2018 was a year of turmoil for both IRL and in Anime, but there was lots of great
stuff to see, especially in regards to Anime. Welcome to The AniTAY Anime Awards of 2018, where AniTAY
Authors and AniTAY members pick the best of the best Anime of the year!
The AniTAY Anime Awards
is a collaborative effort by members in the AniTAY community to decide the best of the best of each year. We always
try to put our own spin on these kinds of projects because when we see groups that don’t leverage different opinions,
the results can radically differ from what the actual viewer think, and offer little choice. That’s why this Award
process was open to the community and the decisions made were fascinating. We ran a poll both internally asking the
authors of AniTAY as well as asking all the readers, so we have two sets of results. Here we go!
*PS: The AOTY in
this is different than AniTAY’s Top Anime of 2018 posted
by Gugsy today , as this is an award for what most people think is AOTY, and Gugsy’s is the show
cumulatively liked. It’s been brought to our attention that this can seem rather confusing so next year we’ll match
them up.
Author Awards
Here’s what the authors of AniTAY have to say! We here at AniTAY are
an opinionated bunch, a group of people who vary drastically yet all magically have a consensus on certain things. We
watch a lot of anime, so expect some different results than from most.
Author’s Pick for AniTAY Favorites: Yuru Camp
Author’s Pick for Most Trash Show: Conception
Author’s Pick for Best Female Character: Violet Evergarden - Violet Evergarden
Author’s Pick for Best Male Charcter: Immortal Sugimoto - Golden Kamuy
Author’s Pick for Best Comedy: Hinamatsuri
Author’s Pick for Best Romance: Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Author’s Pick for Best Drama: Violet Evergarden
Author’s Pick for Best Action: Megalo Box
Author’s Pick for Best Animated: Violet Evergarden
Author’s Pick for Hidden Gem: SSSS Gridman
Reader Results
Now for the Community’s results! The community that reads AniTAY is pretty varied, but that doesn’t stop them from watching great anime! Definitely some interesting picks, and a surprising amount of ties.
Reader’s Pick for AniTAY Favorites: Yuru Camp & A Place Further than the Universe
Reader’s Pick for Most Trash Show: How NOT To Summon A Demon Lord & My Sister, My Writer
Reader’s Pick for Best Female Character: Mai Sakurajima - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Reader’s Pick for Best Male Character: Sakuta Azusagawa - Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Reader’s Pick for Best Comedy: Hinamatsuri
Reader’s Pick for Best Romance: Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Reader’s Pick for Best Drama: A Place Further than the Universe
Reader’s Pick for Best Action: Golden Kamuy, Overlord II & III
Reader’s Pick for Best Animated: Violet Evergarden
Reader’s Pick for Hidden Gem: Planet With
Thanks for checking out AniTAY and the AniTAY Anime
Awards! Ani-TAY is the anime-focused portion of Kotaku’s community-run blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves
where writers love everything anime related. Click here to check us
out!
If you want more thoughts on anime of 2018, check out the AniTAY Podcast here!