After much discussion and debate, we've decided to just let short watch anime into the majority of categories and see how it goes.
The exceptions are animation (budget is still an issue) and best series overall. (becuase it's the best *series* overall) Working as fast as we can to get them all placed into genres, doing some chat-consulting and such. Won't be perfect, but there shouldn't be anything egregiously dumb.
However, we will definitely need help with the leads list. Anyone who can make suggestions, please do so in this thread. Remember, we're looking for at most one single most-major lead character of each gender wherever reasonably possible. (as in, exceptions are fine, but only for good cause) With that in mind, suggest away. Here's the list for reference:
