 Winners of the Tokyo Anime Awards have been announced for 2015.Animation of the Year Frozen (Film) Ping Pong The Animation (Television) Runners-Up Stand By Me Doraemon (Film) Youkai Watch (Television) Fan Award Tiger & Bunny 2: The Rising (Film) Individual Awards Best Director: Isao Takahata (Hotaru no Haka) Best Screenplay & Original Story: Jukki Hanada (K-On!!) Best Animator: Osamu Tanabe (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari), Kumiko Takahashi (Fullmetal Alchemist), Nobutaka Itou Best Character Design & Mechanical Design: Takahiro Kishida (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) Best Art Director: Kazuo Oga (Mononoke Hime) Best Voice Actor: Daisuke Ono (Durarara!!), Kouki Uchiyama (Nisekoi) Best Music: Hiroyuki Sawano (Shingeki no Kyojin) Honorary Achievement Awards  Director: Toshio Hirata, deceased (Petshop of Horrors) Scriptwriter: Yoshitake Suzuki (Mobile Fighter G Gundam) Voice Actor: Hiroshi Otake (Great Mazinger) Composer: Nobuyoshi Koshibe, deceased (Mach GoGoGo) Animator: Tadakatsu Yoshida (Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä) Singer: Isao Sasaki (Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199) Producer: Jushichi Sano Animation Director: Sadao Tsukioka (Ookami Shounen Ken) Sound Director: Kan Mizumoto (Yu Yu Hakusho) Original Author: Monkey Punch (Lupin III) Art Director: Masahiro Ioka (Alps no Shoujo Heidi) *Note: The titles listed next to individual awards are merely one series that the winner has worked on; they are not the title that the winner won the award for. Source: Anime of the Year, Individual Awards, Achievement Awards ← Previous Year |
Sakana-sanFeb 6, 2020 10:14 AM
| Are you serious? :O Ping Pong The Animation (Television) Hell yes, where's my season 2 damnit? Tiger & Bunny 2: The Rising (Film) Sellout votes, gundam uc was better. Best Music: Hiroyuki Sawano (Shingeki no Kyojin) |
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| Awesome. Nice to see that Ping Pong won. |
| Frozen? WTF, that movie deserves a Razzie not Animation of the Year. |
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| Great that Ping Pong gets recognition I find it rather surprising that Frozen won a Japanese award though.. dafuq |
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| Frozen? |
| wow, frozen |
| Ping Pong... niceeeeeee. Gotta watch the T&B movie! |
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| Haven't seen Frozen before (not sure if I want to) but I'm glad to see Ping Pong the Animation getting Animation of the Year award. Hyped for Lupin III for Spring now after seeing Monkey Punch listed on the Honorary section. |
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| Now i have to watch ping pong. |
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| Of course Hiroyuki Sawano wins the best music twice in a row. |
| F-Frozen...? Why? |
| "Hey, assbutt!"—Castiel, Supernatural "Do you ever have a problem where you just don't know how to reply to an argument-- not because you don't know the answer, but you just don't where to begin? Like, the foundation of knowledge you'd need to impart to this person before you could even begin to drag them out of their sinkhole of ignorance would cost thousands of dollars, if it were coming from a University?" -MAL in a nutshell. |
Sakana-san said: Animation of the Year Ping Pong The Animation (Television) Deserved. Well deserved. Why is Frozen winning a Japanese award...? EDIT: I'm pretty sure if they included (all) international possibilities they could surely come up with something better. I feel like it's just because Frozen is so popular and American/English. Makes Ping Pong look less impressive... |
MirorinMar 23, 2015 9:41 AM
| Well deserved win for Ping Pong. Surprised to see Frozen, its a good movie, but not really that outstanding. Still glad to see it since that means that Japan is open enough for foreign things to actually give an award to Frozen :D |
| Ping Pong, Hell Yeaaaah!!! :D... |
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| 2 words Ping Pong :D |
| "Even villains have standards" -Accelerator-  |
| Ping Pong and Takahata and Suzuki make up for Frozen. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Haine- said: What's frozen doing up there...? It's an animated film with probably a 2014 release in Japan. Doesn't specifically have to be anime, I think. Good to see Ping Pong and some other deserved contenders won. |
| Ping Pong The Animation (Television) Well deserved indeed!! Hoppy said: Frozen? WTF, that movie deserves a Razzie not Animation of the Year. Haaa |
| Freaking Frozen |
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| Frozen...whyyyy .___. |
Ping Pong The Animation (Television) I guess I'll forgive them for FrozenBest Voice Actor: Daisuke Ono (Durarara!!), Kouki Uchiyama (Nisekoi) Also glad that there's less Shingeki no Kyojin than the year before |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| Was Uchiyama's perferormance really that special? I can't help but find the idea of Nisekoi being exceptional in any way kinda laughable. |
Ping Pong won?  I'm so happy right now |
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ichii_1 said: He didn't win for SnK, just to note. We added a role for each winner to give users a bit of recognition. SnK is just much, much more popular than Gundam UC. I will agree with you though, UC's OST is great. I was listening to a bunch of tracks for up to 2 months after I finished the series.Sellout votes, gundam uc was better. Best Music: Hiroyuki Sawano (Shingeki no Kyojin) NyuuuuSaaaan said: Same here. Perhaps I should add a note to the post.Was Uchiyama's perferormance really that special? I can't help but find the idea of Nisekoi being exceptional in any way kinda laughable. Mirorin said: Anime means Animation in Japan. I don't believe the Tokyo Anime Awards are solely for domestic animation, but also international.Why is Frozen winning a Japanese award...? |
| Ping Pong The Animation for best animation? Eh, alrightie then. |
| What did Jukki Hanada even get picked for? NGNL and Love Live? All my whats. Is Love Live even original? Even if it was why the hell would het get an Original Story Award for that. Someone fill me in. |
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| I'm happy for Ping Pong winning. Still haven't seen Frozen though. |
| Very happy to see Ping Pong up there. Frozen and Stand By Me Doraemon should switch places, not that I've watched the latter yet. Uchiyama Kouki getting some recognition, nice. Raku was a role that was different from most of his previous roles which I've seen, and he did pretty well with the character imo. And he was also a really fitting choice for Smile in Ping Pong. |
| Salute to Ping Pong the Animation, stay stylin. |
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| Not surprised to see Frozen there at all, here in Norway, tourism from Japan has exploded ever since Frozen, there was almost never tourists from Japan here in Northern Norway, now they're shuttling in planes chock full of Japanese people daily. I find it peculiar that they would come in the dead of winter though, but I guess that's how they get the authentic "Frozen" experience :P Also, I don't remember any Japanese movies from 2015, at least not any worthy of note, and Frozen did win in the movie category, so what other movies than Frozen could/ would win? |
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| Wth hell Frozen? Really :/..... But well deserved win for ping pong. I'm satisfied. |
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| lol Frozen |
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| Not even Japan can go without giving an award to Frozen. |
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| Fucking Frozen wins movie of the year. Hipster: The Animation wins TV show of the year. I've never followed these awards, and I certainly never will now. What a complete disaster. |
| Yet MAL users and people I know personally have told me that Ping Pong's animation sucks... lol. Congrats to Kouki Uchiyama! I fell in love with his voice back in 2008 when he voiced Soul from Soul Eater, and I've been a fan ever since. |
p r o f i l e 👀 |
Naruleach said: Yet MAL users and people I know personally have told me that Ping Pong's animation sucks... lol. Congrats to Kouki Uchiyama! I fell in love with his voice back in 2008 when he voiced Soul from Soul Eater, and I've been a fan ever since. It does suck. It's a hipster show. Err, sorry, the proper term is "Artsy". Another word for trash. |
ex_necrossMar 22, 2015 2:52 PM
| Tiger & Bunny is the only good one in this winner list. I hope it gets 2nd season or at least a 3rd film |
| Voice actress category missing? |
 I don't watch as much anime as before... |
| Sawano <3 Things are still good it seems. |
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| Oh yeah Ping pong definitely deserves the award. Not sure what to think of Frozen winning it too since I haven't watched it yet. |
Sakana-san said: Animation of the Year Frozen (Film) *sigh* Why? Best Music: Hiroyuki Sawano (Shingeki no Kyojin) Yoko Kano should've won. Her work is definitely better than Sawano's. |
BatoKusanagiMar 22, 2015 3:25 PM
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| Frozen wat |
| Ping Pong was the only anime worth the title anyway, anything else would have been a huge disappointment. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| Oh Gawd... Frozen xD |
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