{"id":17694,"date":"2021-04-13T02:44:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T09:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=17694"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:53:56","slug":"third-times-a-charm-rezero-finally-wins-anime-of-the-season-for-winter-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/04\/13\/third-times-a-charm-rezero-finally-wins-anime-of-the-season-for-winter-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Time\u2019s a Charm: Re:Zero finally wins Anime of the Season for Winter 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third time&#8217;s the charm as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finally won the Anime of the Season title and snapped its losing streak. Previously, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finished as a runner-up in its previous attempts, losing to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kiznaiver <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Spring 2016 and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Summer 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also set the record for most awards won in a single season at six total. Along with AOTS, the anime also picked up awards for its lead characters, Subaru Natsuki and Emilia, who won Favorite Male Character and Female Character respectively. Otto Suwen took the win for Favorite Supporting Male Character \u2014 mere months after he was crowned as Supporting Boy of the Year during the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/02\/28\/7th-anime-trending-awards-winners-and-results-akudama-drive-konosuba-and-more\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7th Anime Trending Awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. nonoc\u2019s \u201cBelieve in You\u201d secured a second victory for both the artist and the Favorite Ending Theme Song award. Lastly, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the genre award for Favorite Mystery or Psychological anime. Winning the Anime of the Season is a remarkable feat, as the anime did this in what many dubbed as \u201cthe most stacked anime season in history\u201d which included powerhouses like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack On Titan Final Season &#8211; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which surprisingly only placed 4th in the final overall rankings<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\ud83c\udfc6 Winter 2021 Anime Awards \ud83c\udfc6<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Anime of the Season:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Re:Zero &#8211; Starting Life in Another World<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Finally, the losing streak has ended! Re:Zero finally won an Anime of the Season title at Anime Trending on its 3rd Attempt! Third time&#8217;s a charm indeed! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uj5WYekUxB\">pic.twitter.com\/uj5WYekUxB<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u2014 Anime Trending (@AniTrendz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AniTrendz\/status\/1381192805448523776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 11, 2021<\/a><\/span><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its leads sweeping the two seasonal major character awards \u2014 a first in ATA history \u2014 alongside Suwen\u2019s win, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also set the record for the most character awards won within a single season. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also set the same record after the recently concluded <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/02\/28\/7th-anime-trending-awards-winners-and-results-akudama-drive-konosuba-and-more\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7th ATAs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when Suwen and Echnida won Supporting Boy of the Year and Supporting Girl of the Year respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natsuki\u2019s win as this season\u2019s best boy makes it his second time winning the same title, which he previously won in Spring 2016. He only took the number 1 spot on the Winter 2021 Top Male Character charts during the final week, which makes this win all the more impressive. Meanwhile, Emilia\u2019s rank improved greatly compared to her performance during the previous seasons of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She ranked #1 for four non-consecutive weeks this season compared to her limited success in previous Top Female Character charts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>The Other Winners<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was crowned as the New Anime of the Season. With the win, the anime seems to have withstood and risen above all the controversies that surrounded it during its broadcast. Ghislaine Dedoldia won another award for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushoku Tensei<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as this season\u2019s Favorite Supporting Female Character after edging out Hange Zoe (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack on Titan Final Season<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and Ram (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), who placed second and third respectively. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushoku Tensei<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also won the genre award for Favorite Fantasy Anime, which seems like a fitting award for what some describe as \u201cthe grandfather of modern isekai anime.\u201d The series will return this Summer 2021 for its second part, and it is reported to have additional seasons aside from the one slated this year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\ud83c\udfc6 Winter 2021 Anime Awards \ud83c\udfc6<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">New Anime of the Season<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mushoku Tensei<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">(2nd Place for General Rankings) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ERPADjd5r\">pic.twitter.com\/8ERPADjd5r<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u2014 Anime Trending (@AniTrendz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AniTrendz\/status\/1381190286425124864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 11, 2021<\/a><\/span><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Quintessential Quintuplets<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> showed off its dominance once again in the Couple\/Ship polls this season. The show took the first and second spots in the Final Couple\/Ship Rankings of the season with Fuutarou Uesugi\u2019s pairings with Miku Nakano and Nino Nakano. This win marks the first time that the anime won a seasonal top couple\/ship award. Previously, the two ships placed second and third behind Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaguya-sama: Love is War<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) during Winter 2019. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Quintessential Quintuplets<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> beat the pairing of Izumi Miyamura and Kyouko Hori of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horimiya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which was one of the most-awaited romantic comedy anime of the year, and also won the genre award for Favorite Romance Anime.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other winners include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack on Titan Final Season<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wonder Egg Priority<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SK8 the Infinity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horimiya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Idoly Pride<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. STONE: STONE WARS<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laid-Back Camp<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kimono Jihen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The specific awards they won can be found on Anime Trending\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/awards\/seasonal\/winter-2021\/winners\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winter 2021 Anime Awards Winners Portal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while the full results are available on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/posts\/XA82A62\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results Portal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Nominations for the 8<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> Anime Trending Awards<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">15 anime earned at least one nomination for the next annual Anime Trending Awards, which were based on the votes cast overall this season. Some adjustments were made for the Anime of the Year nominations as many broadcast delays since last year were caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since two out of four anime nominated for Anime of the Year were not originally scheduled to air this season, Anime Trending has decided to add two more direct nomination slots for Anime of the Year. Additionally, two spots have been added to the Wildcard Round, which will serve as a second chance for any anime to clinch a nomination spot for the Anime of the Year award.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That Time That I Got Reincarnated as a Slime<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received the direct nomination spots while <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kemono Jihen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Quintessential Quintuplets<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took the spots for the Wildcard Round. The selection was based on AT\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AniTrendz\/status\/1379803650168606726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Week Advantage Chart Rankings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not on the Final Seasonal Tally. Visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/charter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anime Trending\u2019s Charter Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more details on how AT conducts its polls, awards, and charts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the 15 anime that have a nomination for the 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Anime Trending Awards, arranged by the number of nominations received:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 10 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wonder Egg Priority<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 9\u00a0 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack on Titan <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 9 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 7 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horimiya<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 7 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Quintessential Quintuplets<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 7 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SK8 the Infinity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 4 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. STONE<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u2014 3 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 2 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laid-Back Camp<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 2 nominations<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 1 nomination<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BEASTARS<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 1 nomination<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gekidol<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 1 nomination<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Idoly Pride<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 1 nomination<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #48494a;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kemono Jihen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 1 nomination<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The awards that each of these anime were nominated for are available on the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/ata\/2022\/nominees\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Anime Trending Awards Nomination Portal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Spring 2021 Weekly Anime Polls have started. 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