-{A1}- [Action/Adventure]The Adventure genre is a work in which the protagonist or other major characters are consistently placed in dangerous situations. The Action genre is a class of creative works characterized by more emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. You may vote for any anime that can be described by either the Action genre or the Adventure genre, or both.
-{A2}- [Fantasy]Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Fantasy is distinguished from Science Fiction and Horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific (or pseudo-scientific) and macabre themes.
-{A3}- [Science-Fiction]Science Fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible (or at least non-supernatural) content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities and phenomenon. Paranormal differs from supernatural in that it explores phenomenon that exist beyond our current understanding, research and technology (ergo they can't be disproven, nor proven, by science), while on the other hand supernatural goes directly against science.
-{A4}- [Mystery/Horror]Preferably Crime Fiction and/or Horror fiction (ie. fiction with macabre elements). Any other show that loosely fits the criteria, meaning it is some kind of detective fiction, or it is simply dark in its own way with the ideas it puts forward, is also eligible. Please try to avoid shows that just have "monster" elements in them, but are otherwise very light hearted.
-{A5}- [Comedy]There are many types of comedy. Usually in anime you'll find Alternative, Physical, Prop, Surreal, Sitcoms, just to name a few. Feel free to vote for any show that made you laugh, but please make sure that the comic relief came in more then one episode and was not simply a side-story to the main plot. Just because you laughed once doesn't make the entire show a Comedy.
-{A6}- [Slice of Life]Slice of life typically portrays mundane realism depicting everyday experiences. At the center is usually a character, or group of character, who are at crucial moment in their lives.
-{A7}- [Drama/Tragedy]A Drama is a genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, just to name few, put the characters in conflict with themselves, others, and even society.
-{A8}- [Romance]Love stories, or affairs of the character that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters (usually a leading man and lady), and the journey that their love takes through courtship (and/or marriage). Please avoid putting romance in the same boat with friendship, parental love, love between siblings, and so on. There is no romance there unless the story is about homosexuals, incest, pedophiles, etc.
-{A9}- [Fanservice/Ecchi/Moe]Fanservice is material that is specifically aimed to please the fans. This can range from anything like some plot secret, or out of character scene, to just random things such as camera positions at strange angles. Ecchi shows usually focus on indecent/embarrassing situations, while Moe shows focus on "cute characters, doing cute things" style light hearted situations. Any shows that falls between there two extremes or has some other form of fanservice, such a good number of references/memes/jokes from pupular fandom (to give an example), is also eligible.
-{A0}- [Sports/Game/Hobby]Any show dealing with a game, hobby or similar activity, between characters. Please only focus on shows where the game has an integral part in the plot and isn't just a side activity in one or more episodes.
-{B1}- [TV series]Please pick the Tv shows you've enjoyed the most and you consider had the best production values overall.
-{B2}- [Movie/OVA/Shorts]Please pick the Movie or OVA shows you've enjoyed the most and you consider had the best production values overall.
| -{C1}- [Storyline/Plot]Please vote for the shows that either had overall the best storyline, or otherwise, had some of the best plot; meaning, even if the the transition all the way to the ending (or just the ending) was not fantastic, parts of that plot you found to be of top quality and lightyears ahead of the competition. This includes very intriguing backstories or other subplots as well. Please avoid basing your vote on plot that only goes for as little as one or two episodes.
-{C2}- [Adaptation]Please vote for the show with the best overall adaptation from a 4-koma, manga, novel, game or any other medium. You may vote based on fidelity to the source material, or simply best interpretation into the animated format, whichever you consider more appropriate for the show in question. If the story in question does not share a significantly large amount of plot to the source material (references to the source material not included) the story is not considered an Adaptation.
-{C3}- [Original Story]Please vote for best Original Story. Where original story means the show was not adapted or inspired from a 4-koma, manga, novel, game or other medium. Even if the show in question has elements from a certain source material as long as it doesn't share large part of the plot with the source it is still considered an Original Story.
-{C4}- [Female Main Character]Vote for your favorite female heroine. Bear in mind character development, integrity, internal conflict, and other elements that make a character play the role of a character as opposed to the role of a plot device. The criteria you use is left at your discretion.
This is a character category please use the format "Character / Series"
-{C5}- [Male Main Character]Vote for your favorite hero. Bear in mind character development, integrity, internal conflict, and other elements that make a character play the role of a character as opposed to the role of a plot device. The criteria you use is left at your discretion.
This is a character category please use the format "Character / Series"
-{C6}- [Female Supporting Character]A supporting character is a character usually used to give added dimension to a main character, by adding a relationship with this character, and other opportunities for character development. Please vote the best female character to fulfill this role.
This is a character category please use the format "Character / Series"
-{C7}- [Male Supporting Character]A supporting character is a character usually used to give added dimension to a main character, by adding a relationship with this character, and other opportunities for character development. Please vote the best male character to fulfill this role.
This is a character category please use the format "Character / Series"
-{C8}- [Antagonist]The Antagonist (from Greek meaning: opponent, competitor, rival) is a character, group of characters, or an institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist (be it a character or a group of characters) must contend. While antagonist may refer to a group or institution please only vote for one character that symbolizes the ideals, in those cases.
This is a character category please use the format "Character / Series"
-{D1}- [Visuals/Animation]Vote for the show with the best visuals (artstyle, aesthetics) and/or animation quality.
-{D2}- [Opening/Ending Song]Vote for your favorite opening and/or ending song.
Please use the format "Series OP#" or "Series ED#" where # is the number based on airing order (eg. OP1, ED2, etc).
-{D3}- [Soundtrack]Vote for the show with best soundtrack. Typically this refers to background music, action music or ambient music, etc. OP/ED are not considered because they have their own category. Voice Acting is also not part of the soundtrack.
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