The Tokyo Anime Awards started in 2002, but was named in 2005. The first, second and third award ceremonies were simply named 'Competition'.'Competition' at the first event (2002), outline of 'Competition' at the second event (2003), 'Competition' at the third event (2004) The award ceremonies were held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) until 2013. In 2014, after the merger of the Tokyo International Anime Fair with the Anime Contents Expo and the formation of the AnimeJapan convention, the Tokyo Anime Awards was changed into a separate festival called Tokyo Anime Awards Festival (TAAF).
Notably, there are Open Entry Awards for amateur creators (the Grand Prize winner is awarded with one million yen).Information about the awards at the 6th event (2007) Though there are ten main judges,judges at the second event (2003) in English, judges at the fifth event (2006) in Japanese the total number of judges is over one hundred people.judges at the first event (2002). There was 127 judges including 72 staffs of the event.Winners at the fourth event (2005). There was 197 judges. See the comment of Joe Hisaishi Various groups participate in judging the festival, such as anime studio staff members, professors of universities, as well as producers and chief editors of various magazines. (See also: Animation Kobe).
Animation of the Year All anime released from December 1 of the year before the festival to November 30 of the current year in Japan become candidates. The anime that best represents the category in which it was nominated will be chosen as the winner of that category.
In the first year of the celebration, the award was given to Spirited Away as 'Grand Prix'. In the second year, there was no Animation of the Year award; therefore, the 'Best Entry Awards' in the 'Notable Entries' are often recognized as 'Grand Prix', they were: Millennium Actress (film), Hanada Shōnen-shi (TV) and Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze (OVA)
Since 2014, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival has awarded a grand prize for anime of the year in two categories, film and television.
Tokyo Anime Award Year Winner Note 2002 Spirited Away Grand Prix 2003 Not awarded 2004 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed 2005 Howl's Moving Castle 2006 Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa 2007 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2008 Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone 2009 Ponyo 2010 Summer Wars 2011 The Secret World of Arrietty 2012 From up on Poppy Hill 2013 Wolf Children Tokyo Anime Award Festival2014 The Wind Rises Film Category Attack on Titan Television Category2015 Frozen Film Category Ping Pong the Animation Television Category2016 Love Live! The School Idol Movie Film Category Shirobako Television Category2017 A Silent Voice Film Category Yuri!!! on Ice Television Category 2018 In This Corner of the World Film Category Kemono Friends Television Category 2019 Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer Film Category Zombie Land Saga Television Category 2020Weathering with YouFilm CategoryDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaTelevision Category 2021Violet Evergarden: The MovieFilm CategoryKeep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Television Category 2022Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a TimeFilm CategoryJujutsu KaisenTelevision Category 2023One Piece Film: RedFilm CategorySpy × FamilyTelevision Category 2024The First Slam DunkFilm CategoryOshi no KoTelevision Category 2025Look BackFilm CategoryFrieren: Beyond Journey's EndTelevision Category 2026Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity CastleFilm CategoryMobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuXTelevision Category Notes a. Anime of the Year Grand Prize for Best Picture
Anime Fan Award Picking from over 300-400 titles from television and films, anime fans vote from the candidate pool to pick the best 100 from those titles, with 20 of these titles being films and 80 being television titles. Fans then participate in a runoff vote in order to determine a recipient amongst the 100 chosen titles for the Anime Fan Award.
Initial qualifications to become candidates required titles to have aired from November of the year before the festival to October of the current year in Japan. However, this has since been twice changed — first in 2017 to be from October to October, and again in 2020 to be from October to September. Tokyo Anime Award Festival Year Winner Note 2014 Danball Senki Wars 2015 Tiger & Bunny: The Rising 2016 Gintama 2017 Yuri on Ice The only title to win the award twice consecutively. 2018 2019 Banana Fish 2020 Uta no Prince-Sama: Maji Love Kingdom 2021 Idolish7: Second Beat! 2022 Idolish7: Third Beat!Only applies to the 1st Cour. 2023 Mechamato The first non-Japanese-produced animation to win in this category. 2024 Idolish7 The Movie: Live 4bit Beyond The Period 2025 Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of GeGeGe
Open Entries / Competition Grand Prize The awards for the creator of the non-commercialized work for TV, movie and OVA, to find new talents and to provide support for subsequent commercialization. The work must be an animation longer than 15 seconds, and no longer than 30 minutes. If the work was not commercialized before, professional creator also can enter this Grand Prize.about open entry at the 6th event (2007) The 2007 winner, Flutter, was the first work from a non-Asian country to win this award.
Tokyo Anime Award Year Winner Title Note 2002 Youhei Takamatsu Tokyo Animarathon 2003 Jung Min-Young Say My Name 2004 Han Tae-Ho Africa a.F.r.I.c.A 2005 Shin Hosokawa The Demon 2006 Kazuo Ebisawa Crow that wears clothes 2007 Howie Shia Flutter 2008 Helen Huang Adventures in the NPM 2009 Heiko van der Scherm Descendants 2010 G9+1 Tokyo Fantasia 2011 Alice Dieudonne Trois petits points 2012 Chen Xifeng Pig Sale 2013 Tsai Shiu-Cheng Time of Cherry Blossoms Tokyo Anime Award Festival2014 Ari Folman The Congress Featured Film Category Augusto Zanovello Lettres de femmes Short Film Category2015 Tomm Moore Song of the Sea Featured Film Category Konstantin Bronzit We Can't Live Without Cosmos Short Film Category2016 Rémi Chayé Long Way North Featured Film Category Siniša Mataić Off Belay Short Film Category2017 Sébastien Laudenbach The Girl Without Hands Feature Film Category Elice Meng Of Shadows and Wings... Short Film Category2018 Hsin Yin Sung On Happiness Road Feature Film Category Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter Negative Space Short Film Category2019 Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow Another Day of Life Feature Film Category Nienke Deutz Bloeistraat 11 Short Film Category Notes b. Best Entry Award in Amateur Category c. Best Entry Award in Student Category d. Competition Winning Programs
Notable Entry The excellent works of the year are chosen according to each section.
Television Category The TV animations broadcast from December 1 of the year beforehand to November 30 of the previous year in Japan become candidates.
The 'Best Entry' was selected only in 2003: Hanada Shōnen-shi.
Tokyo Anime Award Year Winner2002 Inuyasha Ojamajo Doremi # Hikaru no Go Fruits Basket One Piece2003 Hanada Shōnen-shi Inuyasha Overman King Gainer2004 Astro Boy Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Fullmetal Alchemist2005 Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Sgt. Frog Futari wa Pretty Cure2006 Eureka Seven Black Jack Mushishi2007 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Death Note2008 Dennō Coil Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann2009 Macross Frontier Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R22010 Eden of the East K-On!2011 K-On!! The Tatami Galaxy2012 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Tiger & Bunny2013 Kuroko's Basketball Sword Art Online Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2014 Space Brothers 2015 Yo-Kai Watch2016Shirobako2017Yuri!!! on Ice2018Kemono Friends2019Zombie Land Saga2020Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba2021Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!2022Jujutsu Kaisen2023Spy × Family2024Oshi no Ko2025Frieren: Beyond Journey's End2026Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuXDomestic Feature Film Category The animation films released from December 1 of the year beforehand to November 30 of the previous year in Japan become candidates.
The 'Best Entry' was selected only in 2003: Millennium Actress.
Tokyo Anime Award Year Winner2002 Princess Arete Spirited Away Metropolis2003 Millennium Actress The Cat Returns Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring States2004 Tokyo Godfathers Nasu: Summer in Andalusia2005 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Steamboy2006 Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths Zeta Gundam: A New Translation - Heirs to the Stars2007 Paprika Arashi no Yoru ni 2008 Summer Days with Coo 2009 Ponyo 2010 Summer Wars 2011 The Secret World of Arrietty 2012 From Up on Poppy Hill 2013 Wolf Children Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2014 The Wind Rises 2015 Stand by Me Doraemon2016Love Live! The School Idol Movie2017A Silent Voice2018In This Corner of the World2019Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer2020Weathering with You2021Violet Evergarden: The Movie2022Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time2023One Piece Film: Red2024The First Slam Dunk2025Look Back2026Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle
OVA Category The Original Video Animations (OVAs) released from December 1 of the year beforehand to November 30 of the previous year in Japan become candidates.
The 'Best Entry' was selected only in 2003: Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze. Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze (2003 and 2006) and Diebuster (2005 and 2007) were awarded two times.
Tokyo Anime Award Year Winner 2002 Animation Runner Kuromi2003 Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze Return of the Magician JoJo's Bizarre Adventure2004 The Animatrix Macross Zero2005 Animation Runner Kuromi 2 Diebuster2006 Karas Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze2007 Diebuster Freedom 2008 Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase 2009 Detroit Metal City 2010 Time of Eve 2011 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 2012 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 2013Not awardedInternational Theater Award The international animation films released from December 1 of the year beforehand to November 30 of the previous year in Japan become candidates.
Founded in 2003. One work is selected and awards presented every year.
Tokyo Anime Award Year Winner 2003 Monsters, Inc. 2004 Lilo & Stitch 2005 Finding Nemo 2006 The Incredibles 2007 Cars 2008 Ratatouille 2009 Kung Fu Panda 2010 WALL-E 2011 Toy Story 3 2012 Tangled 2013 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Individual awards The individual awards for the activities of the previous year.
Best Director The awards for directors. Though this award does not limit to the directors of films, it has a tendency to be given to film directors.
Tokyo Anime Award Year Winner Directed Note2002 Akitaro Daichi TV category Hayao Miyazaki Film category 2003 Keiichi Hara Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Battle of the Warring StatesAbout the 'Individual Awards' in 2003 and 2004: works were not officially announced, just persons. Film 2004 Satoshi Kon Tokyo Godfathers Film 2005 Hayao Miyazaki Howl's Moving Castle Film 2006 Yoshiyuki Tomino Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam A New Translation: Heirs to the Stars Film 2007 Mamoru Hosoda The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Film 2008 Hideaki Anno Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Film 2009 Hayao Miyazaki Ponyo Film 2010 Mamoru Hosoda Summer Wars Film 2011 Hiromasa Yonebayashi The Secret World of Arrietty Film 2012 Akiyuki Shinbo Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV series 2013 Mamoru Hosoda Wolf Children Film Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2014 Tetsurō Araki 2015 Isao Takahata 2016 Yōichi Fujita 2017 Makoto Shinkai 2018Tatsuki2019Yoshiaki Kyōgoku2020Makoto Shinkai2021Haruo Sotozaki2022Hideaki Anno2023Gorō Taniguchi2024Takehiko Inoue2025Kiyotaka Oshiyama2026Yohei KameyamaMilky Subway: The Galactic Limited Express
Best Original Story The awards for the original creators of the work. Founded in 2005.