What Is Anime of the Year?

Anime of the Year consists of three categories: Best Film, Individual Award, and Anime Fan Award. Among works previously released or broadcast in Japan for commercial purposes, we draw up a list of “Top 100 Favorites” based on fan votes. From the list, winners of Best Film and Individual Award are voted for by a wide range of industry professionals including first-rate producers and creators. In addition, Anime Fan Award is given to the work that receives the highest number of public votes via X.

Winners of TAAF2025

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Best Film

Individual Award

Writers Category		Hiroyuki Yoshino Born in June 2, 1970. Yoshino became a scriptwriter after working at the publishing company, as a high school teacher and a writer for the magazine, "Animage". His main works include "Mobile Suits Gundam Seed" (Script), "My-HiME, MY-OTOME" (series composition), "CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Rebellion" (series composition assistant), "MACROSS Frontier" (series composition), "The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe" (Script). He also worked on the original story for manga such as "The Qwaser of Stigmata", "Shinju no Nectar" and "Mobile Suit Gundam Rust Horizon".
Directors Category		Kiyotaka Oshiyama Kiyotaka has taken part in several works such as "The Wind Rises", "Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance", "Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos", and made his directorial debut in "Flip Flappers". He founded Durian Inc. and directed an original animation short titled, "SHISHIGARI". At MIFA2019, he held a presentation titled, "Kiyotaka Oshiyama's Sakuga Correction Lesson- break the rule".
Animators Category		Toko Yatabe Animator / Director. Yatabe started self-producing short hand-drawn animation fi lms when she was a student then joined khara, inc. in 2014 as an animation staff . She went freelance and has been acting as an animator/director after she made her debut as a key animator for "Japan Anima(tor)'s Exhibition" in 2015. The works that she participated in include "The Dragon Dentist" (2017, storyboard director), "EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME" (2021, assistant director), "EVANGELION:3.0(-46h)" (2023, director), "The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe" (2023, character design, chief animation director).
Visual Artists Category		©2025　株式会社美峰 Mai Ichioka Ichioka served as an art director for "YOUNG KINDAICHI'S CASEBOOK R(Returns)", "Fate/Grand Order THE MOVIE Divine Realm of the Round Table Camelot Paladin; Agateram", "Digimon Ghost Game" and "The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe".
Sound Artists / Performers Category		Evan Call Upon graduation from the Film Scoring program at Berklee College of Music, he began his career as a composer in Japan in 2012. With a focus on music for visual and interactive media, he also works as a composer and arranger for vocal songs, writes lyrics, sings, and takes a keen interest in all aspects of music. Notable works include the NHK Taiga drama "The 13 Lords of the Shogun", as well as the anime series "Violet Evergarden", "My Happy Marriage", and "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End".

Anime Fan Award

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