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Fate/Zero, K-ON Win Top Prizes in Newtype Anime Awards (Updated)

The television series Fate/Zero and the K-ON! film won the top prizes in the 2nd Newtype Anime Awards in Tokushima on Sunday.

Direction

Atsushi Nishigori (The Idolm@ster)
2. Ei Aoki (Fate/Zero)
3. Akiyuki Shinbo (Nisemonogatari)

Script

Touko Machida (The Idolm@ster)
2. ufotable (Fate/zero)
3. Masakazu Hashimoto (Tari Tari)

Character Design

Atsushi Nishigori (The Idolm@ster)
2. Tomonori Sudou, Atsushi Ikariya (Fate/Zero)
3. Futoshi Nishiya (Hyouka)

Mecha Design

Bodacious Space Pirates
Eureka Seven AO
Aquarion EVOL

Soundtrack

Yuki Kajiura (Fate/Zero)
2. Ryuuichi Takada/Monaca (The Idolm@ster)
3. Shiroh Hamaguchi (Tari Tari)

Commercial

Fate/Zero
2. The Idolm@ster
3. Kyoto Animation

Theme Song

"Ready!!" (The Idolm@ster)
2. "to the beginning" (Fate/Zero)
3. "Change!!!!" (The Idolm@ster)

Title of the Year (Film)

K-ON!
2. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's
3. Wolf Children
4. Mobile Suit Gundam UC
5. Strike Witches

Game Animation

Tales of Xillia
2. The Idolm@ster
3. Robotics;Notes

Voice Actress

Eriko Nakamura
2. Miyuki Sawashiro
3. Kana Hanazawa
4. Ayako Kawasumi
5. Kana Asumi
6. Eri Kitamura
7. Nana Mizuki
8. Asami Imai
9. Mikako Komatsu
10. Rie Kugimiya

Voice Actor

Akio Ohtsuka
2. Hiroshi Kamiya
3. Rikiya Koyama
4. Yūichi Nakamura
5. Mamoru Miyano
6. Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
7. Tomokazu Sugita
8. Yuuki Kaji
9. Jun Fukuyama
10. Hiroaki Hirata

Mascot Character

Hamuzō (The Idolm@ster)
2. Rinon (Waiting in the Summer)
3. Shanta-kun (Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos)

Female Character

Haruka Amami (The Idolm@ster)
2. Saber (Fate/Zero)
3. Eru Chitanda (Hyouka)
4. Nyarko (Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos)
5. Marika Kato (Bodacious Space Pirates)
6. Hitagi Senjōgahara (Nisemonogatari)
7. Chihaya Kisaragi (The Idolm@ster)
8. Nanoha Takamachi (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's)
9. Eureka (Eureka Seven AO)
10. Karen Araragi (Nisemonogatari)

Male Character

Rider (Fate/Zero)
2. Koyomi Araragi (Nisemonogatari)
3. Kiritsugu Emiya (Fate/Zero)
4. Hōtarō Oreki (Hyouka)
5. Kirito (Sword Art Online)
6. Yu Narukami (Persona 4: The Animation)
7. Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (Gekijō-ban Tiger & Bunny -The Beginning-)
8. Archer (Fate/Zero)
9. Shinku Izumi (Dog Days)
10. Gintoki Sakata (Yorinuki Gintama-san)

Studio

ufotable
2. A-1 Pictures
3. Kyoto Animation

Title of the Year (TV)

Fate/Zero
2. The Idolm@ster
3. Nisemonogatari
4. Tari Tari
5. Hyouka
6. Bodacious Space Pirates
7. Sword Art Online
8. Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos
9. Kuroko's Basketball
10. Penguin Drum

Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Newtype magazine established the annual award contest last year, and any anime release between October 2011 and July 2012 was eligible. Visitors to Newtype's site could vote for the different categories. The awards were presented during a ceremony at the Machi Asobi Vol. 9 event in Tokushima on Sunday.

Update: Images and full list added. Source: Famitsu