Tokusatsu Best of 2012
 

Did this last year and had fun with it, so let's set this up again. This thread is for everyone to look back at the shows and movies of 2012 and discuss what stood out for them as being the most impressive for you.

A couple quick notes:

Personally, for 2012 series I'm counting anything that aired a new episode this year: Gokaiger, Fourze, Garo MaikaiSenki, Gobusters, Akibaranger, Wizard, Power Rangers Super Samurai, and anything else that I don't remember or know about.

For movies I'm counting anything that came out this year (all the Gokaiger films, Superhero Taisen, etc.) as well as anything that came out last year but wasn't available as a dvd/fansub until this year (Movie Wars Mega Max, OOO Wonderful, etc.). If you want to include stuff like Ultimatum or Gavan that hasn't been available for viewing outside of Japan yet, go ahead.


Best New Show of 2012

Best New-to-You Show of 2012 (aka, what older series did you watch for the first time and absolutely fall in love with?)

Best Rewatch of 2012 (for those who rewatched one or more shows they'd already seen before)

Best Movie of 2012

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax

Best Male Lead Character

Best Female Lead Character

Best Male Supporting Character

Best Female Supporting Character

Best Actor

Best Actress

And, to try and separate the last six from "zomg, ______ is soooo hot:"

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012

Best Villain

Best Returning Character (Gokaiger cameo, Rider movie appearance, cast of Garo, etc.)

Best Suit Actor

Best Writer

Best Director

Best Producer

Best Visual Designer

And some more miscellaneous categories:

Best Hero Suit Design

Best Monster Suit Design

Best Weapon

Best Vehicle/Mecha

Best Fight Scene

Best Dramatic Scene

Best Song

Best Piece of Merchandise

Biggest Surprise

And, because not everything in 2012 was sunshine, rainbows, and foodroids:

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu

So, let me know what you guys think, I'm curious to read the results. I have my own picks, of course, but I'll post them later to avoid cluttering this post.

Best New Show of 2012 - Kamen Rider Wizard

Best New-to-You Show of 2012 - Tensou Sentai Goseiger

Best Rewatch of 2012 - Tensou Sentai Goseiger

Best Movie of 2012 - Hero Taisen 199 (Gosei v Gokai)

Best Male Lead Character - Gosei Knight

Best Female Lead Character - Moune

Best Male Supporting Character - Doc

Best Female Supporting Character - Ahim

Best Actor - Sota Fukushi

Best Actress - Mikiho Niwa

Biggest Toku Crush of 2011 - Moune

Best Villain - Brajira!

Best Returning Character - Jet Condor

Best Hero Suit Design - Kamen Rider Wizard

Best Monster Suit Design - Leo Zodiart

Best Weapon - Leon Sword/Lazor

Best Vehicle/Mecha - Groundion

Best Fight Scene - Decade v Gokai Red

Biggest Surprise - How much Taisen sucked.

Single Worst Thing in 2011 Tokusatsu - DiEnd at the end of Taisen. W T F.

Best New Show of 2012: Because my options are limited, it's gonna have to be Kamen Rider Wizard. However, I'm sticking with it (Unlike Gobuster), because I want it to be good, and it's slowly getting there...

Best New-to-You Show of 2012 (aka, what older series did you watch for the first time and absolutely fall in love with?): This is really, really difficult. While Geki wasn't new to me, I only just now finished it this year, but then there's Kamen Rider Blade, which was just amazing too.
However, at the end of the day, I'll give it to Juken Sentai Gekiranger. It had a lovable cast, the best villains I've ever seen, a great story, and most importantly, it taught me that Sentai wasn't all style over substance.

Best Rewatch of 2012 (for those who rewatched one or more shows they'd already seen before): Surprisingly, Power Rangers Dino Thunder, during Nick's marathon of it. I had forgotten how well written the Trent story arc was, despite minor flubs here and there. The cheezy dialogue, while still rough, wasn't as bad as trying to watch, say, MMPR or Ninja Storm again.

Best Movie of 2012: Easy. Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Movie War Mega Max. Loved revisiting OOO. Loved seeing Ankh again. Loved the new guy and his very Imagin esque personality when controlled by the Future Medals. Loved the Legendary Seven showing up. I still think Gentarou's shallow (And entirely physical) attraction to Nadeshiko was horrible, but whatever. Him meeting up with Shotaro was hilarious. The climax wasn't good, but it wasn't bad enough to bring the rest of the movie down with it.

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax: Umm...I'll give it to Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie. While I loathe Gokaiger, that doesn't mean it's terrible. It's series was disappointing, but the movies they put out tend to be rather enjoyable. Vs Gavan introduced me to a cool character, had great action scenes, and Kenji Ohba is quickly becoming one of my favorite Toku stars.

Best Male Lead Character: Of 2012? Eiji in Mega Max. There's just too much to love (Yes, I know I'm biased because I'm an OOO nut and Eiji fanboy).

Best Female Lead Character: I almost put Rinko here, but then I realized she's a horrible female lead. I'm gonna put Hina, in Super Hero Taisen. It was as if they written in Natsumi, but couldn't get her actress, so Hina was used instead. And it was good.

Best Male Supporting Character: Ankh, in Mega Max. Never explaining where he came from or how he came back, and just slid right back into the groove of things. Love it.

Best Female Supporting Character: Koyumi, because she's gonna die. And I will laugh.

Best Actor: Sota Fukushi, Gentarou's actor. I love the energy and spirit he puts into his character. The constant smile and cheeriness clinches it.

Best Actress: Yuko Takayama, Rinko's actor. While the character herself isn't anything special, she's trying damn it. She revels in the silliness of the character and she's just a joy to watch, even if the character is pointlessly shallow.

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012: I don't think I had one for 2012...

Best Villain: Diend in Super Hero Taisen.
...Just kidding :lol It's actually Long, from Super Hero Taisen. I know he was just a lackey and nothing more in that movie, but I'm gauging past actions too, and he should've seriously been wrecking everyone's shit single handedly, instead of being Marvelous's bitch.

Best Returning Character (Gokaiger cameo, Rider movie appearance, cast of Garo, etc.): The Goseigers making cameos. While I wanted to say the Gekirangers, they were just phantoms in recent movies, while the Goseigers at least had some character to them.

Best Suit Actor: Unfortunately, I don't know suit actors, and none of them stand out to me. Next question.

Best Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa, writer of Vs. Gavan.

Best Director: I have no clue who, but whoever was director on Gen's death in Fourze.

Best Producer: What does a producer do on a technical standpoint to warrant a "Best"?

Best Visual Designer: The Visual designer on Wizard! If there's anything I can say about Wizard, it's that the enemy monster designs are great.

And some more miscellaneous categories:

Best Hero Suit Design: Honestly, Gobuters. I love those suits. Shame about the show, though.

Best Monster Suit Design: Gavan Bootleg

Best Weapon: I really loved Poseidon's Spear in Mega Max.

Best Vehicle/Mecha: The WizarDragon, hands down.

Best Fight Scene: This one is tough. So many of Fouze's fights at the end were awesome, but then there was just so much cool stuff to see in the movies, too. Toss up between Meteor Vs. Leo and Fourze Vs. Sagittarius

Best Dramatic Scene: Gen's death, Tachibana pulling the plug on Meteor's powers. Loved that scene.

Best Song: Super Hero Getter ~ Now and Forever Ver.

Best Piece of Merchandise: SHF Fourze Base States

Biggest Surprise: Fourze's ending not sucking.

And, because not everything in 2012 was sunshine, rainbows, and foodroids:

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen.
It's a title of LIES! It was Decade vs. Super Sentai and GokaiRed vs. Kamen Rider.

Sentai, how are Doc and Ahim supporting characters if Moune and Gosei Knight are lead? :lol (Matrixbeast don't answer this :p)

Best New Show of 2012: Akibaranger
Best New-to-You Show of 2012: Garo
Best Rewatch of 2012: Power Rangers Zeo
Best Movie of 2012: Megamax (199 Heroes came out subbed last year so I'm not counting it)
Best Male Lead Character: Nobou Akagi/Akiba Red
Best Female Lead Character: Mitsuki Aoyagi/Akiba Blue
Best Male Supporting Character: Shun
Best Female Supporting Character: Hakase
Best Actor: Sota Fukushi
Best Actress: Kyoko Hinami
Biggest Toku Crush of 2012: Kyoko Hinami
Best Villain: Enter
Best Returning Character: Tsukasa's Hair
Best Hero Suit Design: All three Akibarangers
Best Monster Suit Design: Messiah (first version)
Best Weapon: Barizun Sword
Best Vehicle/Mecha: Go-Buster Ace
Best Fight Scene: Mecha-wise: Go-Busters episode 44, suit-wise I'm undecided
Best Dramatic Scene: The Fourze Finale
Best Song: Machine Itasha
Best Piece of Merchandise: Figuarts Akiba Red
Biggest Surprise: Go-Busters getting MUCH better
Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu: The lack of screen time for the Samurai Shogun Mode

I wish I could answer more on the production side of things.

EDIT: For the record, I didn't count shows that I started last year. Otherwise, almost all of my answers would be the same as last year.

Best New Show of 2012
There's really not been that many interesting shows that started this year, so I'm just going with a tie between Wizard and Gobusters.

Best New-to-You Show of 2012
Agito. I've already talked enough about this. Best Kamen Rider ever made.

Best Rewatch of 2012
RPM. Even better than I remembered.

Best Movie of 2012
Gokaiger vs Gavan. It wasn't subbed until this year, so I'm counting it.

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax
Still Gokaiger vs Gavan, but only barely.

Best Male Lead Character
Beet J Stag. The J is for Juicy.

...Wait, do Buddyroids have genders?

Best Female Lead Character
N/A unless Gokaiger counts.

Best Male Supporting Character
N/A unless Gokaiger counts.

Best Female Supporting Character
N/A unless Gokaiger counts.

Best Actor
Enter.

Best Actress
N/A unless Gokaiger counts.

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012
Unless Gokaiger counts, Nao Nagasawa. Had to change that after Switchblade reminded me Daimajin Kanon existed. :p

Best Villain
Enter.

Best Returning Character
I guess Gai, just because he gave me one of the few funny moments in that piece of crap called SuperHero Taisen.

Best Suit Actor
Whoever is in J's suit.

Best Writer Best Producer Best Visual Designer
Hell if I know any of their name.

Best Director
Koichi Sakamoto. Yes, I know someone's name. Why? Because he's just that good.

Best Hero Suit Design
I assume this is new designs, so Wizard's 4 base forms.

Best Monster Suit Design
Esaseroid is the first thing to come to mind.

Best Weapon
The daggers the Gobusters use, I guess. There's not a lot in ways of weapons.

Best Vehicle/Mecha
Ace, and Toei is aware of it's awesomeness.

Best Fight Scene
There's no way I can't say the last episode of Gokaiger here.

Best Dramatic Scene
Most of the drama was to cheesy this year. With more time, I could probably find something from Garo, but it never quite topped the first series in terms of drama.

Best Song
"Waga Na wa Garo" aka Garo Makai Senki's 2nd intro.

Best Piece of Merchandise
You'll get my answer to that later.

Biggest Surprise
I guess the reveal of a 3rd Garo series.

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu
Akibaranger!

...I'm kidding (kind of). SuperHero Taisen is garbage and by far the worst thing of the year.

Best Dramatic Scene: Matrix sparked my memory about Fourze. And it's more than just that scene. Those whole two episodes where Ryuusei has to decide to betray his new friends to save an old one, Gentaro's death, the coming of Cosmic States. And the final two episodes. So much. And the episodes with Gemini, those too.. So alot of Fourze goes in this catagory.

And Zeo: Because I am Sentai and I say so :lol

Okay, so here are mine.

Best New Show of 2012: Garo Makai Senki. It was new Garo, of course it takes first place.

Best New-to-You Show of 2012: This is probably the hardest one for me since I've seen a lot of great older shows this year: Jetman, Dairanger, Dekaranger, Kamen Rider X, Hero Yoshihiko, etc. But in the end I have to go with Daimajin Kanon, which just won me over completely from start to finish.

Best Rewatch of 2012: Don't really have one. The only show I rewatched this year was Decade and I didn't finish it past the Hibiki arc.

Best Movie of 2012: MegaMax, no contest. It probably wasn't 100% perfect, but it's about as close to that as one could possibly get.

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax: 199 Heroes. Even with the drag factor of the Goseigers it was a really fun movie and it was great seeing some of the older actors hanging out together - the bits with Oume, Ryou, and Umeko were some of my favorite parts of the whole thing.

Best Male Lead Character: This is another tough one. I'm split between Captain Marvelous and Kouga. I think I'll go with Kouga on this one just because he finally manned up and kissed Kaoru this year and it was about goddamn time.

Best Female Lead Character: Misaki Kanon from Daimajin Kanon. She started off as soul-crushingly introverted and depressed, but watching her gradually recover her real self over the course of the show was just a joy to watch.

Best Male Supporting Character: Melub from The Hero Yoshihiko and the Demon King's Castle. Watching him unveil the week's new spell was a highlight of every episode, not to mention that bit when they're fighting the archer and he's narrating what they're all watching happen. Hilarious.

Best Female Supporting Character: Again, there was a new Garo series this year. Kaoru may not have had as much to do this time, but I still love the character and was really happy to have her back.

Best Actor: There are a lot of good arguments out there for Sota Fukushi as Gentaro and I can't argue. The sheer range of emotions he had to represent and how great he was at them, he definitely gets the nod here.

Best Actress: Karin Ogino from Akibaranger. Her character was effing crazy, but she still managed to pull it off believably and, when needed, put some real emotional depth into it.

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012: I think Yuko Takayama is really pretty, but this year I have to give it to Nao Nagasawa. I know that's not a new discovery for most people, but this year it finally clicked for me.

Best Villain: There weren't a lot of strong villains this year, but even in a better year I think Enter would stand out as being really awesome.

Best Returning Character: Rei from Garo. In a big change from the first series he got to headline a lot of episodes in Makai Senki, pretty much elevating him to co-lead status. Several of those were among Makai Senki's most memorable episodes, too.

I don't know a lot about the production stuff, but:

Best Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa, favorite toku writer ever.

Best Director: Keita Amemiya

Best Producer: I don't remember his name, but the guy behind W, Fourze, and Mega Max - the one who handles all the Foundation X stories.

Best Visual Designer: Keita Amemiya

Best Hero Suit Design: Kamen Rider Wizard. Love that costume.

Best Monster Suit Design: Again, there was a Garo series this year.

Best Weapon: Going with the Gokai Saber/Gokai Pistol combo again.

Best Vehicle/Mecha: Go-Buster Ace, that thing is still really awesome.

Best Fight Scene: The entire order of the Makai Knights vs. Ganon and her demon minions. Holy crapballs, that was epic - even with the lame generic Knight CGI suits.

Best Dramatic Scene: The end of the training camp flashback in Makai Senki (I'm not 100% sure if that aired in 2011 or 2012, but I'm still picking it). I will not even begin to spoil it, but daaaaaamn.

Best Song: Sing Your Heart Out, the fantastic opening theme to Daimajin Kanon.

Best Piece of Merchandise: I didn't get much this year due to funding problems, but I'd probably go with the SIC Kiwami Tamashii Side Basshar anyway.

Biggest Surprise: Another Gokaiger movie? With Kamen Riders!? And Decade is back!?!? That sounds so awesome!! There's no way they can mess that up!

Single Worst Thing in 2011 Tokusatsu: Oh. :(

Gokaiger still aired in 2012 so it totally counts.

Then change 90% of my answers to "Refer to last year's choices" :lol

Oh, I'm going to have trouble with some of these.

Best New Show of 2012
Kamen Rider Fourze, hands down. One of my favorite superheroes in the first place, so his show has to win 2012 for me.

Best New-to-You Show of 2012 (aka, what older series did you watch for the first time and absolutely fall in love with?)
Tough choice between the first half of Kamen Rider Hibiki and Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger. I'll preemptively give it to Gekiranger, but that might just be because I finished it recently and it's sticking to me.

Best Rewatch of 2012 (for those who rewatched one or more shows they'd already seen before)
Fourze. Watched it again within a month from its final episode. Call me obsessive.

Best Movie of 2012
Didn't like any movies this year.

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax
Ibid.

Best Male Lead Character
Masato Jin, if he counts as a lead. Otherwise, Sakuta Ryuusei.

Best Female Lead Character
I'd go with Hina if she counts from Superhero Taisen or OOO Wonderful.

Best Male Supporting Character
LOVE WARRIOR DAIMONJI SHUN

Best Female Supporting Character
Ran Kurokei from Fourze.

Best Actor
Tie between Masato Wada and Sota Fukushi. That's some hardcore character dedication.

Best Actress
Karin Ogino. Again, great character dedication, for multiple personas.

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012
No, thanks.

Best Villain
If we can count stuff that's new to us, Kurojishi Riox100. Otherwise, the Virgo Zodiart.

Best Returning Character (Gokaiger cameo, Rider movie appearance, cast of Garo, etc.)
Hidari Shotaro in MegaMax.

Best Suit Actor
Whoever played Kamen Rider Meteor gets my recognition.

Best Writer
Kazuki Nakashima. That's feel-good writing if I've ever seen any.

Best Director
Best Producer
Best Visual Designer
Gotta skip these, not sure.

And some more miscellaneous categories:

Best Hero Suit Design
Shogun Mode from Power Rangers Super Samurai.

Best Monster Suit Design
Cygnus from Kamen Rider Fourze.

Best Weapon
Barizun Sword.

Best Vehicle/Mecha
I'll say Great Gobuster.

Best Fight Scene
Final battle scene from Fourze, right before the graduation ceremony. (The one where Gentaro does a traditional rider kick.)

Best Dramatic Scene
Hiromu convinces his sister that his fate is to be Red Buster.

Best Song
This one's really tough. I'll whittle it down to Fourze Henshin!, Beginning of Fate and Bounce Back.

Best Piece of Merchandise
SH Figuarts Fourze Base States.

Biggest Surprise
Wizard actually being palpable and not a bunch of grimdark fantasy guff.

And, because not everything in 2012 was sunshine, rainbows, and foodroids:

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu
Superhero Taisen.

http://i.imgur.com/f8lAc.gif
YES.

I thought we agreed that was actually Libra being a troll?

That's right! Thank you, KRX.

Then I'd like to change mine. Worst Thing from 2012: Akibaranger. Hated it, hated everything about it, hope it dies. But I also hope an american version comes here. So figure that one out.

Though why isn't the biggest surprise of 2012 me saying in public that G-12 was good, and I actually like Go-Busters? :lol

Because at this point we're all used to you liking crazy things.

Best New Show of 2012- Supernatural. Now, before you go to your keyboards with your fingers bathed in the rage of the nerd, allow me to explain. Tokusatsu, originally portmanteau for tokushu satsuei, is a a genre that deals with horror, science fiction, and/or fantasy with the live-action film-making and considerable usage of special effects. I find that Supernatural meets this definition. Furthermore, tokusatsu TV shows dealing with the hero(es) fighting the good fight usually follow this formula: Introduce the villain, introduce the hero, fight a monster every weak, slowly build up to a big, larger network of villains, defeat villains, interact with characters, etc. Supernatural has followed this formula (though you may have to read between the lines to find it). Supernatural ended its seventh season this year, as well as began its eighth. Therefore, I consider it to be the best of 2012. If your fingers are still bathed in the rage, I'll say that Kamen Rider Wizard is my favorite traditional tokusatsu show of this year.

Best New-to-You Show of 2012- Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. I LOVE Shinkenger. If you deny the fact that Shinkenger is awesome, know that I respect your opinion. If you say Power Rangers Samurai/Power Rangers Super Samurai is better, know that I will unleash upon you a rage with the fiery passion of a nonillion blue supergiants upon you. And you shall feel my vengeance, for I am Vengeance.

Best Rewatch of 2012- Kamen Rider W. Granted, it was only the first three episodes, but it was a great first three episodes.

Best Movie of 2012- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max.

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax- Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful the Movie: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals. I really didn't have much to go off of this year (although I might be able to make an argument for The Avengers).

Best Male Lead Character- Sakuta Ryuusei. If you have a problem with astro-disco Bruce Lees of space, you have a serious psychological issue you need to deal with.

Best Female Lead Character- Izumi Hina. Hang it, Eiji, would you just marry her? FOR REAL?!

Best Male Supporting Character- Secret Lantern DaiGoyou. Yes, while in the aspect of the sexes, DaiGoyou is nothing, he is male by gender.

Best Female Supporting Character- Lauren Shiba. Anyone who can make the Samurai saga decent is at least decent in my book.

Best Actor- Misha Collins. Granted, the character of Castiel requires me to find some serious String Theory-based loopholes in order to not feel religiously biased, but at least Misha at leasts makes you laugh both in front and behind the camera.

Best Actress- It's a tie between Kimberly Crossman and Takada Riho. Riho for playing Hina, and Kimberly for elevating Samurai.

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012- DOES NOT COMPUTE. PLEASE REMOVE THE COOKIE FROM THE DISC DRIVE.

Best Villain- Chimatsuri Doukoku. Oh, what Xandredd could have been.

Best Returning Character- Kamen Rider Double. Because they're Double, and Double is awesome.

Best Suit Actor- Yoshizawa Ryo. Because he wouldn't be astro-disco Bruce Lee of space without the guy that allowed him to fight like an astro-disco Bruce Lee of space.

Best Writer- Adam Glass. Why? Because the tooth fairy was murdered, that's why!

Best Director- Sakamoto Koichi. Because Double. Double, Double, Double, Double. Oh, and Mega Max.

Best Producer- Toei. They gave me Kamen Rider (and because I don't know any individual producers).

Best Visual Designer- Asamiya Kia. While it took me a while to get over the oddities of Fourze's designs, I did grow to love them.

Best Hero Suit Design- Kamen Rider Wizard Water Dragon.

Best Monster Suit Design- Wiseman.

Best Weapon- Barizun sword. Fourze-haters should shut up; Gentarou has a rocket sword.

Best Vehicle/Mecha- BC-04/Go-Buster Beet.

Best Fight Scene- Fourze and Meteor vs. Leo and Sagittarius.

Best Dramatic Scene- The destruction of the Rabbit Hatch.

Best Song- "Boost Up! Beet Buster!"/"Shooting Star."

Best Piece of Merchandise- :(

Biggest Surprise- Libra masquerading as DiEnd in an elaborate ploy to troll everyone.

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu- Power Rangers Super Samurai. Because, quite frankly, we don't need a sequel to the weakest season of Power Rangers.

Best New Show: Akibaranger
Best New to you Show: RyuKenDo
Best Movie: Gokaiger vs Gavan
Best Male Lead Character: Narukami Kenji
Best Female Lead Character: Mitsuki Aoyagi
Best Male Supporting Character: Kiichi Setoyama
Best Female Supporting Character: Hiroyo Hakase
Best Actor: Shogo Yamaguchi
Best Actress: Mina Fukui
Biggest Toku Crush: (actor or character?)
Best Villain: Daen
Best Returning Character: Narukami Kenji(Rescue Force movie)
Best Suit Actor: Yuichi Hachisuka
Best Hero Suit Design: Magna RyuGunO
Best Monster Suit Design: Danganloid 2
Best Weapon: GoRyuGun
Best Vehicle: Delta Shadow
Best Mecha: Buster Hercules
Best Fight Scene: Whenever RyuJinO fights Baron Bloody
Best Dramatic Scene: The scene leading up to GekiRyuKen's evolution
Best Song: Tie between Brand New Spark! by Hideaki Takatori and Blessed Wind by Rider Chips
Best Piece of Merchandise: Minipla Buster Hercules
Biggest Surprise: Rescue Force being kinda terrible
Single Worst Thing: Jack Moon being turned into a robot

Best New Show of 2012- Kamen Rider Wizard, primarily due to visual effects, elemental powers, and neat gimmick.

Best Rewatch of 2012 (for those who rewatched one or more shows they'd already seen before)- Kamen Rider OOO :lol

Best Movie of 2012- Movie Wars MegaMax, :P. Amazing Movie.

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax- Gokaiger Vs Gavan. Was awesome to watch, plus liked the return of Gavan, DenziBlue, and Battle Kenya, even if they only just transformed together at the end.

Best Male Lead Character- Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO in MegaMax

Best Female Lead Character- Ahim De Famille/GokaiPink

Best Male Supporting Character- Kengo Utahoshi in Fourze...But really Ankh in Megamax

Best Female Supporting Character- Tomoko Nozama in Fourze

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012- Ahim De Famille/GokaiPink (duh)

Best Villain- Basco Ta Jolokia.

Best Returning Character (Gokaiger cameo, Rider movie appearance, cast of Garo, etc.)- Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO in Megamax, SHT, and Ultimatum (just cause he appears with the Pantsu for Tomorrow!)

Best Hero Suit Design- For a hero for a show this year, Kamen Rider Wizard's Hurricane Dragon and Water Dragon styles. Those are beautiful.

Best Monster Suit Design- Basco Ta Jolokia's monster form. It's an amazing design, and makes me think of it as a Nejiranger-like counterpart to the Gokaigers.

Best Weapon- Barizun Sword. The chorus makes it epic.

Best Vehicle/Mecha- WizarDragon, because 1- It's a Dragon, and 2- it can turn into a giant foot.

Best Fight Scene- Every fight scene in Megamax.

Best Dramatic Scene- KR- Gentaro's Death and Kengo's Death are tied. SS- The Gokaigers decision about the Greatest Treasure in the Universe.

Best Song- Cosmic Mind, it's definitely an epic fight song.

Best Piece of Merchandise- The Wizard Rings, since well, you can wear them :lol.

Biggest Surprise- Ahim turning into PuToTyra in SHT. Kinda conflicted on how to feel about that.

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu- Everything else in SHT minus OOO and Ahim.

ankh will have his revenge!

I'm being nice and basing that on a thing that actually aired during 2012. Look at the rest of my answers :lol

Best New Show of 2012
Kamen Rider Fourze, if it counts

Best New-to-You Show of 2012 (aka, what older series did you watch for the first time and absolutely fall in love with?)
Kamen Rider Den-O

Best Rewatch of 2012 (for those who rewatched one or more shows they'd already seen before)
Pawer Rangers Dino Thunder

Best Movie of 2012
I would say Super Hero Taisen, but I haven't seen it, so Movie Wars MegaMax

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax
Gokaiger vs. Gavan

Best Male Lead Character
Gentarou Kisaragi

Best Female Lead Character
Ahim De Famille

Best Male Supporting Character
Ryusei Sakuta

Best Female Supporting Character
Yuuki Jojima

Best Actor
the guy who plays Ohsugi

Best Actress
Whoever played Scorpio

And, to try and separate the last six from "zomg, ______ is soooo hot:"

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012
Miu Kazashiro

Best Villain
Barizorg (yes boss)

Best Returning Character (Gokaiger cameo, Rider movie appearance, cast of Garo, etc.)
Shotaro Hidari

Best Suit Actor
The suit actor for Cancer

Best Writer
N/A

Best Director
N/A

Best Producer
N/A

Best Visual Designer
The Visual Designer from Wizard

And some more miscellaneous categories:

Best Hero Suit Design
Wizard

Best Monster Suit Design
Phoenix

Best Weapon
Wizard Swordgun

Best Vehicle/Mecha
WizarDragon

Best Fight Scene
Gentarou's fight with the Chairman/Sagittarius

Best Dramatic Scene
Gentarou's death

Best Song
Shotting Star

Best Piece of Merchandise
I would say the WizarDriver, but it's not here yet, so SHF Fourze

Biggest Surprise
Tachibana being Virgo

And, because not everything in 2012 was sunshine, rainbows, and foodroids:

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu
Go-Busters failing

Best New Show of 2012
Akibaranger - SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! ... sorta.

Best New-to-You Show of 2012
Ohranger - I have watched little tidbits in the past, but I somehow got hooked and kept watching episode after episode

Best Rewatch of 2012
Gokaiger - 35 years in the making!

Best Movie of 2012
Movie Wars Megamax - woot

Best Movie of 2012 that's not Movie Wars MegaMax
none -...yeah

Best Male Lead Character
Kisaragi Gentaro - Pompadour FTW

Best Female Lead Character
Jojima Yuuki

Best Male Supporting Character
Ohsugi Chuta - Suspender Time!

Best Female Supporting Character
Hakase Hiroyo

Best Actor
Baba Ryoma

Best Actress
Ogino Karin

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012
none

Best Villain
Enter - Tres Bien!

Best Returning Character (Gokaiger cameo, Rider movie appearance, cast of Garo, etc.)
Hidari Shotaro & Phillip - Never disappoints

Best Suit Actor
Eitoku - Liked him as Meteor

Best Writer
Nakashima Kazuki

Best Director
Sakamoto Koichi - His time to shine!

Best Producer
Tsukada Takahashi

Best Visual Designer
PLEX

Best Hero Suit Design
Kamen Rider Fourze Cosmic States

Best Monster Suit Design
KeshigomuRoid

Best Weapon
Lio Blaster - It is too good of a gadget that it stole the jobs of Nakamura and Morishita pretty much

Best Vehicle/Mecha
CB-01/ Go-buster Ace - The GPS sucks, but hey, it does many things.

Best Fight Scene
- It had so much SEISHUN PAWAA!!!!

Best Dramatic Scene
Go-busters' short reunion with their family

Best Song
Endless Play - I know it is actually the theme song to the Climax Heroes game, but it has been used as an ending so I decided to put it.

Best Piece of Merchandise
DX MMZ-01 Moe Moe Z-Cune - They actually MADE IT?!

Biggest Surprise
Virgo Zodiarts' secret Identity

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu
Superhero Taisen

Oh man, I forgot all about this guy. The best actors get the wackiest characters.

Best New Show of 2012: Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger

Best New-to-You Show of 2012: Garo

Best Rewatch of 2012: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

Best Movie of 2012: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Uchuu Keiji Gavan: The Movie

Best Male Lead Character: Captain Marvelous/Gokai Red (Gokaiger)

Best Female Lead Character: Luka Millfy/Gokai Yellow (Gokaiger)

Best Male Supporting Character: Gai Ikari/Gokai Silver (Gokaiger)

Best Female Supporting Character: Hiroyo Hakase (Akibaranger)

Best Actor: Ryota Ozawa (Captain Marvelous/Gokai Red in Gokaiger)

Best Actress: Honoka (Malseena in Akibaranger)

Biggest Toku Crush of 2012: Maaya Uchida (Hiroyo Hakase in Akibaranger)

Best Villain: Basco ta Jolokia (Gokaiger)

Best Returning Character: Retsu Ichijouji/Gavan (Gokaiger vs. Gavan)

Best Suit Actor: N/A

Best Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa (Gokaiger, Akibaranger)

Best Director: Ryuta Tasaki (Akibaranger)

Best Producer: N/A

Best Visual Designer N/A

Best Hero Suit Design: Gokaigers

Best Monster Suit Design: Basco ta Jolokia (Gokaiger)

Best Weapon: MMZ-01 Moe Moe Z-Cune (Akibaranger)

Best Vehicle/Mecha: Gokaioh (Gokaiger)

Best Fight Scene: Gokai Red vs. Basco ta Jolokia (Gokaiger)

Best Dramatic Scene: Hiroyo reunites with her father (Akibaranger)

Best Song: "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger" by Tsuyoshi Matsubara

Best Piece of Merchandise: DX MMZ-01 Moe Moe Z-Cune (Akibaranger)

Biggest Surprise: Akibaranger breaking every single fourth wall rule.

Single Worst Thing in 2012 Tokusatsu: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen