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Best New Show of 2016: Personally for me it was Thunderbolt Fantasy, but if you want something a little more familiar its Ultraman Orb without a doubt.

Best New-to-You Show of 2016: Ultraman, Orb has been a blast but seeing the original has really helped turn me into a growing Ultra Series fan.

Best Rewatch of 2016: I haven't really done much in the way of rewatches but I did catch a few of the remastered Garo episodes, so that I guess?

Best Movie of 2016: Kamen Rider 1

Best Male Lead Character: Gai Kurenai/Ultraman Orb

Best Female Lead Character: Naomi Yumeno from Ultraman Orb. She went from mildly annoying me in the first few episodes to becoming a really great character.

Best Male Supporting Character: Kiriya Kujo/Kamen Rider Lazer. It goes to show what a good character you have when they can leave such a lasting impression.

Best Female Supporting Character: Do puppets count? If so I'll have to go with XÃ*ng HÃ*i from Thunderbolt Fantasy.

Best Actor: Since Masahiro Inoue didn't really do much this year, I'll have to give it to Hideo Ishiguro for his performance as Gai in Ultraman Orb.

Best Actress: Haruka Tateishi, who plays Amu/Zyuoh Tiger. She's cute, jolly and does a good job of showing that there's more behind the character than just that overly cheerly exterior.

Biggest Toku Crush of 2016: Miki Nanri as always

Best Villain: Jugglus Juggler undoubtedly. Just generally superb in every way.

Best Returning Character: Takeshi Hongo seems like the obvious choice, but I'm actually going with Kouga Saejima just because it was so good to finally see him on screen again.

Best Suit Actor: Yugo Fuji as Kamen Rider Amazon Omega. I really enjoyed the blend of human and animal ferocity he gave it.

Best Writer: Takao Nakano, Ultraman Orb

Best Director: Kiyotaka Taguchi, Yuichi Abe and Ryūichi Ichino, all for their work on Ultraman Orb

Best Producer: Whoever did Ultraman Orb

Best Visual Designer: Whoever was behind Kamen Rider Amazons. They did a really good job of updating the Amazon aesthetic while keeping a few little homages behind for people to catch.

Best Hero Suit Design: Ultraman Orb Thunder Breaster

Best Monster Suit Design: Zaigorg, Ultraman X the Movie

Best Weapon: The Beta Spark Sword/Arrow, Ultraman X the Movie

Best Vehicle/Mecha: Wild Tousai King, Zyuden Sentai Zyuohger

Best Fight Scene: Proabably all the stuff from the Gokaiger crossover episode in Zyuohger. I especially enjoyed the Red Hawk/Zyuoh Eagle aerial fight sequence.

Best Dramatic Scene: Kiriya's death scene, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid

Best Comedic Scene: That whole restaurant scene with Gai and Jugglus in Ultraman Orb

Best Song: Orb No Inori

Best Piece of Merchandise: S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Decade

Biggest Surprise of 2016: Kouga returning in Garo Retsuden

Single Worst Thing in 2016 Tokusatsu: Kamen Rider Ghost probably. Ninninger was just as bad but at least that most happened in 2015.