I have two types of nominations: Seeds and Wild Cards.
Seeds: Nepotism at its finest. These are blogs I regularly read, link to, comment on, etc…
Wild Cards: When I run out of Seeds, I browse the list of nominees and select a worthy candidate.
Best Episodic Blog
Seed: Random Curiosity
Seed: Sea Slugs!
Seed: Star Crossed Anime Blog
Comments: Taking screenshots every 10 seconds is a pain in the ass. I tried it once. It gave me cramps.
Best Editorial Blog
Seed: In Search of Number Nine
Seed: The Animanachronism
Seed: Drastic my Anime Blog
Comments: So many good ones. I ended up going with The Twin Stars (No. 9 and Animanachronism), and Drastic my Anime Blog is just a really cool name.
Best Team Blog
Seed: RIUVA
Seed: Yukan
Seed: THAT Animeblog
Comments: Yukan has 9 bloggers. If that doesn’t deserve an award, what does? Running a team blog is no easy task. Baka-Raptor started out as a team blog. Ghetto was the primary author of the White Suits page, the Stepping on Twigs page, and then he decided to get a life. Bastard.
Best Manga Blog
Wild Card: Manga Blog
Wild Card: Manga Cast
Wild Card: Manga Maniac Cafe
Comments: They all have Manga in the title…
Most Influential Blog
Seed: Hop Step Jump!
Seed: Derailed by Darry
Wild Card: Danny Choo
Comments: I trust Jeff Lawson. Jason Miao may be lolikitsune’s mortal enemy, but that doesn’t change the fact that over 1000 people voted in his mako-cakes poll. My polls barely hit 20. Danny Choo is the most popular anime blogger I know absolutely nothing about.
Best Dorama
Seed: Cruel Angel Theses
Seed: Hontou ni sou omou?
Seed: The Scrumptious Anime Blog
Comments: Owen’s “April” “Fools” “Day” “Joke” apparently changed people’s lives. Zyl has threatened me on more than one occasion. Usagijen’s inflammatory post got me trolling.
Rookie of the Year
Seed: In Search of Number Nine
Seed: The Animanachronism
Seed: Are-Are
Comments: The Twin Stars strike again. Nagato’s manliness is second only to my own.
Funniest Blog
Seed: Minaide Hazukashii
Seed: Not Dotq
Wild Card: Lovely Kitsune
Comments: I’m going to be a sore loser no matter who wins, unless it’s Lovely Kitsune, the genius behind Misuzu’s Diary. The blog reminds me of my own, before I sold out.
Best Satire Blog
Seed: Not Dotq
Seed: In Search of Number Nine
Seed: The Animanachronism
Comments: A hat trick for The Twin Stars.
Best Seiyuu-Oriented Blog
Wild Card: Hashihime
Wild Card: Seiyuu3
Wild Card: j1m0ne
Comments: These seem to be only three…
Most Thought-Provoking Blog
Seed: In Search of Number Nine
Seed: The Animanachronism
Seed: Anime Otaku
Comments: The Twin Stars end their run with 4 nominations. Although I only discovered Anime Otaku a few days ago, its post titles alone were thought-provoking enough to make the cut.
Best Blog-related Comic
Wild Card: Beta-Waffle
Wild Card: Mistakes of Youth
Wild Card: Dango Blog
Comments: What’s wrong with my comics?
Best Figurine Blog
Seed: Cross Channel
Wild Card: Happy Soda
Wild Card: Figure News
Comments: It’s funny when it doesn’t happen to you
Best Art/Doujin/Visual Novel Blog
Wild Card: Radiant Dreamer
Wild Card: Eroge Review
Wild Card: Heisei Democracy
Comments: Another category that conspicuously ignored me…
Best News Blog
Seed: a geek by any other name
Wild Card: moetron
Wild Card: Canned Dogs
Comments: The tag cloud at animeblogger antenna says it all.
One final note: NOMINATE ME! Need a reason? HOW ABOUT 100 REASONS!?!