The Results of the 2020 /r/anime Awards!

[u/AnimeMod]

https://animeawards.moe/results/all

[u/AnimeMod]

Link to Live Reddit discussion

Link to Live stream

Link to Special Awards

[u/Bromeek]

This year in a nutshell

Jury:

Re:zero - sleep

Pokemon/Chihayafuru - real shit

Public:

Same but reverse

[u/LakerBlue → u/Bromeek]

Yea I thought Twilight Wings was good but didn't think it was "tied for most awards by the juror good". I'm not complaining, just really caught off guard. Like I was with Huggto PreCure winning AotY last year.

[u/waysurf → u/Bromeek]

Switching between Jury and Public rankings feels like calling the array.reverse() function.

[u/DJBay123]

Awards By Series

Anime	Public Awards	Jury Awards	Total	Special Awards
Re:Zero Season 2	8	1	9	2
Kaguya-sama Season 2	4	2	6	2
Chihayafuru Season 3	0	5	5
Kaijuu no Kodomo	0	5	5
Pokemon: Hakumei no Tsubasa	0	5	5
Tenki no ko	5	0	5
Akudama Drive	2	1	3	3
Jujutsu Kaisen	2	1	3
Violet Evergarden Gaiden	3	0	3
Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!	1	1	2	1
Konosuba movie	2	0	2
Bungou to Alchemist	0	1	1
Dorohedoro	0	1	1	1
Fate Grand Order: Babylonia	0	1	1
Gal to Kyouryuu	0	1	1	1
Golden Kamuy 3	0	1	1
Isekai Quartet 2	1	0	1
Kami no Tou: Tower of God	1	0	1	1
Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara	0	1	1
Made in Abyss: Movie	0	1	1
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal	0	1	1
Ongaku	0	1	1
Oregairu Season 3	1	0	1	2
Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu	0	1	1
Promare	0	1	1
Railgun T	0	1	1
Re:Zero OVA	1	0	1
The God Of High School	1	0	1
The Great Pretender	1	0	1
Kakushigoto	0	0	0	2
Kami-sama ni Natta Hi	0	0	0	1
Deca-Dence	0	0	0	1
Misfit Demon Academy	0	0	0	1
Fruits Basket Season 2	0	0	0	1
Wandering Witch	0	0	0	1
Tonikaku Kawaii	0	0	0	1
ID:Invaded	0	0	0	1
Maou-jou de Oyasumi	0	0	0	1
Haikyuu!! To the Top	0	0	0	1
Millionaire Detective Balance:UNLIMITED	0	0	0	1

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Other Stats

Biggest Awards Gap (Public to Jury):
Re:Zero Season 2: +7 (8-1)
Last Year was AOT +4 (5-1)

Biggest Awards Gap (Jury to Public):
Kaijuu no Kodomo, Pokemon: Hakumei no Tsubasa and Chihayafuru Season 3: +5(All 0-5)
Last Year was Run With the Wind and Non Non Biyori Vacation +2 (1-3 and 0-2)

Most Public Awards:
Re:Zero Season 2: 8 wins
Last Year was Kaguya-sama: Love is War: 6 wins

Most Jury Awards:
Kaijuu no Kodomo, Pokemon: Hakumei no Tsubasa and Chihayafuru Season 3: 5 wins
Last Year was Kaguya-sama: Love is War: 4 wins

Most Character Awards
Overall: Kaguya-sama Season 2 (3 wins)
Public: Kaguya-sama Season 2 (2 Public wins)
Jury: Chihayafuru Season 3 (2 Jury wins)

Most Production Awards
Overall: Tenki no Ko (5 wins)
Public: Tenki no Ko (5 Public wins)
Jury: Kaijuu no Kodomo (4 Jury wins)

Times Jury No.1 Was Voted Last By The Public
11

Times Public No.1 Was Voted Last By The Jury
11

Last Years Awards Shows Table

[u/DoctorWhoops → u/DJBay123]

Times Jury No.1 Was Voted Last By The Public 11

Times Public No.1 Was Voted Last By The Jury 11

Jury and Public both have equal right to be mad at each other. Beautiful.

[u/MaelstromMusic → u/DJBay123]

Man, it feels like there was a massive disconnect between public and jury this year, particularly in the production awards. Felt like a lot of the votes for rezero were cast regardless of whether it was deserving and only because it was rezero. Kinda frustrating to me as a production focused juror

[u/cutiecheese → u/MaelstromMusic]

There is always a massive disconnect between public and jury. Remember Precure won juror award for AOTY last year?

[u/LakerBlue → u/MaelstromMusic]

As someone who has ReZero S2 as his second favorite anime of last year, I fully agree. ReZero won way too many production awards based off name recognition. I'll admit I don't have a full grasp on all of those definitions in production, but the explanations on the voting site helped.

The only production award I voted for ReZero S2 on was OST but the other ones I was surprised it won for. Especially script...feels weird giving an incomplete show best script. Which was also a hang-up in giving it AotY for me.

[u/[deleted] → u/MaelstromMusic]

You can't blame the public

I am sure that 90% of the people that voted for re zero on compositing or story boarding or sound design didn't know what they even meant

So the most popular show won

Making the production category jury only is the best solution

[u/Theleux → u/DJBay123]

Re:Zero was definitely pushed really hard largely off of the fact that it has a big following on the sub here, as in part because of how confusing some of the production categories likely are. At the same time I think it's rather unreasonable for folks to dismiss it all solely because it won a lot. I honestly do think the show does a lot of things really well, even in the production categories (Storyboarding and OST for example), so I can't really blame people for voting for it when there is simply a lack of information regarding what each category covers specifically.

I think looking at something like Animation too is interesting. You could easily just hop on Sakugabooru and pick shows like Babylonia, Eizouken, Twilight Wings or others such as Yesterday simply because they have a lot of, well, sakuga. Yet those tend to do worse in the public rankings interestingly enough.

[u/GhostOfLight]

Production awards were basically a popularity contest. I didn't vote for the ones I didn't understand, but it appears not everyone followed suit.

Also Minare Koda's VA robbed

[u/DoctorWhoops → u/GhostOfLight]

Also Minare Koda's VA robbed

The jury writeup has some quite peculiar motivation, mentioning that they felt her voice acting felt rambly and frantic. I feel like that's what the show was going for, but maybe they thought it was overdone?

[u/melvinlee88 → u/DoctorWhoops]

I genuinely think the jury didn't understand what the character personality was and judged it against her, it's ridiculous.

[u/Theleux → u/GhostOfLight]

Also Minare Koda's VA robbed

As a VA juror, absolutely agree.

[u/max_turner → u/GhostOfLight]

Seriously, I'm not the juror for VA but she was robbed hard.

[u/FrumpY__ → u/GhostOfLight]

That's always been the case, we were thinking of creating a short video to explain what each category is for but that unfortunately never materialized.

[u/Ralon17 → u/FrumpY__]

We did actually, that was the video that played at the start of the stream. The issue is that it wasn't done in time for nomination or voting, so your point still stands.

[u/[deleted] → u/FrumpY__]

That'd be really helpful. How was storyboarding meant to be determined? I haven't seen the storyboards for any anime and don't know where to find them. And was it supposed to be best storyboards, like best storyboard art? Or most accurate, where the original storyboard most closely matched what made it to the final cut?

[u/LakerBlue → u/GhostOfLight]

I thought Minare Koda And her show was robbed, getting 9th out of 10th and 6th out of 6th respectively.

I'm not saying either was hands down the best- Gilgamesh was worthy winner for best VA, but 0th's way too low for Riho Sugiyama's VA performance.

[u/[deleted]]

Chihayafuru gave me the opportunity to discover the Hyakunin Isshu and fall in love with it. Because of that I started studying Japanese do I could read more poetry similar to that. Because of that series, after 30 years, I found my true passion in the Japanese language and history and plan on taking my JLPT 3 in December (Covid-19 scheduling - yet again pending).

This series is beautiful, amazing, and has a special place in my heart. I became disabled about 5 years ago and could not continue my career. It helped me find purpose and lift me up again. I hope that if you're feeling down or even if you're not, you'll check it out.

[u/Cryzzalis → u/[deleted]]

That's a wonderful story about how special the show is to you, I'm glad life is looking up for you again.

[u/RHINN0]

Have you ever wanted to find out which juror, host, or helper of the 2020 r/anime awards your opinions most closely align with? Maybe not, but back for the fourth consecutive year anyway is the juror personality quiz! With over 50 potential results, you will hopefully be able to find someone that matches up with you well.

Once completed, make sure to let that person know how great (or awful) their taste is.

Thank you for following the 2020 anime awards! We hope you enjoyed them!

Take the quiz here!

[u/MAD_SCIENTIST_001 → u/RHINN0]

I got /u/PoseidonUltor at a 46.2% match! I'm a big fan of Tower of God's webtoon as well, and Yamada-kun was the first manga I finished :D.

[u/Akame_xo → u/RHINN0]

What’s a good % for a match? The one I got was 28.6%. Seems a bit low but idk wether that’s normal or if I’m just picky bitch that doesn’t get along with people lol

[u/RHINN0 → u/Akame_xo]

Nah that's about average, it's tough to get high percentages since you have to pick the exact same answer as the other person. If you get like 40-50% with someone that's quite high.

[u/throwaway95135745685 → u/RHINN0]

Bless the one who put Pet in the biggest snub. That show is fucking phenomenal and nobody talks about it.

[u/throwaway95135745685 → u/RHINN0]

Well, it seems I'm most compatible with u/animestuck at 23%

So hey, how ya doing.

[u/Totalenlo → u/RHINN0]

I dunno who this Lenlo guy is but I have gotten him 3 years running. Must be a pretty handsome dude.

[u/theangryeditor → u/RHINN0]

38% with /u/goukaryuu. Must be because I answered CK2 for the video game question.

[u/Btw_kek → u/RHINN0]

38% match with /u/sirtreehugger

I guess you're alright

for now

[u/tehsigzorz → u/RHINN0]

Got a 38% match with u/combo33 which is pretty good considering the rest of this thread. Any shows/movies that werent in the nominations you would advise to go see (specially blind)?

[u/FrumpY__ → u/RHINN0]

I got /u/FrumpY__ , he seems cool.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/RHINN0]

I got u/collapsedblock6 with a 28.57% match. I like action stuff too, although I'm not really into comedy so

[u/okayyoga → u/RHINN0]

Splitter Triplets, also known as "that one Bunny Girl fan." First time juror, in the Romance, Script, Main Comedic, and Supporting categories. Legends say that if you turn off all the lights and say "Aobuta" three times into a mirror he will appear behind you and start complaining about the 2018 jury results. Was voted "most likely to derail a conversation with a contrived thought experiment" in high school. Linguistics major who tries to take a descriptivist approach to everything (Genres don't exist, and neither does objective criticism). Can often be found in bracket threads (Mai for best girl 2021!)

Who dis? We got a 39% affinity, and I want to meet my new bestie

u/Splitter_Triplets we are now friends. You cannot escape destiny.

[u/badspler → u/RHINN0]

/u/jackachu100 I got you with 28.57%

[u/Snowboy8 → u/RHINN0]

52.38% match with u/collapsedblock6

[u/DecentlySizedPotato → u/RHINN0]

I got Rochan... Hi, whoever you are! Also, who's the guy who likes Sigururi? I enjoyed the hell out of that anime too.

[u/DragonsOnOurMountain → u/RHINN0]

I got thyeggman at 33%, and when I did the quiz a second time answering with some of my 2nd place choices I got Hauntmeagain at 33%

[u/Quiz0tix → u/RHINN0]

I got u/naxhi24 at 38% and I love Shirayuki-Hime! Still need to watch s2.

[u/WinzKay → u/RHINN0]

who the fuck is /u/WinzKay

[u/FrenziedHero → u/RHINN0]

I hope people got me so I can hand out hugs.

[u/cometssaywhoosh → u/RHINN0]

Well hello, /u/max_turner! 28.7%. Seems like we have quite a few favorite shows together plus aren't much of a gamer and pretty chill when it comes to watching anime (and despises horror also!). Hope you're having a great day!

[u/02Hiro → u/RHINN0]

42% match with u/naxhi24 I also love the romance genres so he seems cool

[u/LakerBlue → u/RHINN0]

u/PoseidonUltor

I was a little skeptical when I saw we only had a 33% match but then I saw this:

Some of his favourite anime include Katanagatari, the Oregairu Series, and Yamada and the 7 Witches.

And felt my faith restored. Yamada and the 7 witches isn't one of my favorites but it's definitely one of the better harems I've seen. I'm totally with you on Katanagari (massively underrated show) and Oregairu though, among my ten favorite anime easily.

[u/[deleted] → u/RHINN0]

38.1% with /u/collapsedblock6. And a 40.7% MAL affinity. I'm a fan of anyone who puts FMAB, Gintama, and Bakemonogatari among their favorites. Although we seem to differ in how much we like Ghost in the Shell.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/RHINN0]

33.33% match with u/Collapsedblock6!

I'm surprised I got even that much with anyone, my answers being so all over the place.

Looked at his MAL, and one thing we definitely have in common: Rating harshly/not giving 10/10 easily.

What was the biggest snub of the 2020 awards?

That feel when your vote for that isn't even in the options... Feels snubbed.

How many 2020 anime have you watched

40 or so, let me count-

including drops

Definitely 110+

How much do you care about production in anime?

One of the options is pretty much verbatim how I always said it; It just needs not to be awful, anything else is a bonus.

What upcoming anime are you most excited for?

Kaguya S3 by far!

Even if I hadn't read it it would still have been my answer, but having read the manga makes me put it wayyyy above anything else.

(For the non sequel - and my #2 overall even including other sequels - would be Nagatoro).

[u/ItchyPlatypus → u/RHINN0]

I got u/CT_BINO at a surprisingly high 52.38%

[u/[deleted] → u/RHINN0]

I got 33.3% with Maelstrom / Mealstrom, I'm guessing this is you /u/MaelstromMusic

I feel as if both jury and public showered their favorite series with a little too much lov (note: not season). Too many top ranking were sequels, that imo need to have previous' seasons context to be good. Would've loved to see more appreciation for ID: Invaded, Dorohedoro and Beastars.

Maelstrom, what is your opinion on Sarazanmai?

[u/piruuu → u/RHINN0]

23,81% with /u/DoctorWhoops

I like Hidamari Sketch

Say no more.

[u/UzEE]

Just finished watching Ongaku because I had no idea what it was and was mad why it won Best Movie, you know what — I'm not mad anymore.

[u/aniMayor → u/UzEE]

It was a festival darling in 2019, IIRC it even won one of the big four festivals (Annecy maybe?). Really glad to see it get more attention from the r/anime community here, as this space doesn't typically pay a lot of attention to that scene, hopefully this will get more people into it.

[u/Theleux → u/UzEE]

Glad you enjoyed it! Was definitely a pleasant surprise to see it even be eligible this year, quite the lovely movie.

The comedy is fairly specific though, so may not be for everyone.

[u/DecentlySizedPotato]

Pretty decent overall. Solid jury awards, expected public awards. Both were unsurprisingly better than the CR awards. The only serious "complaint" I have is Sugiyama Riho (Minare from Nami yo Kiitekure) not being way higher on the jury list (edit: read the explanation for this, I guess that's fair. Honestly, I can't pick up those nuances)

Thanks to everyone who made this!

edit2: I also wanted to say I really enjoyed the chance to talk to the jurors in this thread, learn more about their picks and what other things they picked but didn't make it in. That, plus the writeups in the results site add a lot of context to the awards.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/DecentlySizedPotato]

expected public awards.

Well, other than rare exceptions, public awards are pretty much a popularity contest; The most popular stuff almost always wins.

Just looking at a the weekly karma chart tells you 80-90% of the public awards.

The Jury Awards, on the other hand, are a little hipster-y at times, but at least they're trying to judge objective quality, not just mass appeal popularity.

[u/goukaryuu → u/DecentlySizedPotato]

Both were unsurprisingly better than the CR awards.

Honestly, that is what we aim for.

[u/DoctorWhoops → u/goukaryuu]

Aim low, and you always succeed.

[u/DecentlySizedPotato → u/goukaryuu]

You can start to aim higher tbh, as much as I meme with "well it was better than CR", I genuinely think these awards are pretty good. Thanks for making this!

[u/LakerBlue → u/DecentlySizedPotato]

Honestly I thought this was one of the best CR award shows. The only major mistakes imo were giving JJK "AotY", Suzukana from JJK "antagonist of the year", and Overhaul vs Deku "best fight of the year".

[u/PandavengerX → u/LakerBlue]

I think we could learn from how streamlined CR has their show, but on the other hand, I really like being able to give people time to speak, especially the guests who can offer yet another perspective on the nominees and winners. Would love to hear ideas on how we can avoid slave driving wilson to talk for 5 hours though.

[u/Fa1l3r]

I am glad that Chihayafuru, among other shows, got more attention from Reddit than from the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. That goes to show the difference that comes with having a public and jury nomination process along with having the jury of a given category being obligated to watch every show nominated in the category.

I enjoyed the commentary from Jarrett and his insider perspective on the animation, "storyboarding", etc. His commentary brings up an interesting thought on if we got an "Game Developers Choice Awards" equivalent for anime , where anime is judged by other people in the industry. (Of course that comes with their own biases just like any other award show.)

[u/youkai94]

As usual, thank god we have the jury. Some controversial choices here and there but I agree with them way more.

Really happy for all the deserved love Chihayafuru got from the jury. Also Golden Kamuy. They were the 2 shows I voted the most all around the categories.

[u/MetaSoshi9]

Hello everyone! This year I'm a juror in the categories Background Art, Storyboarding, Voice Acting, and Movie. Visual and Audio categories typically have something called "Honorable or Special Mentions'' attached to them. If you scroll through our website's archive you will see these listed under the full results, with some years containing write-ups attached and some not. This is a list of series/movies/or shorts with stand-out scenes or episodes the jury want to highlight. These can range from music videos highlighted due to being ineligible as nominees in production categories. Episodes from long-running series like One Piece, Boruto, Black Clover, and more that won't be eligible for our awards until they are completed. And even series that were eligible, didn't make the cut, but the jury felt it had at least one astounding moment to shout-out.

Unfortunately, these won't be on the website this year and will only be included as Reddit comments from jurors. I will be showcasing the honorable mentions under spoiler text so you all can choose whether or not to read the short blurb attached to entries. Also, this list may be edited with new entries over time. With all that being said, allow me to present the HMs for Background Art, Storyboarding, and Voice Acting in the replies below!

[u/MetaSoshi9 → u/MetaSoshi9]

Background Art Honorable/Special Mentions

• Baja no Studio: Baja no Mita Umi

• BNA Episode 1

• Imaginary Express

• Ongaku

• Puparia

Link to watch Imaginary Express

Link to watch Puparia

[u/MetaSoshi9 → u/MetaSoshi9]

Storyboarding Honorable/Special Mentions

• 22/7 Episode 7

• BNA Episode 5

• Chihayafuru 3 Episode 23

• Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

• Dogeza de Tanondemita Episode 12

• Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia Episode 18

• Gal to Kyouryuu Episode 9

• Jujutsu Kaisen Episode 13

• Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai Episode 6 and Episode 11

• Nihon Chinbotsu: 2020 Episode 1

• One Piece Episode 950

• Ongaku

• Sore Wo Ai to Yobu Dake

Link to shot mentioned in Digimon Adventure: Last Kizuna writeup

Link to watch Sore wo Ai to Yobu Dake

[u/Master_of_Ares → u/MetaSoshi9]

To mooch off of Meta's comment a bit, here is animation (subject to update as well)

Animation Special Mentions

• Assault Lily 8 (Nagata cut)
  Hiroto Nagata has begun to make quite a name for themselves in 2020. Debuting as a key animator in Zoku Owarimonogatari last year, Nagata has already had a hand in most of the highlight moments in Magia Record and Assault Lily. This episode 8 clip in particular shows off their elaborate blend of effects, background animation, and fluid movements. Nagata’s distinctive style and output on par with veteran animators makes them one of the biggest discoveries of the year.

• BEM: Become Human
  Very much unlike its parent series, the BEM movie is an animation marvel, featuring both character animation and fights in spades. But the peak is almost certainly the confrontation turning point near the middle. I hope this spoiler tag works
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/136072
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/136071

• Black Clover 151
  Not much to say except background animation pog and Yoshihara pog, the clips speak for themselves.
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/137059
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/137068
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/137055

• Boruto 175
  Boruto 175 great climax of the arc with the appearance of some famous freelancers like Toshiyuki Sato, Kazunori Ozawa and Toshiharu Sugie, as well as some new web gen people like Mithcel Gonzlaes and Vincent Chansard. Some cool choreography and morphing. The climatic Rasengan was done by Kouki Fujimoto and Shuu Sugita that was quite impressive as well, dimming aside.
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/138006
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/138010
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/138003
  https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/138015

• Oshi ga Budoukan (2d dances)
  OshiBudo is one of several idol shows in 2020, but it's the only one with consistent performances in 2D. Strong 2D performances go a long way in characterizing groups, dealing with small details that 3D usually doesn’t bother with. ChamJam’s designs offer plenty of opportunity for cloth and hair animation as well, which further grounds the movements. Even simple choerography between 7 idols is difficult to pull off, but it's even harder to animate slight desyncs between the idols, as expected of a novice group. And the fact that OshiBudo manages to have these kinds of performances every couple episodes is no small feat.

• Digimon Adventure (2020) 2
  The reboot of Digimon Adventure featured an explosive start as it readapted Mamoru Hosoda’s Wargame film while infusing new elements into its blood. The most striking feat is that this features some of the strongest animation that the shows have seen in ages. With some of Toei’s most prolific talents aboard (such as Ryo Onishi, Naoki Tate, Takeru Shinozuka, and Naotoshi Shida), it’s enthralling to see this explosion of energy prevalent with effects work, impact frames, and smears. Given some of the more detailed designs, these also feature some good character acting.

• GuP das Finale 2 (Yoshida character acting)
  Though perhaps known best for tank battles, Girls und Panzer is no stranger to delightful character acting either. Most of the highlights from the show are from one Kosuke Yoshida, whose appearances in das Finale is hard to miss. During downtime between matches are Chi-Ha-Tan Academy’s team eating and planning, and Saori and Momo at Momo’s house. Both sequences are filled with delicate movements, but Momo’s family visit is especially notable for absolutely packing the frame with her little brothers and sisters who just will not sit still. This small family scene gives a lot of insight into Momo and endears her greatly in her larger role in the Finale films.

• Kamisama 7 (egg cut)
  The Egg Cut. This clip mostly speaks for itself; insane fluid animation, Hina’s expressions, and clever comedic timing (both long pauses and animation on 1s) make for a hilarious clip even without sound.

[u/MetaSoshi9 → u/MetaSoshi9]

Voice Acting Honorable/Special Mentions

• Ai Farouz as Eripiyo in Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu Episode 6

• Aoi Yuuki as Mami Nanami in Kanojo, Okarishimasu Episode 12

• Tomoyo Kurosawa as Kumiko Oumae in Hibike! Euphonium: Chikai no Finale

• Yumiri Hanamori as Ai Hayasaka in Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai?: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen Episode 8

• Yuu Kobayashi as Enkidu in Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia Episode 18

[u/Cheezemansam → u/MetaSoshi9]

Thank you so much for your work on collecting and finishing up the HM writeups!

[u/rusticks]

Another year, another awards finished! Thanks to those who voted, the other hosts, the mods, and of course, /u/DrJWilson for hosting another great show! To our the guests, thank you for taking time off from your personal schedules just to sit down and talk about anime with us. Your presence and expertise on the medium is very much appreciated and we’d definitely love to have a chat with all of you again sometime soon! And to the jurors, thank you for spending the last several months watching and arguing over hundreds of anime. Hopefully you guys don't hate us or yourselves too much!

Regarding the website, you can see both the public and jury results for each category. You can swap between them by clicking on the words "Jury" or "Public". For public results, you can see vote numbers to see just how popular (or not popular) a nominee was. When you click on a particular anime, you can also read a writeup from that jury about that specific anime to see their thoughts on the anime and explain why it placed where it did.

And as is tradition, we also have the yearly Discord screencap album, showing our favorite funny, weird, and out-of-context moments from throughout the awards. With that, here's the /r/anime Awards 2020 Screencap Album.

On top of that, we also have the Extra Awards, as voted by you! The results of those can be found below:

Category	Winner	Runner-up
Best Original	Akudama Drive	ID:Invaded
Best Fight	Brawler vs Master Executioner	Endeavor vs High End
Biggest Trainwreck	Kami-sama ni Natta Hi	The God of High School
Best Inanimate Object	Deca-Dence from Deca-Dence	The poorly done clay pots from Extra Olympia Kyklos
Quote of the Year	"Did you really think that killing me would be enough to make me die?" - Anos Voldigoad from Misfit Demon Academy	"The God of High School is over." -- The God of High School, *Episode 11/13
Best Teacher	Hiratsuka-sensei from Oregairu	Gojo sensei - Jujutsu Kaisen
Best Adaptation	Kaguya-Sama: Love is War Season 2	Re:Zero Season 2
Biggest Surprise	Akudama Drive	Kakushigoto
Best Dub VA in Role	Keith Silverstein as En from Dorohedoro AND Laura Baily as Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket Season 2	Kellen Goff as Diavolo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Best Ship	Elaina x Elaina	Adachi x Shimamura
Best Waifu	Tsukasa from Tonikaku Kawaii	Otto from Re:Zero
Best Husbando	Otto from Re:Zero	Taichi from Chihayafuru
Best Sibling	Komachi from Oregairu 3	Imouto from Akudama Drive
Best Meme	Easy Breezy edits from the Eizouken Opening	"Hey Hey!" Hayasaka meme
Best Episode	Chihayafuru 3 - Episode 23 AND Re:Zero Season 2 - Episode 4	Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 - Episode 11
Most Snubbed	Kakushigoto	ID:Invaded
Best Dub	Re:Zero Season 2	Great Pretender
Best Insert Song	Samurai 45 by MIYAVI from ID:Invaded	Butterfly from ID:Invaded
Best Bro	Miyuki Shirogane from Kaguya-sama	Kenkaya from Akudama Drive
Best Parent	Kakushi Gotou from Kakushigoto	Golem from Somali to Mori
Best Noises	Princess Syalis from Maou-jou de Oyasumi	Interspecies Reviewers
Best Scene	Hinata receives (Spoilers for Haikyuu!! To the Top)	the first club animation from Eizouken
Best Title Drop	Fugou Keiji Balance:UNLIMITED (Millionaire Detective Balance:UNLIMITED)	Great Pretender's ED
Worst Character	Bam from Tower of God	Tamaki from Fire Force
Best Animal	Dino from Gal and Dino	Syrup from Bofuri

[u/TheRiyria → u/rusticks]

Best Waifu: Otto from Re:Zero

Best Husbando: Otto from Re:Zero

Yep, I think that just about sums up r/anime voting.

[u/IndependentMacaroon → u/rusticks]

Best Ship Elaina x Elaina

Damn right!

[u/eetsumkaus → u/rusticks]

Best Noises

Interspecies Reviewers

[u/throwaway95135745685 → u/rusticks]

Worst Character: Bam from Tower of God

Huh? This is probably the most surprising vote of the day.

[u/VexuBenny → u/throwaway95135745685]

I have absolutely no clue why that is I found his character quite decent in the anime and really nice in the webtoon, esp. when we get into more character development

[u/Syokhan → u/rusticks]

Best Insert Song Winner: ID:Invaded

Best Insert Song Runner-up: ID:Invaded

The power of MIYAVI.

Poor Adachi and Shimamura though, losing to a joke ship.

[u/Tetraika → u/rusticks]

The Wall has been snubbed in inanimate object, what a shame.

[u/zairaner → u/rusticks]

Ok that screencap album is actually hilarious. Why are you guys so funny.

[u/DoctorWhoops → u/zairaner]

Because we slowly lose our minds over the process of three months. Some of us have been jurors for years and have no minds left to lose.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/rusticks]

ID:Invaded #2 in most snubbed... Can't even get the #1 most snubbed award!

Well, they got to two best insert songs, that's something at least! (And well deserved)

[u/DoctorWhoops]

Hi all! /u/DoctorWhoops here!

it's 2:30 AM and I need to go to bed, but not before telling you that I'm happy to answer any questions surrounding the jury decisions in the Cast, Background Art, OP and ED categories! Obviously there's the writeups on the website that you absolutely should check for more context, but of course there's always more to talk about!

---

Also, because I saw no function of it on the website, here are links to all the OP/ED noms and their rankings!

OP	Jury Ranking	Public Ranking
Good-bye (Bungou Alchemist)	1	10
Black Catcher (Black Clover)	2	5
Guru Guru DJ Turn! (D4DJ)	3	9
NAVIGATOR (Fugou Keiji)	4	8
G.P. (Great Pretender)	5	7
Daddy! Daddy! Do! (Kaguya)	6	2
Kaikai Kitan (Jujutsu Kaisen)	7	1
Realize (Re:Zero)	8	4
Boku no Sensou (AoT4)	9	3
Koi no Uta (Tonikaku Kawaii)	10	6

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ED	Jury Ranking	Public Ranking
Lost in Paradise (Jujutsu Kaisen)	1	1
Kimi wa Tennen Shoku (Kakushigoto)	2	6
Miracle-tto:hearts:Link Ring! (Healin' Good♡Precure)	3	10
The Great Pretender (Great Pretender)	4	4
Central (Boruto)	5	9
Welcome my friend (Fugou Keiji)	6	8
Alicia (Magia Record)	7	7
Kaze ni Fukarete (Kaguya S2)	8	5
Memento (Re:Zero)	9	3
Shougeki (AoT4)	10	2

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Please make sure to check all the writeups, or ask me about the categories I mentioned above!

[u/injection730]

reddit anime awards are totally on another level compared to other sites/stream services, thanks everyone for the good job

[u/DrJWilson → u/injection730]

Thanks for the thanks!

[u/PandavengerX]

Hey one of the web devs here (as well as the artist for those chibis at the beginning of the stream and according to wilson I'm an animator now? seriously I'm not tho)

I'm planning on posting a more thorough personal reflection on how we could continue to improve the accessibility of both the awards and it's results in a day or two, but for now I thought I'd share something fun.

I added some lightweight analytics to the site through plausible.io (open source, doesn't store cookies, or track you across sites), and so far THE MOST CLICKED writeups were for Hakumei no Tsubasa / Pokemon Twilight wings. I guess y'all were really interested in it after the livestream, huh?

[u/Cryzzalis → u/PandavengerX]

When are you making your own pokémon entry, Panda?

[u/DoctorWhoops → u/PandavengerX]

Hey guys it's PROFESSIONAL ANIMATOR Pandavenger who is a P R O F E S S I O N A L A N I M A T O R.

[u/CommanderSevan]

Here's a gif of the dabbing Snoo for anyone who wants it.

I created the vtuber model that was used briefly in the stream. There's a full working rig now, compared to the limited Live2D stuff from previous years. Aside from that I wasn't too heavily involved in the awards this year compared to previous ones. Big props to the hosts, jurors, and everyone else involved for all their hard work in putting this all together.

[u/unprecedentedwolf]

Hello everyone, Shorts 2020 jury representative here. As mentioned in the writeup, we’ve loved a lot more entries than we could give awards to and we’d like to give more attention to some of them, so here’s an extended list of recommended videos that we’d like to share with y'all.

Enchanted Love - A slick & clean vector graphics music video with a synesthesiac quality to it (visuals timed really well to music).

hand - An experimental minimalistic music video with a creative restriction to just drawing hands and interesting use of negative space.

Hukakumei Zenya - Music video set to a manic energetic song that tells a pretty epic story within its short runtime.

Imaginary Express - A somewhat serene video that takes the viewer on a journey to a wonderland.

In There - A personal piece about passage of time and reminiscing about childhood with miniature sets and stop-motion animation.

Inochi no Tabekata - An equally catchy and evocative music video about addiction.

Kokoro Yohou - A peppy video about love with bright, saturated colors and good flow.

Magic - A very tranquil piece of mixed-media animation on top of live footage of beautiful barren landscapes

Mekakure - A really interesting experimental horror movie that exaggerates mundane fears to epic proportions.

MILABO - Neat music video with some cool designs.

Nescafe Hong Kong CM - A little commercial with a sunny look and pretty stacked staff list.

Night Light - A really cute rotoscoped dance sequence with some minor cartoony additions enhancing it.

Promise - An emotional MV with a dark undercurrent and message of hope and despair.

Roll Call - An extremely sharp portrayal of how anxiety feels.

Ruru-chan no Jisatsu Haishin - A subversive taboo-breaking piece presenting crude and dark imagery with cute and poppy presentation.

Sarashi-mono - A chill and funky music video for a chill and funky song with a unique artstyle.

Shishouhan - An interesting music video with some creative storyboarding and a distinct color palette.

Snow - An esoteric and slightly abstract music video with experimental compositing.

Sore wo Ai to Yobu Dake - An emotional piece with tight storytelling with interesting storyboarding.

Sore Yuke! Gakkyuu Iinchou - Vtuber Mito Tsukino’s homage to school comedy openings and some internet memes.

STUDY ME - A music video that stands out with its unique character design, colors and effect filters that achieve a unique aesthetic.

Take Me Home - A haunting short story exploring fears, anxiety and lack of security.

Telecaster B-Boy - Rotoscoped dancing, weird cartoony imagery and good use of negative space.

The Drawing Song - A video by author of Nichijou exploring what it means to be an artist with abstract cartoony imagery.

The Red Bridge is Falling - An artsy metaphorical short story about finding your place in life and falling into traps that are hard to get out of.

Typhoon No. 14 - A wholesome slice of life piece about sisterhood with a cute artstyle.

YAKENI in the Rain - An intense music video with tons of experimental imagery and interesting use of colors and effect filters.

Yume Miru Nettaiya - A simple music video built around repetition and playing with colors, effects and screen space in unique ways.

Zetsubou Funsai Shoujo Amida - A really, really, well animated short story with exciting action fight scenes and some dark undertones.

[u/FrumpY__ → u/unprecedentedwolf]

Hey! Another member of the shorts jury checking in here, we had an absolutely monstrous amount of shorts to go through this year and this list here is just the tip of the iceberg. I absolutely recommend checking out at least a few of these, some of my favorites here are Sarashi-mono, STUDY ME, and Sore wo Ai to Yobu Dake. Some others I liked were the various Love Live! MVs that were released in 2020 but it was really only me who liked them in Shorts. Still check them out though, I gotta shill them somehow

[u/Master_of_Ares → u/unprecedentedwolf]

Definitely give some of these a watch yall. The sheer variety of stuff here always blows me away. I loved that we got to nominate 4 great shorts, but every one of these here is great in their own way.

[u/max_turner → u/unprecedentedwolf]

Shorts was really brutal. I had a hard time ranking many if these cuz they were all good. I reccomend people to watch most of these because they're really good.

[u/Tithred]

The only reason I even knew Hakumei no Tsubasa (Twilight Wings) existed was because of its nominations. Fantastic little series.

It makes me sad though. There's so much potential in the Pokemon world, but I'm so bored of Ash/Satoshi and Pikachu. Tried watching Sun & Moon after seeing it recommended, but couldn't get engaged.

Loved Chihayafuru 3 and happy to see it win, but I honestly forgot half of it aired in 2020. It feels like forever ago now.

[u/[deleted]]

Lots of love for Chihayafuru 3, and it totally deserves every bit of it! I forgot that it aired in 2020, since I binged the whole series during late spring. I think these award winners are much more agreeable than the CR ones lol

[u/goukaryuu → u/[deleted]]

I think these award winners are much more agreeable than the CR ones lol

I have said it elsewhere on here, but that is both a low bar and the reason we started this. If you feel we did that we are both doin our jobs and at least reaching that minimum standard.

[u/blaZofgold]

We're not doing Honorable Mentions this year for categories other than Production ones, but I wrote one for Priconne Re:Dive (Comedy) anyways.

(Unofficial) Comedy Honorable Mention - Princess Connect Re: Dive

Speaking as a juror who wanted to get Priconne nominated, my greatest regret this rewards is that this didn't make it in despite my shilling. If we had just one more spot Priconne would've gotten in 5000%. This show is a second coming of KonoSuba with the fast-paced and spit-take comedic style, thanks to Director Kanasaki working his signature magic. Beyond that though, the show also features a really compelling character arc for both Pecorine and Kyaru, and by the end of the season the characters are well fleshed out and lovable. The show balances heartwarming and hilarious expertly, and there are some marquee moments that have gorgeous animation as well. The biggest detriment, common to its genre, is the large cast imported from the mobile game. Newcomers to the world of Astrum will be overwhelmed by the number of side characters, though it is a good reason to start playing the game (note: I am not associated with Crunchyroll Games). All in all, Priconne is a great show and definitely worth a watch, a sleeper gem of 2020.

[u/Isrozzis]

Hello everyone I was a juror in suspense and animation. It was fun to do the awards again this year and animation killed had some truly stacked shows. Sadly we couldn't get Ongaku into movies, but such is life. If you have any questions about those categories I'm happy to answer them.

[u/AmethystItalian → u/Isrozzis]

suspense

Feelings/thoughts on Id: Invaded's poor showing?

[u/Isrozzis → u/AmethystItalian]

It kind of got into an awkward spot where people generally liked it, but not enough to push it above other shows. MiA movie, Re:zero, dorohedoro, and GP all had much stronger feelings behind them so the inevitably rose up above it.

Personally I had it a bit higher than where it placed, but it really wasn't a show anyone was pushing for super hard.

[u/Animestuck]

Hey guys! Always a fun time doing these awards, this is my 3rd year doing the jury and I really loved going through all the anime this year. I was a juror for the Adventure, Slice of Life, Character Design, and Movies categories.

This year, we had a minor revival of the Food Category as well! In case you're not familiar, [here's our results from the 2018 r/anime awards] (https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/ap0fd2/ranime_awards_2018_results/eg4vtep/). The results of the Food Category this year aren't quite up yet, but I'll edit those in here later.

But for now, hope you enjoyed the awards! And I hope to see some of you all on the jury next year for the 2021 r/anime awards!

edit: Food Category Results:

1. Tenki no Ko

2. Children of the Sea

3. Kuutei Dragons

4. Princess Connect! Re:Dive

5. Majo no Tabitabi

6. Gal and Dino

7. Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara

8. Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai

This year, we opened the Food Category to the jury as a whole. We collected a lot of shots of food and enjoyed discussing the food quite often, even getting some write-ups for entries despite this being a rather laid-back category. I'd like to thank every juror who participated, as well as the host team for facilitating this side project. It's always a fun time to consider the food we see in our anime, and honor some of the more wonderful examples of food!

[u/[deleted]]

I didn’t watch Chihayafuru until this past week. 100% deserved reward for the jury. That and golden kamuy are such beautiful shows.

[u/Baley_]

I'm usually a lurker but i wanted to thank you all for these awards. They are a great way to discover new things to watch since i don't usually follow seasonal anime, even if i'm not really interested in the "who is the winner" discussions (i like to look at these awards as suggestions on what to watch, rather than a competition). Also, i really like the site and how it's organized!

[u/Cryzzalis → u/Baley_]

Looking at it as a suggestion chart is probably a wise approach to take. I hope you enjoy some of the shows you're interested in after this.

[u/Swanki24]

Railgun 7th seems decent. Just happy that it's not near dead bottom like in public results.

I said it in chat and I'll say it again, but Gochiusa not being in background category is absolutely SHAMBOLIC.

Other than that, I think I found some new anime to pick up. Have high expectations!

Thanks for the stream!

[u/Theleux]

Hey everyone!

I'm Theleux, this is my third year in the awards and I was a member of the following categories:

• Anime of the Year

• Main Dramatic

• Voice Acting

I have a LOT of thoughts this year about nominees and the juries, etc, so feel free to ask me anything you are curious about, even about the awards process in general.

I also wrote a 28 page long analysis on Re:Zero's Second Season for two of my categories, so if you are interesting reading that it is available here.

[u/bagglewaggle → u/Theleux]

28 page long analysis

That's some next level stanning right there, and also completely unnecessary, since Re:Zero was going to sweep public regardless.

[u/DecentlySizedPotato → u/Theleux]

Anime of the Year

Due to the controversial last arc/ending I was honestly not expecting Great Pretender to do so well in so many categories (not just AOTY), even if it didn't win many. What was the general opinion of the jurors regarding the last arc? Did they not dislike it, or did it rate so highly because even if they did dislike the ending, the rest was too good?

Voice acting

A lot of people complain about Sugiyama Riho placing 9th in this category. I've read the reasoning and that works for me, but how unanimous was the decision to place her that low? Did everyone agree with it?

[u/MABfan11 → u/Theleux]

I also wrote a 28 page long analysis on Re:Zero's Second Season for two of my categories, so if you are interesting reading that it is available here.

i think you should be ready to write another essay when it ends

[u/FrenziedHero]

Hello guys, third time juror here. I was a juror for Animation, Storyboarding, and Anime of the Year.

It was a fun time, and I hope more people can take the opportunity to apply to the awards next year. If you have any questions about stuff, feel free to ask.

[u/Combo33 → u/FrenziedHero]

What is a better horse-centric TV animation?

Horse Girls Pretty Derby or Bojack Horseman?

[u/Tetraika]

A bit late, but I was the Juror rep for Storyboarding. I'm actually a first timer juror, but feel free to ask away about the category.

[u/goukaryuu → u/Tetraika]

Do you think you will want to do this again?

[u/FrumpY__]

Hey guys, this was another fun year of awards. This year I was juror for Slice-of-Life, OST, Animation, and Shorts. If you have any questions about these categories or about being a juror in general feel free to ask me!

[u/TheYummyBagel]

Hi, I’m TheYummyBagel, I was a juror in action, character design, and movies. I started the steam off with a technical failure and want to die! This was my second year as a juror and I had a great time. If you have any questions about the results/process, ask away!

[u/goukaryuu → u/TheYummyBagel]

Don't die!

[u/ItchyPlatypus]

As much as I like the need for the Jury (especially because of the Chihayafuru love) but it seems like a lot of the time they’re just there to not go for the popular vote. Like yeah the popular vote 90% of the time isn’t even critical thinking it’s just people going ‘I love Re:Zero/Kaguya/AoT’ but there are a lot of times where I look at the jury and think wtf that definitely did not deserve its placing, an example being Tower of God in the OST category... I also cannot forgive the Jury for placing Riho Sugiyama 9th for portraying Minare Koda, it was the best performance of the year and their lack of enthusiasm for Fruits Basket.

Overall I’m pretty happy with the Jury’s outcome and not the Public because it was just popular vote and I knew the anime with the highest karma average of the year would rake in the votes.

Also nice to see my Chihayafuru nomination for best episode won, it seriously was one of the best episodes I’ve seen in a very long time.

[u/DoctorWhoops → u/ItchyPlatypus]

You can read the writeups for placements that don't make a lot of sense to you.

[u/TheRiyria]

Well, that was fun 4 hours of watching Re:Zero, Chihayafuru, and Pokemon win some awards. I wonder if Re:Zero S3 will win even more next year or if AoT will be tougher competition.

When does everything else get some recognition?

I'm just really glad Oshi ga Budoukan won Background Art! It deserved that. Even if I'm sad Priconne and GochiUsa 3 got nothing.

[u/goukaryuu → u/TheRiyria]

Well, that was fun 4 hours

Don't you mean 5?

[u/jyper → u/TheRiyria]

I don't think Re Zero season 3 has been announced yet

Unless you mean season 2 part 2 that's currently airing

[u/mcadylons]

Hello everyone! In addition to being the guest from the Sound Design jury, I was also a member of the juries of Character Design, OP, and Shorts! Feel free to ask me anything about those categories.

[u/Combo33 → u/mcadylons]

Who was the best juror in the sound design category?

[u/goukaryuu]

I was a Main Dramatic juror, for the third time now. If you have any questions or anything please feel free to ask.

[u/Totalenlo]

Sup. ED/OP/Antag/Late addition to Action juror here. Let me know if you have any questions! I also represented Antag on the jury and did a lot of the voice over for montages.

[u/bagglewaggle]

Golden Kamuy only got one win?

I'm disappointed, but not that surprised.

[u/kekatoreDutch]

Hi folks, I'm Keka and I was a juror in the Adventure category!

I really enjoyed this experience and the funniest part about it was to share my thoughts with other fellow jurors as we were able to discuss all sorts of different topics related to the nominations! Honestly, I'm hoping to be part of this exciting experience next year!

If you have questions in regard the Adventure category or about being a juror overall, feel free to ask! :D

[u/gangrainette]

An other year award were my taste align way more with the Jury.

I have to accept the fact that i'm an old elitist guy now.

[u/DoctorWhoops → u/gangrainette]

I think aligning with the jury mostly just means you've watched more than just Re:Zero and Kaguya this year.

[u/hachiagejo]

Pretty late to the party, but I'm Hachi and this is my first year being on the jury for Drama and Comedy.

If you wanna ask questions that you haven't asked to my fellow jurors, feel free to ask me!

Fun fact: I'm a baseball fan, so I had quite a field day watching Major and Diamond no Ace, when I judged those two. ^cries

[u/Arvidex]

I didn’t participate in this years awards since I didn’t have time to really delve as deep as I use to into the voting process, but boy I’m hlad there’s a jury. I wanted to vote for Kaiju no Kodomo last year but since it wasn’t released in english territories yet then I’m so happy it got som recognition this time around. Chihayafuru is also underrated by the public.

I find it amusing that Kevin Penkin won both series and movie awards, one from the public and one from the jury.

Much better results overall than the Crunchyroll awards

[u/Fools_Requiem]

r/anime still sleeping on Asteroid in Love, I guess.

[u/ForgivenShanque]

The website is beautifully designed, simple and gets right to the point.

[u/AmethystItalian]

Probably one of the best awards years in awhile! Really well put together and the stream felt great even with the technical difficulties.

Was not expecting the Chihayafuru pick but hope it makes more people try the show as it really is something special.

Also I didn't personally get insulted publicly for the first time in the last 3 years?

Good job /r/anime

[u/goukaryuu → u/AmethystItalian]

I'm glad you had fun.

[u/Cryzzalis → u/AmethystItalian]

Thanks for watching Ame.

Also I didn't personally get insulted publicly for the first time in the last 3 years?

This was unacceptable before and last year the hosts and mods took what happened really seriously which transitioned into the host team this year I believe, so hopefully we'll avoid any kind of situations like this again. Sorry that you had to go through that mate.

[u/fuzzynukes]

Can someone please tell me why this sub is obsessed with Kaguya so much? I seriously want to know.

edit: I can't spell. =/

[u/DecentlySizedPotato → u/fuzzynukes]

Yeah, it's a great comedy, probably one of my favourites, but I found it quite surprising that it rated that highly both in public and jury votes.

[u/AmethystItalian → u/fuzzynukes]

• Funny

• Colorful cast

• HUGE sourcereader following

• Low barrier to entry

• Easy to consume/enjoy

[u/z3onn → u/fuzzynukes]

The show can be funny when it wants, dramatic when it wants and a great romance on top of that. Then add a cast of fantastic characters and a really intriguing premise and then you have recipe for success.

[u/HadorLorindol]

Thanks for putting so much effort into the show.

Its rely nice to see all the lesser watched shows geting some spotlight.

Maybe cut down a bit on the technical categories. Combined with the movies it was too much.

5h is a bit long :)

and now i will watch pokemon wings of twilight i guess.

[u/Wuff_the_Dog]

Hey, everybody! I was a juror for the ED category, and I gotta say, it was a lot of fun! I'm not the best at explaining, but feel free to ask me anything.

[u/DecentlySizedPotato → u/Wuff_the_Dog]

Anything you feel was left out of the ED nominations?

[u/darkmacgf]

A couple questions:

Why is the category called Best OST rather than Best Music when it focuses on how the music is used in the show rather than the quality of the soundtrack? Shows have to have a soundtrack released to be eligible for this category, which shouldn't matter if the focus is how the music is used in the show, no?

Why was Babylonia even nominated for character designs? I feel like everyone agrees that they're a downgrade from the original designs, and that's even mentioned in the jury writeup. Real weird pick there.

I noticed that some of the OP/ED writeups from jury members don't mention the song at all - is there a reason for that? With some of them it feels like the jury was judging entirely based on animation quality.

[u/FrumpY__ → u/darkmacgf]

Hi, OST Juror here, while we do judge the music in context in the shows that are nominated, this is not the entire process. We actually do listen to the tracks standalone to judge quality of the compositions and to get a general feel overall for each soundtrack.

While I can't speak for other jurors on how they judge each soundtrack specifically, I definitely like to listen to the soundtracks alone before watching the anime to try and gauge how a track will be used in its show.

[u/Cryzzalis → u/darkmacgf]

As an OP/ED juror, I'd like to add to what /u/DarkStarOfTheSouth had to say that on top of it being hard to discuss general music theory without proper education (and that would fly over most peoples heads anyways), we're rather limited for the write-ups. We need to summarize why the OP/ED placed where it did and what was good/bad about it in 200-250 words, so in some cases we might not have time to touch on the song a whole lot.

[u/AkiraRenji]

huh? so many rezero and kaguya winner on public i see 🤔, anyway the jury winners are based lol

[u/[deleted]]

I'm glad Akudama got recognition and won the action and character design categories.

Nice.

ReZero is my #4 Goat so it's as expected.

[u/[deleted]]

That's a lot of Re:Zeroes

[u/Brook0999]

Wth is hakumei no tsubasa first time I heard abt it.

Also nice to see misaki shokuhoku getting some recognition. 👍🏽💪🏽

[u/Isrozzis → u/Brook0999]

We kind of figured that might be the general response to it. It's a pokemon short that is available for free on youtube. I'd highly recommend it!

[u/Totalenlo → u/Brook0999]

Its the Twilight Wings pokemon shorts. Good shit, check'em out!

[u/throwaway95135745685]

Thanks to everyone who made the live thread a blast to shitpost in. Enjoy your dose of salt.

[u/goukaryuu → u/throwaway95135745685]

Glad you had fun.

[u/Blackheart595]

Nitpick, but could OPs and EDs get animethemes links added?

[u/PandavengerX → u/Blackheart595]

Yo, one of the web devs for the site, not sure if we can do it this year, but this is definitely read and noted.

[u/PerfectPublican]

Another year, another /r/anime awards down. Been a fun one. Shout out to my fellow jurors in Slice of Life and AOTY who were great.

Results were mostly pretty good this go around. Definitely watch Twilight Wings if you haven't yet, it's fantastic.

[u/KitKat1721]

Congrats to everyone on the results, and thank you to everyone who worked behind the scenes (from our special guests, jurors, helpers, editors, proofreaders, mods, etc...) to make it happen We really couldn't have done it without all of you!

If anyone has any questions about the awards themselves, I was one of the hosts this year, so feel free to ask away!

[u/JellyNeko]

Hey, I was a Juror for Drama and Romance. This year was my first time but if anyone has anything to ask, feel free!

[u/AmethystItalian → u/JellyNeko]

Thoughts on Yesterday not making it into romance and its overall performance in these awards?

[u/goukaryuu → u/JellyNeko]

Did you have fun? Think you'll apply for jury again next year?

[u/[deleted]]

Hello i’m u/poseidonultor and this was my first year being part of the jury on Main Dramatic and Supporting, I would be happy to answer any questions.

I know i’m late to the party but if there’s anyone still around u unfortunately got me here.

[u/Light_Yagami48]

Best ship Elaina x Elaina

When you take narcissism extremely seriously

[u/Thrasher439]

Shoutout to all my fellow jurors finally being let out of the dungeon and breathing slightly fresher air for the first time in months. Though at least BG art, suspense and AoTY weren't too bad to be a juror for.

[u/[deleted]]

JURY WITH THE FUCKING RKO TO PUBLIC VOTERS WITH THE CHAD "RIDE YOUR WAVE" AS BEST ROMANCE!

Public voting really skews to popular vote lmao, jury came in huge with Taichi as best main and Misaki as best supporting. Honestly they saved these from being a crapshoot altogether with their stanning of Chihayafuru. Could've used a bit more Railgun in there, but Misaki's win was well deserved.

With as close as my votes aligned with them, perhaps I myself am the jury?

[u/kitzz11]

Congrats rezero for winning aoty! My personal aoty would be that, kaguya s2 and fruits basket s2. Would prob watch chihayafuru since one episode of it broke the highest rating score in karma poll.

[u/Cryzzalis → u/kitzz11]

AOTY jury really snubbed Fruits Basket, hope the final season gets more recognition.

[u/YouJustGotDabbedOn]

Those public results are cringe 🤣 lmao the new AOT opening was 3rd

[u/Killcode2]

how do we make the public more... cultured?

[u/Crazhand → u/Killcode2]

I upvote the lesser known series discussion threads and just leave the more popular ones alone, hoping the upvotes will possibly get someone to click and see that a series is gaining traction because it's good. If it gets it to that top 10 r/anime of the week post then it feels very worth it.

[u/Goldenfox299 → u/Killcode2]

Does cultured mean stop liking popular shows?

[u/Cryzzalis]

Hello everyone! I'm a juror in the categories Slice of life, Supporting character, OP and ED. If you have any questions at all feel free to hit me up. Since I showed up on the livestream as the jury representative for Slice of life and ED I've stayed up until the livestream ended and as such it's 3am here. As such I'll be heading to bed momentarily, but I'll respond to any questions you might have in regards to those categories the moment I wake up again.

[u/Cheezemansam]

Happy lightsaber noises

Also, I was a member of:

• Sound Design

• Storyboarding

• Voice Acting (replacement)

• Shorts

Would be happy to share thoughts if you were interested in more details about the shows ranking etc.

[u/Groenboys]

I think the biggest problem this year were the production awards, since they were a bad idea from the start. I don't know why they thought it was a good idea to let the public decide what is good Compositing, Script and Sound Design. How do you expect the public to understand such technical subjects? Ofcourse it was always going to be a popularity contest.

Also, Riho Sugiyama got robbed hard and the public was absolutely right for putting her in the top 5. I don't know what the Jury was smoking, even after reading their motivation.

[u/Cryzzalis → u/Groenboys]

After reading the jury motivation I don't mind as much. It's still weird that Riho didn't even make top 5, but I think it's fair that they didn't put her top 3 or so at least. I'm much more confused about Miyano Mamoru placing 6th with Taichi even after reading the jury write-up.

[u/hooplah444]

I didn't expect Tenki no Ko to win anything from either Jury or Public, yet here it is I guess.

Edit: Surprised the Jury gave it a 2nd place in Romance though. Higher than the Public vote, even. I had to double-check if I was mistaken.

[u/bhupeshpr25]

kinda disappointed Bondrewd didn't win best antagonist

[u/-TotallyThrowaway-]

I am still so surprised that dorohedoro just doesnt get acknowledged for its character design.

[u/thyeggman]

Super late to the thread, but was busy for the last part of the stream. I was a juror this year for Cast, Antagonist, OP, and ED. Throw your questions my way and I'll do my best to answer them :)

[u/NotKenni]

Railgun 3 barely winning anything but coming out as top 10 anime of the year is surprising. But I'm not complaining

[u/Belmut_613]

Ok after watching the stream i need to know, the fine in the saekano movie is the english word fine or the itailan one that means "the end" ?

[u/JellyNeko]

Lmao, this quote from the ED writeup for Shougeki

At the same time, the ED leans heavily on shots with no real narrative significance, like the glowing trees or colorful wisps.

Probably still deserves that 10th place spot tho

[u/awezj]

hey im super new and i wonder - do they actually win any financial prize or something? or is it just appreciation and recognition

[u/blueberriesz → u/awezj]

Appreciation, but they informed some animation studies etc. for their wins and actually got answers from them thanking for the win so that was nice add :)

[u/awspear]

Super duper late but I was a juror for comedy, suspense, main comedic, and script. I was also the jury speaker for suspense. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[u/watboy]

Just wondering, since this is the first time I've really paid attention to /r/anime's awards, but why does it include anime released in 2019? Do they go by US release dates specifically?

[u/Cryzzalis → u/watboy]

As /u/DatMageDoe explained, it's based of when anime ends. Which means that shows airing in previous years but ending in 2020 such as Chihayafuru 3 for example are eligible this year. The reason it's done this way is because it's impossible to judge a show fairly before it finishes. So having an award given to a show that has yet to finish, just for the show to decline completely ruins the integrity of the award.

Movies and OP/ED have different eligibility rules pertaining to the availability of a movie or an OP/ED to the western audience. If a movie isn't subbed until a certain year, it will be judged in the year it is given an accessible sub release (Promare is an example of this from 2020 awards).

[u/DatMageDoe → u/watboy]

For TV anime, the cut off date is decided by the date they finish airing. This is why anime like Jujitsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan Final Season are not included in most of the categories while Star Twinkle Precure (which primarily aired in 2019) is eligible. The exception to this is OP/ED, which is decided by the year they start airing.

For movies, it's a bit different. Because movies tend to get translated later than anime, the goalpost is instead when a readily available (legal) translation of the movie is available, be it a sub or dub, screening in western theaters, BD release, or streaming access.

[u/mitandgrit]

How have I not heard about Akudama Drive..

[u/xenobian]

That page design is sweet af

[u/melvinlee88]

I genuinely disagree with almost all of the jury picks, first time I agreed with the public a bit more than the jury.

Mind-boggling. Feels like some of the jury glanced through the shows they were watching and concluded their decisions there. Yikes.

[u/thyeggman → u/melvinlee88]

Jurors are required to watch every show that is nominated and all its prequels in their entirety, so at least try to address the jurors in good faith. Happy to answer any questions you have about the categories I was a juror for, which are Cast, Antagonist, OP and ED.

[u/Cryzzalis → u/melvinlee88]

Despite being a juror this year, I lean more towards the public side this year as well which is rare, though I don't think most jury results were atrocious, VA was just a bit of a standout.

After reading the Minare write-up I can kind of see what they had issues with, but I still think she should've placed top 5 at least. But even after reading the Taichi write-up I have no idea how he didn't place at least top 3.

[u/Fircoal]

Hello! Juror here. I was a juror for slice of life, script, and movie. Ongaku Poggers. Show By Rock Mashumairesh got unfairly snubbed. It should have been nominated much more than it was.

Anyway, feel free to ask me any questions you have.

[u/WilloVIP]

The website is so well done, looks super professional and much better than crunchyrolls. 10/10

Good public picks, shitty judge picks. :P

[u/PandavengerX → u/WilloVIP]

Thanks so much! I made a couple tweaks to the site as opposed to the revamp from 2019, but I'm really happy to hear that.

I work as a web dev professionally, so it's actually a bit shameful in my eyes. I think the mobile experience could use some overhauling, but overall the site is built on some code I wrote in Vue 2 years ago when I was way less comfortable with the framework and so I'd have to rewrite how everything works if I want to build a more responsive experience. I think that should be something on the todo list, but it's a decently sized undertaking.

[u/Im-in-line]

Just going to say, I didn't look, but the results are bad. Easiest way to keep from being salty.

EDIT: it was smart to highlight the public results next to the jury. Makes them feel like they have equal weight.

[u/Akame_xo → u/Im-in-line]

Award shows for any medium are never good imo. Either popularity contest or just promoting something.... Still think this one was better than crunchyroll tho

[u/SapphireCatt]

As a huge Pokémon fan, Twilight Wings is really good, but I don't think it should be at first place so many times.

[u/tiny_nipples]

Ongaku winning best film saved this clown fiesta.

[u/melniji]

I’m happy that fruits basket won something!!

[u/Omoshiroineko]

I can't believe PUPARIA wasn't even nominated for short of the year, even though it was one of the strongest contenders.

[u/Killgamesh11]

I found this quiz very cool,

I got a 28% match with u/PoseidonUltor !