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Newtype Anime Awards 2015-16 Winners Revealed

Newtype, the long-running monthly anime magazine published by Kadokawa, has published the final results of its 6th annual Newtype Anime Awards.

Without further ado, the results!

Best TV Series

1. Kababeri of the Iron Fortress
2. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-
3. Macross Delta

Best Film

1. Your Name
2. Kizumonogatari Part II: Nekketsu
3. Girls und Panzer der Film

Best Male Character

1. Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero)
2. Ikoma (Kabaneri)
3. Koyomi Araragi (Kizumonogatari)

Best Female Character

1. Rem (Re:Zero)
2. Tippy (Is the Order a Rabbit??)
3. Isoroku (High School Fleet)

Best Male Voice Actor

1. Hiroshi Kamiya
2. Yusuke Kobayashi
3. Daisuke Ono

Best Female Voice Actor

1. Inori Minase
2. Kana Hanazawa
3. Rie Kigumiya

Best Theme Song

1. “Free High Spirits” (High School Fleet)
2. “Zenzenzense” (Your Name)
3. “Kababeri of the Iron Fortress” (Kabaneri)

Best Sound

1. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
2. Your Name
2. Girls und Panzer der Film

Best Director

1. Masaharu Watanabe (Re:Zero)
2. Tetsuro Araki (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress)
3. Makoto Shinkai (Your Name)

Best Screenwriter

1. Ichiro Okouchi (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress)
2. Masahiro Yokotani (Re:Zero)
3. Toshizo Nemoto (Macross Delta)

Best Character Designs

1. Haruhiko Mikimoto, Yasuyuki Ebara (Kababeri)
2. Atto, Naoto Nakamura (High School Fleet)
3. Shinichiro Otsuka, Kyuta Sakai (Re:Zero)

Best Mechanical Designs

1. Ippei Gyobu, Kanetake Ebikawa, Kenji Teraoka, Naohiro Washio, Tamotsu Shinohara (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
2. Ippei Gyobu (Kabaneri)
3. Stanislas Brunet (Macross Delta)

Best Studio

1. Wit Studio
2. Shaft
3. White Fox

To qualify, anime series or films must have been released between October 2015 and September 2016. The awards were chosen by fan vote.

Looks like Your Name, Re:Zero and Kabaneri were the big favorites of Newtype readers. But how about Otaku USA readers?

Source: Newtype

Matt Schley

Matt Schley (rhymes with "guy") lives in Tokyo, and has been OUSA's "man in Japan" since 2012. He's also written about anime and Japanese film for the Japan Times, Screen Daily and more.

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