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Help us brainstorm the best and funniest yearbook categories for 2024.
Then vote for the anime/song/character who most fits that category!


After the positive response of MAL Yearbook 2023, we're back for another brainstorming session for the fourth edition. Let us know what you think are some funny categories that apply to the most memorable anime and characters of the year 2024!

Here are some examples to get you started:
  • Anime with world-building that captivated you
  • OP/ED to listen to when you just want to chill
  • Character with the most exaggerated and comical responses

Please post in this thread with the following:
  • Your ideas for anime/song/character yearbook categories (they don't need to be perfect!)
  • Nominations you think would be perfect for those categories
  • Which suggestions from other MAL members you like
Once we decide the categories and nominations, voting will take place in mid-January 2025!
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Dec 23, 2024 2:54 AM
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Character category:
Best male MC
Best female MC
Best side character

Music category:
Best insert song (example: "I Trust You" from Re:Zero season 3 episode 7)
Best OST (background music)

Anime category:
Best art style

The Best ED category should have at least one song from Alya-san and Makeine each.
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Dec 23, 2024 6:36 AM
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For the character category:

My brother can't be this cute
Character whose love for their brother cannot be matched

Or maybe you can even expand it to siblings in general to include a wider character voting pool, but I just thought how many hilarious/adorable sister characters we had this year

Some characters: Falin, Ichikawa Kana, Aisha/Norn, Ruby, Yuki, Kaju etc.
NeengenDec 23, 2024 6:40 AM
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Best Anime Couple/Ship could be a new category to consider.....
Dec 24, 2024 12:02 PM
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Hot mess (aka Best Male Character)
Hinata Shouyou from "Haikyuu!! Movie: Gomisuteba no Kessen"
Hoshino Aquamarine from "Oshi no Ko" 2nd Season
Kamonohashi Ron from "Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"
Kurosaki Ichigo from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
Nagi Seishirou from "Blue Lock: Episode Nagi"
YoRHa 9-gou S-gata from "NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2"

Best Villain
Dabi from "Boku no Hero Academia 7th Season"
Jaegerjaquez Grimmjow from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
Moriarty Mylo from "Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"
Sett from "Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"

Best "Aniki!" (aka character with best "big brother" vibe)
Hibino Kafka from "Kaijuu 8-gou"
Jirou from "Tonari no Youkai-san"
Kuroo Tetsurou from "Haikyuu!! Movie: Gomisuteba no Kessen"
Umemiya Hajime from "Wind Breaker"

"that's why people loves cats" (aka Best Cat)
Bunzou from "Ramen Akaneko"
Hana from "Ramen Akaneko"
Kuro from "Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen"
Kyuruga from "Yoru wa Neko to Issho Season 3"
Madara from "Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi"
Pun-chan from "Neko ni Tensei shita Ojisan"

"I want to take it home with me!" (aka Best Mascot Character)
Hachi from "Shibuya♡Hachi"
Inu from "Tono to Inu"
Kinoko Inu from "Kinoko Inu"
Kon from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
Mokke from "Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Part 2"

Opening Theme
"Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts "Mashle: Shinkakusha Kouho Senbatsu Shiken-hen"
"Hoozuki (鬼灯)" by Yoh Kamiyama (神山羊) from "Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji"
"LEveL" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:TOMORROW X TOGETHER from "Ore dake Level Up na Ken"
"Kaijuu (怪獣)" by Sakanaction (サカナクション) from "Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite"
"Kotoba ni sezu tomo (言葉にせずとも)" by SIX LOUNGE from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
"Plan A (プランA)" by DISH// from "Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi"
"Running In My Head" by MIYAVI from "Code Geass: Dakkan no Rozé"
"Shika-iro Days (シカ色デイズ)" by Shika-bu (シカ部) [Noko Shikanoko (CV: Megumi Han), Torako Koshi (CV: Saki Fujita), Anko Koshi (CV: Rui Tanabe), Meme Bashame (CV: Fuuka Izumi)] from "Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan"
"Sleep Walking Orchestra" by BUMP OF CHICKEN from "Dungeon Meshi"
"VORTEX" by Setsuko (Kuhaku Gokko) from "Mecha-ude (TV)"

Ending Theme
"Aiko (愛故)" by Muto (むト) from "Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji"
"Aporia (アポリア)" by Yorushika from "Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite"
"Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (明日は明日の風が吹く)" by LEEVELLES from "Himesama "Goumon" no Jikan desu"
"karma" by Setsuko (Kuhaku Gokko) from "Mecha-ude (TV)"
"MONOCHROME" by suisoh (水槽) from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
"Nani Warotonnen (なに笑ろとんねん)" by Yoshino (吉乃) by "Raise wa Tanin ga Ii"
"Tokoshie (とこしえ)" by Akiko Shikata from "Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai"
"Yuuyami no Uta (夕闇のうた)" by KEIKO from "Sengoku Youko: Yonaoshi Kyoudai-hen"

"I ship it!" (aka Best Couple)
Akutsu Masatora x Amane Lily from "Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru"
Fortna Azure Seth x Nina from "Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"
Hanako-kun x Yashiro Nene from "Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Part 2"
Ichikawa Kyoutarou x Yamada Anna from "Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu 2nd Season"
Jinshi x Maomao from "Kusuriya no Hitorigoto"
Miller Shun x Mimori Byakuya from "Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."
Okumura Rin x Moriyama Shiemi from "Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen"
Sett x Nina from "Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"
Toriashi Shouma x Somei Yoshino from "Raise wa Tanin ga Ii"

Best Look (aka Best Character Design)
"Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen"
"Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
"Grimm Kumikyoku"
"Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"
"Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen"
"Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen"
"Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji"
"Mononoke Movie: Karakasa"
"Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi"
"NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2"

Weekly Dopamine Shot
"Dungeon Meshi"
"Himesama "Goumon" no Jikan desu"
"Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."
"Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san"
"Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi"
"Tonari no Youkai-san"
"Yuru Camp△ Season 3"

Best Romance
"Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu 2nd Season"
"Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"
"Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."

Best Comedy
"Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Part 2"
"Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 3"
"Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!"
"Mashle: Shinkakusha Kouho Senbatsu Shiken-hen"

The killer is among us (aka Best Mystery Series)
"Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen"
"Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai"
"Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"

Best Shorts
"Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Part 2"
"Uji ni wa Monogatari ga Aru"
"Yuru Camp△ Season 3 Specials"
"Yoru wa Neko to Issho Season 3"

"I learned about it from anime"
"Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite"
"Hyakushou Kizoku 2nd Season"
"Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai"
"Yuru Camp△ Season 3"

Fantastic Fights
"Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen"
"Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
"Kaijuu 8-gou"
"Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen"
"Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi"
"Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran"
"Wind Breaker"

Best Poster
"Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite"
"Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai"
"Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."
"Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen"
"Mononoke Movie: Karakasa"
"NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2"
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Reply to StyxParadise

Character category:
Best male MC
Best female MC
Best side character

Music category:
Best insert song (example: "I Trust You" from Re:Zero season 3 episode 7)
Best OST (background music)

Anime category:
Best art style

The Best ED category should have at least one song from Alya-san and Makeine each.
@StyxParadise Thank you for your post. For this event, we make up unserious categories for fun (kind of like a highschool yearbook), instead of serious "award" categories that many other websites do already :)

Here are some non-anime yearbook examples!
https://www.shutterfly.com/ideas/yearbook-superlative/
  • Beauty and brains
  • Best bromance
  • Cutest couple that never was
  • Most likely to drop his/her phone in the toilet
  • Most likely to survive the Hunger Games
Dec 25, 2024 9:31 AM
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Best ship would be fun! Of course not limiting it to opposite sex couples

Best older sibling like who did the most for or was loved most by their little sibling(s)

Most misunderstood anime or character

Most hated character
Dec 25, 2024 9:34 AM
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‘Hear me Out Cake’ Characters
Characters you’d put on your hear me out cake, as in crushes that you have to explain LMAO, for example… maybe my own example lol… [Dungeon Meshi Spoiler]



🎃 My 2024 Candies 🎃
Dec 25, 2024 10:22 AM
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Coolest nerd

For anime that focuses on a niche and does it well
"He isn't dead, San. He is here with us now, telling us, it's time for both of us to live."
"And slowly... You come to realize..."
"They come without asking, and then they leave just the same.
But once you meet them, even if nobody ever knows it, that encounter will change your life for the better."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYzMYcUty6s
Dec 25, 2024 5:43 PM

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Character category:
Best third wheel Jin "Jiji" Enjouji
"They're so me fr" Masaki "Masakichi" Sonoue
Would die first in an apocalypse Ranma "Ran-chan, Ranko, Osage no onna (Pigtailed Girl)" Saotome
Is the reason there is an apocalypse Noko "Nokotan" Shikanoko
Most likely to trip over nothing Kana Arima

Anime category:
Wait that's it? (sequel pls i beg) Tasogare Out Focus
Is that a reference? Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san
Wait that aired this year? Sousou no Frieren



Dec 25, 2024 5:46 PM
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Character:
Setting the Scene - Narration so good, you want to hear them talk about your life. (Best narrator)

Music category:
MALTV Rewind - The videos that made the music. (Best music video - there are plenty of good ones to pick from on MAL that came out this year)

Anime category:
Nihongo ga Wakarimasen - I donghuanna watch no anime. (Best Chinese series)
Dec 26, 2024 9:16 AM

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Might as well add some nominations for the categories I suggested.

Best Male MC
Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero Season 3)
Aquamarine Hoshino (Oshi no Ko Season 2)
Laios Touden (Dungeon Meshi)
Lawrence Kraft (Spice & Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf)
Mash Burnedead (MASHLE: Magic and Muscles – The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc)
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji (Classroom of the Elite Season 3)
Haru Tennoji (Trillion Game)

Best Female MC
Nina Iseri (Girls Band Cry)
Torako Koshi (Shikanoko Nokomoko Koshotantan)
Holo (Spice & Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf)
Yumiella Dolkness (Villainess Level 99)
Anna Yanami (Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines)
Akane Kurokawa (Oshi no Ko Season 2)

Best Insert Song
I Trust You (Re:Zero Season 3 episode 7)
Ao Isshoku (Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night episode 8)
Omoi Saku Toki (The Apothecary Diaries Season 1 episode 24)
Voiceless Fish (Girls Band Cry episode 3)

Best OST
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Re:Zero Season 3

Best artstyle
Dungeon Meshi
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
Blue Box
Trillion Game
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth


LittleStar said:
Best Romance
"Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu 2nd Season"
"Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"
"Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."


To this category, I'd like to add A Sign of Affection and Kimi ni Todoke 3rd Season.

Best Villain
Dabi from "Boku no Hero Academia 7th Season"
Jaegerjaquez Grimmjow from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
Moriarty Mylo from "Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"
Sett from "Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"


And Regulus Corneas from Re:Zero Season 3 to this one.

Also...

StyxParadise said:

The Best ED category should have at least one song from Alya-san and Makeine each.


I guess I'll go ahead and add nominations for the Best OP and Best ED categories...

Best ED
World is Mine (Alya-san Sometiimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian episode 9)
Love 2000 (Makeine episodes 1-4)
NOX LUX (Re:Zero season 3)

Best OP
Reweave (Re:Zero Season 3)
Fatale (Oshi no Ko Season 2)
Jikai Yokoku (Go! Go! Loser Ranger)
Shikairo Days (Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan)
Haru (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 1 2nd half)
BLING BANG BANG BORN (MASHLE: The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc)
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Wait that's it? (sequel pls i beg) Tasogare Out Focus

To this category, I'd like to add:
"Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai"
"Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."
"Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!"
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make a category for worst admin and list Cyruz
also nominate Scott Pilgrim Takes Off for every category
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Categories


  • Best Blushing Face
  • Most Likely to Kill You and Make it Look Like an Accident Even Though They Look Harmless
  • Least Likely to Make Their Bed in the Morning
  • Too Precious For This World
  • Best "Help Me, I'm Feeling" Scene
  • Best Couple That Should Have Been
  • Best Physics Breaking Scene
  • Don't Judge an Anime By it's Name


My Nominees

Best Blushing Face


Most Likely to Kill You and Make it Look Like an Accident Even Though They Look Harmless


Least Likely to Make Their Bed in the Morning


Too Precious For This World


Best "Help Me, I'm Feeling" Scene


Best Couple That Should Have Been


Best Physics Breaking Scene


Don't Judge an Anime By It's Name
Dec 27, 2024 7:31 AM
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  • Rock-hard muscles --> ex: Goblins from Dungeon no Naka no Hito
  • Best scream --> ex: Nobunaga Shimazaki (acro trip ep3)
  • Chunkiest brows --> ex: Agemochitarou
  • Hottest singer --> ex: Basue from snack basue

  • Best bath scene --> Bye Bye Earth, Maou 2099, Isekai no Yu
  • Slickest CGI --> Maougun Saikyou, Girls Band Cry
  • How lewd... --> Wistoria
  • Most creative --> Egumi Legacy
  • Revived from the ashes (remakes, new projects, cover songs, etc) --> Kimi ni Todoke s3 (Longest wait for sequel), Ranma, Daima, Alya (EDs), Makeine (EDs), Snack Basue (EDs), Vtuber (EDs), Bartender, Grendizer U, Kinnikuman, Beyblade X, Transformers 40th, Rurouni Kenshin, Terminator 0, Scott Pilgrim, etc
  • Say it 10 times fast "fun/tongue twister titles" --> Shikanokonokonokokoshitantan, Dandadan, Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction, Isekai de Mofumofu Nadenade Suru Tameni Ganbattemasu, Na-Nare Hana-Nare, Kuramerukagari, Kabushikigaisha Magi-Lumière
  • Highest level --> Solo Leveling, Kankin Kuiki Level X, Akuyaku Reijou Level 99, Saikyou Tank no Meikyuu Kouryaku: Tairyoku 9999 no Rare Skill Mochi Tank, Yuusha Party o Tsuihou sareru, Maou 2099, Rebel 3199, ...any title with Most, Strongest, etc


+1
  • Setting the Scene - Narration so good, you want to hear them talk about your life. (Best narrator) --> Bananya
  • Is the reason there is an apocalypse
  • "I want to take it home with me!" (aka Best Mascot Character) --> Mashirou (& the bears) from Acro Trip, Chiikawa
  • "that's why people loves cats" (aka Best Cat) --> Bananya
  • Best Couple That Should Have Been --> Hina x Taiki :^)
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all of the answers are The Apothecary Diaries or TYBW

Dec 28, 2024 12:24 AM

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“Best Sakuga Shot” is one idea that I have in mind, although I don't know which anime I would nominate for this since I haven't seen much anime this year lol.

@LittleStar
Those are some really nice ideas. 👌 I especially love the “Best Poster” idea as well. Great nominations too!

@StyxParadise
I really love the “Best artstyle category” :p
Dec 28, 2024 12:47 AM
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ANIME:
Best mystery. Like, best SINGLE mystery within a show.
Best use of real-life history, or Most educational, since there are so few educational anime.

SONG:
Least singable.

CHARACTER:
Best supporting couple.
Best parents. Does it mean best characters, or like, kindest, best at raising their kids? you decide.
Everyone needs to watch t least three good and three bad things in each genre or they will explode forever.
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Drumroll please.....Memes!

2024 has been decorated with a lot of best memes, apart from how awful it was for some of us. If we would like to see some fun categories that we all relate, i think we need some meme reference throughout this year. Some of the memorable ones including,
1. Turkish Olympic Shooter: either the most normal or even weak looking character but surprisingly skillful (especially in shooting) OR the most effortless one
*depends on in which the nominees meet
2. Olympic Breakdancer: the silliest pose moment
3. Chill Guy: this one character that stays calm and carefree in a hectic world
4. Very demure, very mindful: the moment where a character does something completely out of character (for example: supposed to be tsundere, but turns to be violent)
5. Moo Deng: the most squishy, bouncy looking character
6. Rizzler Kid: the character who is overly confident with often nonsensical pickup lines

Plus, i think it would be cute to sometimes appreciate some precious female characters that showed up for the littlest time.
7. That girl on the bus you'll never meet again

Haven't really thought about which characters/moments gonna fit in those, at least as I haven't really catched up with 2024s.
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Alright, it's time to get to the real awards ideas and not copy those stinky ones from Crunchyroll that are questionable every year. Here are my proposals:

  • Most unnecessary recap episode: Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken: Kanwa - Luminous Memories you're on my watch
  • Best opening to be worsened by autotune: "Ito (イト)" by Van de Shop, such a shame
  • Best hype train crash: Uzumaki, this is all on you buddy
  • Stickiest YouTube shorts recommendations: Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san just won't leave mine for some reason
  • Let it rest: Boku no Hero Academia 7th Season, which at least ende-wait, what do you mean there's another season next year? And a spin-off too?
  • Most banger OP with the worst animation: at least the band music video for "Running In My Head" by MIYAVI is pretty good
  • Most country flags represented in an episode: Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? even showed a flag from Uruguay in one shot
  • The Balatro award: High Card Season 2, since some of the villains are a bunch of jokers

I'll happily take a commission fee for each accepted one as I advise @coffeedrops to do so with "Say it 10 times fast". That is all.
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Character category:
Best male MC
Best female MC
Best side character male
Best side character female
Best couple/ship
Best antagonist
Best girl who love their brother(because there were tons of bro cons this year)

Music category:
Best opening(I nominate Re:weave,Shounen, shikanoko and my dream girls)
Best ending(I nominate lux Nox,Love 2000,together together sadistic and kwarikute gomen)
Best ost

Anime category
Best new anime
Best original anime
Best of their own genres
Best animation
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Anime: Senpai wo Otokonoko

OP: Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season OP1

Character: Laios
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OP/ED:

Characters:
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Best characters with "big gap".
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Best Remake
Ranma ½
Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf

Best Short
Science SARU x MBS Original Short Anime Daisakusen!
Agent Blue
Midnight Vampire

Best AMV
Chocolat Cadabra
Insomnia
Pray

Best Anime OP
Undead
Shikairo Days

Best Manga Adaptation
Dan Da Dan
Delicious in Dungeon
Kaiju No. 8
Mayonaka Punch
Ramen Akaneko

Best Romance
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister

Best Comedy
Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included
Mayonaka Punch

Worst Quality Drop
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror
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tingy said:
Your ideas for anime/song/character yearbook categories (they don't need to be perfect!)
Nominations you think would be perfect for those categories
Which suggestions from other MAL members you like


Anime: best background art style
OP/ED: best song by a male seiyuu/female seiyuu
Character: best funny expressions or funniest outfits
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Anime category:
An anime made you think the world is fkd up
Character category:
A female character you would marry if it was irl
Song category:
A song that you would listen to in the gym
Dec 28, 2024 5:44 AM
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Character category:
  • best (potential) copule: e.g Freiren and Himmel
  • could be MC (side characters, who got much attention or have MC potential): e.g Bachira Meguru

Anime category:
  • StyxParadise's idea of best/unique art style: e.g Mononoke Movie: Karakasa
  • "Cozy paradise" (an anime with cozy atmosphere): e.g Dungeon Meshi, Yuru Camp△ Season 3
  • "Brain-rot to go" (silly anime): e.g Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan, Mashle
  • Most anticipated anime of 2024: e.g Solo Leveling
  • Most interesting workplace anime: e.g Bartender: Kami no Glass
  • LittleStar's idea of "The killer is among us" (aka Best Mystery Series)
  • "Isekai me there" (anime worlds you would like to live in, no need for it being isekai tho): e.g Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 3rd Season
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"I, Iudex Neuvillette, hereby declare...
People of Fontaine, your sins are forgiven."



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Best Anime OP:

"Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts from Mashle: Magic and Muscles

"Otonoke" by Creepy Nuts from Dandadan

"Shikairo Days" by The Deer Club Members from My Deer Friend Nokotan

"Haru" by Yorushika from Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

"Abyss" by YUNGBLUD from Kaiju No. 8

Best Anime ED:

"Hitohira" by sweet ARMS from Date a Live V

"Nobody" by OneRepublic from Kaiju No. 8

"Muteki" by Young Kee from Wind Breaker

"Dear Sunrise" by Maki Otsuki from One Piece

"Tokoshie" by MY FIRST STORY featuring HYDE from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hashira Training Arc

Best Female MC

Frieren

Akane Tendou

Kana Arima

Mina Ashiro

Momo Ayase

Best Male MC

Tanjiro Kamado

Kafka Hibino

Ken "Okarun" Takakura

Taiyou Asano

Beelzebub

Best Anime Couples

Kirishima & Yoshino
(Yakuza Fiancé)

Hitoyoshi & Yuki
(You are Ms. Servant)

Kazuma Satou & Megumin
(KonoSuba 3)

Himari & Yori
(Whisper Me a Love Song)

Taiyo Asano & Mutsumi
(Mission: Yozakura Family)

Best Anime in 2024

Dungeon Meshi

Dandadan

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Oshi no Ko Season 2

Kaiju No.8
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Best Romance
Alya sometimes hides her feeling in russian/時々ボソッとロシア語でデレる隣のアーリャさん
A sign of affection/ゆびさきと恋々
Blue Box/アオのハコ (this one is my personal favorite)
best action
Dandadan
Dead dead demon's dededede destruction
Frieren



(just a few of my favs)
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Character categories:

oldest anime elf
girls in guy disguise / traps

anime category:
that one anime everyone was waiting for for years and expected to be really good but in the end it was even better than expected and now its even more popular than before
anime that has the llongest and most ridiculous title
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Characters:

Best Gremlin
(Ex: Anna Yanami, Yuki Suou)

Best "The supporting character we didn't ask for, but we needed"

Songs:

Best "This song makes me dizzy from excessive headbopping"
Otonoke
Reweave
Bling bang bang born
Undead

Songs you looped the most "Is the play button stuck!?!?!" (OP & ED)
Otonoke
Reweave
Shikairo Days
Tsuyogaru Girl
My dream girls
Undead

Anime:

Mind blowing "The anime that exceeded my expectations"
Makeine
Roshidere
Kimi ni Todoke S3
Girls band Cry
TsumaSho

Best PowerPoint presentation "What am I? In school?"
Uzumaki
Blue lock

Best 3rd Season of this year "Best Tri-quel of the year" (There's so much)
Kimi ni Todoke s3
Konosuba s3
Rezero s3
Hibike Euphonium s3

Best Romance "I did not want to blush at stuff I would never get"
Roshidere
Makeine
Kimi ni Todoke s3

(I still might add stuff)
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  • Anime Categories:

- Best anime that discussed intellectual and political topics
- The anime that no one watches and you bet on it and it didn't disappoint
- Anime that doesn't need a sequel

  • OP/ED categories:

- OP/ED for a chill guy

  • Character categories:

- A character with the best moment to get out of a predicament or achieve a goal with a smart plan
- Best character development/transformation

And this category I didn't know where to put:
- Best group of characters in one anime
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The Twitter Anime
The show that was the most talked about due to it being controversial e.g.:

  • If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student.
  • Gushing over Magical Girls
  • Plus-Sized Elf
  • Uzumaki


Best Reaction Meme Material
The show that provided us with the most "reaction" meme e.g.:

  • Frieren (second half)
  • Gushing over Magical Girls
  • KonoSuba S3
  • The Apothecary Diaries
  • Delicious in Dungeon
  • My Deer Friend Nokotan


Best Couple e.g.

  • The Apothecary Diaries
  • Dadadan
  • Ranma 1/2


Best Smol
A Smaller version of a character

  • Smol Cat Turbo Granny (dandadan)
  • Smol Rak (Tower of God)
  • Smol Übel (Frieren)
  • Smol Fuko (Undead Unluck)
  • Smol Sumireko (Mysterious Disappearances)
  • Smol Kana (Oshi No Ko S2)


Some other one that could be included:
Biggest Chad
A character show has all odds against them, but still fight through e.g. Kafka Hibino, Joe "Higan" Logan.
That Annoying Friend
A main/side character that pesters others e.g. Nokotan
Best Antagonist (Nowak from Orb)
Best game adaption (Nier automata)
Best remake (Ranma 1/2)
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Best Opening Songs
-Rise Up by Niziu (Tower of God S2)
-Otonoke by Creepy Nuts (Dandadan)
-Yuki no Ne by Novelbright (A Sign of Affection)
-Kawaikute Gomen (可愛くてごめん)" by Alya (CV: Sumire Uesaka) (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian)
-W●RK" by millennium parade and Sheena Ringo (Hell's Paradise)
-Paradoxes" by Miyu Tomita (Date A Live V)
-Yuusha (勇者)" by YOASOBI (eps 1-16)
(Frieren:Beyond Journey's End)
-Kyunrious (キュンリアス)" by Kaede Higuchi
(I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability)
-Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts
(Mashle: Magic and Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc)
-Ta ga Tame (誰我為)" by TK from Ling tosite sigure (TK from 凛として時雨) (eps 1-9) ( My Hero Academia S7)
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"LEveL" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:TOMORROW X TOGETHER (eps 2-12) (Solo Levelling)
-Fatale (ファタール)" by GEMN (Oshi No Ko S2)
-Growing Up" by Machico (eps 2-5,7-10) (KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3)
-Shika-iro Days (シカ色デイズ)" by Shika-bu (シカ部) [Noko Shikanoko (CV: Megumi Han), Torako Koshi (CV: Saki Fujita), Anko Koshi (CV: Rui Tanabe), Meme Bashame (CV: Fuuka Izumi)] (My Deer Friend Nokotan)
Best Ending Songs
-"BELIEVE" by NiziU (Tower of God Season 2: Return of the Prince)
-"Tsubomi (蕾)" by Omoinotake (eps 1-9) (My Hero Academia S7)
-Ano Hi no Mama no Bokura (あの日のままのぼくら)" by Aqua (CV: Sora Amamiya), Megumin (CV: Rie Takahashi), Darkness (CV: Ai Kayano) (eps 2-10) (KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3)
-Hitohira (ヒトヒラ)" by sweet ARMS (Date A Live V)
Best Anime of the Year
-Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Best Romance Anime of the Year
-Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
Best Comedy Anime of the Year
-KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
-My Deer Friend Nokotan
Best isekai Anime of the Year
-KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
Best Adventure Anime of the Year
-Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Best Harem Anime of the Year
- Date A Live V
Best Couple Ship of the Year
-Kurumi tokisaki and shidou itsuka
Best Male Character of the Year
-Aqua Hoshino
-Masachika Kuze
-Kazuma Satou
Best Female Character of the Year
-Kurumi Tokisaki
-Frieren
-Maria Mikhailovna Kujuo
Best Supporting Male Character
-Oushi Ashioki
-Paul Greyrat
-Jin-Hoo Yoo
Best Supporting Female Character
-Ichinose Honami
-Minami Nanami
-Dustiness Lalatina Ford
Best Animated Series of the Year
- Frieren:Beyond Journey's End
-Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict
-Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
-Oshi No Ko S2
There's still more i wanna post about the the categories but i guess that's it for now 😭
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Anime Category:

  • First episode impact
  • I ship those 2 (not sure if it's suited for anime or character category, an example for me could be Frieren and Fern)
  • Unique art style


OP/ED:

  • Song that makes you get electrified

Character Category:

  • Powerful female characters

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Loli of the Year.
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Best Boy
Ken "Okarun" Takakura from "DANDADAN"
Kurosaki Ichigo from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
YoRHa 9-gou S-gata from "NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2"
Yoo Hobin "Viral Hit Kenka Dokugaku"

Best pet
Igris "Solo Leveling"
Kon "Bleach"
Turbo Granny (Cat form) "DANDADAN"


Best Fantasy
Frieren
RE:Zero season 3
Dungeon Meshi
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Best Manga-to-Anime Adaptation
Best Adaptation:
ExampleDungeon Meshi, Kaijuu 8-gou, Dandadan

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Best Animation
Best CG Animation (Computer Graphics):
ExampleOre dake Level Up na Ken, "Oshi no Ko" 2nd Season, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season

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These are just examples, and more suggestions can be made!

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Character category ideas:
  • Highest marketable plushie potential
  • Most likely to beat Goku
  • Best main squad
  • Most quotable
  • Most relatable
  • Highest screentime-plot relevance disparity


OP/ED category ideas:
  • Easiest to sing
  • Best visuals-to-song syncronisation
  • Brainrot


Anime category ideas:
  • Most genre-defining
  • Most scenes that are funny out of context
  • "Surprised I actually enjoyed this"

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Anime Category:
Are they in love? Worse. They're stupid. (I nominate Momo Ayase and Okarun)
Best Dub (I nominate Solo Leveling)
Most memeworthy (I nominate Delicious in Dungeon)
Looked so good, but wasn't (I nominate Metallic Rouge)
Most Underrated (I nominate The Elusive Samurai)

Music Category:
Heard before you watched the show (I nominate Mashle OP)
Recognizable from the first note (I nominate Elusive Samurai OP)
Way too cheerful for the trauma you just watched on screen (I nominate Dandadan ED)

Character category
Isn't the main character, but should be the main character (I don't have a nomination)
This villain might just be right (Turbo Granny from Dandadan)
Your partner thinks about them more than you (Uzui Tengen from Demon Slayer)
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Thought this was MAL team finally doing their version of Anime of the Year awards lol

Anyways add bobba of the year and give the award to Lorraine Vivie
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Best Hidden Gem Anime

Best Hidden Gem Manga

Most Overrated Manga

Underrated M.C

Most gritty/raw artstyle

Best CGI Animation

Most unconventional (manga/anime)
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Best Duo : Could be Male and Male, Female and Female, or Male and Female

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Hot mess (aka Best Male Character)
Hinata Shouyou from "Haikyuu!! Movie: Gomisuteba no Kessen"
Hoshino Aquamarine from "Oshi no Ko" 2nd Season
Kamonohashi Ron from "Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"
Kurosaki Ichigo from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
Nagi Seishirou from "Blue Lock: Episode Nagi"
YoRHa 9-gou S-gata from "NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2"

Best Villain
Dabi from "Boku no Hero Academia 7th Season"
Jaegerjaquez Grimmjow from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
Moriarty Mylo from "Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"
Sett from "Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"

Best "Aniki!" (aka character with best "big brother" vibe)
Hibino Kafka from "Kaijuu 8-gou"
Jirou from "Tonari no Youkai-san"
Kuroo Tetsurou from "Haikyuu!! Movie: Gomisuteba no Kessen"
Umemiya Hajime from "Wind Breaker"

"that's why people loves cats" (aka Best Cat)
Bunzou from "Ramen Akaneko"
Hana from "Ramen Akaneko"
Kuro from "Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen"
Kyuruga from "Yoru wa Neko to Issho Season 3"
Madara from "Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi"
Pun-chan from "Neko ni Tensei shita Ojisan"

"I want to take it home with me!" (aka Best Mascot Character)
Hachi from "Shibuya♡Hachi"
Inu from "Tono to Inu"
Kinoko Inu from "Kinoko Inu"
Kon from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
Mokke from "Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Part 2"

Opening Theme
"Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" by Creepy Nuts "Mashle: Shinkakusha Kouho Senbatsu Shiken-hen"
"Hoozuki (鬼灯)" by Yoh Kamiyama (神山羊) from "Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji"
"LEveL" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:TOMORROW X TOGETHER from "Ore dake Level Up na Ken"
"Kaijuu (怪獣)" by Sakanaction (サカナクション) from "Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite"
"Kotoba ni sezu tomo (言葉にせずとも)" by SIX LOUNGE from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
"Plan A (プランA)" by DISH// from "Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi"
"Running In My Head" by MIYAVI from "Code Geass: Dakkan no Rozé"
"Shika-iro Days (シカ色デイズ)" by Shika-bu (シカ部) [Noko Shikanoko (CV: Megumi Han), Torako Koshi (CV: Saki Fujita), Anko Koshi (CV: Rui Tanabe), Meme Bashame (CV: Fuuka Izumi)] from "Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan"
"Sleep Walking Orchestra" by BUMP OF CHICKEN from "Dungeon Meshi"
"VORTEX" by Setsuko (Kuhaku Gokko) from "Mecha-ude (TV)"

Ending Theme
"Aiko (愛故)" by Muto (むト) from "Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji"
"Aporia (アポリア)" by Yorushika from "Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite"
"Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (明日は明日の風が吹く)" by LEEVELLES from "Himesama "Goumon" no Jikan desu"
"karma" by Setsuko (Kuhaku Gokko) from "Mecha-ude (TV)"
"MONOCHROME" by suisoh (水槽) from "Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
"Nani Warotonnen (なに笑ろとんねん)" by Yoshino (吉乃) by "Raise wa Tanin ga Ii"
"Tokoshie (とこしえ)" by Akiko Shikata from "Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai"
"Yuuyami no Uta (夕闇のうた)" by KEIKO from "Sengoku Youko: Yonaoshi Kyoudai-hen"

"I ship it!" (aka Best Couple)
Akutsu Masatora x Amane Lily from "Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru"
Fortna Azure Seth x Nina from "Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"
Hanako-kun x Yashiro Nene from "Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Part 2"
Ichikawa Kyoutarou x Yamada Anna from "Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu 2nd Season"
Jinshi x Maomao from "Kusuriya no Hitorigoto"
Miller Shun x Mimori Byakuya from "Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."
Okumura Rin x Moriyama Shiemi from "Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen"
Sett x Nina from "Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"
Toriashi Shouma x Somei Yoshino from "Raise wa Tanin ga Ii"

Best Look (aka Best Character Design)
"Ao no Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati-hen"
"Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
"Grimm Kumikyoku"
"Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"
"Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen"
"Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen"
"Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji"
"Mononoke Movie: Karakasa"
"Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi"
"NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2"

Weekly Dopamine Shot
"Dungeon Meshi"
"Himesama "Goumon" no Jikan desu"
"Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."
"Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san"
"Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi"
"Tonari no Youkai-san"
"Yuru Camp△ Season 3"

Best Romance
"Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu 2nd Season"
"Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina"
"Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."

Best Comedy
"Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Part 2"
"Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 3"
"Make Heroine ga Oosugiru!"
"Mashle: Shinkakusha Kouho Senbatsu Shiken-hen"

The killer is among us (aka Best Mystery Series)
"Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen"
"Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai"
"Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season"

Best Shorts
"Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Part 2"
"Uji ni wa Monogatari ga Aru"
"Yuru Camp△ Season 3 Specials"
"Yoru wa Neko to Issho Season 3"

"I learned about it from anime"
"Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite"
"Hyakushou Kizoku 2nd Season"
"Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai"
"Yuru Camp△ Season 3"

Fantastic Fights
"Ao no Exorcist: Yuki no Hate-hen"
"Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan"
"Kaijuu 8-gou"
"Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Geiko-hen"
"Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi"
"Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Kyoto Douran"
"Wind Breaker"

Best Poster
"Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite"
"Karasu wa Aruji wo Erabanai"
"Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita."
"Kuroshitsuji: Kishuku Gakkou-hen"
"Mononoke Movie: Karakasa"
"NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Part 2"
@LittleStar I love the best cat idea! If the nominees don't have to be anime from this year I would nominate the cats in Aria the Animation or the cats in Flying Witch
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Best girl anime.
Best boy anime.
Best "I ship!" none official couple in anime.
Best "shipped" official couple in anime.
Best character you LOVE to HATE.
Best white bread character (aka the most mediocre character out there!)

Most Isekai, isekai anime.
Most "I can't believe this isn't hentai" anime.
Most likely to cut itself with all that edge anime.

The OP you'll look up a decade later randomly.
The ED that'll get stuck in your head years later just before bed.

The fruit of evolution award (aka the worst of the worst)
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[b]ANIME CATEGORY
[/b]Best word-building: Dungeon Meshi
Best comedy: Dungeon Meshi
Best gore: The Witch and the Beast
Best drama: Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
Best pets: Dog Signal
Best isekai: Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2
Best school: Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria
Best animation: Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season
[b]CHARACTER CATEGORY

[/b]Best comedy: Laios Touden (Dungeon Meshi)
Best tsundere: Shion Ulster (Wistoria)
Best father vibe: Senshi (Dungeon Meshi)
Best aggressive char: Guideau (The Witch and the Beast)
Best furry: Louis, Pina (Beastars manga)
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For Character Category:

- Most OP protagonist
- Best villain
- Best plot twist (could also be anime category?)
- Most handsome/beautiful
- Best character/emotional development
- Best straight/bl/gl ship (i think each deserve a category of their own!)
- Most devastating death (might need to go hand in hand with a spoiler warning!)
- Most satifying death
- Best sidekick (could be a fantasy creature or human)
- Best non-human character or protagonist
- Best parent/parent that stepped up
- Favourite beauty standard killer (a character who wasn't conventionally attractive one way or another that stole our hearts despite of that)
- Best Hear Me Out (for the hottie you have to defend having a crush on with your life)
- Best first kiss
- Best voice acting and/or most surprising voice


For Music Category:

- Artist with the most consecutive bops (e.g creepy nuts who had 3 anime songs go viral!)
- Most underrated ed/op song
- for something funny perhaps the best booty shaker? best dancefloor destroyer?
- Best tearjerker
- Best insert song (e/g Oshi no Ko's Pop in 2)
- Opening song with the most hype
- Most jarring ending song (or anticlimactic, imagine you're crying and a daft song starts playing!)
- ED/OP with the best/most beautiful animation
- Best song with intertextuality/homage/references (either in lyrics or animation)
- Best transformation (where the song's animation might've changed halfway through the show, to allude a plot arc for example)
- Best Movie ED/OP song


For Anime Category:

- Best revival/reboot (e.g ranma 1/2)
- Best plot twist
- The angstiest heart destroyer/most devastating plot (I think we lost a lot of characters this year...)
- Most satisfying/cathartic final episode (People like to talk about the worst anime endings, so which ones concluded with no crumbs left?)
- Funniest side splitter
- Most original world building (I'm thinking anime that subverted the fantasy genre expectations or created some interesting fantasy creatures we haven't seen before)
- Best battle
- Best break up (i'm looking at you kfc breakup)
- Most/worst/best table flipper or hair puller?
- Yummiest animated food
- Best anime for keeping your butt at the edge of your seat or Best tension/suspense
- Most loyal manga adaptation
- Best husbando/waifu factory (do we still use these phrases? lol) ((for anime with the strongest concentration of hot characters))
- Best representation (could be of LGBTQ+ characters, most diverse cast or best representation of disablities, such as sign of affection)
- Best comeback (for an anime that still hit as good with its next season that came out this year)
- Most hooking first episode
- Most unique art style
- Best game adaptation?
- Best small studio masterpiece
- 2024 anime with the highest m.a.l rating
- Best/worst anime to show to anime newbies
- Best/worst anime you should watch with your door closed? lol
- Tiktok edits' darling
- Best beach episode
- Best trope subverter/killer
- Best Netflix original
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