The Best Anime of Fall 2016

Voted by members of the Crunchyroll forum


Over the course of the past month or so, Crunchyroll user Swaggercandy conducted a vote to determine the best anime of Fall 2016. They were kind enough to share the results with me! Below you will find several different categories with both the winners and the runners-up in each. Do the results reflect what you had in mind? Let us know in the comments. Here we go!

Best Story

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - March Comes In Like A Lion

1st Place:
March Comes In Like a Lion (18)

2nd Place:
Flip Flappers (11)

Honorable Mentions:
Yuri on Ice! (8)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (6)
Drifters (4)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (4)

Other Nominees:
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (3)
Ajin 2nd Season (3)
Poco’s Udon World (2)
Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO 2 (2)
Haikyuu! 3 (2)
Occultic;Nine (2)
Izetta: The Last Witch
Dragon Ball Super
BBK/BRNK 2
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Sound! Euphonium 2
The Great Passage
Keijo!!!!!!!!
Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love Legend Star
Magical Girl Raising Project

Best Animation

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Sound Euphonium 2

1st Place: Sound! Euphonium 2 (22)

2nd Place: Yuri on Ice! (19)
Honorable Mentions:
Flip Flappers (15)
March Comes In Like a Lion (6)
Drifters (5)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (5)

Other Nominees:
Haikyuu! 3 (3)
Lostorage Incited WIXOSS
Keijo!!!!!!!
Izetta:The Last Witch

Best Art Style

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Flip Flappers

1st Place: Flip Flappers (26)

2nd Place: March Comes In Like a Lion (14)
Honorable Mentions:
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (9)
Drifters (5)
Sound! Euphonium 2 (4)

Other Nominees:
Nanbaka (3)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (3)
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (3)
Yuri on Ice! (2)
Girlish Number
Show By Rock!!#
Keijo!!!!!!!
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Izetta: The Last Witch
Magical Girl Raising Project
Poco’s Udon World
Kiss Him, Not Me
Occultic;Nine

Best OP

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - "History Maker" by Dean Fujioka (Yuri on Ice!)

1st Place:
“History Maker” by Dean Fujioka (Yuri on Ice!) [24]

Tied for 2nd Place:
“Gospel of the Throttle” by Minutes Til Midnight (Drifters) [7] “Great Days” by Karen Aoki, Daisuke Hasegawa (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable) [7] Honorable Mentions:
“Answer” by Bump of Chicken [March Comes In Like a Lion] (6)
“Serendipity” by ZAQ [Flip Flappers] (5)
“Rage of Dust” by SPYAIR [Mobile Suit Gumdam: IBO 2] (5)

Other Nominees:
Haikyuu! 3 (3)
Twin Star Exorcists (2)
Scorching Ping Pong Girls (2)
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (2)
Izetta: The Last Witch (2)
Poco’s Udon World (2)
Keijo!!!!!!! (2)
Nanbaka (2)
Occultic;Nine (2)
Show by Rock !!#
Sound! Euphonium 2
Trickster

Best ED

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - "Dreamcatcher" by NANO (Magical Girl Raising Project)

1st Place:
“Dreamcatcher” by NANO (Magical Girl Raising Project) [21]

2nd Place:
“FLIP FLAP FLIP FLAP” TO-MAS feat. Chima (Flip Flappers) [17] Honorable Mentions:
“You Only Live Once” by YURI!!! on ICE feat. w.hatano [Yuri on Ice] (9)
“Open Your Eyes” by Asaka [Occultic;Nine] (6)

Other Nominees:
March Comes In Like a Lion (4)
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (3)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (3)
Izetta: The Last Witch (2)
Poco’s Udon World
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO 2
Sound! Euphonium 2
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Twin Star Exorcists
Haikyuu! 3
Drifters
To Be Hero
Trickster
SENGOKUCHOJYUGIGA

Best OST

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Yuri on Ice!

1st Place: Yuri on Ice! (21)

2nd Place: March Comes In Like a Lion (11)

Honorable Mentions:
Sound! Euphonium 2 (8)
Scorching Ping Pong Girls (7)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (5)
Izetta: The Last Witch (5)

Other Nominees:
Haikyuu! 3 (4)
Flip Flappers (3)
Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love Legend Star (2)
All Out! (2)
Magical Girl Raising Project
RWBY vol.4
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Drifters
Classicaloid

Best Action

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Drifters

1st Place: Drifters (20)

2nd Place: Keijo!!!!!!! (11)

Honorable Mentions:
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (9)
Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO 2 (8)
Ajin 2nd Season (7)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (6)
Flip Flappers (6)

Other Nominees:
BBK/BRNK 2 (3)
Haikyuu! 3 (3)
Magical Girl Raising Project (2)
Brave Witches (2)
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru

Best Adventure

1st Place: Flip Flappers (40)

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Flip Flappers

Tied for 2nd Place:
Drifters (6)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (6)

Honorable Mentions: 
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (3)
BBK/BRNK 2 (2)
Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO 2 (2)

Other Nominees:
Yuri on Ice!
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Ajin 2nd Season
One Piece
Izetta: The Last Witch
RWBY Vol.4

Best Comedy

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Kiss Him, Not Me & WWW.Working!!!

Tied for 1st Place:
Kiss Him, Not Me (15)
WWW.Working!!! (15)

2nd Place: Keijo!!!!!!! (9)
Honorable Mentions:
Girlish Number (8)
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (7)
Nanbaka (5)

Other Nominees:
Ninja Girl and Samurai Master (3)
Yuri on Ice! (2)
Miss Bernard Said (2)
My Wife is the Student Council President !+!
Teekyu 8
Cheating Craft
To be Hero
Kaitou Joker Season 4
Classicaloid
Glass Mask Year 3 Class D

Best Drama

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - March Comes In Like A Lion

1st Place: March Comes in Like a Lion (41)

2nd Place: Sound! Euphonium 2 (9)

Honorable Mentions:
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (6)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (3)
Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO 2 (3)

Other Nominees:
Ajin 2nd Season (2)
Girlish Number
Lostorage Incited WIXOSS
Izetta: The Last Witch
Occultic;Nine
Haikyuu! 3
The Great Passage
Nanbaka
Trickster

Best Supernatural

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Natsume's Book of Friends Season 5

1st Place: Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (21)

2nd Place: Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (18)
Honorable Mentions: 
Occultic;Nine (8)
Jojo’s Bizare Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (8)
Flip Flappers (5)

Other Nominees:
Ajin 2nd Season (4)
Poco’s Udon World (4)
Izetta: The Last Witch (3)
Magical Girl Raising Project (3)
Kitarou’s Yokai Picture Diary (2)
Drifters (2)
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Trickster

Best Fantasy

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Flip Flappers

1st Place: Flip Flappers (22)

2nd Place: Drifters (13)

Honorable Mentions:
Izetta: The Last Witch (10)
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (10)
Magical Girl Raising Project (5)

Other Nominees:
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (4)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2)
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (2)
Poco’s Udon World (2)
Brave Witches
Classicaloid
Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO 2
BBK/BRNK 2
RWBY Vol.4

Best Mystery

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Occultic;Nine

1st Place: Occultic;Nine (23)

2nd Place: Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (9)

Honorable Mentions: 
Jojoj’s Bizarre Adventure:Diamond is Unbreakable (7)
Trickster (4)
Detective Conan (4)

Other Nominees:
Ajin 2nd Season (3)
Gakuen Handsome
Flip Flappers

Best Romance

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Yuri on Ice!

1st Place: Yuri on Ice! (27)

2nd Place: Kiss Him, Not Me (20)

Honorable Mentions: 
WWW.Working!!! (6)
I’ve Always Liked You (4)

Other Nominees:
The Great Passage (2)
Izetta: The Last Witch (2)
My Wife is the Student Council President !+!
Magic Kyun! Renaissance
Sound Euphonium 2

Best Mahou Shoujo

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Magical Girl Raising Project

1st Place:
Magical Girl Raising Project (40)

2nd Place:
Flip Flappers (12)
Honorable Mentions: 
Izetta: The Last Witch (3)

Other Nominees:
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5
Mahojou Shoujo Nante Mou ii Desukara 2
Kaijuu Girls
Mahoutsukai Precure
Matoi the Sacred Slayer

Best Slice of Life

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Poco's Udon World

1st Place: Poco’s Udon World (27)

2nd Place: Sound Euphonium! 2 (10)

Honorable Mentions: 
March Comes In Like a Lion (8)
Girlish Number (6)
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (6)

Other Nominees:
The Great Passage (3)
All Out! (2)
WWW.Working!!! (2)
Long Riders
Magic of Stella
Yuri on Ice
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Kiss Him, Not Me
Magic Kyun! Renaissance

Best Music

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Sound Euphonium 2

1st Place Sound! Euphonium 2 (38)

2nd Place: Show by Rock !!# (7)

Honorable Mentions: 
Yuri on Ice (5)

Other Nominees:
Classicaloid (3)
Uta no Prince Sama (2)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5
Scorching Ping Pong Girls
Dream Festival
Izetta: The Last Witch

Best Sports

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Haikyuu! 3

1st Place Haikyuu! 3 (39)

2nd Place: Keijo!!!!!!!! (9)

Honorable Mentions: 
Yuri on Ice! (8)
Scorching Ping Pong Girls (6)

Other Nominees:
All Out! (3)
Days (2)
March Comes In Like a Lion

Best Short Series

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Ninja Girl and Samurai Master

1st Place Ninja Girl and Samurai Master (11)

2nd Place: My Wife is the Student Council President !+! (9)

Honorable Mentions: 
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (7)
Miss Benard Said (6)
To Be Hero (5)

Other Nominees:
Kaijuu Girls (3)
Kitaro’s Yokai Picture Diary (3)
Gakuen Handsome (3)
Teekyu 8 (2)
Nyanbo (2)
Pokemon Generations (2)
Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou ii Desukara 2
SNGOKUCHOJYUGIGA
Cheating Craft
RWBY Vol. 4

Best Male Character

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Yuri Katsuki

1st Place: Yuri Katsuki (Yuri on Ice!) (11)

Tied for 2nd Place:
Kiriyama Rei (8) (March Comes in Like a Lion)
Dazai Osamu (8) (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)

Honorable Mentions: 
Oda Sakunosuke (6) (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Viktor Nikiforov (6) (Yuri on Ice)
Toyohisa Shimazu (6) (Drifters)

Other Nominees:
Mikazuki Augus (4) (Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO)
Higashida Daisuke (4) (WWW.Working!!!)
Tawara Souta (3) (Poco’s Udon World)
Takashi Natsume (3) (Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5)
Nobunaga Oda (3) (Drifters)
Josuke Higashikata (2) (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Majime Mitsuya (2) The Great Passage)
Saiki (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan)
Kishibe Rohan (Jojo’s bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Yasusada (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru)
Jaune (RWBY Vol. 4)
Hinata Shouyou (Haikyuu! 3)
Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Azuma Kazuki (BBK/BRNK 2)
Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri on Ice)
Kei Tsukishima (Haikyuu! 3)
Satou (Ajin 2nd Season)
Qrow (RWBY Vol.4)

Best Female Character

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Kumiko Oumae (Sound Euphonium 2)

1st Place: Kumiko Oumae (Sound Euphonium 2) (13)

2nd Place: Ortfiné “Finé” Fredericka von Eylstadt (Izetta: The Last Witch) (8)

Honorable Mentions: 
Serinuma Kae (7) (Kiss Him, Not Me)
Chitose Karasuma (7) (Girlish Number)
Kaminashi Nozomi (5) (Keijo!!!!!!!)

Other Nominees:
Papika (4) (Flip Flappers)
Kudelia Aina Bernstein (4) (Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO 2)
Hardgore Alice (3) (Magical Girls Raising Project)
Cocona (3) (Flip Flappers)
Akari Kawamoto (3) (March Comes In Like a Lion)
Kyouka Izumi (3) (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Asuka Tanaka (3) Sound! Euphonium 2)
Izetta (2) (Izetta: The Last Witch)
Ruby Rose (RWBY Vol.4)
Hana Miyakoshi (WWW.Working!!!)
Nishina Shima (Kiss Him, Not Me)
Ran Mori (Detective Conan)
Chinatsu Morikawa (Lostorage Incited WIXOSS)
Ayase Hanabi (12-sai: Chicchana no Mune Tokimeki 2)
Tsumujikaze Koyori (Scorching Ping Pong Girls)
Reina Kousaka (Sound! Euphonium 2)
Snow White (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Miyata Sayaka (Keijo!!!!!!!)

Best Supporting Male

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Kei Tsukishima (Haikyuu! 3)

1st Place: Kei Tsukishima (Haikyuu! 3) (13)

2nd Place: Oda Nobunaga (Drifters) (5)

Honorable Mentions: 
Dazai Osamu (4) (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Viktor Nikiforov (4) (Yuri on Ice)
Rohan Kishibe (4) (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Masashi Nishioka (4) (The Great Passage)

Other Nominees:
Joutarou Kujo (3) (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Nikaidou Harunobu (3) (March Comes in Like a Lion)
Nakajima Shinobu (2) (Poco’s Udon World)
Jean Jacques “J.J” Leroy (2) (Yuri on Ice)
Hayato Kawajiri (2) (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Oda Sakunosuke (2) (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
La Pucelle (2) (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Gojo Karasuma (2) (Girlish Number)
Shindo Yuuta (2) WWW.Working!!!)
Hajime Sukeroku (2) (Nanbaka)
Mutsumi Asuma (2) (Kiss Him Not Me)
Yuu Nishinoya (2) (Haikyuu! 3)
Yoichi (Drifters)
Mcgillis Fareed (Mobile Suit Gundam IBO )
Kouki Saiki (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan)
Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri on Ice)
Tanuma Kaname (Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5)
Yamanabagiri Kunihiro (Touken Ranbu:Hanamaru)
Noboru Taki (Sound Euphonium 2)
Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Komori (All Out)
Phichit Chulanont (Yuri on Ice)
Ryuunosuke Tanaka (Haikyuu! 3)
Kageyama Tobio (Haikyuu! 3)
Uno (Nanbaka)
Phoenix (Kaitou Joker Season 4)

Best Supporting Female

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Asuka Tanaka (Sound! Euphonium 2)

1st Place: Asuka Tanaka (Sound! Euphonium 2) (10)

2nd Place: Fujiwara Touko (Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5) (5)

Honorable Mentions: 
Akari Kawamoto (March Comes In Like a Lion) (4)
Top Speed (Magical Girl Raising Project) (4)
Yayaka (Flip Flappers) (4)
Hardgore Alice (Magical Girl Raising Project) (4)
Hikota Yachi (Haikyuu! 3) (3)
Chikako Ubukata (Days) (3)

Other Nominees:
Papika (Flip Flappers) (2)
Yuma Kusanagi (Matoi The Sacred Slayer)(2)
Kyouka Izumi (Bungou Stray Dogs 2) (2)
Nikka “Nipa” Evardine Katajainen (Brave Witches) (2)
Kyouko Kouda (March Comes in Like a Lion) (2)
Kururi Futamaru (Scorching Ping Pong Girls) (2)
Ryouka ” Ryo-tas” Narusawa (Occultic;Nine) (2)
Reina Kousaka (Sound! Euphonium 2) (2)
Okukawa Minako (Yuri on Ice) (2)
Hana Miyakoshi (WWW.Working!!!)
Hokuto Itsumo (Scorching Ping Pong Girls)
Banryuu Reoko (BBK/BRNK 2)
Momoko “Warden” Hyakushiki (Nanbaka)
Rinko Iori (Gundam Build Fighters)
Bianca (Izetta: The Last Witch)
Amane Nakano (Kiss Him, Not Me)
Makoto Noro (Trickster)
Louisa May Alcott (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Koto Katakura (Girlish Number)
La Pucelle (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Waltrud Krupinski (Brave Witches)
Kiyoko Shimizu (Haikyuu! 3)
Yanagiba Miri (WWW.Working!!!)
Nishina Shima (Kiss him, Not Me)
Ortfine Fredericka von Eylstadt (Izetta: The Last Witch)
Kurenaino Aria (Occultic;Nine)
Salem (RWBy Vol.4)
Kusakai Mio (Keijo!!!!!!!)
Izumi Shimomura (Ajin 2nd Season)
Shizuzru Taneomi (BBK/BRNK 2)

Best Non-Human

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Poco (Poco's Udon World)

1st Place: Poco (Poco’s Udon World) (25)

2nd Place: Nyanko-Sensei (Natsume’s book of Friends Season 5 (13)

Honorable Mentions: 
Fav (Magical Girl Raising Project) (5)
HP Love Craft (Bungou Stray Dogs 2) (4)
Uexkull (Flip Flappers) (4)
Bu-chan (Flip Flappers) (4)

Other Nominees:
Mr. Raccoon (WWW.Working!!!) (3)
Barbatos (Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO) (3)
Miton (Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou ii Desukara)
Carrot (One Piece)
Satou (Ajin 2nd Season)
Yasusada (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru)
Chopper (One Piece)
Stray Cat (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Pad-kun (Classicaloid)
Makkachin (Yuri On Ice!)
Midare Toushirou (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru)

Best Antagonist/Villain

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Swim Swim (Magical Girl Raising Project)

1st Place: Swim Swim (Magical Girl Raising Project) (16)

2nd Place: Yoshikage Kira (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable) (15)

Honorable Mentions: 
Satou (Ajin 2nd Season) (12)
Touda Kyouko (March Comes In Like a Lion) (7)

Other Nominees:
Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (Bungou Stray Dogs 2) (3)
Black King (Drifters (2)
Ushijima Wakatoshi (Haikyuu! 3) (2)
Fav (Magical Girl Raising Project) (2)
Berkman (Izetta: The Last Witch) (2)
Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri on Ice)
Kou Satomi (Lostorage Incited WIXOSS)
Cranberry (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Ougai Mori (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Neuroi (Brave Witches)
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Sophie (Izetta: The Last Witch)
Welwitchia (Flip Flappers)
Tendou Satori (Haikyuu! 3)
Gilles de Rais (Drifters)
Work (Real Life)

Most Adorable/Cutest Character

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Poco (Poco's Udon World)

1st Place: Poco (Poco’s Udon World) (19)

2nd Place: Cyan Hijirikawa (Show by Rock!!#) (5)

Honorable Mentions: 
Makkachin (Yuri on Ice!) (4)
Momo Kawamoto (March Comes in Like a Lion) (4)
Hinata Kawamotot (March Comes in Like a Lion) (4)
Hime (WWW.Working!!!!) (4)

Other Nominees:
Papika (Flip Flappers) (3)
Kumiko Oumae (Sound! Euphonium 2) (2)
Tama (Magical Girl Raising Project) (2)
Nico (Nanbaka) (2)
Momoko “Warden” Hyakushiki (Nanbaka) (2)
Izetta (Izetta: The Last Witch) (2)
Phichit Chulanot (Yuri on Ice!) (2)
Shizuka “Invisible Baby” Joestar (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable) (2)
Nemurin (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Wakana Ui (My Wife is the Student Council President !+!)
Yasusada (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru)
Cocona (Flip Flappers)
Moa (Show By Rock!!#)
Hana Miyakoshi (WWWW.Working!!!!)
Saki Takamiya (Long Riders)
Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri on Ice)
Ayase Hanabi (12-sai: Chicchana no Mune Tokimeki 2)
Cats (March Comes in Like a Lion)
Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs 2)
Tamaki Honda (Magic of Stella)
Kenjirou Minami (Yuri on Ice)
Georgette Lemare (Brave Witches)
Uexkull (Flip Flappers)
Swim Swim (Magical Girl Raising Project)
Triplets (Yuri on Ice)

Best Couple/Ship

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Best Couple goes to Yuri & Viktor

1st Place: Yuri x Viktor (Yuri on Ice!) (28)

2nd Place: Kumiko x Reina Asuka (9)

Honorable Mentions: 
Cocona x Papika (Flip Flappers) (7)
Izetta x Fine (Izetta: The Last Witch) (6)

Other Nominees:
Shigeru x Toukou (Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5) (3)
Atsushi x Kyouka (Bungou Stray Dogs 2) (3)
Miyakoshi x Higashida (WWW.Working!!!) (2)
Kururi x Zakuro (Scorching Ping Pong Girls )(2)
Hinata x Yachi (Haikyuu! 3 ) (2)
Yuuta x Shiho (WWW.Working!!!) (2)
Serinuma x Igarashi (Kiss Him, Not Me)
Yasusada x Kiyomitsu (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru)
Izumi x Ui (My Wife is the Student Council President)
Cyan x Retoree (Show by Rock !!#)
Serinuma x Harem (Kiss him, Not Me)
Mika x Atra x Kudelia (Mobile Suit Gundam IBO 2 )

Best Character Designs

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Magical Girl Raising Project

1st Place: Magical Girl Raising Project (15)

2nd Place: Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (9)

Honorable Mentions: 
Yuri on Ice! (8)
Nanbaka (6)
Drifters (6)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (5)

Other Nominees:
Flip Flappers (4)
Sound Euphonium 2 (3)
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (3)
March Comes In Like a Lion (2)
Brave Witches (2)
Haikyuu! 3 (2)
Izetta: The Last Witch (2)
Scorching Ping Pong Girls
Lostorage Incited WIXOSSS
Keijo!!!!!!!
WWW.Working!!!
Show By Rock !!#
Dragon ball Super
Magic Kyun Renaisance
Girlish Number
Classicaloid
Mobil Suit Gundam :IBO
RWBY Vol.4

Best Overall Cast

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Yuri on Ice!

1st Place: Yuri on Ice (20)

2nd Place: Haikyuu! 3 (9)

Honorable Mentions: 
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (7)
WWW.Working!!! (4)
Magical Girl Raising Project (4)

Other Nominees:
Girlish Number (3)
Sound! Euphonium 2 (3)
Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO) (3)
Drifters (3)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (3)
Keijo!!!!!!! (2)
March comes in Like a Lion (2)
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (2)
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Izetta: The Last Witch
Occultic;Nine
Natsume’s Books of Friends Season 5
Ajin 2nd Seaosn
Scorching Ping Pong Girls
Poco’s Udon World
Long Riders
Kiss Hime Not Me

Worst of Fall 2016

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Bloodivores

1st Place: Bloodivores (17)

Tied for 2nd Place:
Occultic;Nine (6)
Keijo!!!!!! (6)

Honorable Mentions: 
Trickster (5)
Cheating Craft (5)
Twin Star Exorcists (4)

Other Nominees:
Idol Memories
Drifters
Nazotokine
Girlish Number
Kaiju Girls
Miss Bernard Said
UtaPri 3
Izetta: The Last Witch
Classicaloid
Nyanbo
Nanbaka
Yuri on Ice!
To Be Hero
Kiss Him Not Me
Days
WWW.Working!!!
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru

Biggest Disappointment

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Izetta: The Last Witch

1st Place: Izetta: The Last Witch (17)

2nd Place: Occultic;Nine (16)

Honorable Mentions: 
Trickster (6)

Other Nominees:
Sound Euphonium 2 (3)
Twin Star Exorcists (3)
All Out! (3)
Nanbaka (3)
Bloodivores (2)
Classicaloid (2)
Show by Rock!!# (2)
Lostorage Incited WIXOSS
Long Riders
Drifters
Yuri on Ice
Girlish Number
Bungou Stray Dogs 2
The Great Passage
BBK/BRNK 2
Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO
Kiss Him Not Me

Biggest Surprise

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Yuri on Ice! & Scorching Ping Pong Girls

Tied for 1st Place:
Yuri on Ice! (9)
Scorching Ping Pong Girls (9)

2nd Place:
Keijo!!!!!!! (8)
Flip Flappers (8)

Honorable Mentions: 
Girlish Number (5)
Drifters (4)
March Comes in Like a Lion (4)

Other Nominees:
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (3)
Izetta: The Last Witch (3)
Magical Girl Raising Project (3)
Occultic;Nine (3)
All Out (3)
Nanbaka (3)
Poco’s Udon World (2)
Kiss Him Not Me (2)
Kaiju Girls
Twin Star Exorcists
WWW.Working!!!

Best of Fall 2016

Best Anime of Fall 2016 - Yuri on Ice!

1st Place: Yuri on Ice! (16)

2nd Place: Flip Flappers (12)

Honorable Mentions: 
March Comes In Like a Lion (9)
Bungou Stray Dogs 2 (6)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (5)
Haikyuu! 3 (5)

Other Nominees:
Sound! Euphonium 2 (4)
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 5 (3)
Magical Girl Raising Project (2)
Poco’s Udon World (2)
Izetta: The Last Witch (2)
Drifters (2)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans 2 (2)
RWBY Vol.4
Ajin 2nd Season
The Great Passage

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