Anime Grand Prix

The Anime Grand Prix (アニメグランプリ) is an annual Japanese anime awards giving to recognize the best in anime of the previous year, decided by the votes of readers of entertainment magazine Animage, published by Tokuma Shoten since July 1978. The Anime Grand Prix started in 1979, and the first prize was announced at the January issue of 1980, generally announced at the next year's June issue every year.^[1]

Anime Grand Prix
Awarded for	Best in anime of the previous year
Country	Japan
Presented by	Tokuma Shoten
First award	1979; 46 years ago (1979)
Website	animageplus.jp

Title

20th Century

No.	Year	Winner	Studio	Type	Runners Up (2nd–5th places)		Studio	Type
1	1979[2]	Mobile Suit Gundam	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Bonjour Galaxy Express 999	Toei Animation	FF
					3rd	Space Pirate Captain Harlock		TV
					4th	Cyborg 009	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Galaxy Express 999	Toei Animation	TV
2	1980 1st half[3]	Mobile Suit Gundam	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Toward the Terra	Toei Animation	FF
					3rd	Cyborg 009	Sunrise	TV
					4th	Marco Polo's Adventures	Madhouse	TV
					5th	Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro	TMS Entertainment	FF
3	1980 2nd half[4]	Space Runaway Ideon	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy	Toei Animation	FF
					3rd	Be Forever Yamato	Academy Productions	FF
					4th	Lupin III Part 2	TMS Entertainment	TV
					5th	Tomorrow's Joe 2		TV
4	1981[5]	Adieu Galaxy Express 999	Toei Animation	FF	2nd	Warring Demon God GoShogun	Ashi Productions	TV
					3rd	Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow	Sunrise	FF
					4th	Six God Combination Godmars	TMS Entertainment	TV
					5th	Space Runaway Ideon	Sunrise	TV
5	1982[6]	Six God Combination Godmars	TMS Entertainment	TV	2nd	Combat Mecha Xabungle	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space		FF
					4th	Urusei Yatsura	Studio Pierrot	TV
					5th	Super Dimension Fortress Macross	Artland & Tatsunoko	TV
6	1983[7]	Crusher Joe	Sunrise	FF	2nd	Super Dimension Fortress Macross	Artland & Tatsunoko	TV
					3rd	Future Policeman Urashiman	Tatsunoko	TV
					4th	Aura Battler Dunbine	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Urusei Yatsura: Only You	Studio Pierrot	FF
7	1984[8]	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Topcraft	FF	2nd	Macross: Do You Remember Love?	Artland & Tatsunoko	FF
					3rd	Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer	Studio Pierrot	FF
					4th	Galactic Drifter Vifam	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Heavy Metal L-Gaim		TV
8	1985[9]	Dirty Pair	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Zeta Gundam	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love	Studio Deen	FF
					4th	Touch	Group TAC	TV
					5th	Super Beast Machine God Dancouga	Ashi Productions	TV
9	1986[10]	Castle in the Sky	Studio Ghibli	FF	2nd	Gundam ZZ	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Zeta Gundam		TV
					4th	Arion		FF
					5th	Blue Comet SPT Layzner		TV
10	1987[11]	Saint Seiya	Toei Animation	TV	2nd	Red Photon Zillion	Tatsunoko	TV
					3rd	Maison Ikkoku	Studio Deen	TV
					4th	The Wings of Honnêamise	Gainax	FF
					5th	Spaceship Sagittarius	Nippon Animation	TV
11	1988[12]	My Neighbor Totoro	Studio Ghibli	FF	2nd	Saint Seiya	Toei Animation	TV
					3rd	Sonic Soldier Borgman	Ashi Productions	TV
					4th	Ronin Warriors	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Akira	TMS Entertainment	FF
12	1989[13]	Kiki's Delivery Service	Studio Ghibli	FF	2nd	Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato	Tatsunoko	TV
					3rd	Patlabor	I.G. Tatsunoko	FF
					4th	Dragon Ball Z	Toei Animation	TV
					5th	Madö King Granzört	Sunrise	TV
13	1990[14]	Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water	Gainax & Group TAC	TV	2nd	Mashin Hero Wataru 2	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Dragon Ball Z	Toei Animation	TV
					4th	Patlabor: The Mobile Police	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Ranma ½	Studio Deen	TV
14	1991[15]	Future GPX Cyber Formula	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water	Gainax & Group TAC	TV
					3rd	Dragon Ball Z	Toei Animation	TV
					4th	Ranma ½	Studio Deen	TV
					5th	Only Yesterday	Studio Ghibli	FF
15	1992[16]	Sailor Moon	Toei Animation	TV	2nd	Yu Yu Hakusho	Studio Pierrot	TV
					3rd	Porco Rosso	Studio Ghibli	FF
					4th	Minky Momo: Hold on to Your Dreams	Ashi Productions	TV
					5th	Mama is a 4th Grader	Sunrise	TV
16	1993[17]	Yu Yu Hakusho	Studio Pierrot	TV	2nd	Sailor Moon R	Toei Animation	TV
					3rd	Oh My Goddess	AIC	OVA
					4th	The Irresponsible Captain Tylor	Tatsunoko	TV
					5th	Victory Gundam	Sunrise	TV
17	1994[18]	Yu Yu Hakusho	Studio Pierrot	TV	2nd	Sailor Moon S	Toei Animation	TV
					3rd	Akazukin Chacha	Studio Gallop	TV
					4th	Oh My Goddess	AIC	OVA
					5th	Macross 7	Ashi Productions	TV
18	1995[19]	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Gainax & Tatsunoko	TV	2nd	Gundam Wing	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Magic Knight Rayearth 2	TMS Entertainment	TV
					4th	Macross 7	Ashi Productions	TV
					5th	Yu Yu Hakusho	Studio Pierrot	TV
19	1996[20]	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Gainax & Tatsunoko	TV	2nd	Slayers Next	E&G Films	TV
					3rd	Martian Successor Nadesico	Xebec	TV
					4th	Gundam Wing	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Sailor Stars	Toei Animation	TV
20	1997[21]	The End of Evangelion	Gainax & Production I.G.	FF	2nd	Slayers Try	E&G Films	TV
					3rd	Martian Successor Nadesico	Xebec	TV
					4th	Revolutionary Girl Utena	J.C.Staff	TV
					5th	Princess Mononoke	Studio Ghibli	FF
21	1998[22]	Nadesico: Prince of Darkness	Xebec	FF	2nd	Cowboy Bebop	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Lost Universe	E&G Films	TV
					4th	Kare Kano	Gainax & J.C.Staff	TV
					5th	Cardcaptor Sakura	Madhouse	TV
22	1999[23]	Cardcaptor Sakura	Madhouse	TV	2nd	Cowboy Bebop	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Infinite Ryvius		TV
					4th	Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie	Madhouse	FF
					5th	Soul Hunter	Studio Deen	TV
23	2000[24]	Gensomaden Saiyuki	Studio Pierrot	TV	2nd	Cardcaptor Sakura	Madhouse	TV
					3rd	Cardcaptor Sakura 2: The Sealed Card		FF
					4th	Hunter x Hunter	Nippon Animation	TV
					5th	Infinite Ryvius	Sunrise	TV

21st Century

No.	Year	Winner	Studio	Type	Runners Up (2nd–5th places)		Studio	Type
24	2001[25]	Fruits Basket	Studio Deen	TV	2nd	Inuyasha	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	s-CRY-ed		TV
					4th	Gensomaden Saiyuki	Studio Pierrot	TV
					5th	Sister Princess	Zexcs	TV
25	2002[26]	Gundam SEED	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Azumanga Daioh	J.C.Staff	TV
					3rd	Inuyasha	Sunrise	TV
					4th	The Prince of Tennis	Trans Arts & Production I.G	TV
					5th	Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning	J.C.Staff	TV
26	2003[27]	Fullmetal Alchemist	Bones	TV	2nd	Gundam SEED	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	GetBackers	Studio Deen	TV
					4th	Saiyuki Reload	Studio Pierrot	TV
					5th	Stellvia	Xebec	TV
27	2004[28]	Gundam SEED Destiny	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Fullmetal Alchemist	Bones	TV
					3rd	Fafner in the Azure	Xebec	TV
					4th	Gundam SEED: Special Edition	Sunrise	TFS
					5th	The Prince of Tennis	Trans Arts & Production I.G	TV
28	2005[29]	Gundam SEED Destiny	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Kyo Kara Maoh!	Studio Deen	TV
					3rd	Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa	Bones	FF
					4th	Bleach	Studio Pierrot	TV
					5th	Fafner in the Azure	Xebec	TV
29	2006[30]	Code Geass	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition	Sunrise	TFS
					3rd	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	Kyoto Animation	TV
					4th	Ouran High School Host Club	Bones	TV
					5th	Gintama	Sunrise	TV
30	2007[31]	Code Geass	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Gundam 00	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Lucky Star	Kyoto Animation	TV
					4th	Gintama	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Big Windup!	A-1 Pictures	TV
31	2008[32]	Code Geass R2	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Black Butler	A-1 Pictures	TV
					3rd	Gundam 00	Sunrise	TV
					4th	Gundam 00 2		TV
					5th	Macross Frontier	Satelight	TV
32	2009[33]	K-On!	Kyoto Animation	TV	2nd	Gintama	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Gundam 00 2		TV
					4th	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Bones	TV
					5th	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings	Production I.G	TV
33	2010[34]	Inazuma Eleven	OLM	TV	2nd	Durarara!!	Brain's Base	TV
					3rd	K-On!!	Kyoto Animation	TV
					4th	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2	Production I.G	TV
					5th	Angel Beats!	P.A. Works	TV
34	2011[35]	Inazuma Eleven GO	OLM	TV	2nd	Inazuma Eleven	OLM	TV
					3rd	Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 1000%	A-1 Pictures	TV
					4th	Blue Exorcist		TV
					5th	Tiger & Bunny	Sunrise	TV
35	2012[36]	Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone	OLM	TV	2nd	Kuroko's Basketball	Production I.G	TV
					3rd	Inazuma Eleven GO	OLM	TV
					4th	Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic	A-1 Pictures	TV
					5th	K	GoHands	TV
36	2013[37]	Attack on Titan	Wit Studio	TV	2nd	Inazuma Eleven GO 3: Galaxy	OLM	TV
					3rd	Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone		TV
					4th	Free! Iwatobi Swim Club	Kyoto Animation	TV
					5th	Kuroko's Basketball	Production I.G	TV
37	2014[38]	Free! Eternal Summer	Kyoto Animation	TV	2nd	Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love 2000%	A-1 Pictures	TV
					3rd	Kuroko's Basketball	Production I.G	TV
					4th	The Seven Deadly Sins	A-1 Pictures	TV
					5th	Haikyu!!	Production I.G	TV
38	2015[39]	Mr. Osomatsu	Studio Pierrot	TV	2nd	Gintama°	Sunrise	TV
					3rd	Haikyu!!	Production I.G	TV
					4th	Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Pretty Rhythm: King of Prism	Tatsunoko	FF
39	2016[40]	Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans	Sunrise	TV	2nd	Yuri on Ice	MAPPA	TV
					3rd	Gintama°	Sunrise	TV
					4th	Bungo Stray Dogs	Bones	TV
					5th	PriPara	Tatsunoko	TV
40	2017[41]	Idolish7	Troyca	TV	2nd	Mr. Osomatsu	Studio Pierrot	TV
					3rd	Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter	TMS Entertainment	FF
					4th	Gintama.	Sunrise	TV
					5th	Pop Team Epic	Kamikaze Douga	TV
41	2018[42]	Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer	TMS Entertainment	FF	2nd	Idolish7 Vibrato	Troyca	ONA
					3rd	Banana Fish	MAPPA	TV
					4th	The Promised Neverland	CloverWorks	TV
					5th	Inazuma Eleven: Ares	OLM	TV
42	2019[43]	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Ufotable	TV	2nd	Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire	TMS Entertainment	FF
					3rd	Star Twinkle Pretty Cure	Toei Animation	TV
					4th	Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll	Kyoto Animation	FF
					5th	Ensemble Stars!	David Production	TV
43	2020[44]	Healin' Good Pretty Cure	Toei Animation	TV	2nd	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train	Ufotable	FF
					3rd	Jujutsu Kaisen	MAPPA	TV
					4th	Hypnosis Mic: Rhyme Anima	A-1 Pictures	TV
					5th	The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited	CloverWorks	TV
44	2021[45]	Jujutsu Kaisen 0	MAPPA	FF	2nd	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Ufotable	TV
					3rd	Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure	Toei Animation	TV
					4th	Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet	TMS Entertainment	FF
					5th	Yashahime	Sunrise	TV
45	2022[46]	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village	Ufotable	FF	2nd	The Vampire Dies in No Time	Madhouse	TV
					3rd	Spy x Family	Wit Studio & CloverWorks	TV
					4th	Delicious Party Pretty Cure	Toei Animation	TV
					5th	Gundam: The Witch from Mercury	Sunrise	TV
46	2023[47]	Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of GeGeGe	Toei Animation	FF	2nd	Brave Bang Bravern!	Cygames Pictures	TV
					3rd	Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure	Toei Animation	TV
					4th	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	Madhouse	TV
					5th	The Apothecary Diaries	Toho Animation Studio & OLM	TV
47	2024[48]	The Apothecary Diaries	Toho Animation Studio & OLM	TV	2nd	Nintama Rantarō	Ajiado	TV
					3rd	Orb: On the Movements of the Earth	Madhouse	TV
					4th	Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of GeGeGe True Birth Edition	Toei Animation	FF
					5th	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc	Ufotable	TV

Episode (1979–2013)

No.	Year	Series	EP	Episode
1	1979[2]	Yakyukyo no Uta	14	"North Wolf, South Tiger – Part 2"
2	1980 1st half[3]	Mobile Suit Gundam	43	"Escape"
3	1980 2nd half[4]	Lupin III Part 2	155	"Farewell My Beloved Lupin"
4	1981[5]	Warring Demon God GoShogun	26	"The Never-Ending Journey"
5	1982[6]	Urusei Yatsura	44	"After You've Gone"
6	1983[7]	Super Dimension Fortress Macross	27	"Love Flies By"
7	1984[8]	Galactic Drifter Vifam	46	"Forever 13"
8	1985[9]	Zeta Gundam	36	"Forever Four"
9	1986[10]	Gundam ZZ	36	"Puru Two's Descent"
10	1987[11]	Gundam ZZ	47	"Warrior, Again..."
11	1988[12]	Maison Ikkoku	96	"As Long as this Love Lasts! Ikkoku-kan is Forever...!!"
12	1989[13]	Dragon Ball Z	28	"Ferocity of the Saiyans! Kami-sama and Piccolo Both Die!/Goku's Arrival"
13	1990[14]	Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water	22	"Electra the Traitor"
14	1991[15]	Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water	39	"Successor of the Stars"
15	1992[16]	Sailor Moon	31	"Loved and Chased! Luna's Worst Day Ever"
16	1993[17]	Sailor Moon	45	"The Sailor Warriors Die! The Tragic Final Battle"
17	1994[18]	Sailor Moon S	21	"Death of Uranus and Neptune!? Talismans Appear"
18	1995[19]	Magic Knight Rayearth 2	29	"The Road to Victory: The Tomorrow that the Believing Heart Opens!"
19	1996[20]	Neon Genesis Evangelion	24	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
20	1997[21]	Slayers Try	26	"TRY Again! When All Returns to White!"
21	1998[22]	Lost Universe	26	"And... The Blade of Light Shines On"
22	1999[23]	Cardcaptor Sakura	46	"Sakura and the Final Judgement"
23	2000[24]	Cardcaptor Sakura	70	"Sakura and Her True Feelings"
24	2001[25]	Saiyuki	50	"Alone to West"
25	2002[26]	Gundam SEED	1	"False Peace"
26	2003[27]	Fullmetal Alchemist	7	"Night of the Chimera's Cry"
27	2004[28]	Fullmetal Alchemist	51	"Laws and Promises"
28	2005[29]	Gundam SEED Destiny	50	"The Final Power"
29	2006[30]	Gundam SEED Destiny	51	"Final Plus: The Chosen Future"
30	2007[31]	Code Geass	25	"Zero"
31	2008[32]	Code Geass 2	25	"RE;"
32	2009[33]	K-On!	12	"Light Music!"
33	2010[34]	K-On!!	24	"Graduation Ceremony!"
34	2011[35]	Inazuma Eleven	127	"Kick-off to Tomorrow!"
35	2012[36]	Kuroko's Basketball	25	"Our Basketball"
36	2013[37]	Free! Iwatobi Swim Club	12	"Distant Free!"

Director, Screenwriter and Character Designer (1979–1982)

No.	Year	Director	Screenwriter	Character Designer
1	1979[2]	Rintaro	Masaki Tsuji	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
2	1980 1st half[3]	Rintaro	Masaki Tsuji	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
3	1980 2nd half[4]	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Masaki Tsuji	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
4	1981[5]	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Masaki Tsuji	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
5	1982[6]	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Masaki Tsuji	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko

Character

No.	Year	Character	Title	Voice actor
1	1979[2]	Captain Harlock	Space Pirate Captain Harlock	Makio Inoue
2	1980 1st half[3]	Char Aznable	Mobile Suit Gundam	Shūichi Ikeda
3	1980 2nd half[4]	Joe Shimamura	Cyborg 009	Kazuhiko Inoue
4	1981[5]	Takeru Myoujin	Six God Combination Godmars	Yū Mizushima
5	1982[6]	Takeru Myoujin	Six God Combination Godmars	Yū Mizushima

No.	Year	Male character				Female character
		Character	Title	Voice actor		Character	Title	Voice actor
6	1983[7]	Chirico Cuvie	Armored Trooper Votoms	Hozumi Gōda		Misa Hayase	Super Dimension Fortress Macross	Mika Doi
7	1984[8]	Daba Myroad	Heavy Metal L-Gaim	Hirokazu Hiramatsu		Nausicaä	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Sumi Shimamoto
8	1985[9]	Tatsuya Uesugi	Touch	Yūji Mitsuya		Four Murasame	Zeta Gundam	Saeko Shimazu
9	1986[10]	Kamille Bidan	Zeta Gundam	Nobuo Tobita		Elpeo Puru	Gundam ZZ	Chieko Honda
10	1987[11]	J.J.	Red Photon Zillion	Toshihiko Seki		Madoka Ayukawa	Kimagure Orange Road	Hiromi Tsuru
11	1988[12]	Ryo Saeba	City Hunter	Akira Kamiya		Anise Farm	Sonic Soldier Borgman	Yoshino Takamori
12	1989[13]	Ryo Saeba	City Hunter 2	Akira Kamiya		Kiki	Kiki's Delivery Service	Minami Takayama
13	1990[14]	Ryo Saeba	City Hunter 3	Akira Kamiya		Nadia	Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water	Yoshino Takamori
14	1991[15]	Hayato Kazami	Future GPX Cyber Formula	Junichi Kanemaru		Nadia	Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water	Yoshino Takamori
15	1992[16]	Hiei	Yū Yū Hakusho	Nobuyuki Hiyama		Ami Mizuno	Sailor Moon	Aya Hisakawa
16	1993[17]	Kurama	Yū Yū Hakusho	Megumi Ogata		Belldandy	Oh My Goddess!	Kikuko Inoue
17	1994[18]	Kurama	Yū Yū Hakusho	Megumi Ogata		Haruka Ten'ō	Sailor Moon S	Megumi Ogata
18	1995[19]	Duo Maxwell	Gundam Wing	Toshihiko Seki		Rei Ayanami	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Megumi Hayashibara
19	1996[20]	Shinji Ikari	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Megumi Ogata		Rei Ayanami	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Megumi Hayashibara
20	1997[21]	Shinji Ikari	The End of Evangelion	Megumi Ogata		Lina Inverse	Slayers Try	Megumi Hayashibara
21	1998[22]	Spike Spiegel	Cowboy Bebop	Kōichi Yamadera		Ruri Hoshino	Nadesico: Prince of Darkness	Omi Minami
22	1999[23]	Spike Spiegel	Cowboy Bebop	Kōichi Yamadera		Sakura Kinomoto	Cardcaptor Sakura	Sakura Tange
23	2000[24]	Genjo Sanzo	Gensomaden Saiyuki	Toshihiko Seki		Sakura Kinomoto	Cardcaptor Sakura	Sakura Tange
24	2001[25]	Inu Yasha	Inu Yasha	Kappei Yamaguchi		Tōru Honda	Fruits Basket	Yui Horie
25	2002[26]	Kira Yamato	Gundam SEED	Sōichirō Hoshi		Lacus Clyne	Gundam SEED	Rie Tanaka
26	2003[27]	Edward Elric	Fullmetal Alchemist	Romi Park		Riza Hawkeye	Fullmetal Alchemist	Michiko Neya
27	2004[28]	Athrun Zala	Gundam SEED Destiny	Akira Ishida		Lacus Clyne	Gundam SEED Destiny	Rie Tanaka
28	2005[29]	Kira Yamato	Gundam SEED Destiny	Sōichirō Hoshi		Lacus Clyne	Gundam SEED Destiny	Rie Tanaka
29	2006[30]	Lelouch Vi Britannia	Code Geass	Jun Fukuyama		Lacus Clyne	Gundam SEED Destiny	Rie Tanaka
30	2007[31]	Lelouch Vi Britannia	Code Geass	Jun Fukuyama		C.C.	Code Geass	Yukana
31	2008[32]	Lelouch Vi Britannia	Code Geass 2	Jun Fukuyama		C.C.	Code Geass 2	Yukana
32	2009[33]	Gintoki Sakata	Gintama	Tomokazu Sugita		Yui Hirasawa	K-On!	Aki Toyosaki
33	2010[34]	Ichirōta Kazemaru	Inazuma Eleven	Yuka Nishigaki		Yui Hirasawa	K-On!!	Aki Toyosaki
34	2011[35]	Ranmaru Kirino	Inazuma Eleven GO	Yū Kobayashi		Haruna Otonashi	Inazuma Eleven GO	Hinako Sasaki
35	2012[36]	Ranmaru Kirino	IInazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone	Yū Kobayashi		Kinako Nanobana	Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone	Aoi Yūki
36	2013[37]	Levi Ackerman	Attack on Titan	Hiroshi Kamiya		Kinako Nanobana	Inazuma Eleven GO 2: Chrono Stone	Aoi Yūki
37	2014[38]	Makoto Tachibana	Free! Eternal Summer	Tatsuhisa Suzuki		Diane	Nanatsu no Taizai	Aoi Yūki
38	2015[39]	Karamatsu	Mr. Osomatsu	Yuichi Nakamura		Kagura	Gintama°	Rie Kugimiya
39	2016[40]	Victor Nikiforov	Yuri on Ice	Junichi Suwabe		Kagura	Gintama°	Rie Kugimiya
40	2017[41]	Ten Kujou	Idolish7	Sōma Saitō		Sakura Kinomoto	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	Sakura Tange
41	2018[42]	Rei Furuya/Tōru Amuro/Bourbon	Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer	Tōru Furuya		Emma	The Promised Neverland	Sumire Morohoshi
42	2019[43]	Tanjiro Kamado	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Natsuki Hanae		Eripiyo	If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die	Fairouz Ai
43	2020[44]	Rengoku Kyōjurō	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train	Satoshi Hino		Nodoka Hanadera	Healin' Good Pretty Cure	Aoi Yūki
44	2021[45]	Tengen Uzui	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Katsuyuki Konishi		Nezuko Kamado	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Akari Kitō

No.	Year	Character	Title	Voice actor
45	2022[46]	Anya Forger	Spy × Family	Atsumi Tanezaki
46	2023[47]	Mizuki	Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of GeGeGe	Hidenobu Kiuchi
47	2024[48]	Maomao	The Apothecary Diaries	Aoi Yūki

Voice acting

Megumi Hayashibara won 12 times and Akira Kamiya won 11 times. In 1994, Megumi Ogata won the voice actress, the Male character (Kurama) and the Female character (Haruka Tenoh).

No.	Year	Voice actor	Voice actress
1	1979[2]	Akira Kamiya	Noriko Ohara
2	1980 1st half[3]
3	1980 2nd half[4]
4	1981[5]		Mami Koyama
5	1982[6]	Toshio Furukawa
6	1983[7]	Akira Kamiya
7	1984[8]		Sumi Shimamoto
8	1985[9]		Saeko Shimazu
9	1986[10]	Kazuki Yao	Mayumi Tanaka
10	1987[11]	Akira Kamiya	Sumi Shimamoto
11	1988[12]
12	1989[13]		Megumi Hayashibara
13	1990[14]

No.	Year	Voice actor
14	1991[15]	Megumi Hayashibara
15	1992[16]
16	1993[17]
17	1994[18]	Megumi Ogata
18	1995[19]	Megumi Hayashibara
19	1996[20]
20	1997[21]
21	1998[22]
22	1999[23]
23	2000[24]
24	2001[25]
25	2002[26]	Sōichirō Hoshi
26	2003[27]	Romi Park
27	2004[28]	Akira Ishida
28	2005[29]	Sōichirō Hoshi
29	2006[30]
30	2007[31]	Jun Fukuyama
31	2008[32]
32	2009[33]	Aki Toyosaki
33	2010[33]	Daisuke Ono
34	2011[34]	Mamoru Miyano
35	2012[36]	Yūki Kaji
36	2013[37]
37	2014[38]	Tatsuhisa Suzuki
38	2015[39]	Jun Fukuyama
39	2016[40]	Hiroshi Kamiya
40	2017[41]	Sōma Saitō
41	2018[42]
42	2019[43]	Natsuki Hanae
43	2020[44]	Aoi Yūki
44	2021[45]	Takuya Eguchi
45	2022[46]	Makoto Furukawa
46	2023[47]	Atsumi Tanezaki
47	2024[48]	Aoi Yūki

Song Winner

No.	Year	Song	Type	Singer	Title
1	1979[2]	"Kita no okami, minami no tora"	OP	Mitsuko Horie	Yakyuu-kyo no Uta
2	1980 1st half[3]	"Fukkatsu no Ideon"	OP	Isao Taira	Space Runaway Ideon
3	1980 2nd half[4]	"Cosmos ni kimi to"	ED	Keiko Toda	Space Runaway Ideon
4	1981[5]	"Lum no Love Song"	OP	Yuko Matsutani	Urusei Yatsura
5	1982[6]	"Macross"	OP	Makoto Fujiwara	Super Dimension Fortress Macross
6	1983[7]	"HELLO VIFAM"	OP	TAO	Ginga Hyōryū Vifam
7	1984[8]	"Ai Oboete Imasu ka"	BGM	Mari Iijima (Lynn Minmay)	Macross: Do You Remember Love?
8	1985[9]	"Ro Ro Ro Russian roulette"	OP	Meiko Nakahara	Dirty Pair
9	1986[10]	"Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa"	OP	Yuki Saito	Maison Ikkoku
10	1987[11]	"Get Wild"	ED	TM Network	City Hunter
11	1988[12]	"Beyond the Time"	ED		Char's Counterattack
12	1989[13]	"Yasashisa ni Tsutsumaretanara"	ED	Yumi Matsutoya	Kiki's Delivery Service
13	1990	"Blue Water"[14]	OP	Miho Morikawa	Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water
14	1991[15]	"Winners"	ED	G-Grip	Future GPX Cyber Formula
15	1992[16]	"Moonlight Densetsu"	OP	DALI	Sailor Moon
16	1993[17]		OP
17	1994[18]	"Yuzurenai Negai"	OP	Naomi Tamura	Magic Knight Rayearth
18	1995[19]	"A Cruel Angel's Thesis"	OP	Yoko Takahashi	Neon Genesis Evangelion
19	1996[20]		OP
20	1997[21]	"Rondo–Revolution"	OP	Masami Okui	Revolutionary Girl Utena
21	1998[22]	"Dearest"	ED	Yumi Matsuzawa	Nadesico: Prince of Darkness
22	1999[23]	"Platinum"	OP	Maaya Sakamoto	Cardcaptor Sakura
23	2000[24]		OP
24	2001[25]	"For Fruits Basket"	OP	Ritsuko Okazaki	Fruits Basket
25	2002[26]	"Anna ni Issho Datta no ni"	ED	See-Saw	Gundam SEED
26	2003[27]	"Melissa"	OP	Porno Graffitti	Fullmetal Alchemist
27	2004[28]	"Ignited"	OP	T.M.Revolution	Gundam SEED Destiny
28	2005[29]	"Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru"	ED	See-Saw
29	2006[30]	"COLORS"	OP	FLOW	Code Geass
30	2007[31]	"Take It! Sailor Uniform"	OP	Aya Hirano, Emiri Katō, Kaori Fukuhara, and Aya Endo	Lucky Star
31	2008[32]	"Monochrome no Kiss"	OP	SID	Black Butler
32	2009[33]	"Don't Say "Lazy""	ED	Yōko Hikasa with Aki Toyosaki, Satomi Satō, and Minako Kotobuki	K-On!
33	2010[34]	"Bokura no Goal"	OP	T-Pistonz+KMC	Inazuma Eleven
34	2011[35]	"Orion o nazoru"	OP	Unison Square Garden	Tiger & Bunny
35	2012[36]	"V.I.P."	OP	Sid	Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
36	2013[37]	"Guren no Yumiya"	OP	Linked Horizon	Attack on Titan
37	2014[38]	"Dried Up Youthful Fame"	OP	Oldcodex	Free! Eternal Summer
38	2015[39]	"Hanamaru Pippi wa Yoi Ko dake"	OP	AŌP	Mr. Osomatsu
39	2016[40]	"History Maker" [ja]	OP	Dean Fujioka	Yuri on Ice
40	2017[41]	"WiSH VOYAGE"	OP	Idolish7 (Kenshō Ono, Toshiki Masuda, Yūsuke Shirai, Tsubasa Yonaga, KENN, Atsushi Abe, Takuya Eguchi)	Idolish7
41	2018[42]	"Rei -ZERO-"	ED	Masaharu Fukuyama	Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
42	2019[43]	"Gurenge"	OP	LiSA	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
43	2020[44]	"Homura"	ED		Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
44	2021[45]	"Zankyosanka"	OP	Aimer	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
45	2022[46]	"Mixed Nuts"	OP	Official Hige Dandism	Spy × Family
46	2023[47]	"Ba-Bang to Suisan! Bang Bravern"	OP	Kenichi Suzumura	Brave Bang Bravern!
47	2024[48]	"Kaijū"	OP	Sakanaction	Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

Most awarded studios

The list below cites the most awarded studios based on the productions of these studios that won the award for Best Anime of the Year.

Studio	Position
	1st	2nd	3rd
Sunrise	13	13	11
Toei Animation	5	6	5
OLM	4	2	2
Studio Pierrot	4	2	1
Gainax	4	1	0
Studio Ghibli / Topcraft	4	0	1
Tatsunoko	2	4	2
Ufotable	2	2	0
TMS Entertainment	2	1	2
Kyoto Animation	2	0	3
Madhouse	1	2	1
Production I.G / I.G. Tatsunoko	1	1	3
Studio Deen	1	1	3
MAPPA	1	1	2
Bones	1	1	1
Troyca	1	1	0
Group TAC	1	1	0
Xebec	1	0	3
Wit Studio	1	0	1
Toho Animation Studio	1	0	0
E&G Films	0	2	1
A-1 Pictures	0	2	1
Artland	0	2	0
Ashi Productions	0	1	1
Brain's Base	0	1	0
J.C.Staff	0	1	0
Cygames Pictures	0	1	0
Academy Productions	0	0	1
AIC	0	0	1
Studio Gallop	0	0	1
CloverWorks	0	0	1

See also

• List of animation awards