Voting for the American Anime Awards opens with controversy

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Voting for the first annual American Anime Awards opened earlier this week (fans can vote via an internet poll) but the nominations and specifically the organization of the event has already attracted controversy.

Amongst many issues, a performance in Katsuhiro Otomo's post-apocalyptic Akira has oddly been nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy, while ADV Films overwhelming involvement in the awards (contributing TV broadcasts and presenters amongst other things) as brought into question the impartiality of the entire scheme.
 
Johnny Yong Bosch might not have been nominated specifically for "Akira", it could just be whoever nominated him being strange when it comes to the nomination process, listing a famous role after the name to avoid confusion. Think Troy Maclure from the Simpsons!
 
It seems odd that they could have nominations for everything that has been released in the past. Since it is the American Anime Awards then it would make much more sense to only have nominations for stuff released in America in the previous year.
 
They're making the awards this year (they've yet to decide on the following years awards) focus on anime that has been available to buy in America last year, regardless of whether it was released last year or not. For a first year only thing (if that is what it is) I sort of agree with them.
 
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