10th Tokyo Anime Awards Winners Announced!


The winners of the upcoming Tokyo Anime Awards 2011 has been posted on the event's official website! The award ceremony will be held on March 26th at TAF 2011 which will happen at the Tokyo Big Sight event center.

Animation of the Year: Arrietty the Borrower (Karigurashi no Arrietty)
Animation of theYear, TV Category: K-ON!! and The Tatami Galaxy
Domestic Feature Film Category: Arrietty the Borrower
International Feature Film Category: Toy Story 3
Original Video Anime Category: Mobile Suit Gundam UC
Best Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi for Arrietty the Borrower
Best Screenplay: Miho Maruo for Colorful
Best Art Direction: Youji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida for Arrietty the Borrower
Best Character Design: Yoshihiko Umakoshi for Heartcatch Precure!
Best Voice Actor/Actress: Aki Toyosaki for K-ON!! (Yui Hirasawa)
Best Music: Cécile Corbel for Arrietty the Borrower

Winners for the Open Categories are as follows:

Grand Prix: Alice Dieudonne (Trois Petits Points)
Award of Excellence (General): Ryan Woodward (Thought of You)
Award of Excellence (General): Kiminori Tagami (Fruity Samurai)
Award of Excellence (Student): Huang Jian le (Hong)
Award of Excellence (Student): Verena Fels (Mobile)
Special Award: Masaki Okuda (Kuchao)
Cortoons Italia 2011: Takuya Okada (Children)
Winner: Yōsuke Ōmomo (farm music)
Winner: Mariko Tokunaga (Utopian

It seems that Arrietty the Borrower bags a lot of major awards! Congratulations to all the winners!

Source: MJ Obama via Anime News Network