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K-ON, Yuruyuri, Nyarko-san Win Anime Kobe Awards

The judging committee of the 17th Animation Kobe Awards announced this year's award winners on Saturday. The awards are among the most prestigious industry accolades in Japanese animation and media.

Individual Award

Noriyasu Agematsu (music producer/lyricist/composer)

Special Award

SANZIGEN Animation Studio (3D CG Animation)

Theatrical Film Award

K-ON!

Television Award

Yuruyuri

Network Award

Osawari Tantei Nameko Saibai Kit (Touch Detective Mushroom Kit)

Theme Song Award

"Taiyō Iwaku Moe yo Chaos" by Ushiro Kara Haiyori Tai G (Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos)

The 17th Annual Animation Kobe event will hold an awards ceremony on December 2 in the city of Kobe in western Japan. The judging committee is composed of experts in the industry — notably the editors of animation and media magazines such as Animage, Animedia, Newtype and Weekly ASCII.

Previous winners have included Mamoru Hosoda, Kunio Katō, Mitsuo Iso, Hideaki Anno, Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Hatsune Miku, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, Ghost in the Shell, Paprika, Princess Mononoke, K-ON!!, Eden of the East, Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, Key the Metal Idol, Voices of a Distant Star, Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya, Phantasy Star Online, Final Fantasy XI, Second Life, Fujiko F. Fujio, Leiji Matsumoto, and the theme songs to the Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, K-On! Fruits Basket, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Macross Frontier television series.