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Actually watched a bunch of stuff this time...lots of Kamen Rider of course, as well as Sentai and Ultraman for the first time, even Thunderbolt Fantasy. Fun year.

Best New Show of 2016: I'm gonna go with Amazons for this. There were a bunch of strong shows this year, but Amazons is just great.

Best New-to-You Show of 2016: I know I'm one of very few in this respect, but I really love Wizard, and it's probably my favorite of the old shows I watched this year.

Best Rewatch of 2016: I didn't really rewatch anything this year....but like, I've seen every episode of Ex-Aid at least twice now, so that's...been fun.

Best Movie of 2016: Honestly none of the movies I can recall seeing for this year have been very impressive. I guess maybe...Surprise Drive. Subs just barely qualify for 2016. It was better than the other junk I watched, though I don't think it's that good either.

Best Male Lead Character: Misao Mondo is a national treasure. Not sure he really qualifies as a lead but...probably.

Best Female Lead Character: Naomi was a good character.

Best Male Supporting Character: Bike boy.

Best Female Supporting Character: Poppi, I suppose.

Best Villain: The Amazons, maybe. They're like...each other's villain?

Best Returning Character: Obviously I haven't seen this one, but I am really really looking forward to seeing Haruto in Generations. Nothing else really did much for me.

Best Suit Actor: Whoever did the Amazons did a good job. But of course Mr. Kamen Rider has also been killing it as Ex-Aid.

Best Writer: Urobuchi did very well on Thunderbolt Fantasy. The twist was simple but it worked well, the whole show was well structured. Probably not the only one worth noting but he's the only I can really name offhand.

Best Visual Designer: Gonna throw Thunderbolt Fantasy another bone here, that was one visually impressive show.

Best Hero Suit Design: I don't care for Orb or Zyuohger's designs much overall, so it's mostly between Rider in this category...there's a lot of great suits all around, and I'm tempted to go with Alpha (questionable hero that he is) or maybe Double Action. But, I think I'm gonna go with Necrom. All things aside, I always was a big fan of (most of) Ghost's designs, and Necrom's is one of the best.

Best Monster Suit Design: So, I know he's not a kaijin which is what this is about, but Dan Kuroto is a pretty monstrous guy, and Zombie Gamer a pretty awesome suit.If not bending the rules, maybe Galactron or something.

Best Weapon: Gashacon Bugvisor.

Best Vehicle/Mecha: reezaa

Best Fight Scene/Best Dramatic Scene: Gonna go two-for-one for this one. Orb vs. Galactron was a really strong scene.

Best Comedic Scene: Others have mentioned it, but it really doesn't get better than that one restaurant scene from episode 11 of Orb. Absolutely hilarious.

Biggest "WTF did I just watch?" Moment: Kamen Rider Chaser. You know the scene. Maybe. There were...a lot of weird ones in this one.

Best Song: Probably Excite.

Best Piece of Merchandise: I didn't get much this year, so....the Gashats are nice, you know? They're nice.

Biggest Surprise of 2016: Zyuohger being really good. It's my first real Sentai (all I was exposed to before was stuff in crossovers) and I wasn't a fan of its designs going in, so I'm glad it proved a strong show regardless.

Biggest Disappointment of 2016: Maybe Kamen Rider 1. It's definitely the best of the spring movies I've seen, but I don't see that as much of an accomplishment. And like...yeah, it has its moments, but overall I didn't find it that good. I was hoping I would.

Could say the same about the Drive Sagas. They...weren't as good as I would have hoped.

Single Worst Thing in 2016 Tokusatsu: Onari: Well, I'm not gonna go against the facts.

SECOND Worst Thing in 2016 Tokusatsu: reezaa :(