Nipponmedia.net is proud to present its 2009 anime awards.
Many of the forum members have always thought it would be nice to do some kind of award or questionnaire for our favorite shows.
Finally V4sh took the initiative to compile together a series of questions to make our first NM awards.
This are the results of our own nipponmedia.net community questions and answers. Many nominees, but a few only selected as winners.
Remember you may not agree with some of this results, but this are just the winners by getting the most votes from our members.
Now I leave you with our anime awards.

-Best show of the year
Eden of the East

-Worst show of the year
K-On!

-Most surprising show of the year
Saki

-Most disappointing show of the year
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2

-Best OP of the year
Fripside – Only my Railgun (To aru kagaku no Railgun OP1)
Yui – Again (FMA OP1)

-Best ED of the year
School Food Punishment – Futuristic Imagination (Eden of the East)

-Best OST of the year
Darker than Black Ryuusei no Gemini

-Best single moment
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Mustang vs Lust Battle

-The Kamina award for outstanding achievement in the field of EPIC
Saki

-Best comedy
Nyan Koi!

-Best action
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

-Best romance
Kimi ni Todoke

-Best mecha
Rideback

-Best sports anime
Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger

-Best scifi
Needless

-Best fantasy
Spice & Wolf II

-Best long running anime
One Piece (This turned out to be the most one sided category of the entire awards. One Piece simply dominated it)

-Award for generic high school anime
Sora no manimani

-”Special” achievement award
Eden of the East

-Most convoluted theme of the year
Canaan

-Best animation
Eden of the East

-Most under-rated anime
Eden of the East

-Most over-rated anime
K-On!

-Best male character
Hei (Darker than Black Ryuusei no Gemini)

-Best female character
Horo

-The “…because thats how physics works…” award
Needless

-Most irritating character
Osugi Satoshi (Eden of the East)

-Best voice actor
Keiji Fujiwara

-Best voice actress
Haruka Tomatsu

-OVA of the year
Hellsing

-Feature length anime of the year
Neon Genesis Evengelion

-Jake’s award for most ecchi anime
Needless

-MOE MOE KYUN! award
K-On!

-Most awesome character not on the main cast
Taxi Driver (Canaan)

-Strike Witches award for most tactical deployment of pantsu
Needless

Clearly the big winner of 2009 is Eden Of The East.

These are the results. Personally I want to thank the NM community, The mods, V4sh and everyone who made this possible and make the website possible.
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Join us today @ nipponmedia.net

Tsukihime (月姫, lit. Lunar Princess) is a japanese visual novel. One with an extreme large fan base. It was created by Type-Moon. Its an erogame, meaning it has sexual content in it. Is a romantic/mystery/thriller kind of visual novel. The truth is that I’ve just played around 2 hours of the visual novel.

This review is for the Tsukihime ANIME.
This is a long article so Click More to see the full review.

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[2009.11.18] Nyan Koi! Insert Song Single – Neko Neko Ondo [Various Artists]

Neko Neko Ondo, performed by Sakakibara Yui, Imai Asami, & Fukui Yukari, is an insert single from the anime series Nyan Koi!

Tracklist:
1. Neko Neko Ondo
2. Nekoyon Jatta
3. Beni Jinkyou Michi
4. Neko Neko Ondo -off vocal-
5. Nekoyon Jatta -off vocal-
6. Beni Jinkyou Michi -off vocal-

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Here @ nipponmedia.net we love our FMA Brotherhood! Here is a quick list of 15 reasons of why you should watch FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

1. Follows the Manga and Original Story
2. No need to deal with Slow paced episodes and fillers.
3. Crisp Animation (bones duh)
4. Amazing Soundtrack
5. More focus in Ed and Al and their brotherhood.
6. Fresh and Exciting.
7. Great humor (better than first FMA humor too).
8. Even greater Drama than previous series.
9. Emotions are better expressed and more complete.

10.  More Wendy!

11.  More characters and developing!

12.  A more complete and developed story.

13.  More good guys!

14.  More bad guys!

15.  Beats previous series in every way! FMA Brotherhood is a way deeper story than previous fma series.

If this is not enough for you please CLICK HERE and go to our famous FMA:B Thread and you will find plenty of more reasons!

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dj722 give us his review:

Euereka 7 – Pocket Full of Sunshine OVA

Okay, so it’s been awhile since I posted a review since I’ve been busy. So this is going to be a quick “cliff notes” version. Lol. I might post a more full blown one on the main page of the forums later.

First off, the you either love E7, or hate it. There’s been plenty of debate on why it was good/bad, but I won’t go into that given that this is supposed to be a non-biased review. Lol.

Storyline: If you think that this is a continuation of the original E7 series, you’ll be dissappointed. When E7 ended, there were fans who were upset that it ended the way it did, which is understandable, so many thought that there was going to be an OVA to tie things up. Unfortunately, it’s not the case with this OVA. Instead, the movie is a re-telling of the entire series from an “alternative universe” kind of standpoint. Meaning, same characters, same voice actors, completely different storyline. The actual core plot is somewhat similar though, aliens attacking the earth, earth defending itself, and the love story between a boy and an alien girl.

So what’s the difference? For starters, the movie skips over things like what trappar is, what the LFO really is, where the Gekkostate came from…etc. Renton is already aboard the Gekko-go, but instead of a civilian he actually enlists in the army. Also, the story has a different telling of why Holland and the others are rebelling against the army, and where Eureka came from. Nirvash is there, but he takes on a completely different form and starts off looking something like Mokona from Tsubasa Chronicles(the girls will love it).

So in a nutshell, here are my thoughts. The animation itself is still top quality, as is expected of Studio Bones. While it’s an interesting “revision” of the story, I was annoyed by the fact that there was a lot of focus on Eureka and Renton and their undying love. Don’t get me wrong, it’s cute. But those who hate E7 will agree that Renton can be a little annoying and super emo all the time. The actions scenes were really well played. There are some slight changes to the LFO’s, more notably Hollands. Instead of flying the original LFO we see in the original, he’s actually piloting something like THEND instead. As for the ending..hmm..I’m 50/50 on this. I have to admit that it was much better than original ending, but I was still left with the “ftw…where did that come from and what the hell just happend” reaction.

Aside from Renton’s crying, I have to say that the movie wasn’t too bad, and was enjoyable. Just don’t expect any closure from the original anime. I can’t really go into much detail about the changes since it might spoil most of the movie (I think that the purpose of the OVA was to retell the story…kinda like an alternative ending on a DVD). Hardcore E7 fans will enjoy it to see all the characters again from another point of view. There’s also one thing to look forward to in a fight scene on the gekko -go….and as much as I want to say it, you’ll have to watch (unless you really wanna know, then PM me). If you’re just looking for something to watch, look for something else. The subbed version was difficult to find since the anime is licensed.

dj’s score: 6.5/10

Tell us what you think of Eureka 7 and anything J-related in our forums!

Thanks to Phoenixburning3 for this! Be sure to thank him too!

For more info of what Saki (咲) is please *CLICK HERE* to read our review of the anime series.

OST Stand for Original Soundtrack

Tracklist:
1. Tokimeki no Toki
2. Majanbu de no Hitotoki
3. Koukou Seikatsu -Seichou-
4. Nagoyakana Nichijou
5. Maid Kissa
6. Dotabata
7. introduction
8. Saki – Gakkou
9. Natsukashii Kimochi
10. Wa – Yuutousei
11. Ano Toki no Kimochi
12. Tacos Cota
13. Yuuki -Dajiee-
14. Ano Toki wa…
15. Tsutsumi Komarete
16. Yoi Ko to Issho
17. Ojou-sama Toiu Mono wa
18. Omoiyari to Yasashisa
19. Kussetsu Shita Omoi
20. Koerare nai Kabe
21. Kuyashisa
22. Shiai Mae
23. Da
24. Te no Uchi
25. Sassou to
26. Kousei
27. Shinkaku
28. Attouteki na Chikara wo Mokuzen Toshite
29. Kami no Ryouiki
30. Kami ka Akuma ka
31. Kono Itte de
32. Shouri he -Ketsui-
33. Heroic Star
34. Tatakai no Nochi ni wa…
35. Kazoku no Omoide
36. Chotto Mae Made wa
37. Futari no Yakusoku
38. Glossy:MMM (Arrange ver.)

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