{"id":14392,"date":"2009-01-14T12:33:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T16:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/?p=14392"},"modified":"2009-01-14T21:05:17","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T01:05:17","slug":"8th-annual-japanese-otaku-award-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/8th-annual-japanese-otaku-award-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"8th Annual Japanese Otaku Award Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"8th<\/p>\n

The winners<\/a> of the 8th Annual Japanese Otaku Awards were presented at Tokyo’s Loft\/Plus One hall on January 8. The award winners are selected by a panel of 8 judges from among the year’s “otaku” highlights.<\/p>\n


\nGrand Prix Award<\/b>
\nShigeru Mizuki’s “Kitaro” anime, including Hakaba Kitaro and the 5th Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro TV anime<\/p>\n

Ryota Fujitsu Award<\/b> (Fujitsu is a noted Japanese animation critic)
\nHideyuki Kurata’s Kurahon Kurata no Kuradashi manga series<\/p>\n

Harayasa Tokaimura Award<\/b>
\nfigure sculptor Masaki Asai (designer of the Gunnm Gaiden “Gally” figure)<\/p>\n

Hidekuni Shida Award<\/b> (Scenario writer for the Metal Gear video game series)
\nMonster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP game<\/p>\n

Masumi Kurata Award<\/b> (Journalist)
\nJunjo Romantica anime series<\/p>\n

Hisashi Maeda Award<\/b>
\ntrue tears anime series<\/p>\n

Hosai Tsuruoka Award<\/b> (manga critic)
\nTengirl (anthropomorphized Tenga brand “onanie hole” sex toys)<\/p>\n

Shinya Yamada Award<\/b> (animator)
\nEveryone at “moe-kabu” companies (companies that contributed to the growth of the “moe” otaku trend)<\/p>\n

Naoki Ishiguro Award<\/b> (manga editor)
\nKozue Amano’s Aria manga series and its anime adaptation<\/p>\n

Dorii Osaki Award<\/b>
\nDirector Matt Reeves’s motion picture Cloverfield<\/p>\n

I can’t decide if “onanie hole” toys drawn as women is brilliant or redundant!<\/i><\/p>\n

Source: Anime News Network<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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