{"id":8174,"date":"2020-04-05T02:54:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T09:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:29:18","slug":"toilet-bound-hanako-kun-wins-big-in-winter-2020-anime-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2020\/04\/05\/toilet-bound-hanako-kun-wins-big-in-winter-2020-anime-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Toilet-bound Hanako-kun wins big in Winter 2020 Anime Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took home the top prize of Anime of the Season in the recently concluded Winter 2020 Anime Awards. The series also won four other awards, including Favorite Male Character with titular character Hanako-kun and Favorite Couple Ship with his partner Nene. This is the fourth time overall and the second time in three seasons that a Lerche anime won the seasonal top prize. Past Lerche anime that won Anime of the Season include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assassination Classroom<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Winter 2015), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scum\u2019s Wish<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Winter 2017), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astra Lost in Space<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Summer 2019) \u2014 the latter was also the runner-up in the 6<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Anime Trending Awards. All of these series were directed by Masaomi Ando, with the exception of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assassination Classroom<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfc6 Winter 2020 Anime Awards \ud83c\udfc6<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd47ANIME OF THE SEASON:<br \/>\nToilet-bound Hanako-kun <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FAb8llsqTg\">pic.twitter.com\/FAb8llsqTg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anime Trending (@AniTrendz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AniTrendz\/status\/1246701606365581312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here are your Final Top 10 Anime of Winter 2020!<\/p>\n<p>Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, A Certain Scientific Railgun, In\/Spectre, Haikyuu!!, and ID:Invaded QUALIFIES for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATA2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ATA2021<\/a> Anime of the Year <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rEeukH6Mao\">pic.twitter.com\/rEeukH6Mao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anime Trending (@AniTrendz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AniTrendz\/status\/1246709156108779520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite being held back by two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Certain Scientific Railgun T<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> still finished as this season\u2019s runner-up. It was just a few hundred votes behind <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toilet-Bounda Hanako-kun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and secured a nomination for Anime of the Year \u2014 the first time in three appearances of the ToAru franchise in AT Charts. Aside from securing the AOTY nomination, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Certain Scientific Railgun T<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also won this season\u2019s Favorite Sci-Fi or Mecha Award. It was a hard-fought battle against <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOFURI<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ID:Invaded<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Certain Scientific Railgun T <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only led by as few as 47 votes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fatawards.official%2Fphotos%2Fa.1910525455633375%2F3156468891039019%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Favorite Mystery or Psychological Award was the closest race in last night\u2019s seasonal awards. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ID:Invaded<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> narrowly won by just three votes over its closest competitor, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In\/Spectre<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ID:Invaded<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also won Favorite Supporting Male Character, courtesy of Fukuda. Meanwhile, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In\/Spectre<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won the Favorite Supporting Female Character with Saki Yumihara.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fatawards.official%2Fphotos%2Fa.1910525455633375%2F3156470311038877%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"630\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOFURI<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> surprised everyone by winning three awards, marking the show with the second most number of awards of the night. The awards included Favorite Slice of Life, Fantasy or Magical, and Favorite Female Character. The latter award was won by Maple who led by more than a thousand votes over its closest competitor, Mikoto Misaka (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Certain Scientific Railgun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udfc6 Winter 2020 Anime Awards \ud83c\udfc6<br \/>\nFinal Top 10 Female<\/p>\n<p>Maple, Mikoto, Sayaka, Nene, Kotoko QUALIFIES for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATA2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ATA2021<\/a> Girl of the Year <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S3XiZHvatL\">pic.twitter.com\/S3XiZHvatL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anime Trending (@AniTrendz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AniTrendz\/status\/1246660082852663296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BanG Dream!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> accomplished a rare milestone of winning both the Favorite Opening and Ending Theme Song of the Season, a feat only accomplished by two other anime: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mekakucity Actors<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Spring 2014) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vinland Saga<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Summer 2019). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BanG Dream!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s winning songs, \u201cInitial\u201d and \u201cYume wo Uchinuku Shunkan ni!\u201d, were performed by Poppin\u2019 Party. Additionally, the anime also won the award for Favorite Music, bringing its total of awards won to three to tie with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOFURI.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Road to #ATA2021: 7th Anime Trending Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">At least 15 anime were able to get at least one nomination in next year&#8217;s Anime Trending Awards. They are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Toilet-bound Hanako-kun<\/em> &#8211; 12 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>ID: Invaded<\/em> &#8211; 10 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>In\/Spectre<\/em> &#8211; 9 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>BOFURI<\/em> &#8211; 7 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Haikyu!! To the Top<\/em> &#8211; 6 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>A Certain Scientific Railgun T<\/em> &#8211; 6 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Keep Your Hands off Eizouken!<\/em> &#8211; 6 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Somali and the Forest Spirit<\/em> &#8211; 5 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Darwin&#8217;s Game<\/em> &#8211; 4 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Science Fell in Love so I Tried to Prove it<\/em> &#8211; 3 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Smile Down the Runway<\/em> &#8211; 3 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Bang Dream S3<\/em> &#8211; 3 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Isekai Quartet S2<\/em> &#8211; 2 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Asteroid in Love<\/em> &#8211; 1 nominations<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>22\/7<\/em> &#8211; 1 nominations<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">You can see the full nominations <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ATA2021-Nominees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Full Winter 2020 Winners List <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Winter2020-Winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Full Winter 2020 Results <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/atawards.official\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=3157666474252594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toilet-bound Hanako-kun took home five awards, including Anime of the Season, becoming the first Supernatural Anime in four seasons to win the title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272,137],"tags":[275,392,4894,879],"class_list":["post-8174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime-awards","category-feature","tag-anime-awards","tag-haikyu","tag-in-spectre","tag-toilet-bound-hanako-kun"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hanako-AOTS.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-27Q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8178,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions\/8178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}