The awards for the 12th Tokyo Anime Award was already given to the winners during the 2013 Tokyo International Anime Fair which was held from March 21 to March 24. This year’s competition has two broad entry categories: “Nomination Entries” and “Open Entries”. The 9th Annual Awards of Merit winners was also announced during the event.
Animation of the Year
“Wolf Children”
Open Entries Grand Prize
Tsai Shiu-Cheng, Taiwan – “Time of Cherry Blossoms”
Television Category
“Kuroko’s Basketball”
“Sword Art Online”
Domestic Feature Film Category
“Wolf Children”
Original Video Animation
none
International Theater Award
“The Adventures of Tintin”
Best Director
Mamoru Hosoda – “Wolf Children”
Best Original Story
Reki Kawahara – “Sword Art Online”, light novel
Best Screenplay
Satoko Okudera, Mamoru Hosoda – “Wolf Children”
Best Art Direction
Hiroshi Ohno – “Wolf Children” and “A Letter to Momo”
Best Character Designer
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto – “Wolf Children”
Best Voice Actor
Yuuki Kaji – as Amata Sora (“Aquarion Evol”); as Haruyuki Arita (“Accel World”)
Best Music
Yoko Kanno – “Kids on the Slope” and “Aquarion Evol”
9th Annual Awards of Merit winners
Producer
Kenji Yokoyama
Creator
Tetsuya Chiba
Scriptwriter
Keisuke Fujikawa
Director
Noboru Ishiguro (deceased)
Director of Photography
Katsuji Misawa (deceased)
Sound Director
Shigeharu Shiba
Composer
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Voice Actor
Tooru Oohira
