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chaosbladeuk
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This is great news for those outside of Japan seeking a glimpse of an Oscar Style ceremony to commerate Anime.
If this is the first (and possibly only one), then the categories themselves have no time contraints (good or bad?), something made in the 80s could see be recognised by the American Anime Awards (AAA for short ><). It would be interesting what the nominees are for each and hopefully would see this every year! |
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ManOfRust
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What are the criteria for nominations? Obviously, they will differ from category to category, but there must be some general guidelines. Or is it just a wide open field as chaosbladeuk suggests?
If it's going to be an annual kind of thing I would imagine only releases in the past year would be eligible. But what about series that get released over a long period of time and come out over the course of several years? If half a series is released in one year would it be eligible up the point it was out, and then the remainder eligible the following year? In any event, it sounds like a good way get some extra exposure for quality works and recognize exceptional efforts on the part of those who are working hard to bring anime to the English speaking market. |
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Gage
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Cool! But my question is, who actually plans on attending the event from ANN?
 I'm sure Zac and Carlo Santos may be attending or I could be wrong.
Also, does this help you? |
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ManOfRust
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Sure it does. Reading it is what led me to post. It just didn't have lots of details of how things will work. I was just curious (and impatient  ) to know more. I'm sure more details will come out in time, but there's no harm in asking now, right?
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Dorian
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Will the nominees be limited to Japanese productions? I know that generally Anime/Manga equals Japanese but should it in this case?
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potassium
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The categories seem a bit vague. A long series to some is between 26 and 50 episodes; to others, it's the 200+ ones. A short series could be 13 episodes, or could be 6.
It'd be great if the categories would be really in-depth, such as best manga adaptation, novel adaptation, video game adaptation, etc. To really break it down and all. |
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Kouji
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Can anime that that haven't been licensed yet be nominated or is it only limited to licensed titles? My predictions for best anime series for the award in 2007 will probably be a tie between FMA and Haruhi (assuming fansubbed series can be nominated) and you can already expect Paprika to win the Best Anime Movie award. An anime awards sounds interesting, but I just hope it doesn't fall into the popularity contest trap that the Oscars have.
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Tempest
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hikaru004
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But isn't this a consumer populist vote and not a vote from a jury of peers?
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LydiaDianne
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I agree with Gage! Too Cool!  
Congrats to those of/on ANN who will be the "independent experts"! I think that would be quite an honor! I'm looking forward to seeing what titles get nominated. Any idea of when the public voting will start? It looks like that it would have to be soon since the last NY Comic Con was in March '06. |
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Meson
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There is only one American anime awards, and it is called the Annies!!!!
  
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BlaqNumbr9
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I think this is pretty cool. It's great that it's in NY. I just hope I'll be able to attend and see it first hand.
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Kaitou Marina
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Sounds flawed. What if the industry nominators pick series that they only want to promote (because they know it probably isn't that great), rather than series that are actually deserving of an award? That won't make it an award, that'll make it a commercial. While I'm all for there being more commercial coverage of anime series, I don't think an award ceremony is the right place for it, since awards tend to create a certain impression that a series might not necessarily deserve.
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As a fan, I don't give a rip about what's most popular. I can SEE what's most popular by looking at the anime fandom at large. Popularity does not necessarily mean that a show is the "top product" in a catagory, it simply means that it has the largest fanbase (possibly due to the amount of exposure it's had) and that it's probably a highly profitable series. But series shouldn't be judged on their popularity and profitability alone. There are gorgeously animated and executed series out there that are deserving of an award and yet probably won't even get nominated. I want to see superbly crafted series like Gankutsuou, Kamichu!, Crest of the Stars, Princess Tutu and the like receiving the recognition they deserve, but they most likely won't because they just aren't popular. It isn't because they aren't good; it's because they've had next to no exposure to the anime fandom as a whole because many anime fans are very unlikely to watch things outside their comfort zones. If, for example, say Naruto and Gankutsuou are both nominated for the Long Series award. What are people going to vote for? Naruto, obviously, because more people will have seen Naruto. It's on mainstream cable, has tons of merchandising and promotion and a huge fanbase. So that means Gankutsuou, which is a masterpiece in terms of experimental animation, storytelling, characterization, acting and concept, gets passed over because it doesn't have a night slot on Adult Swim? In my opinion, flawed. I still say popularity doesn't mean a series is the top product. Last edited by Kaitou Marina on Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:36 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Keonyn
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Well, that's animation in general not anime only and I don't think many "otaku" aren't happy unless it's only anime.
It would seem that way and I must admit a lack of trust of those kinds of results. We see it on the IGN anime boards all the time with their annual awards for anime or their other periodic awards for specific aspects of anime. Despite nominated choices it is pretty much always the most popular series or the series with the most rabid fanboys that wins, pretty much 99% of the time. Often times a series will win because more people saw it rather than because it was actually the better series, making it a contest of marketing and not show quality. While I take critics opinions with a grain of salt, they do seem to be a bit more open minded than the fanboys out there who'll just vote for whatever series they think is cool at the time. Last edited by Keonyn on Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:46 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Kouji
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I have one suggestion for these awards. Miyazaki films should not be allowed to compete for Best Anime Movie. While I love Miyazaki films a lot and they certainly deserve the popularity they have, it's because of their popularity that I think they shouldn't be allowed to compete. Everyone already knows about Miyazaki films and they already know they'll be always be a hit in the U.S. even if they're less than stellar (like Howl's Moving Castle), but if Miyazaki films are allowed to compete for the Best Anime Movie award, no other movies will ever get a chance to compete for it because they'll automatically be out-voted by Miyazaki films and I think this is important to consider, especially if they plan on using these awards as a means of promotion for anime because it seems unfair that other anime movies won't have a chance because everyone will automatically expect Miyazaki films to win.
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