Over the course of the past month or so, Crunchyroll user Swaggercandy conducted a vote to determine the best anime of Summer 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
Tied for 1st Place:
Re:Zero (21) / 91 Days (21)
Tied for 2nd Place:
ReLIFE (3) / New Game (3)
Honorable Mentions:
Thunderbolt Fantasy (2)
Danganponpa 3: Mirai-hen (2)
Sweetness and Lightning (2)
Love Live Sunshine (2)
Danganronpa 3: Despair arc (2)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Berserk (2016)
Mob Psycho 100
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet
Best Animation
1st Place:
Mob Psycho 100 (24)
2nd Place:
Tales of Zestiria the X (22)
Honorable Mentions:
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate (6)
Alderamin of the Sky (3)
Amanchu! (3
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Momokuri
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Re:Zero
This Art Club Has a Problem
Best Art Style
1st Place:
Mob Psycho 100 (17)
2nd Place:
Amanchu! (12)
Honorable Mentions:
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (5)
New Game! (5)
Thunderbolt Fantasy (4)
91 Days (3)
Momokuri (2)
This Art Club Has a Problem (2)
Tales of Zestiria the X (2)
Orange (2)
Alderamin of the Sky (2)
Servamp
The Ancient Magus Bride
Sweetness and Lightning
Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 3rei
The Morose Mononokean
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Taboo Tattoo
Best OP
Tied for 1st Place:
“99” by Mob Choir (Mob Psycho 100) [14]
“Signal” by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure (91 days) [14]
2nd Place:
“Kaze no Uta” by FLOW (Tales of Zestiria the X) [5]
Honorable Mentions:
“Tenkyou no Alderamin” by Kishida Kyoudan and the Akeboshi Rockets [Alderamin of the Sky] (4)
“Starting Now!!” by Nana Mizuki [This Art Club Has a Problem] (4)
“Harebare Fanfare” by MimimemeMIMI [Sweetness and Lightning] (3)
“Love is my RAIL” by Konomi Suzuki [Ange Vierge] (3)
Amanchu! (2)
Re:Zero (2)
Love Live Sunshine! (2)
Macross Delta
Kuromukuro
Berserk (2016)
Cheer Danshi!
Danganronpa 3: Mirai-hen
Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate
Best ED
Tied for 1st Place:
“Nameless” by Kano (Alderamin of the Sky) [7]
“Refrain Boy” by ALL OFF (Mob Psycho 100) [7]
Tied for 2nd Place:
“Stay Alive” by Rie Takahashi (Re:Zero) [5]
“Yume Kataru Yori Yume Utaou” by Aqours (Love Live Sunshine!) [5]
“Snow Drop” by Nano Ripe (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate) [5]
Honorable Mentions:
“Now Loading!” by Fourfolium (New Game!) (4)
“Mirai” by Kobukuro (Orange) (3)
Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc (2)
91 Days (2)
Cheer Danshi! (2)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Days!
Amanchu!
Momokuri
Qualedia Code
Taboo Tattoo
Danganronpa 3: Mirai-hen
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan
Sweetness and Lightning
Macross Delta
Best OST
1st Place:
Re:Zero(10)
2nd Place:
Qualidea Code(9)
Honorable Mentions:
Thunderbolt Fantasy (6)
Love Live Sunshine! (5)
Amanchu! (4)
Sweetness and Lightning (4)
Orange (2)
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate (2)
Tales of Zestiria the X (2)
Mob Psycho 100 (2)
Naruto: Shippuden
ReLIFE
Macross Delta
D. Gray Man Hallow
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
New Game!
Best Action
1st Place:
Mob Psycho 100 (31)
Tied for 2nd Place:
Alderamin of the Sky (4)
Tales of Zestira the X (4)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (4)
RE:Zero (4)
Honorable Mentions:
Thunderbolt Fantasy (3)
Ange Vierge (3)
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate (3)
Taboo Tattoo (2)
Berserk (2016) (2)
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance (2)
D. Gray Man Hallow (2)
Twin Star Exorcists
Best Adventure
1st Place:
Re:Zero (19)
2nd Place:
Alderamin of the Sky (16)
Honorable Mentions:
Tales of Zestiria the X (7)
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance (6)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (6)
Amanchu! (2)
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Berserk (2016)
Best Comedy
1st Place:
This Art Club Has a Problem (18)
2nd Place:
New Game (12)
Honorable Mentions:
Handa-kun (9)
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (8)
Mob Psycho 100 (6)
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate (4)
Mahou Shoujo Naria Girls (2)
Momokuri
Cute High Earth Defense Club
Re:Zero
The High School Life of a Fudanshi
Love Live Sunshine!
Kyoukai no Rinne 2
Best Drama
1st Place:
91 Days (25)
2nd Place:
Orange (14)
Honorable Mentions:
ReLIFE (9)
ReZero (8)
Love Live Sunshine! (2)
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Ace Attorney
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate
Qualidea Code
Sweetness and Lightning
Best Supernatural
1st Place:
Mob Psycho 100 (29)
2nd Place:
The Morose Mononokean (15)
Honorable Mentions
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (5)
Re:Zero (4)
Kyoukai no Rinne 2 (2)
Twin Star Exorcists (2)
Tales of Zestiria the X (2)
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan
Servamp
Qualidea Code
Hitori no Shita: The Outcast
Best Fantasy
1st Place:
ReZero (33)
2nd Place:
Tales of Zestiria the X (10)
Honorable Mentions:
Fate Kaleid Line Prisma Illya 3rei (6)
Thunderbolt Fantasy (5)
Berserk (2016)
The Ancient Magus Bride
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate
Rewrite
Best Mystery
1st Place:
91 Days (14)
2nd Place:
Re:Zero (10)
Honorable Mentions:
Danganronpa 3: Mirai-hen (9)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (5)
Ace Attorney (4)
Qualidea Code
Food Wars
Orange
D. Gray Man Hallow
Best Romance
Tied for 1st Place:
Momokuri (16)
Orange (16)
2nd Place:
ReLIFE (13)
Honorable Mentions:
Re:Zero (5)
Macross Delta
Cute High Earth Defense Club
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Berserk (2016)
Food Wars 2 : The Second Plate
Mob Psycho 100
Twin Star Exorcists
Best Science Fiction
1st Place:
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet (10)
2nd Place:
Kuromukuro (8)
Honorable Mentions:
Macross Delta (7)
Qualidea Code (7)
Time Travel Girl (4)
ReLIFE (3)
Mob Psycho 100 (3)
Orange (2)
Digimon Tri Adventure
Rewrite
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate
Alderamin of the Sky
Best Slice of Life
1st Place:
Sweetness and Lightning (23)
2nd Place:
New Game! (18)
Honorable Mentions:
Amanchu! (9)
ReLIFE (6)
Orange
The Ancient Magus Bride
Alderamin of the Sky
Handa-kun
Battery
Re:Zero
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate
This Art Club Has a Problem
Mob Psycho 100
Best Short Series
1st Place:
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (17)
2nd Place:
Re:Zero Petit (11)
Honorable Mentions:
The High School Life of a Fudanshi (9)
Bananya (6)
Onora Gorou
RWBY Chibi
Best Male Character
1st Place:
Yukihira Soma (18) (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate)
2nd Place:
Natsuki Subaru (14) (Re:Zero)
Honorable Mentions:
Ikta Sorlork (6) (Alderamin of the Sky)
Shigeo Kageyama/Mob (4) (Mob Psycho 100)
Arata Kaizaki (3) (ReLIFE)
Shang Bu Huan (3) (Thunderbolt Fantasy)
Angelo Lagusa/ Avilio Bruno (3) (91 Days)
Handa Sei (2) (Handa-kun)
Sorey (Tales of Zestiria the X)
Guts (Berserk)
Kazuomi Ooga (ReLIFE)
Izuru Kamakura (Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc)
Takumi Harada (Battery)
Arslan (Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance)
Hayate Immelman (Macross Delta)
Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100)
Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc)
Saiki Kusuo (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan)
Best Female Character
1st Place:
Rem (Re:Zero) (22)
2nd Place:
Hikari “Pikari” Kohinata (Amanchu) (7)
Honorable Mentions:
Aoba Suzukaze (New Game!) (6)
Yatorishino Yatori (Alderamin of the Sky) (5)
Nanami Chiaki (Danganronpa 3: Mirai-hen) (4)
Yuki Kurihara (Momokuri) (2)
Hatori Chise (The Ancient Magus Bride)
You Watanabe (Love Live Sunshine!)
Yagami Kou (New Game)
Alisha Diphda (Tales of Zestiria the X)
Miyoko Kinjou (Handa-kun)
Kanan Matsura (Love Live Sunshine)
Kotori Iida (Sweetness and Lightning)
Satella (Re:Zero)
Illyasviel von Einzbern (Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 3rei)
Mikumo Guyneymer (Macross Delta)
Hifumi Takimoto (New Game)
Dia Kurosawa (Love Live Sunshine)
Freyja Wion (Macross Delta)
Maihime Tenkawa (Qualidea Code)
Best Supporting Male
1st Place:
Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100) (21)
2nd Place:
Suwa Hiroto (Orange) (13)
Honorable Mentions:
Wilhelm van Astrea (Re:Zero) (7)
Kasumi Chigusa (Qualidea Code) (3)
Felix Argyle (Re:Zero) (3)
Kazama Jin (Days) (2)
Hayama Akira (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate) (2)
Kojiro Shinomiya (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate)
Puck (Re:Zero)
Mikleo (Tales of Zestira the X)
Joseph Joestar (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc)
Mizugaki Shunji (Battery)
Uchimaki Subaru (This Art Club Has a Problem)
Julius Euclius (Re:Zero)
Nero Vanetti (91 Days)
Juuzo Sakakura (Danganronpa 3)
Joutarou Kujo (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
Best Supporting Female
Tied for 1st Place:
Yagami Kou (New Game!) (6)
Rem (Re:Zero) (6)
2nd Place:
Crusch (Re:Zero) (5)
Honorable Mentions:
Hifumi Takimoto (New Game!) (3)
Onoya Ai (ReLIFE) (3)
Katori Mato (Amanchu!) (3)
Norika Mizuyama (Momokuri) (3)
Azusa Murasaka (Orange) (3)
Colette (This Art Club Has a Problem!) (3)
Lailah (Tales of Zestiria the X) (2)
Yoshiko “Yohane” Tsushima (Love Live Sunshine) (2)
Imari Maria (This Art Club Has a Problem) (2)
Teruhashi Kokomi (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan) (2)
Nene Sakura (New Game) (2)
Kotori Iida (Sweetness and Lightning) (2)
Megumi Tadokoro (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate) (2)
Road Camelot (D. Gray Man Hallow) (2)
Fujiwara Zenko (The Morose Mononokean)
Emilia (Re:Zero)
Ahagon Umio (New Game)
Beatrice (Re:Zero)
Chigusa Asuha (Qualidea Code)
You Watanabe (Love Live Sunshine)
Yatorishino Yatori (Alderamin of the Sky)
Fuu Houhou (Hitroi no Shita: The Outcast)
Leonara Nakiri (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate)
Yoshiko “Yohane” Tsushima (Love Live Sunshine) (2)
Imari Maria (This Art Club Has a Problem) (2)
Teruhashi Kokomi (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan) (2)
Nene Sakura (New Game) (2)
Kotori Iida (Sweetness and Lightning) (2)
Megumi Tadokoro (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate) (2)
Road Camelot (D. Gray Man Hallow) (2)
Fujiwara Zenko (The Morose Mononokean)
Emilia (Re:Zero)
Ahagon Umio (New Game)
Beatrice (Re:Zero)
Chigusa Asuha (Qualidea Code)
You Watanabe (Love Live Sunshine)
Yatorishino Yatori (Alderamin of the Sky)
Fuu Houhou (Hitroi no Shita: The Outcast)
Leonara Nakiri (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate)
Chizuru Hishiro (ReLIFE)
Best Non-Human
1st Place:
Puck (Re:Zero) (18)
2nd Place:
Fuzzy The Morose Mononokean (13)
Honorable Mentions:
Dimple (Mob Psycho 100) (7)
Bananya (Bananya) (2)
White Whale (Re:Zero) (2)
Patamon (Digimon Tri)
Ohime (Amanchu!)
Mimi Pearlbaton (Re:Zero)
Cha (Amanchu!)
Big Boss Scree (The Morose Mononokean)
Felix Argyle (Re:Zero)
Mononokean (The Morose Mononokean)
Wombat (Cute High Earth Defense Club)
Ruby (Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 3rei)
Shiitake (Love Live Sunshine)
Rokumon (Kyoukai no Rinne 2)
Azrael (Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance)
Beatrice (Re:Zero)
Best Antagonist/Villain
1st Place:
Betelguese Romanee Conti (Re:Zero) (28)
2nd Place:
Fango (91 Days) (8)
Honorable Mentions:
Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa 3) (4)
Yoshikage Kira (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable) (4)
Nero Vanetti (91 Days) (3)
Father Mozgus (Berserk) (2)
Saint Snow (Love Live Sunshine) (2)
Angelica (Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 3rei)
Aryabahata (Taboo Tattoo)
Mimasaka Subaru (Food Wars 2: The Second Plate)
Full Frontal (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn)
Japan/Anime
Monoka Towa (Danganronpa 3)
Most Adorable/Cutest Character
1st Place:
Tsumugi Inuzuka (Sweetness and Lightning) (22)
2nd Place:
Hifumi Takimoto (New Game) (9)
Honorable Mentions:
Rem (Re:Zero) (5)
Fuzzy (The Morose Mononokean) (3)
Moeka (This Art Club Has a Problem) (3)
Ruby Kurosawa (Love Live Sunshine) (3)
Aoba Suzukaze (New Game) (3)
Sheep Bee Thing (The Ancient Magus Bride)
Nene Sakura (New Game)
Yumeko Tachibana (This Art Club Has a Problem)
Edna (Tales of Zestiria the X)
Kagari (Rewrite)
Tsukushi Tuskamoto (Days)
Felis Argyle (Re:Zero)
Julius Euclius (Re: Zero)
Hanae Ashiya (The Morose Mononokean)
Hikari “Pikari” Kohinata (Amanchu)
Mimi Pearlbaton (Re:Zero)
Sae (Twin Star Exorcists)
Colette (This Art Club Has a Problem)
Best Character Designs
Tied for 1st Place:
New Game! (12)
Re:Zero (12)
2nd Place:
Tales of Zestiria the X (9)
Honorable Mentions:
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate (8)
Thunderbolt Fantasy (5)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2)
Mob Psycho 100 (2)
Orange (2)
Ange Vierge (2)
Sweetness and Lightning
Momokuri
91 Days
The Morse Mononokean
Love Live Sunshine
Amanchu!
Best Overall Cast
1st Place:
New Game (19)
2nd Place:
Re:Zero (14)
Honorable Mentions:
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate (6)
Love Live Sunshine (5)
This Art Club Has A Problem (2)
ReLIFE (2)
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (2)
The Morose Mononokean (2)
Days (2)
Momokuri (2)
Mob Psycho 100 (2)
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (2)
Amanchu!
Danganronpa 3
91 Days
Biggest Disappointment
1st Place:
Taboo Tatoo (18)
2nd Place:
Rewrite (10)
Honorable Mentions:
Berserk (2016) (9)
Orange (4)
Battery (2)
Love Live Sunshine (2)
Amanchu (2)
Twin Star Exorcists (2)
Re:Zero
91 Days
Sweetness and Lightning
The Morose Mononokean
Subaru Didn’t Die Enough
Qualidea Code
Regalia: The Threee Sacred Stars
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Biggest Surprise
1st Place:
Alderamin of the Sky (10)
Tied for 2nd Place:
This Art Club Has a Problem (9)
New Game (9)
Honorable Mentions:
Amanchu! (5)
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (5)
ReLIFE (5)
Mob Psycho 100 (4)
Thunderbolt Fantasy (3)
The Morose Mononokean (2)
Naruto: Shippuden (2)
Sweetness and Lightning (2)
Love Live Sunshine
Arslan Senki: Dust Storm Dance
Cheer Danshi
Best of Summer 2016
1st Place:
Re:Zero: Starting Life in Another World (23)
2nd Place:
Mob Psycho 100 (11)
Honorable Mentions:
New Game! (9)
Love Live Sunshine (4)
ReLIFE (2)
91 Days (2)
Danganronpa 3: Mirai-hen (2)
Alderamin of the Sky (2)
Food Wars 2: The Second Plate (2)
Sweetness and Lightning (2)
Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan (2)
Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc
Thunderbolt Fantasy
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
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