u/DrJWilson

I said in my last post that it wouldn't be the last one, and I have come to fulfill that promise!

Once again, we are eternally grateful that our awards are able to reach the actual people behind the anime we love. We have been incredibly fortunate to receive messages from Director Naoko Yamada (Best Movie, The Colors Within - Jury), Producers Hidehisa Taniguchi and Takashi Nakame of WITCH WATCH (Best MV, Best OP, WITCH WATCH - Public, Jury) and music artist(s) YOASOBI! (Best MV, Best OP, WITCH WATCH - Public, Jury). We also reached out to Megumi Ishitani, director for the WITCH WATCH OP, who accepted our congratulations and connected us to Bibury!

You can see all of the acknowledgements we received for 2026 at https://animeawards.moe/acknowledgements, and watch the livestream here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2722716512. See the full awards at https://animeawards.moe/results/2025!

Sadly these are the last messages I have to give to you. We hope that these acknowledgements renew your vigor for supporting anime, and hope you look forward to the next /r/anime Awards!

Hi, it's Wilson again!

Did you think the /r/anime Awards season was over?! One of my favorite parts of the awards process is reaching out to anime industry professionals and letting them know how appreciated they were by our community. A lot of the time, they're thoughtful enough to send us comments back! Many of these made it onto the results livestream, which can be viewed here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2722716512 - and the acknowledgements themselves can be viewed here: https://animeawards.moe/acknowledgements.

Of course, industry professionals are busy, and sometimes can't respond to our request for comment... but sometimes they just take a while! Here are some heart-warming (and in the case for CITY, wry and hilarious) acknowledgements from the people behind the winners for Best Animation and Background Art (CITY - Jury), Best Drama (Medalist - Jury), and Best MV (On Being - Jury). See the full results here!: https://animeawards.moe/results/2025

We thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for taking the time to send such wonderful comments, and we can only hope that our support is able to fuel more of the anime we love.

P.S.: This is not the last post about this I will make.

Thanks everyone!