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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Promare Anime Win Top Newtype Anime Awards

Kadokawa's Monthly Newtype magazine announced the results of the Newtype Anime Awards 2018-2019 at the Machi Asobi Vol. 23 event on Sunday.

Best Work (TV Broadcast & Streaming)

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2. Bungo Stray Dogs
3. Banana Fish
4. Sarazanmai
5. PERSONA 5 the Animation
6. WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me
7. A Certain Magical Index III
8. Attack on Titan season 3
9. Sword Art Online: Alicization
10. Kemurikusa

Best Work (Theatrical Screening)

1. Promare
2. Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly
3. Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom
4. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
5. Weathering With You
6. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow
7. Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System (all 3 films)
8. Sound! Euphonium The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day
9. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
10. Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

Best Character (Male)

1. Tanjirō Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
2. Ash Lynx (Banana Fish)
3. Kirito (Sword Art Online: Alicization)
4. Chūya Nakahara (Bungo Stray Dogs)
5. Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection)
6. Lio Fotia (Promare)
7. Osamu Dazai (Bungo Stray Dogs)
8. Galo Thymos (Promare)
9. Wakaba (Kemurikusa)
10. Shirō Emiya (Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly)

Best Character (Female)

1. Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
2. Sakura Matō (Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly)
3. Kyōka Izumi (Bungo Stray Dogs)
4. Asuna (Sword Art Online: Alicization)
5. Saber (Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly)
6. C.C. (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection)
7. Lucia Fex (Promare)
8. Rin (Kemurikusa)
9. Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card)
10. Alice Synthesis Thirty (Sword Art Online: Alicization)

Other winners include:

• Best Mascot Character: Vinny (Promare)
• Best Voice Actor: Natsuki Hanae
• Best Voice Actress: Akari Kitō
• Best Theme Song: "Gurenge" by LiSA (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Best Soundtrack: Elements Garden (Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love Kingdom)
• Best Director: Haruo Sotozaki (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Best Screenplay: Kazuki Nakashima (Promare)
• Best Character Design: Akira Matsushima, Miyuki Satō, Yōko Kajiyama, Mika Kikuchi, original design: Koyoharu Gotouge (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Best Mechanical and Prop Design: Shigeto Koyama (Promare)
• Nogizaka46 Award: The Promised Neverland

For these awards, readers of Monthly Newtype magazine and other anime fans voted for their favorite works among those released between the summer 2018 season (starting in July) and spring 2019 season (starting in April).

The Idolm@ster SideM and Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple won the top awards last year.

Source: WebNewtype via Yaraon!