The Tokyo Anime Award Festival’s official website has now revealed the winners of some of their most coveted awards. Of course, this includes the Anime of the Year, Best Director, Best Script, and many more. Here are the winners of this year’s awards:

Anime of the Year (Theatrical Division): In This Corner of the World

Anime of the Year (TV Animation Division): Kemono Friends

Fan Award: Yuri!! On Ice

Best Script/Original Work: Kinoko Nasu

Best Director: TATSUKI

Best Animator: Takahiro Kishida

Best Art/Color/Visual: Nobutaka Yoda

Best Sound/Performance: Yuki Kajiura

Meritorious Service Award:

  • Singer Kumiko Ohsugi (Attack No. 1, Ace o Nerae!, Doraemon)
  • Art Director Shôhei Kawamoto (Doraemon)
  • Seiyuu Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Lupin III’s Daisuke Jigen)
  • Director Tsutomu Shibayama (Doraemon TV anime)
  • Director Gisaburou Sugii (Touch)
  • Producer Yoshio Takami (Galaxy Express 999)
  • Scriptwriter Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (Mobile Suit Gundam)
  • Production Founder Kouichi Motohashi (Dog of Flanders)
  • Animation History Researcher Yasushi Watanabe

There you have it folks, the winners for this year’s Tokyo Anime Award Festival. They will be holding the event from 9th March until 12th March, with the awarding ceremony on the final day. Previous Anime of the Year winners include Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises, Love Live, and of course, Disney’s Frozen.