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American Anime Awards

TheAmerican Anime Awardswere a series of awards designed to recognize excellence in the release ofanimeandmangainNorth America.

The first (and only) annual American Anime Awards balloting was supervised byMilton Grieppof industry websiteICv2.The first gala awards presentation was hosted inNew York Cityon February 24, 2007, atNew York Comic Con.The hosts of the evening were eight actresses from the anime production companyADV Films:Christine Auten,Shelley Calene-Black,Jessica Boone,Luci Christian,Alice Fulks,Hilary Haag,Taylor Hannah andSerena Varghese.A streaming version of the one-hour awards ceremony can be seen onIGN.The awards were later broadcast on theAnime Network.

Voting information

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The ballots contained nominations from industry companies and professionals. To be eligible for an award, anime or manga must be available in the U.S. during the previous year, prior to the awards gala. Whether by DVD (or book or periodical, in the case of manga), national TV, or theatrical release. Anime and manga are defined, as animation or comics, respectively, originally produced in Japan.

Voting was conducted via an online ballot system. The American Anime Awards partnered with respected industry news site ICv2 to host and track the fan voting to ensure accurate voting and to eliminate any mass voting by single individuals. Nevertheless, the impartiality of the poll was questioned as certain companies (ADV Films) were "overwhelminvly involved" in the event.[1]

Award nominees

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Winners are denoted inbold

Best Anime Feature

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Best Comedy Anime

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Best Long Series

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Best Short Series

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Best Manga

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Best Actor

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Best Actress

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Best Actor in a Comedy

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Best Actress in a Comedy

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Best Cast

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Best DVD Package Design

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Best Anime Theme Song

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Special Award for Outstanding Achievement

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Criticism

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The nominating and voting process has received criticism from fans for lack of clarity and being too inclusive: for example, while some acting nominees are specifically cited for one or more series, others are cited for none at all, leaving it to the voter to decide if they should consider the series specifically mentioned, or the actor's entire body of work. Also, since evidently any anime that was released in any way in 2006 is eligible for nomination, some actors have been nominated for work done years or even decades ago. Another criticism was the apparent error of includingJohnny Yong Boschas Best Actor in a Comedy despite the factAkirais not a comedy.

Coverage

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The news of the awards were announced on major websites on affiliated websites like ICv2,[4]but was also reported and followed like IGN.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Voting for the American Anime Awards opens with controversy • Anime UK News".Anime UK News.January 4, 2007.
  2. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahaiajakalamanaoapaqarasatauavawaxayazbabbbcbdbebfbgbh"American Anime Awards Finalists Announced".Anime News Network.February 7, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  3. ^abcdefghijklmLillard, Kevin. "American Anime Awards".Newtype USA.6(5) p. 20. May 2007.ISSN1541-4817.
  4. ^"American Anime Award Winners First Large Scale Fan-Driven Awards".ICv2. February 26, 2007.RetrievedAugust 30,2013.
  5. ^Carle, Chris (February 24, 2007)."NYCC 07: American Anime Award Winners Revealed".IGN.RetrievedAugust 30,2013.
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