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We go through all our favorites of the year from 2020 Western TV animation after giving all of our thoughts on the recent Adventure Time Obsidian special, the premiere episodes of Onyx Equinox, Season 1 of the Animaniacs reboot, and Season 3 of Craig of the Creek.
Hosts this week: Dylan Hysen, Michelle Anderer, & April Collins.
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The results are in for our 2018 OVA-ies TV Animation Awards! After 11,700 votes cast (!) and deliberations from our expert panels, the winners in five categories have been determined. Listen to the attached podcast to hear us announce the winners and analyze the results.
Steven Universe was the big winner of the night, sweeping the two biggest categories: Best Show and Best Episode. Miraculous Ladybug won best main character for Marinette and Voltron: Legendary Defender won supporting character for Lotor while also having high voting turnout. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power won best new show while also being competitive in the other categories.
How the results were calculated: an average ranking was determined by averaging the placement in the Open Vote and what the Expert Panel ranked the order of the nominees. The specific percentage in the Open Vote did not factor in, only what place it finished (1st, 2nd, etc.) in the category’s vote. The Expert Panels were made up of people in our internal community who watch each show nominated in the specific category, and was factored into the final result to mitigate the popularity contest element.
Winner: Steven Universe
Show Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: Steven Universe 1.5 2 (29%) 1 2nd: Voltron: Legendary Defender 2 1 (34%) 3 T-3rd: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 3.5 3 (23%) 4 T-3rd: BoJack Horseman 3.5 5 (6.7%) 2 5th: RWBY 5 4 (6.8%) 6 6th: Mysticons 5.5 6 (1%) 5Winner: “A Single Pale Rose”, Steven Universe
Episode Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: “A Single Pale Rose”, Steven Universe 1.5 2 (23%) 1 T-2nd: “Come Along With Me”, Adventure Time 3 3 (16%) 3 T-2nd: “The Black Paladins”, Voltron: Legendary Defender 3 1 (41%) 5 4th: “Free Churro”, BoJack Horseman 3.5 5 (3%) 2 5th: “Promise”, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 4 4 (15%) 4 6th: “The Princess and the Pirate”, Mysticons 6 6 (1%) 6Winner: Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous Ladybug
Character Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous Ladybug 1.5 1 (28.4%) 2 T-2nd: Pearl, Steven Universe 3.5 3 (26%) 4 T-2nd: Catra, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 3.5 2 (28.3%) 5 T-2nd: Zarya Moonwolf, Mysticons 3.5 6 (1%) 1 5th: BoJack Horseman, BoJack Horseman 4 5 (8%) 3 6th: Star Butterfly, Star vs. the Forces of Evil 5 4 (9%) 6
Winner: Lotor, Voltron: Legendary Defender
Character Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: Lotor, Voltron: Legendary Defender 1 1 (43%) 1 2nd: Lapis, Steven Universe 3 2 (20%) 4 T-3rd: Hawk Moth, Miraculous Ladybug 3.5 4 (12%) 3 T-3rd: Eclipsa, Star vs. the Forces of Evil 3.5 5 (11%) 2 5th: Scorpia, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 4 3 (14%) 5 6th: Kitty Boon, Mysticons 6 6 (1%) 6Winner: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Show Average Rank Open Vote Expert Panel 1st: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 2 1 (40%) 3 2nd: Bloom Into You 3 5 (5%) 1 T-3rd: Craig of the Creek 4 6 (5%) 2 T-3rd: Final Space 4 4 (6%) 4 T-3rd: Hilda 4 3 (13%) 5 T-3rd: The Dragon Prince 4 2 (31%) 6Dylan Hysen, Delaney Stovall, Sam Quattro, & Michelle Anderer look back on the ups and downs of portrays of queer characters and romance in 2018 animation, including Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Voltron: Legendary Defender, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Mysticons, BoJack Horseman, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, Craig of the Creek, Super Drags, Miraculous Ladybug, RWBY, Big Mouth, Summer Camp Island, Bloom Into You, & Zombie Land Saga.
Here are the nominees for the 2017 OVA-ies Awards, celebrating the best in television animation from the year. Vote for your favorites in 5 categories. Winners are chosen 50% by an open vote, 50% from internal “expert” committees. Nominees were chosen internally by our patrons, co-hosts, hosts, and writers, and you can see the nominations below! Winners will be revealed in a podcast towards the end of December.
BoJack Horseman, Rick and Morty, Steven Universe, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, and Voltron: Legendary Defender lead with 4 nominations each.
Voting closes at noon on Friday December 22nd. Google sign-in is required for voting. Voting is anonymous, the sign-in is just required to restrict voting to 1 per person.
Check out the nominations announcement:
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