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Japanese Otaku Awards' 2008 Winners Announced
posted on by Egan Loo
The 8th Annual Japanese Otaku Awards were presented at Tokyo's LOFT/PLUS ONE hall on January 8. The organizers have described it as an informal "event of the otaku, by the otaku, for the otaku" to commemorate the things, people, and events that left a lasting impression on the otaku world in the past year. A panel of nine judges, led by novelist/manga creator Hōsai Tsuruoka, first nominated several entries. Then the panel held a free-form discussion to determine the winners of the awards presented by each judge, as well as one Grand Prix winner.
Grand Prix
Kitarō anime (Hakaba Kitarō & 5th Gegege no Kitarō TV anime series)Ryōta Fujitsu Award
Kurahon Kurata no Kuradashi (by Read or Die's Hideyuki Kurata)Harayasa Tōkaimura Award
Masaki Asai (figure modeler)Hidekuni Shida Award
Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G gameMasumi Kurata Award
Junjō Romantica animeHisashi Maeda Award
True Tears animeHōsai Tsuruoka Award
Tengirl (Tenga anthropomorphication)Shinya Yamada Award
Everyone in moe-kabu companies (Example: Production I.G)Naoki Ishiguro Award
Aria comics & animeDorii Osaki Award
Cloverfield/HakaishaThe Otaku Awards event will be broadcasted on Japan's Mondo21 satellite channel in two parts on January 31 and February 1. The Grand Prix winners in the previous seven years are as follows:
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Mōretsu! Otona Teikoku no Gyakushū |
| 2002 | Kaiyodo |
| 2003 | Mobile Suit Gundam Seed |
| 2004 | Moe Anthromorphism (In particular, Bincho-tan) |
| 2005 | Akihabara |
| 2006 | Ultraman 80 (from the live-action Ultraman Mebius special-effects series) |
| 2007 | Video-sharing sites (Example: Nico Nico Douga) |
Source: animeanime.jp
