Tokyo Anime Award

All anime released from December 1 of the year before the festival to November 30 of the current year in Japan become candidates. The anime that best represents the category in which it was nominated will be chosen as the winner of that category. In the first year of the celebration, the award was given to Spirited Away as 'Grand Prix'. In the second year, there was no Animation of the Year award; therefore, the 'Best Entry Awards' in the 'Notable Entries' are often recognized as 'Grand Prix', they were: Millennium Actress (film), Hanada Shōnen-shi (TV) and Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze (OVA) Since 2014, the Tokyo Anime Award Festival has awarded a grand prize for anime of the year in two categories, film and television. ;Notes :a. Anime of the Year Grand Prize for Best Picture ==Anime Fan Award==

Picking from over 300-400 titles from television and films, anime fans vote from the candidate pool to pick the best 100 from those titles, with 20 of these titles being films and 80 being television titles. Fans then participate in a runoff vote in order to determine a recipient amongst the 100 chosen titles for the Anime Fan Award. Initial qualifications to become candidates required titles to have aired from November of the year before the festival to October of the current year in Japan. However, this has since been twice changed — first in 2017 to be from October to October, and again in 2020 to be from October to September. ==Open Entries / Competition Grand Prize==

The awards for the creator of the non-commercialized work for TV, movie and OVA, to find new talents and to provide support for subsequent commercialization. The work must be an animation longer than 15 seconds, and no longer than 30 minutes. If the work was not commercialized before, professional creator also can enter this Grand Prize. The 2007 winner, Flutter, was the first work from a non-Asian country to win this award. ;Notes :b. Best Entry Award in Amateur Category :c. Best Entry Award in Student Category :d. Competition Winning Programs ==Notable Entry==

The excellent works of the year are chosen according to each section. Domestic Feature Film Category The animation films released from December 1 of the year beforehand to November 30 of the previous year in Japan become candidates. The 'Best Entry' was selected only in 2003: Millennium Actress. International Theater Award The international animation films released from December 1 of the year beforehand to November 30 of the previous year in Japan become candidates. Founded in 2003. One work is selected and awards presented every year. ==Individual awards==

The individual awards for the activities of the previous year. Best Director The awards for directors. Though this award does not limit to the directors of films, it has a tendency to be given to film directors. Best Original Story The awards for the original creators of the work. Founded in 2005. Best Screenplay The awards for screenwriters. Best Screenplay / Original Story The awards for screenwriters since 2014. Best Art Direction The awards for the staffs of art direction. Best Character Designer The awards for character designers. Best Voice Actor The awards for voice actors by their performance. Rumi Hiiragi (2002) and Chieko Baisho (2005) are more famous as actress in Japan. Best Music The awards for composers (and other music related people). Best Animator The awards for animators since 2014. Merit Award ;Voice Actor ==See also==