First of all, I'd like to thank everybody who participated in this on either side of the aisle and congratulate everybody who was nominated as well as the winners. The Awards were particularly close this year and I actually had to cast a tiebreaker in several categories, which is rare to begin with and probably happened more this year than all the other times I've done this combined.
So, let's get to it.
First of all, we have the Thread Awards relating to threads from the previous year.
01 Worst Thread
Trafalgar Law Fan Club
02 Best Thread
Oda´s tributes to another Mangas, mangakas, celebrities…
03 Best Chew Out
Everyone vs. FelRes on the asinine topic of rape compensation.
04 Best Debate
Urouge vs Gizmo in Ch. 687 Discussion.
05 Funniest Post
Robby's "One Peach" art
06 Best Moment on Board
Arlong Park sends omake suggestions to Oda and succeeds!
07 Most Memorable Off-Topic Moment
Battle to the Death in PYP thread
Hard to imagine how we'll top some of those, but that's no reason to not try!
Now we turn our attention to the AP Awards' Big Brother, the Character Tournament.
Best Match
Bon Kurei vs. Crocodile - If they ain't Baroque, don't vote for 'em.
09 Favorite Filler Match
Requiem of Balls
10 Best Campaign
Fred the AOFSNtJoP17oCh624: The Movie by OldMate
11 Best Moment of the Tournament
Suddenly Satori!
You folks have excellent taste.
On to the Member Awards!
12 Most Memorable
zachri
13 Most Quotable
Silence
14 Most Articulate
CCC
15 Most Dedicated
Nia
16 Most Original
Kitsune Inferno
17 Most One Piece Knowledgable
Aohige_AP
18 Most Profound
wolfwoof
There's your cue, Urouge.
19 Best New Member
The Crystal Ship
20 Best Debater
Monkey King
21 Best Mod/Admin - RobbyTwoAngryBevards
22 Best Researcher
redon
23 Most Indecisive
kishido
Hilariously enough, that was one of the closest categories I've ever seen since there was a three way tie numerous ties before it was broken in the last batch of votes we received.
24 Friendliest
Nolus
25 Funniest
Wagomu
26 Smartest
Ubiq
27 Craziest
Zachri
28 Best Artist
Hiroy
29 Best Writer
Gliblord
30 Biggest Pimp
Gekko135
31 Pirate King
Monkey King
32 Pirate Queen
Chrissie
And now, the Creative Awards.
33 Best Fanart
Joesephes and Magion02's Nico Robin in Action
34 Best Original Artwork
Sai-chan's Witch Ghost is Christmas?
35 Best Short Story/Written Work35
"Spirit Wolf" by Kitsune Inferno
36 Best Avatar
Kaze's Smiling Husky Pup
37 Best Signature
zachri's Asssmacking Law
And now the Manga-Related Awards:
38 Best Chapter of One Piece
Chapter 655: Punk Hazard
39 Worst Chapter of One Piece
Chapter 687: Beast
40 Best One Piece Episode
Episode 570 - "The Crew Is Surprised! The New Marine Fleet Admiral!"
41 Worst One Piece Episode
Episode 578 - "Z's Ambition Chapter! Luffy vs. Shuzo!"
42 Naruto - Worst Moment
Spoiler:
! Tobi's Obito
To be fair, I think we all saw that coming.
43 Bleach - Worst Moment
Ichigo Kurosaki - Soullobrincy
44 Fairy Tail - Worst Moment
Super Secret Special Awesome Execution Squad is a bunch of mooks that are one-hit.
45 Best Manga Series
Magi
46 Worst Manga Series
Naruto
And now we turn to the General Discussion Topics.
47 Best Movie of the Year
The Avengers
48 Worst Movie of the Year
Twilight - Breaking Dawn Part 2 - Electric Boogaloo
49 Best Television Show of the Year
Breaking Bad
50 Television Show of the Year - Worst
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
51 Animated Film of the Year
Wreck-It-Ralph
52 Animated Show of the Year
Gravity Falls
We've already shown this show more love than Disney Channel has.
53 Musical Act of the Year - Best
The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Special Orchestra
54 Musical Act of the Year - Worst
Justin Bieber
55 Biggest News Story of the Year
Heaven or Hell: FIGHT! - The 2012 Election
56 Lamest News Story of the Year
Trump tries to make an issue of Obama's papers when his opponent won't release tax forms.
57A Best Game: Console
Journey
57B Best Game: PC/Online
La Mulana
57C Best Game: Handheld
Pokemon Black/White 2
58A Worst Game: Console
Final Fantasy XIII-2
58B Worst Game: PC/Online
WarZ
58C Worst Game: Handheld
New Super Mario Bros 2
59 Best Comic
Avatar: the Last Airbender, The Promise
60 Worst Comic
Tails get Trolled
61 Funniest Image or Series of Images
One Piece, Bleach Style
62 Best Video or Series of Videos
Team Four Star: Dragonball Z Abridged Series
63 Best MST3K Episode
Santa Claus
And there you have it.
Congratulations again to everybody!