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Best Story of the Year : Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
Honorable Mentions :
JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable
Aikatsu Stars!
Amanchu!
3-gatsu no Lion
Girlish Number


Best Action of the Year : Mob Psycho 100
Honorable Mentions :
Magi Sinbad no Bouken
JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable
Space Patrol Luluco
Gundam Thunderbolt
Ushio to Tora 2nd season
Macross Δ
Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Brave Witches


Best Comedy of the Year : Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan
Honorable Mentions :
Konosuba
Osomatsu-san (2nd-half)
Gintama 4th season (later half)
Sekkou Boys
New Game!
To Be Hero
Show By Rock!! 2nd season


Best Drama of the Year : Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
Honorable Mentions :
Gundam Thunderbolt
3-gatsu no Lion


Best Slice of Life of the Year : Amanchu!
Honorable Mentions :
Flying Witch
Sansha Sanyou
Aikatsu Stars!
New Game!
3-gatsu no Lion
Natsume Yuujinchou season 5
Girlish Number
Stella no Mahou
Chi's Sweet Home 2016


Best Light Novel Adaptation of the Year : Konosuba
Honorable Mention : Durarara!!x2 Ketsu


Best Shorts of the Year : Space Patrol Luluco
Honorable Mentions :
Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko
Sekkou Boys
Teekyuu
Bananya
To Be Hero
Gakuen Handsome
Bernard-jou Iwaku


Best OP theme song of the Year : Mob Psycho 100
Honorable Mentions :
Aokana
Dimension W
Sakamoto desu ga?
Flying Witch
JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable
High School Fleet
Sansha Sanyou
Macross Δ
New Game!
Amanchu!
Regalia
Yuri on Ice
Drifters
3-gatsu no Lion


Best ED theme song of the Year : JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable
Honorable Mentions :
Konosuba
Koukaku no Pandora
Space Patrol Luluco
High School Fleet
Macross Δ
Mob Psycho 100
3-gatsu no Lion
Flip Flappers
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
Girlish Number
Natsume Yuujinchou season 5


Best OST of the Year : JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable
Honorable Mentions :
Macross Δ
Mob Psycho 100
Amanchu!
Yuri on Ice


Best Boy of the Year : Arataka Reigen (Mob Psycho 100)
Honorable Mentions :
Yuurakutei Yakumo (Rakugo)
Sakamoto (Sakamoto desu ga?)
Saint George (Sekkou Boys)
Betelgeuse (Re:Zero)
Josuke Higashikata (Jojo)
Kira Yoshikage (Jojo)
Rohan Kishibe (Jojo)
Okuyasu Nijimura (Jojo)
Over Justice Director-General (Space Patrol Luluco)
Kennosuke (Kuromukuro)
Kusou Saiki (Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan)
Shun Kaidou (Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan)
Riki Nendou (Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan)
Oda Nobunaga (Drifters)
Rei Kiriyama (3-gatsu no Lion)


Best Girl of the Year : Karasuma Chitose (Girlish Number)
Honorable Mentions :
Megumin (Konosuba)
Arisaka Mashiro (Aokana)
Kurashina Asuka(Aokana)
Miyano (Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge)
Shiraishi (Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge)
Kowata Makoto (Flying Witch)
Kuramoto Chinatsu (Flying Witch)
Luluco (Space Patrol Luluco)
Akeno Misaki (High School Fleet)
Wilhelmina (High School Fleet)
Anne Hanakoizumi (Anne Happy)
Youko Nishikawa (Sansha Sanyou)
Shino Sonobe (Sansha Sanyou)
Nijino Yume (Aikatsu Stars!)
Freyja Wion (Macross Δ)
Aoba Suzukaze (New Game!)
Yun Ijima (New Game!)
Hikari Kohinata (Amanchu!)
Ooki Futaba (Amanchu!)
Kazuha Shibasaki (Girlish Number)
Sonou Momoka (Girlish Number)
Hikari Karibuchi (Brave Witches)
Tsumujikaze Koyori (Scorching Ping Pong Girls)


Best OVA/ONA of the Year : Gundam the Origin
Honorable Mentions :
Planetarian
Gintama Aizome Kaori-hen


Best Movie of the Year : Gundam Thunderbolt December Sky
Honorable Mentions:
Garo Movie Divine Flame
Tamayura Movie Part 4
Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot

Best Director of the Year : Satou Junichi


Worst Director of the Year : Araki Tetsurou


Biggest Disappointment :
Erased
Dagashi Kashi
Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai
Re:Zero
Boku no Hero Academia
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
Kiznaiver
Joker Game
Kuma Miko
Terra Formars Revenge
Berserk 2016
Orange
Rewrite
Handa-kun
Regalia
Under the Dog
Kimi no Na wa
Koe no Katachi
Kingsglaive
Keijo
Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
ViVid Strike!
Tiger Mask W


WORST ANIME OF 2016 : Re:Zero

BEST ANIME OF 2016 : Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable