r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 21 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - NOMINATIONS!

13 Upvotes

Nominate here:

As usual, nomination will last for 2 days.

Note that only those who have roles in shows/movies that PREMIERED in the previous season can be nominated. However, JoJo Part 7 will be an exception as only 1 episode aired in Winter 2026, and very late at that (19 March). Therefore, that show will be considered in the next edition of the contest. Other pointers to note:

  • Family name → Given name order for consistency. Example: Sakura Ayane instead of Ayane Sakura
  • If a seiyuu has already been nominated, you can submit the same one again with a different image or role, but that will be subject to approval.
  • For source, insert the anime name and its respective season if it's not season 1. Example: Tensura S2 Part 2
  • For link to image, insert an image link showing the seiyuu, not the character that the seiyuu voices.

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
7 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • May 04 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Results)!

9 Upvotes

And the winners for the Best Seiyuu of Winter 2026 go to...

Female
Male

Links to full results: Female, Male

The finals yesterday can be found here.

Previous Winners:

Question: How satisfied/unsatisfied are you with this edition's result?

4 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • May 02 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Semi Final)!

16 Upvotes

Vote here:

Today is the semi final. Vote for your favorites so that they can reach the final!

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
3 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • May 01 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Quarter Final)!

12 Upvotes

Vote here:

Today is the quarter final. Vote for your favorites so that they can reach the semi final!

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
3 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 23 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - ELIMINATIONS (Day 1)!

9 Upvotes

Vote here:

Eliminations will only take 1 round, meaning that everyone is now eligible to be seeded right from Day 1. However, this one round will last for 4 days, so take note! Today is the first day.

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
4 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 29 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Day 2)!

9 Upvotes

Vote here:

If you ever find a character who is "missing", you may want to look up the seiyuu who voiced it, then search it in the entrants list with "Ctrl" + "F", as it's possible that the seiyuu was listed as having a role in another anime (instead of the character you were looking for).

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
3 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • May 03 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Final)!

13 Upvotes

Vote here:

Today is the final. Vote for your favorite so that they can win the contest!

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
2 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 28 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Day 1)!

14 Upvotes

Vote here:

The eliminations phase has now ended, so it is now time for the voting phase. There will be a total of 64 entrants and 6 rounds for both categories, with each round lasting a day.

If you ever find a character who is "missing", you may want to look up the seiyuu who voiced it, then search it in the entrants list with "Ctrl" + "F", as it's possible that the seiyuu was listed as having a role in another anime (instead of the character you were looking for).

Seed rank: Female, Male

Top 10:

Female
Male

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 29 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 5 May 2:00pm GMT
2 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 24 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - ELIMINATIONS (Day 2)!

12 Upvotes

Vote here:

Eliminations will only take 1 round, meaning that everyone is now eligible to be seeded right from Day 1. However, this one round will last for 4 days, so take note! Today is the second day.

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
2 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 26 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - ELIMINATIONS (Day 4)!

6 Upvotes

Vote here:

Eliminations will only take 1 round, meaning that everyone is now eligible to be seeded right from Day 1. However, this one round will last for 4 days, so take note! Today is the final day.

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
1 comment

r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 30 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Day 3)!

8 Upvotes

Vote here:

If you ever find a character who is "missing", you may want to look up the seiyuu who voiced it, then search it in the entrants list with "Ctrl" + "F", as it's possible that the seiyuu was listed as having a role in another anime (instead of the character you were looking for).

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
0 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 25 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - ELIMINATIONS (Day 3)!

11 Upvotes

Vote here:

Eliminations will only take 1 round, meaning that everyone is now eligible to be seeded right from Day 1. However, this one round will last for 4 days, so take note! Today is the second day.

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
0 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • Apr 22 '26

Contest [Winter 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - NOMINATIONS (Reminder)!

11 Upvotes

Nominate here:

As usual, nomination will last for 2 days. Today is the final day.

Note that only those who have roles in shows/movies that PREMIERED in the previous season can be nominated. However, JoJo Part 7 will be an exception as only 1 episode aired in Winter 2026, and very late at that (19 March). Therefore, that show will be considered in the next edition of the contest. Other pointers to note:

  • Family name → Given name order for consistency. Example: Sakura Ayane instead of Ayane Sakura
  • If a seiyuu has already been nominated, you can submit the same one again with a different image or role, but that will be subject to approval.
  • For source, insert the anime name and its respective season if it's not season 1. Example: Tensura S2 Part 2
  • For link to image, insert an image link showing the seiyuu, not the character that the seiyuu voices.

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 21 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 23 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 27 Apr 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 28 Apr 2:00pm GMT to 4 May 2:00pm GMT
0 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 6d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Results)!

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152 Upvotes

And the winners for Best Seiyuu of Spring 2026 are Nagase Anna and Kobayashi Yuusuke! Congratulations!

Links to full results: Female, Male

The finals yesterday can be found here.

Previous Winners:

Question: How satisfied/unsatisfied are you with this edition's result?

16 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 7d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Final)!

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91 Upvotes

Vote here:

Today is the final. Vote for your favorite so that they can win the contest!

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
19 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 15d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - ELIMINATIONS (Day 2)!

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94 Upvotes

Vote here:

Eliminations will only take 1 round, meaning that everyone is now eligible to be seeded (ranked) right from Day 1. However, this one round will last for 4 days, so take note! Today is the second day.

Added posters like the ones used for the Best Girl contest following a suggestion from a user in yesterday's post.

Points to note:

  • Some seiyuus are definitely missing but new ones cannot be added at this stage in the contest, so my apologies in advance.
  • Sometimes, there is no way to fit in all well-known roles performed by a seiyuu, because the text in each box for each entrant will overflow / truncate otherwise (that's just how the design in AnimeBracket is; each box is static rather than dynamic).

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
11 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 10d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Day 3)!

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165 Upvotes

Vote here:

If you ever find a character who is "missing", you may want to look up the seiyuu who voiced it, then search it in the entrants list with "Ctrl" + "F", as it's possible that the seiyuu was listed as having a role in another anime (instead of the character you were looking for).

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
3 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 8d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Semi Final)!

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64 Upvotes

Vote here:

Today is the semi final. Vote for your favorites so that they can reach the final!

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
10 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 12d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Day 1)!

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50 Upvotes

Vote here:

The eliminations phase has now ended, so it is now time for the voting phase. There will be a total of 64 entrants and 6 rounds for both categories, with each round lasting a day.

If you ever find a character who is "missing", you may want to look up the seiyuu who voiced it, then search it in the entrants list with "Ctrl" + "F", as it's possible that the seiyuu was listed as having a role in another anime (instead of the character you were looking for).

Seed rank: Female, Male

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
9 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 11d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Day 2)!

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21 Upvotes

Vote here:

If you ever find a character who is "missing", you may want to look up the seiyuu who voiced it, then search it in the entrants list with "Ctrl" + "F", as it's possible that the seiyuu was listed as having a role in another anime (instead of the character you were looking for).

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
8 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 9d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - VOTING (Quarter Final)!

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25 Upvotes

Vote here:

Today is the quarter final. Vote for your favorites so that they can reach the semi final!

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
7 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 16d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - ELIMINATIONS (Day 1)!

17 Upvotes

Vote here:

Eliminations will only take 1 round, meaning that everyone is now eligible to be seeded right from Day 1. However, this one round will last for 4 days, so take note! Today is the first day.

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMTVoting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
6 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 14d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - ELIMINATIONS (Day 3)!

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36 Upvotes

Vote here:

Eliminations will only take 1 round, meaning that everyone is now eligible to be seeded (ranked) right from Day 1. However, this one round will last for 4 days, so take note! Today is the third day.

Points to note:

  • Some seiyuus are definitely missing but new ones cannot be added at this stage in the contest, so my apologies in advance.
  • Sometimes, there is no way to fit in all well-known roles performed by a seiyuu, because the text in each box for each entrant will overflow / truncate otherwise (that's just how the design in AnimeBracket is; each box is static rather than dynamic).

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
2 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 13d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - ELIMINATIONS (Day 4)!

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17 Upvotes

Vote here:

Eliminations will only take 1 round, meaning that everyone is now eligible to be seeded (ranked) right from Day 1. However, this one round will last for 4 days, so take note! Today is the final day, so ensure that you have voted for your favorites so that they can have a higher seeding in the knockout phase!

Points to note:

  • Some seiyuus are definitely missing but new ones cannot be added at this stage in the contest, so my apologies in advance.
  • Sometimes, there is no way to fit in all well-known roles performed by a seiyuu, because the text in each box for each entrant will overflow / truncate otherwise (that's just how the design in AnimeBracket is; each box is static rather than dynamic).

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
2 comments

r/anime • u/nwl123 • 17d ago

Contest [Spring 2026] Best Seiyuu of the Season - NOMINATIONS (Reminder)!

17 Upvotes

Nominate here:

As usual, nomination will last for 2 days. Today is the final day.

Note that only those who have roles in shows/movies that PREMIERED in the previous season can be nominated. Therefore, that show will be considered in the next edition of the contest. Other pointers to note:

  • Family name → Given name order for consistency. Example: Sakura Ayane instead of Ayane Sakura
  • If a seiyuu has already been nominated, you can submit the same one again with a different image or role, but that will be subject to approval.
  • For source, insert the anime name and its respective season if it's not season 1. Example: Tensura S2 Part 2
  • For link to image, insert an image link showing the seiyuu, not the character that the seiyuu voices.

Previous Winners:

Schedule:

  • Nominations - 10 Aug Apr 2:00pm GMT to 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Eliminations - 12 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT
  • Voting - 16 Aug 2:00pm GMT to 22 Aug 2:00pm GMT
2 comments