[Haak]

-{A1}- [Best Storyline & Plot]

• Made in Abyss
• Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi hen
• Uchouten Kazoku 2

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Honourable mentions:
  Houseki no Kuni (TV)
  Kimi no Na Wa
  Natsume Yuujinchou Roku
  Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2nd season.

-{A2}- [Best Visuals & Animation]

• Kimi no Na wa.
• Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2nd season
• Made in Abyss

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  A bit unfair because it was always going to be Kimi ni Na Wa but what can you do?
  
  Honourable mention - I have been seriously impressed with Houseki no Kuni. It's possible that's because I had low expectations to begin with (3D urgh!) but I do think the visuals have been great.

-{B1}- [Best Action-Adventure]

• Made in Abyss
• Houseki no Kuni (TV)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2nd season

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Made in Abyss runs away with this one for me. The other two are just seat fillers in comparison.
  
  Honourable mentions:
  Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul (If I weren't so bitter about the stupidity of Charioce's character then I would've nominated it, but as it stands)
  Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 (It probably should be up there but I had already read the manga to that point so I wasn't really feelin' it throughout the show)
  Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans 2nd season

-{B2}- [Best Fantasy & Supernatural]

• Made in Abyss
• Uchouten Kazoku 2
• Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Once again, Made in Abyss runs away with it.
  
  Honourable mentions
  Houseki no Kuni (Would have liked to nominate this one but I've been caught out by the genre limitation rule)
  Natsume Yuujinchou Roku
  Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2
  

-{B3}- [Best Science Fiction]

• Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2nd season
• Atom: The Beginning
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans 2nd Season

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Not a whole lot of options here. I actually enjoyed Gundam IBO a hell of a lot more than Atom but IBO never really explored any genuine sci-fi concepts much, or at least to the degree that Atom did. But Thunderbolt had it all.

-{B4}- [Best Drama]

• Houseki no Kuni (TV)
• Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi hen
• Koe no Katachi

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  I feel like a bit of a criminal not to put Rakugo at the top but Houseki no Kuni really had a lot of heavy moments. Koe no Katachi wasn't that far behind either so it was a bit of struggle. I would've put Kimi no Na Wa up there somewhere but really Kimi no Na Wa's drama was mostly just...

-{B5}- [Best Romance]

• Kimi no Na wa.
• Koe no Katachi
• Just Because!

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  ...well...yeah...
  
  Honourable mention:
  Tsuki ga Kirei - It was a well overdue update on the genre to take into account recent advances in social media and the impact it has on everyday life and relationships but it was a bit too safe and cutesy for me.
  
  Dishonourable middle finger:
  Kuzu no Honkai

-{B6}- [Best Comedy]

• Kekkai Sensen & Beyond
• Sakura Quest
• Uchouten Kazoku 2

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Due to time constraints, I had to hold back on a lot of pure comedies I would've normally watched (Like Houzuki no Reitetsu) so these are really just what I watched that happened to be comedies as well . Kekkai Sensen takes it purely for the Daniel Craig joke. Maybe some day I’ll actually finish it.
  
  Was tempted to nominate Kuzu no Honkai, because it was certainly a huge joke to me but then I remembered it wasn't a particularly funny one.

-{B7}- [Best Slice of Life]

• Just Because!
• Natsume Yuujinchou Roku
• Tsuki ga Kirei

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  There wasn't much separating this lot. I mostly just went with gut feeling.
  
  Honourable mentions:
  Sakura Quest - I appreciate what it was trying to do but it was a bit too much into "small town revival"ing and I didn't find myself caring all that much.

-{B8}- [Best Sports Series]

Spoiler for thoughts:

Didn't watch a damn thing this year. Was gonna watch Ballroom e Youkosou but I've already read all the manga that's available and I'm bored of it already so I didn't really see a point.

-{C1}- [Best TV Series]

• Made in Abyss
• Houseki no Kuni (TV)
• Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi hen

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Honourable mentions:
  Uchouten Kazoku 2 (<= this one in particular)
  Natsume Yuujinchou Roku
  Just Because!

  
  

-{C2}- [Best OVA]

• Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2nd Season

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  It’s the only thing I’ve seen, OVA wise

-{C3}- [Best Movie]

• Kimi no Na wa.
• Koe no Katachi

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Lol. Will probably edit this later once I’ve watched more shit.

-{D1}- [Best Female Lead]

• Mitsuha Miyamizu / Kimi no Na wa.
• Phosphophyllite / Houseki no Kuni (TV)
• Tanya Degurechaff / Youjo Senki

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  A bit controversial to have Phos here since she's actually totally genderless but what can you do? Just my luck really, I convinced myself for so long that the categories were fine the way they were because there'd never be a truly genderless AND lead character worth voting for and then this bullshit happens. And Phos seems feminine enough for me so whatever.
  
  As for Tanya, it's a guy's soul in a little girl's body but it doesn't seem to care so I have no idea what that psychotic little schemer counts as. I just went with female as well.
  
  Honourable mention:
  Shouko Nishimiya - Koe no Katachi
  Ange - Princess Prinicipal
  Riko - Made in Abyss

-{D2}- [Best Male Lead]

• Regu / Made in Abyss
• Yakumo Yuurakutei / Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi hen
• Shouya Ishida / Koe no Katachi

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Seems kinda cheesy voting for Yakumo twice in row (did so last year) but he is just such a great character.
  
  Honourable mentions:
  Taki Tachibana - Kimi no Na Wa

-{D3}- [Best Antagonist]

• Bondrewd / Made in Abyss
• Hiro Shishigami / Inuyashiki
• Reiner Braun / Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Burn in hell, Bondrewd. Not a great deal of competition though. Bondrewd beats them all even though he was merely a set up for an antagonist rather than a direct one. I'd like to nominate the Lunarians from Houseki no Kuni but they're a group, not an individual so I'm not sure if it's in the spirit of a "character" category. Your mileage may vary on that one

-{D4}- [Best Side-Character]

• Yuzuru Nishimiya / Koe no Katachi
• Nanachi / Made in Abyss
• Cinnabar / Houseki no Kuni (TV)

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Honourable mentions:
  Maki - Sakura Quest
  Azazel, Favaro, Kaisar - Shingeki no Bahamut (All horribly underutilised)
  Tiger - Juuni Taisen (The only remotely good thing about that show)
  

-{D5}- [Best World Setting]

• Made in Abyss
• Houseki no Kuni (TV)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2nd season

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Once again, Made in Abyss in another league.
  
  Honourable mentions:
  Uchouten Kazoku 2
  Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul
  Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2
  Shoukoku no Altair (from what I've seen anyway)

-{D6}- [Best Credits Theme]

Spoiler for thoughts:

Weird. This is probably the first year where there hasn’t been a single Credits theme that’s grabbed me.

-{D7}- [Best Soundtrack]

• Made in Abyss
• Houseki no Kuni (TV)
• Koe no Katachi

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  THE UNDERGROOOOOOUUUUUND RIVEEEEEEEEEEEEER, WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH WHOAH...
  
  Seriously though, Made in Abyss had some amazing beats. My favourites were Relinquish, Pathway, In The Blind and the aforementioned, Underground River
  
  Houseki no Kuni had an amazing soundtrack as well. My favourites were the Main Theme, Breaking and especially Cinnabar
  
  Koe no Katachi's soundtrack is a lot more low key but that's why I love it too. I've been listening to tracks like lvs(var) almost constantly.
  
  Honourable mentions:
  Kuzu no Honkai (As much as I'd hate to give this bullshit shit-show credit on anything, the soundtrack was very good. It had tracks like Substitution and We Are Dating)
  Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season - There was one track that played a lot when they were setting an ominous mood that I could never find among the released tracks (plays right at the beginning of the first episode of the first season), but in general there were a lot of nice battle tracks that would get my blood pumping. It had this really "chaotic" style to it that was really fitting.
  Princess Principal - Mostly just for this one track
  Just Because!- Some very nice and uplifting tracks

-{D8}- [Best Ongoing Series]

• Mobile Suit Gundam Origin
• Mahoutsukai no Yome

  Spoiler for thoughts:

  Can't think of anything else really.