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2006 Anime Award Nominees

Okay, here they are... I asked you to give me your top picks for the 2006 Anime Awards and this is what you said. 

Choose your favorites and vote.  Winners will be announced on Monday, March 6th!

Best New Anime Movie
Howl's Moving Castle
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Steamboy

Inuyasha Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

The End of Evangelion

 

Best New Anime Series
Bleach
Fullmetal Alchemist
Naruto

Samurai Champloo

Burst Angel

Ghost in the Shell: SAC

Best Lead Character - Female
Kagome Higurashi
Faye Valentine
Kaname Chidori

Major Motoko Kusanagi

Kaoru Kamiya

Sakura Kinomoto

 

Best Lead Character - Male
Edward Elric
Goku
Kenshin Himura

Sagara Sousuke

Spike Spiegel

Vash the Stampede

Best Supporting Character - Female
Alexis Rhodes
Arisa Uotani
Ed (Cowboy Bebop)

Milly Thompson

Winry Rockbell

Sango

 

Best Supporting Character - Male
Alphonse Elric
Jet Black
Kakashi

Miroku

Piccolo

Nicholas D Wolfwood

Best Anime Villain
Knives
Naraku
Orochimaru

Sesshomaru

Homunculi

Vicious

 

Best Anime Soundtrack
Cowboy Bebop
Inuyasha
Fullmetal Alchemist

Wolf's Rain

Yu Yu Hakusho

.hack//sign

 

Best Anime Theme Song
Ready Steady Go (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Inner Universe (Ghost in the Shell:SAC)
Fukai Mori (Inuyasha)

True Light (DNAngel)

Kanashimi Wo Yasashisa Ni (Naruto)

Cruel Angel's Thesis (Evangelion)

 

Best Animation
Howl's Moving Castle
Fullmetal Alchemist
Cowboy Bebop

Appleseed

Naruto

Fruits Basket
 

Best Anime Action Figure
Edward Elric
Inuyasha
Gundam Wing

Vash the Stampede

SSJ4 Gogeta

Sango

Lifetime Achievement Award
Akira Toriyama
Hayao Miyazaki
CLAMP

Satoshi Kon

Masako Tsukada

Mamoru Oshii



Bonus Categories:

 

Best All-Time Anime
Rurouni Kenshin
Yu Yu Hakusho
Cowboy Bebop

Inuyasha

Sailor Moon

Neon Genesis Evangelion

 

 

Best All-Time Manga
Naruto
Rurouni Kenshin
Chobits

Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind

Trigun

Inuyasha



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