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It's once again time yet again for my annual tradition of 90% copy/pasting a look back on the previous year and the shows, characters, and moments that stood out to us. It was a better year for tokusatsu than 2020. The only hiatus we got was for the Olympics and only Ultraman had to deal with more clipshows than usual. We also got new shows to celebrate the anniversaries of Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, and Ultraman Tiga. Power Rangers, meanwhile, probably also did stuff.

As always, for releases of this year I'm counting any series that aired any episodes during 2021, including:

Kiramager
Zenkaiger
Kamen Rider Saber
Kamen Rider Revice
Ultraman Trigger
Power Rangers Dino Whatever

And again, for movies I'm counting anything that came out this year as well as anything that came out last year but wasn't available as a dvd/fansub until this year. I've also expanded this category to include one-off specials and online miniseries, since both have become increasingly common in the last few years.

Favorite New Show of 2021

Favorite New-to-You Show of 2021

Favorite Movie, Miniseries, or Special of 2021

Favorite Rewatch of 2021

Favorite Male Lead Character

Favorite Female Lead Character

Favorite Male Supporting Character

Favorite Female Supporting Character

Favorite Villain

Favorite Returning Past Character

Favorite Actor

Favorite Actress

Favorite Writer

Favorite Director

Favorite Suit Design

Favorite Weapon/Vehicle/Mecha

Favorite Fight Scene

Favorite Dramatic Scene

Favorite Comedic Scene

Biggest "WTF did I just watch?" Moment

Favorite Song

Favorite Piece of Merchandise

Biggest Surprise of 2021

And finally, because sometimes tokusatsu does something like hire a highly problematic actor to voice the "Mom says we have Momotaros at home" version of Momotaros, we have the traditional downer categories:

Biggest Disappointment of 2021:

The Onari Memorial Award for Single Worst Thing in 2021 Tokusatsu: