1 The Test of Time Award ~~ Shovel Knight ~~ Digimon Adventure . Although my path began with Dragonball , Pokemon and Heidi , it was Digimon Adventure that made me think grander . A rather action heavy anime with a bigger story and an even bigger heart . I rewatched it recently and it held up very well . Though my nostalgia stabs me in the stomach when I try to watch Digimon in another language than german . 2 The I ' m Not Crying , There ' s Something In My Eye Award ~~ Clannad ~~ I have yet to cry for anime , but there anime that hit me like Truckkun . Clannad After Story , 5 Centimeters per Second , Saikano and Grave of the Fireflies were amazing internal tear jerkers . But I nominate Furiko for it . Especially the version with PendulumtJBt 2 V 5 QE is an amazing compressed heart wrench . 3 The Just Another Episode Award ~~ Europa Universalis IV ~~ Ah Gintama , where is my time . I thought it was difficult to jump into the massive episode count . But in reality I was blitzed through it , read the manga and am now sadly waiting week to week for new material . Curses ! 4 The Whoooaaaaaaa , dude ! Award ~~ Call of Juarez Gunslinger ~~ The Monogatari Series keeps blowing my mind with how much was foreshadowed or downright said in previous instalments about events of future instalments . Though I want to honourably mention Flip Flappers for being amazing and Gurren Lagann for pulling through with it ' s theme . 5 The Villain Most In Need Of A Hug Award ~~ Valkyria Chronicles ~~ Hunter x Hunter . Ant Arc . You know the one . But honourable mention to the Nanoha series where everyone needs a hug after getting white devil ' d . 6 The I Thought This Anime Was Cool Before It Won An Award Award ~~ Banished ~~ I was already watching and loving Shinsekai Yori before it exploded as sleeper hit and developed into a very popular series . Well then again , I was watching a lot of series before they got big , since I am just watching a lot of crap in general . 7 The Best Use Of A Farm Animal Award ~~ 100 % Orange Juice ~~ I take the vanilla approach to this question and say Silver Spoon , a pretty good anime about farm work and agricultural school . It ' s not some hit crusher , but it has no real flaw and manages to fully entertain and teach . 8 The ~~ Game Within A Game ~~ Award ~~ Cross Code ~~ I just loved the first Handakun episode where Handakun was in Handakun within Handakun made my diomedea made by diomedea . 9 The Custom Award ~~ Anime Megadimension Neptunia VII ~~ Diverse Fetish Mecha Basketball Idol Freedom Fighters sponsored by Nike Basquash !