hayao Miyazaki
4 1981[5] Yoshiyuki Tomino Rintaro Hayao Miyazaki
5 1982[6] Yoshiyuki Tomino Mamoru Oshii Tetsuo Imazawa
6 1983[7] Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Noboru Ishiguro Mamoru Oshii
7 1984[8] Hayao Miyazaki Noboru Ishiguro Mamoru Oshii
8 1985[9] Yoshiyuki Tomino Ryōsuke Takahashi Gisaburo Sugii
9 1986[10] Hayao Miyazaki Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Yoshiyuki Tomino
10 1987[11] Mizuho Nishikubo Yoshiyuki Tomino Hiroyuki Yamaga
11 1988[12] Hayao Miyazaki Katsuhiro Otomo Isao Takahata
12 1989[13] Hayao Miyazaki Mamoru Oshii Hideaki Anno

Best Screenwriter (1979–1989)

No. Year Screenwriter
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] Masaki Tsuji Keisuke Fujikawa Fumio Ishimori
2 1980
(1st half)[3]
Masaki Tsuji Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Keisuke Fujikawa
3 1980
(2nd half)[4]
Masaki Tsuji Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Hiroyasu Yamaura
4 1981[5] Masaki Tsuji Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Yū Yamamoto
5 1982[6] Masaki Tsuji Keisuke Fujikawa Takeshi Shudō
6 1983[7] Sukehiro Tomita Kazunori Itō Jun'ichi Iioka
7 1984[8] Hayao Miyazaki Masaki Tsuji Sukehiro Tomita
8 1985[9] Tsunehisa Itō Keisuke Fujikawa Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
9 1986[10] Hayao Miyazaki Tsunehisa Itō Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
10 1987[11] Tsunehisa Itō Akira Miyazaki Kenji Terada
11 1988[12] Hayao Miyazaki Hideki Sonoda Yasushi Hirano
12 1989[13] Hayao Miyazaki Takao Koyama Kazunori Itō

Best Character Designer (1979–1982)

No. Year Character designer
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Shingo Araki Akio Sugino
2 1980
(1st half)[3]
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Shingo Araki Akio Sugino
3 1980
(2nd half)[4]
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Akio Sugino Tomonori Kogawa
4 1981[5] Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Kazuo Komatsubara Hideyuki Motohashi
5 1982[6] Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Hideyuki Motohashi Haruhiko Mikimoto

Best Art Director (1979–1982)

No. Year Art director
1st 2nd 3rd
1 1979[2] Takamura Mukuo Geki Katsumata Shichirō Kobayashi
2 1980
(1st half)[3]
Takamura Mukuo Mitsuki Nakamura Shichirō Kobayashi
3 1980
(2nd half)[4]
Takamura Mukuo Mitsuki Nakamura Geki Katsumata
4 1981[5] Takamura Mukuo Mitsuki Nakamura Tsutomu Ishigaki
5 1982[6] Takamura Mukuo Mitsuki Nakamura Tsutomu Ishigaki

See also

Notes

  1. ^ True Birth Edition.
  2. ^ a b c Both Char Aznable and Quattro Bajeena are alias of Casval Rem Deikun.
  3. ^ a b c d Singing voice
  4. ^ a b A fictional band performed by Yōko Hikasa and Aki Toyosaki with Satomi Satō, Minako Kotobuki and Ayana Taketatsu.
  5. ^ Consisting of Junko Takeuchi, Yuka Nishigaki, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Hirofumi Nojima, and Mamoru Miyano and later by Yuka Terasaki, Takashi Ōhara, Yū Kobayashi, Mitsuki Saiga, Haruka Tomatsu, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tai Yūki, Aoi Yūki, Mina Kasai and Chiaki Yurin. Each member of the group also voices a character from Inazuma Eleven series.
  6. ^ A fictional boy band performed by Takuma Terashima, Mamoru Miyano, Jun'ichi Sawabe, Ken'ichi Suzumura, Kishō Taniyama, Hiro Shimono and Kōsuke Toriumi.
  7. ^ Consisting of Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa and Mamoru Miyano who also voice the main characters from Free! series.
  8. ^ Consisting of Takahiro Sakurai, Yūichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono, and Miyu Irino who also voice the main characters from Mr. Osomatsu.
  9. ^ Consisting of Saki Ono, Yuka Ozaki and Kana Motomiya who also voice main characters from Kemono Friends series.
  10. ^ Consisting of Aina Aiba, Mikoi Sasaki, Ikuko Chikuta, Ruka Nemoto and Kyōka Tamura who also voice characters from Kemono Friends series.
  11. ^ A fictional boy band performed by Kenshō Ono, Toshiki Masuda, Yūsuke Shirai, Tsubasa Yonaga, Kenn, Atsushi Abe and Takuya Eguchi.
  12. ^ A fictional boy band performed by Wataru Hatano, Sōma Saitō and Takuya Satō.
  13. ^ a b c Double episode.
  14. ^ Originally broadcast as episode 12

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