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Jul 2, 2009 7:01 PM
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Japan Expo 2009 started in Paris on July 2nd. The winners of 2009 Japan Expo Awards are as follows:

Manga
Best Shounen: Fairy Tail
Best Shojo: Vampire Knight
Best Seinen: Detroit Metal City
Best Edition: Blackjack-Deluxe Edition

Anime
Best Series Adopted from a Manga: Death Note
Best Original Series: Elfen Lied
Best Edition: Death Note Limited Integral Edition

Music
Best Group/Artist: Tsuchiya Anna
Best Album: GIMMICAL★IMPACT!! by LM.C (includes "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!" songs)
Best Original Soundtrack: Nana Best ("NANA")

The nominee were chosen from the titles licensed in France and the winners were determined by online public votes.

Japan Expo official website
Source: Nikkei BP
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Jul 2, 2009 7:02 PM
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No wai.
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Jul 2, 2009 7:03 PM
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Yay! DMC.
Jul 2, 2009 7:04 PM
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I'm a little confused here. What criteria are they choosing for nominations of series? It's not like any of those series above have been recently released. *Shrugs*
Jul 2, 2009 8:18 PM
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i agree with all of these
Jul 2, 2009 8:31 PM
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vindemon64 said:
I'm a little confused here. What criteria are they choosing for nominations of series? It's not like any of those series above have been recently released. *Shrugs*


dtshyk said:
The nominee were chosen from the titles licensed in France


Makes sense.

Edit: I wonder if the titles licensed in France is limited.
Jul 2, 2009 8:33 PM
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dtshyk said:

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Best Series Adopted from a Manga: Monster


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Jul 2, 2009 8:35 PM
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wait... wut, France?
Jul 2, 2009 8:36 PM
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dtshyk said:
Best Shojo: Vampire Knight

What? Possibly one of the worst shoujo I've ever had the displeasure of reading. Nice to see DMC up there though. Can't say as I agree with any of the other choices.
Jul 2, 2009 8:45 PM

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Metroid_Ex said:
dtshyk said:

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Best Series Adopted from a Manga: Monster


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Jul 2, 2009 9:00 PM
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dtshyk said:

Best Album: GIMMICAL★IMPACT!! by LM.C (includes "Katekyo Hitman Reborn!" songs)


<3 Yay LM.C!~
Jul 2, 2009 9:08 PM

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Yay! DMC.
Jul 2, 2009 9:09 PM

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wtf happened in the shoujo category :/

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dtshyk said:
The nominee were chosen from the titles licensed in France
Makes sense.

Edit: I wonder if the titles licensed in France is limited.

Actually, I've noticed a number of impressive titles not available in US that are out in France. I don't think that's it.
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Vampire Knight as Best Shoujo bothers me...
Jul 2, 2009 9:10 PM

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Shojos (or girls?) are really going down on quality.
Jul 3, 2009 1:17 AM

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I like DMC, but i think Saint Young Men is better, such a pity.
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BigSimo said:
Metroid_Ex said:
dtshyk said:

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Best Series Adopted from a Manga: Monster


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Mhm
Jul 3, 2009 1:32 AM

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Vampire Knight as Best Shoujo bothers me...
This. But NANA winning something is awesome.
Jul 3, 2009 3:57 AM

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LolitaDecay said:
Mari-chan said:
Vampire Knight as Best Shoujo bothers me...
This. But NANA winning something is awesome.


I agree. It's a shame Ai Yazawa's sick at the moment too. :(

I think the Best Shoujo category imploded on itself, no wai should Vampire Knight have won that <.<
Jul 3, 2009 5:07 AM

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dtshyk said:

Best Shojo: Vampire Knight
Best Series Adopted from a Manga: Death Note
Best Original Series: Elfen Lied

wtf?
Jul 3, 2009 6:18 AM

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I wonder what the other nominated Manga/Anime were.
I haven't read Vampire knight so far, but I know Fairy Tail and... honestly there are besser Shonen Mangas out there. What where they thinking? O_o
Jul 3, 2009 9:19 AM

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lol @ Elfen Lied being original anime.

Good anime though, but lol "original"
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Lol, French people are weird, at least they had Makino Yui over =(
Jul 3, 2009 8:59 PM

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lol @ Elfen Lied being original anime.

Good anime though, but lol "original"


more original than "moe-blobs" ... i.e. k-on
Jul 4, 2009 9:33 AM

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Don't forget :

The nominee were chosen from the titles licensed in France and the winners were determined by online public votes.


That means it's a popularity contest. Not everyone visits sites like MAL, most people that read mangas or watch animes only know about the things everyone and their mother read/watch. I live here in France so I'm not surprised at these results, though I didn't know that there were that many people who like DMC. I don't care about the anime/manga distribution in France anyway. x)
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How in the hell does Fairy Fail get best shounen?
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Yays for DMC and Death Note XD
Yeah I disagree on the Vampire Knight thing too
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