Submit Your Nominations for the Anime UK News Readers' Choice Awards 2018!

Most of my picks. From these noms it must seem like I've only watched about 4 shows all year... šŸ˜…
AOTY
Yuru Camp
Devilman Crybaby
Violet Evergarden

Episode of the Year
Violet Evergarden Episode 10
APFTTY Episode 12 would be my second choice

Best Soundtrack
Devilman Crybaby
Yuru Camp

Best Animation
Devilman Crybaby
My Hero Academia
Violet Evergarden

Best Writing
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Violet Evergarden

Best New Boy
Sakuta Azusagawa (Bunnygirl Senpai)

Best New Girl
Rin Shima (Yuru Camp)
Nadeshiko Kagamihara (Yuru Camp)
Mai Sakurajima (Bunnygirl Senpai)
Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden) šŸ˜

Best Opening
Wotakoi

Best Ending
Violet Evergarden

Best Home Video
March Comes in Like a Lion
Nice to see WotaKoi get a mention, shame itā€™ll likely never see a second season.
 
If it does get one Iā€™ll be very happy, itā€™s rare to see an anime that deals with adult romance in a realistic but fun fashion.
 
Looking through the 62 series I've watched this year and THAT series really is gonna show up a lot in my nominations...

But damn that's like 15 shows a season I'll really have to calm down next year and thankfully I'm only interested in 7 shows next season
 
My choices AKA how many categories can I nominate Laid-Back Camp for within reason

Best TV Anime
Laid-Back Camp
A Place Further than the Universe
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Bloom into You
Revue Starlight
Rascal Does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Best Anime Film
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

Best Animation
Violet Evergarden
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Laid-Back Camp
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Revue Starlight
Bloom into You
A Place Further than the Universe

Best Writing
A Place Further than the Universe
Violet Evergarden
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Bloom into You
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Best Single Episode
Violet Evergarden episode 10
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai episode 11
Laid-Back Camp episode 5
A Place Further than the Universe episode 12
Zombie Land Saga episode 2

Best Opening Song
SHINY DAYS - Asaka (Laid-Back Camp)
Winding Road - MAN WITH A MISSION (Golden Kamuy)
Fighting Gold - Coda (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
Red Swan - YOSHIKI feat. HYDE (Attack on Titan Season 3)
Rightfully - Milli (Goblin Slayer)
The Girls are Alright! - Saya (A Place Further than the Universe)

Best Ending Song
Koko kara, Koko kara - Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi, & Saori Hayami (A Place Further than the Universe)
Fuyu Biyori - Eri Sasaki (Laid-Back Camp)
Inkya Impulse - Hina Kino, Rika Nagae, & Konomi Kohara (Asobi Asobase)
Fly Me to the Star - Starlight Kuku-gumi (Revue Starlight)
The Perfect World - Marty Friedman (B: The Beginning)
Hectopascal - Yuuki Takada and Minako Kotobuki (Bloom into You)

Best Soundtrack
Laid-Back Camp
Violet Evergarden
Revue Starlight
Bloom into You

Best Home Video Release
Flip Flappers - MVM Entertainment
Kiznaiver - Anime Limited
March comes in like a Lion - Anime Limited
Monster Musume - MVM Entertainment

Best Manga
Laid-Back Camp
Tokyo Ghoul:re
New Game!
Land of the Lustrous

Best Manga Illustration
Laid-Back Camp
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Land of the Lustrous

Best New Girl
Rin Shima (Laid-Back Camp)
Shirase Kobuchizawa (A Place Further than the Universe)
Saki Nikaido (Zombie Land Saga)
Kaoruko Moeta/Chaos (Comic Girls)
Nadeshiko Kagamihara (Laid-Back Camp)
Karen Kohiruimaki/LLENN (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online)

Best New Boy
Lieutenant Tsurumi (Golden Kamuy)
Sakuta Azusagawa (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai)
Kotaro Tatsumi (Zombie Land Saga)
Rimiru Tempest (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
Keith Flick (B: The Beginning)
 
My choices AKA how many categories can I nominate Laid-Back Camp for within reason

Best TV Anime
Laid-Back Camp
A Place Further than the Universe
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Bloom into You
Revue Starlight
Rascal Does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Best Anime Film
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

Best Animation
Violet Evergarden
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Laid-Back Camp
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Revue Starlight
Bloom into You
A Place Further than the Universe

Best Writing
A Place Further than the Universe
Violet Evergarden
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Bloom into You
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Best Single Episode
Violet Evergarden episode 10
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai episode 11
Laid-Back Camp episode 5
A Place Further than the Universe episode 12
Zombie Land Saga episode 2

Best Opening Song
SHINY DAYS - Asaka (Laid-Back Camp)
Winding Road - MAN WITH A MISSION (Golden Kamuy)
Fighting Gold - Coda (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
Red Swan - YOSHIKI feat. HYDE (Attack on Titan Season 3)
Rightfully - Milli (Goblin Slayer)
The Girls are Alright! - Saya (A Place Further than the Universe)

Best Ending Song
Koko kara, Koko kara - Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi, & Saori Hayami (A Place Further than the Universe)
Fuyu Biyori - Eri Sasaki (Laid-Back Camp)
Inkya Impulse - Hina Kino, Rika Nagae, & Konomi Kohara (Asobi Asobase)
Fly Me to the Star - Starlight Kuku-gumi (Revue Starlight)
The Perfect World - Marty Friedman (B: The Beginning)
Hectopascal - Yuuki Takada and Minako Kotobuki (Bloom into You)

Best Soundtrack
Laid-Back Camp
Violet Evergarden
Revue Starlight
Bloom into You

Best Home Video Release
Flip Flappers - MVM Entertainment
Kiznaiver - Anime Limited
March comes in like a Lion - Anime Limited
Monster Musume - MVM Entertainment

Best Manga
Laid-Back Camp
Tokyo Ghoul:re
New Game!
Land of the Lustrous

Best Manga Illustration
Laid-Back Camp
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Land of the Lustrous

Best New Girl
Rin Shima (Laid-Back Camp)
Shirase Kobuchizawa (A Place Further than the Universe)
Saki Nikaido (Zombie Land Saga)
Kaoruko Moeta/Chaos (Comic Girls)
Nadeshiko Kagamihara (Laid-Back Camp)
Karen Kohiruimaki/LLENN (Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online)

Best New Boy
Lieutenant Tsurumi (Golden Kamuy)
Sakuta Azusagawa (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai)
Kotaro Tatsumi (Zombie Land Saga)
Rimiru Tempest (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
Keith Flick (B: The Beginning)
Glad to see someone else give Sui Ishida and Tokyo Ghoul: re some love!
 
Makes me happy seeing someone mention Hoozuki. Most of my picks are from: Hakumei and Mikochi, Saiki Kusuo S2, Golden Kamuy and Asobi Asobase.
I couldn't put anything down for best animated film as there was nothing that really interested me this year.
3-gatsu S1 was the only DVD release I bought this year.
 
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Sorry guys, I went overboard:

Best Anime TV
3 per season. A couple of contenders haven't finished from this season, so I had to go with the current leader of race for my third place.
  • A Place Further Than the Universe
  • Yuru Camp
  • After the Rain
  • Hinamatsuri
  • Uma Masume: Pretty Derby
  • Magical Girl Site
  • Harukana Receive
  • Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion
  • High Score Girl
  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai
  • Golden Kamuy s2
  • Bloom into You

Best Anime Film
  • Maquia
  • Mary and The Witches Flower
  • Mirai
  • Mutafukaz
Best Animation
1 per season
  • Violet Evergarden
  • Hinamatsuri
  • Harukana Receive
  • IRODUKU: The World of Colors

Best Writing
Again 1 per season, but again because it's not finished and what happened towards the end of RDNDBGS I went with 2 for that season.
  • A Place Further Than the Universe
  • Hinamatsuri
  • Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion
  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai
  • Bloom into You

Best Single Episode
3 per season (apart from Spring with only 2). I went for episodes that had events I remember, may not mean the whole episode is good, but without trawling through a year's worth of my Viewing Journal I thought that this would be quickest.
  • A Place Further Than the Universe ep 12: Shirase gets closure
  • Violet Evergarden ep 7: Because everyone went for 10 šŸ˜œ This was just as moving and moved the plot on with important information.
  • Darling in the FranXX ep 13: Zero Two's backstory.
  • Uma Masume: Pretty Derby ep 7: Suzuka's injury was quite a shock.
  • Magical Girl Site ep 11: Had quite a moving event in Yatsumura's death and a bit of a twist after that.
  • Revue Starlight ep 7: Reveal of a twist in the plot.
  • Happy Sugar Life ep 9: Satou kills Shouko šŸ˜®
  • Cells at Work ep 7: Who'd thought you could sympathise for cancer!
  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai ep 6: Really liked the ending of Koga's arc.
  • Golden Kamuy s2 e11: Action packed attack on the prison.
  • ZOMBIE LAND SAGA ep 2: Drop the Mic!

OP Songs
4 per season because I'm really bad at deciding.
  • A Place Further Than the Universe: The Girls Are Alright! by saya
  • Banana Fish: found & lost by Survive Said The Prophet
  • Banana Fish: FREEDOM by BLUE ENCOUNT
  • Darling in the FranXX KISS OF DEATH by Mika Nakashima x Hyde
  • Devilman Crybaby: MAN HUMAN (DEVILMAN crybaby Ver.) by Denki Groove
  • Golden Kamuy s1: Winding Road by MAN WITH A MISSION
  • Grand Blue Dreaming: Grand Blue by Shounan no Kaze
  • Kakuriyo - Bed and Breakfast for Spirits -: Tomoshibi no Manimani by Nao Touyama
  • Kokkoku: Flashback by MIYAVI vs. KenKen
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These: Binary Star by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Uru
  • Persona 5 the Animation: BREAK IN TO BREAK OUT by Lyn
  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai: Kimi no Sei by the peggies
  • Release the Spyce: Spatto! Spy & Spyce by Tsukikage
  • Revue Starlight: Hoshi no Dialogue by Starlight Kukugumi
  • We Rent Tsukumogami: Get Into My Heart by Miyavi and Shishido Kafuka
  • ZOMBIE LAND SAGA: Adabana Necromancy by Fran Chou Chou

ED Songs
Again 4 per season.

  • After the Rain: Ref:rain by Aimer
  • Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion: Upside Down by SHE'S
  • A Place Further Than the Universe: Koko kara, Koko kara by Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi, Saori Hayami
  • Asobi Asobase: Inkya Impulse by Hina Kino, Rika Nagae, Konomi Kohara feat. Ikepy & KSKN
  • Bloom into You: hectopascal by Yuuki Takada, Minako Kotobuki
  • Devilman Crybaby: Konyadake by Takkyuu to Tavito
  • Encouragement of Climb s3: Irochigai no Tsubasa by Yuka Iguchi, Kana Asumi
  • Golden Kamuy s2: Tokei-dai no Kane by eastern youth
  • Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens: DIRTY BULLET by TRI4TH
  • High Score Girl: Houkago Di(e)stra(u)ction by Etsuko Yakushimaru
  • Hisone and Masotan: Le temps de la rentreĢe~Koi no Shingakki~ by D Pai
  • IRODUKU: The World in Colors: Mimei no Kimi to Hakumei no Mahou by Nagi Yanagi
  • Karakuri Circus: Marionette by Lozareena
  • Tada-kun Never Falls in Love: Love Song by Manaka Iwami
  • Tokyo Ghoul: re s1: HALF by Ziyoou-vachi (QUEEN BEE)
  • WotaKoi: Love is Hard for Otaku: Kimi no Tonari by halca

Best Soundtrack
1 per season
  • A Place Further Than the Universe
  • Megalo Box
  • Harukana Receive
  • Release the Spyce

Best Home Release
N/A. I think I only brought the one this year and it was botched. Ghost in the Shell: SAC. Probably still vote for it though.

Best Manga (+ Illustrations)
  • Hakumei and Mikochi
  • Yuru Camp
  • Girls' Last Tour

Best New Boy
1 per season
  • Xianming Lin (Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens)
  • Sugimoto (Golden Kamuy)
  • Jinzaburou (Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion)
  • Sakuta (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai)

Best New Girl
1 per season bar Winter (I got A Place Further Than the Universe down from 4 to 2, just)
  • Hinata and Shirase (APFTTU)
  • Asirpa (Golden Kamuy)
  • Haruka (Harukana Receive)
  • Mai (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai)
 
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Curses, I need to update my 'Best Writing' catagory to Asobi Asobase.

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I didn't include comedy shows in my nominations, it didn't really seem fitting? You can't really compare the quality of comedy writing to dramatic writing, they're chalk and cheese. Rest assured, Asobi Asobase would definitely get my vote if it actually does count.
 
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