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They announced the results of the 6th annual Seiyuu Awards!
http://seiyuawards.jp/201203/02020000.php
Best Male Lead:
Hirata Hiroaki (Tiger & Bunny - Kotetsu; One Piece - Sanji)
Best Female Lead:
Yuuki Aoi (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - Madoka; A Channel - Tooru; GOSICK - Victorica; Last Exile - Giselle; Ben To - Hana)
Best Male Supporting:
Kimura Ryouhei (Haganai - Kobato; Kimi to Boku - Yuuki)
Miyano Mamoru (Uta Prince - Kiya; Steins Gate - Okabe; Dog Days - Izumi)
Best Female Supporting:
Katou Emiri (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - Kyuubei; Denpa Otoko - Ryuuko; Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu - Hideyoshi; Ben To - Ayame; YuruYuri - Sakurako)
Best New Male:
Eguchi Takuya
Matsuoka Yoshitsugu
Best New Female:
Kayano Ai
Mikami Shiori
The awards define "new" as "debuting within the last 5 years", so ample room for selection there. There's numerous other awards too. One of the winners of the Special Award category this year was Kawakami Tomoko... rest in peace :(
One of the major criticisms the Seiyuu Awards gets every year is that the major awards (including the ones above) include public voting as part of the criteria, and in general sometimes a seiyuu gets voted up not because they are a particular good seiyuu but because they happen to do an extremely popular character that year. For instance, this year Hirata Hiroaki really only did Kotetsu, and he's had Sanji as an ongoing role. Kimura Ryouhei also basically just had his role in Kimi to Boku (I doubt anybody voted for him for Haganai), and if I'm not mistaken both characters were extremely popular among slash fangirls. Compare this to for instance Yuuki Aoi, Miyano Mamori, or Katou Emiri, all of whom had multiple big name roles in 2011 - they seem a little bit more deserving of an award for making big splashes last year. Oh, and also showing that slash fangirl voting may have a disproportionate role - the winner for this year's Singing Award, which in the past has gone to the likes of Mizuki Nana or Chihara Minori, this year went to the entire Uta no Princesama cast. LOL. They aren't particular good or bad singers one way or the other, but yeah, they are really damn popular with the fangirls. Not the first time it's happened though; several years ago the winner was the Haruhi cast, then in 2009 it was the K-On cast.
Originally posted at http://doctorfaust.dreamwidth.org/4609.html.
http://seiyuawards.jp/201203/02020000.php
Best Male Lead:
Hirata Hiroaki (Tiger & Bunny - Kotetsu; One Piece - Sanji)
Best Female Lead:
Yuuki Aoi (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - Madoka; A Channel - Tooru; GOSICK - Victorica; Last Exile - Giselle; Ben To - Hana)
Best Male Supporting:
Kimura Ryouhei (Haganai - Kobato; Kimi to Boku - Yuuki)
Miyano Mamoru (Uta Prince - Kiya; Steins Gate - Okabe; Dog Days - Izumi)
Best Female Supporting:
Katou Emiri (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - Kyuubei; Denpa Otoko - Ryuuko; Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu - Hideyoshi; Ben To - Ayame; YuruYuri - Sakurako)
Best New Male:
Eguchi Takuya
Matsuoka Yoshitsugu
Best New Female:
Kayano Ai
Mikami Shiori
The awards define "new" as "debuting within the last 5 years", so ample room for selection there. There's numerous other awards too. One of the winners of the Special Award category this year was Kawakami Tomoko... rest in peace :(
One of the major criticisms the Seiyuu Awards gets every year is that the major awards (including the ones above) include public voting as part of the criteria, and in general sometimes a seiyuu gets voted up not because they are a particular good seiyuu but because they happen to do an extremely popular character that year. For instance, this year Hirata Hiroaki really only did Kotetsu, and he's had Sanji as an ongoing role. Kimura Ryouhei also basically just had his role in Kimi to Boku (I doubt anybody voted for him for Haganai), and if I'm not mistaken both characters were extremely popular among slash fangirls. Compare this to for instance Yuuki Aoi, Miyano Mamori, or Katou Emiri, all of whom had multiple big name roles in 2011 - they seem a little bit more deserving of an award for making big splashes last year. Oh, and also showing that slash fangirl voting may have a disproportionate role - the winner for this year's Singing Award, which in the past has gone to the likes of Mizuki Nana or Chihara Minori, this year went to the entire Uta no Princesama cast. LOL. They aren't particular good or bad singers one way or the other, but yeah, they are really damn popular with the fangirls. Not the first time it's happened though; several years ago the winner was the Haruhi cast, then in 2009 it was the K-On cast.
Originally posted at http://doctorfaust.dreamwidth.org/4609.html.