Best Game Okami Stylish, fun and unique, Clover Studios tweaked  the succesful Zelda formula giving the game a revolutionary appearance. Great story, characters and music, Playstation 2 owners shouldn't miss this game.
	Best Anime Top wo Nerae 2! Spectacular, dramatic, with unexpected story twists, the second and last year of the OVA series shows that Gainax still understands why we like anime. Daring and experimental for moments, a breath of fresh air in an age filled with lots of anime series that look the same.
	Best Comic Book X-Factor While the art in the series had problems, with too many different artists, and not all too good, the excellent writing of Peter David overcame all of them. Excellent character development, takes on big sagas like Decimation and Civil War that actually make sense, and a very well done noir style, make it one of the best series coming out these days, and a pleasant surprise.
	Best Artist Kozue Amano Her extremely cute and ellegant artwork improves with each new volume of Aria, with beautiful characters and splendid backgrounds. While her three artbooks are nice, I consider her black and white art on the manga to be the best of hers.
	Best Heroine Masane Amaha (Witchblade) Strangely, considering the regular anime characters, the japanese take on Witchblade stars an older (by anime standards) woman, and not only that, but a mother too. Add a quite fun personality, an amusing relationship with her daughter and an extremely fanservicey transformation,  and she's an obvious choice.
	Best Villainess Diva (Blood+) Insane, childish and spoiled, she manages to fit the villain role quite well. Even when she did evil and disturbing things during the series, she manages to remain amusing, and even cute . One of the best things in a somewhat flawed series.
	Best Meganekko Ms. Longueville (Zero no Tsukaima) Even with her middle series change that I won't spoil, she kept being an interesting character, and a great meganekko.
	Best Mecha Aegis (Persona 3) Unsurprisingly the robot girl from Persona 3 became an instant hit among fans, and is getting more focus on the upcoming Persona 3 FES.
	Best News Both Super Robot Wars Original Generations released in the US. Out of nowhere, Atlus of America announced the release of many excellent, must-have japanese GBA games, including the Original Generations games, and made a great work with the localization.

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