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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.