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NEWS: No Winners Announced for 6th Kyoto Animation Awards

However, the studio awarded no grand prizes, no Animation DO Special Award prizes, and no honorable mentions in the manga, scenario, or novel categories.

"high and refined standards", .

No Winners Announced for Nth Kyoto Animation Awards

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However, the studio awarded no grand prizes, no Animation DO Special Award prizes, and no honorable mentions in the manga, scenario, or novel categories.

It kinda feels like KyoAni just does this to take the IP from the creators, doesn't give out awards, and makes the anime anyway. So many years in a row like this isn't about their "high and refined standards", it's just bullshit.

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However, the studio awarded no grand prizes, no Animation DO Special Award prizes, and no honorable mentions in the manga, scenario, or novel categories.

It kinda feels like KyoAni just does this to take the IP from the creators, doesn't give out awards, and makes the anime anyway. So many years in a row like this isn't about their "high and refined standards", it's just bullshit.

It definitely feels that way. It's been how many years since they actually handed these awards to anyone. It's like they're just using them to bait creators but don't actually have any intention of dishing out the cash and just want to find new stories to capitalize. From the beginning, making a special award and then deciding not to give it to anyone "because they're not good enough" is a shitty thing to do, but how many years in a row? Smells of sneaky business practice

It's a scam. If you make a contest with prizes, you've got to award them. Only exception is if there are no contestants. I'm amazed you can scam people/artists so easily in Japan.

It kinda feels like KyoAni just does this to take the IP from the creators, doesn't give out awards, and makes the anime anyway. So many years in a row like this isn't about their "high and refined standards", it's just bullshit.

walw6pK4Alo wrote:

It kinda feels like KyoAni just does this to take the IP from the creators, doesn't give out awards, and makes the anime anyway. So many years in a row like this isn't about their "high and refined standards", it's just bullshit.

It's a great ruse, really, simple yet successful. Offer prizes to lure people in but don't give anyone anything, and hold onto all their IPs to turn into anime when you feel like it and then keep all the profits.

I feel sorry for all the applicants who think this will be their ticket to fame and wealth. On the other hand, by now they really should have cottoned on to this scam.

As I mentioned in my post above, awards have been given out, though usually encouragement awards/honorable mentions. It's not uncommon for literary contests in Japan to have no grand prizes awards (the Sneaker Bunko contest typically doesn't, but we don't get ANN posting clickbait articles when that doesn't award one). Instead we get people like the ones in this thread thinking it's a scam. People submit to this and the other awards knowing that a winner may not be announced; it's not a huge surprise in Japan when they aren't announced. Instead we have this huge "It's a scam!" reaction on ANN and other western boards because you don't get the entire picture.

I feel sorry for you and all the other ANN-only posters who get a fraction of what actually happens in Japan beyond the clickbait. On the other hand, by now you really should've cottoned onto this scheme.

Contrary to your post, this is not a situation where they are afraid to award someone the grand prize; instead, this is a situation where ANN refused to run an article when they did award a grand prize and so you never knew they awarded one.

ultimatemegax wrote:

Contrary to your post, this is not a situation where they are afraid to award someone the grand prize; instead, this is a situation where ANN refused to run an article when they did award a grand prize and so you never knew they awarded one.

OK OK, I'll bite. I honestly have no idea why we didn't post an article last year when a work actually won a Grand Prize for the first time. I was shocked too when looking back in our archives and I didn't see an article. My only guess is that we either didn't catch it, or too many other articles took priority at the time and it got buried under a pile of other leads. It certainly wasn't a situation where we "refused" to run an article though. I will apologize on behalf of the news team for not covering it last year.

Last year's awards definitely would've been considered newsworthy, we've covered the awards every year except last year's.

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-27/no-grand-prizes-given-for-4th-kyoto-animation-award
animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-27/no-winners-announced-for-3rd-kyoto-animation-award
animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-12/no-grand-prizes-given-for-2nd-kyoto-animation-award
animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-22/no-grand-prizes-given-for-1st-kyoto-animation-award
animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-02/kyoto-animation-award-website-opened

That said, that's why I mentioned in this article about last year's winners, to make up at least a little bit for neglecting the awards last year. The article at also made mention of past honorable mention winners, even if it wasn't in a nice list form.

While I realize you'll always find fault with ANN ultimatemegax, I thought I would at least clear up the accusation of us "refusing" to run an article. Feel free to continue to think of us however you like.