2009 SPJA Industry Awards Winners Announced

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Nice to see Kyle Hebert win for his Role as Michelle Ruff for Rukia. Also Awesome for Gurren Lagann for best TV series.
 
I remeraber Samuel L. Jackson was nominated as well. This is quite a nice surprise for Kyle Hebert winning for his Kamina. Rock on!
 
If the fans knew the depths of how much Mike McFarland does for One Piece, he should have easily won as Best Director of One Piece.

But alas, since it's pretty much a popularity contest ... Death Note is more well known then One Piece, and thus Death Note won that category.
 
That's so great that Kyle won against Samuel L. Jackson. He definitely deserved it, and I'm glad to see that the majority of people who voted on this care more about talent and hard work than name recognition.
 
Shonen Jump wouldn't be so bad nowadays if it wasn't for the pointless censorship. That's what really kills it.

Also, I've always found that Ocean dubs are better than LA dubs. So it's nice seeing them get some recognition.
 
Okay, why the hell are there no Funimation aside from xxxHOLiC? This whole thing seems to center on Viz with some Bandai. Hebert winning one for his Kamina is cool though.


Don't bogart that desk man.


I assume it's because they use the Bleach movie instead of the series where the only actual prominent female character was Senna, who I hate more than Hitsugaya.
 
Oh I see the original list now.



Category 01: Best Voice Actor (Japanese) Jun Fukuyama - CODE GEASS - Lelouch LamperouseKappei Yamaguchi - DEATH NOTE - LKatsuyuki Konishi - GURREN LAGANN - KaminaTough choice but I might have gone with Konishi instead



Category 02: Best Voice Actor (English) Samuel L. Jackson - AFRO SAMURAI RESURRECTION - Afro and Ninja NinjaDave Wittenburg - NARUTO - Kakashi HatakeKyla Hebert - GURREN LAGANN - KaminaYeah Hebert wins this though Jackson is tough competition



Category 03: Best Voice Actress (Japanese) Riisa Naku - THE GIRL WHO LEPT THROUGH TIME - Makoto KonnoMaaya Sakamoto - THE GARDEN OF SINNERS - Shiki RyogiJunko Takeuchi - NARUTO - Naruto UzumakiTough call here I'd probably be happy with any result



Category 04: Best Voice Actress (English) Laura Bailey - SHIN CHAN - Shin ChanMichelle Ruff - GURREN LAGANN - YokoMichelle Ruff - BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY - Rukia KuchikiI'd have accepted Yoko for Ruff but not Rukia... but with Bailey as an option... HOW did Ruff win? Ugh



Category 05: Best Casting Director Jaime Simone - BLEACHJaime Simone - AFRO SAMURAI RESURRECTIONKaeko Sakamoto - GURREN LAGANNHow the heck did Bleach win this? Gurren Lagann and Afro Samurai had WAY better casting. Stupid public is STUPID!



Category 06: Best Character Design Masaru Kitao of Madhouse - DEATH NOTEYuji Iwahara - DARKER THAN BLACKDaisuke Nakayama - TWEENY WITHCESI might have gone with Iwahara but Kitao is fine



Category 07: Best Mechanical Design Yoh Yoshirari - GURREN LAGANNTakeshi Takakura - GENESIS OF AQUARIONNiohiro Washio - THE THIRD: THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYEObviously GL is going to win against these



Category 08: Best Male Character Tamaki - OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUBL - DEATH NOTEHei - DARKER THAN BLACKYeah L easy



Category 09: Best Female Character Rukia Kuchiki - BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODYRevy - BLACK LAGOON: SECOND BARRAGESei Sato - MARIA WATCHES OVER US (MARIA-SAMA GA MITERU)Rukia should not have won this category there is no excuse



Category 10: Best Mascot Character Mokona - XXXHOLICKon - BLEACrabroadoota - GURREN LAGANNHmm might have gone with Boota but Mokona is more of a mascot... at least Kon didn't win



Category 11: Best Backround Design Ogura Workshop - THE GIRL WHO LEPT THROUGH TIMEGREEN - HELL GIRLMinoru Nakamura of Studio Pierrot - BLEACHI'm going to have to assume the other two are better than Bleach



Category 12: Best Original Video Animation KITE LIBERATOR - Media BlastersBALDR FORCE EXE - Funimation EntertainmentLUCKY STAR OVA - Bandai EntertainmentUh... Kite maybe?



Category 13: Best Feature Film THE GIRL WHO LEPT THROUGH TIME - Bandai EntertainmentBLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY - VIZ MediaVEXILLE - Funimation EntertainmentWouldn't have minded if Vexille won but Girl Who Lept Through time looks good



Category 14: Best Television Series SHIN CHAN - Funimation EntertainmentNARUTO - VIZ MediaGURREN LAGANN - Bandai EntertainmentOf course Gurren Lagann is going to win against Shin Chan which was barely on and Naruto which has been filler this year if it aired at all



Category 15: Best Original Score DEATH NOTE Score - DEATH NOTE - Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki TaniuchiMAD BOrabER - Aquarion - Yoko Kanno and Hokari Hisaaki - Victor EntertainmentEMMA: A VICTORIAN ROMANCE (Season 1) - EMMA: A VICTORIAN ROMANCE - Kanihiko Ryo - Pony CanyonOoo... I'm not sure if Death Note should have won here but it's fine that it did



Category 16: Best Original Song "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" - Bleach - Beat Crusaders - Aniplex Inc. - Beat Crusaders"Undine" - ARIA The Animation - Yui Makino - Victor Entertainment - Mina Kubota ( Music), Eri Kawai (Lyrics)"Corabat" - AFRO SAMURAI RESURRECTION - RZA and P.DOT - Wu Music - R.Diggs and N. GreenwoodWell I guess among those I'd vote for Tonight though maybe Corabat



Category 17: Best Director (Japanese) Tetsuro Araki - DEATH NOTEMamory Hosoda - THE GIRL WHO LEPT THROUGH TIMEHiroyuki Imaishi - GURREN LAGANNAraki probably didn't deserve this one against Hosoda and Imaishi



Category 18: Best Director (American) Karl Willems - DEATH NOTEJoe DiGiorgi - THE THIRD: THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE EYEMike Mc Farland - ONE PIECEMcFarland should have won hanRAB down



Category 19: Best Manga - Action TSUBASA: RESERVIOR CHRONICLE - Del Rey Manga - CLAMPHELLSING - Dark Horse - Kohta HianoBLACK LAGOON - VIZ Media - Rei HiroeI would have thought Hellsing would beat Tsubasa... heh



Category 20: Best Manga - Comedy FAIRY TAIL - Del Rey Manga - Hiro MashimaTOKYO ZOrabIE - Last Gasp - Yusaka HangkumaKITSUNE NO YOMEIRI - Kodansha Co., Ltd. - Takagi SatoshiI have no idea what the other two are so yay Fairy Tail



Category 21: Best Manga - Drama MONSTER - Viz Media - Naoki UrasawaKITCHEN PRINCESS - Del Rey Manga - Miyuki Kobayashi - Natsumi AndoGHOST TALKER'S DAYDREAM - Dark Horse - Okuse Saki - Meguro SankichiAgain no idea but Monster is good



Category 22: Best Publication Shonen Jump - VIZ MediaStyle School - Dark HorseShojo Beat - VIZ MediaOh no Yen Press...



Category 23: Best Full Motion Video in Video Game AFRO SAMURAI - Namco BandaiFINAL FANTASY IV - Square EnixLEFT 4 DEAD - Valve/Electronic Arts Inc.I guess that explains how FFIV won
 
This just pisses me off more! Why is there two of her? If this had five nominees I understand, but not three. Ruff had a 66% chance of winning with this. Rukia isn't even her best performance, let alone the best out of Bleach.
 
Oh, wow, some of them I didn't really see (skimmed through the list last time, and didn't get to vote)


...who in lord's name would nominate one actress twice when there's so many to choose?

Complete agreement there. Ugh...

Wait...Revy was on there and DIDN'T WIN!?

Again, in agreement...Mike McFarland's work in One Piece definitely should of won.

They must have been counting the FMV Intro....and that's pretty detailed.

I'm definitely glad Kyle Hebert, Kappei Yamaguchi and The Girl That Leapt Through Time won. The latter was an amazing film
 
I'm surprised that Toppa Tengen Gurren Lagann went up aganst Naruto and Shin Chan. Both Naruto and Shin Chan have been off of television for a while so I'm surprised that they were nominated. Unless I'm missing the criteria to be nominated or something. Other than that, I'm not shocked that Toppa Tengen Gurren Lagann won that category.
 
Man, you haven't seen some of the FMV for that game. It's pretty sweet, lemme tell ya. Or, at least, the opening is. I voted for it simply because the opening is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
 
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