19° Annual Anime Grand Prix (1996)

Best anime :

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
2. Martian Successor Nadesico
3. Slayers Next
4. The Vision of Escaflowne
5. Detective Conan
6. Mobile Suit Gundam : The 08th MS Team
7. Rurouni Kenshin
8. Saber Marionette J
9. After War Gundam X
10. Kodomo no Omocha
11. Crayon Shin-chan
12. Hana Yori Dango
13. You're Under Arrest
14. X (Movie)
15. Tenchi the Movie : Tenchi Muyo in Love
16. Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
17. GeGeGe no Kitaro
18. Kaitou Saint Tail
19. Kochi Kame
20. Brave Command Dagwon

Rei Ayanami and Shinji Ikari, from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion

Best female character :

1. Rei Ayanami (Evangelion)
2. Lina Inverse (Slayers Next)
3. Ruri Hoshino (Nadesico)
4. Asuka Langley Sohryu (Evangelion)
5. Lime (Saber Marionette J)
6. Haruka Tenoh (Sailor Moon)
7. Misato Katsuragi (Evangelion)
8. Yurika Misumaru (Nadesico)
9. Tiffa Adill (Gundam X)
10. Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)

Best male character :

1. Shinji Ikari (Evangelion)
2. Kaworu Nagisa (Evangelion)
3. Lupin III (Lupin III : Dead or Alive)
4. Shiro Amada (Gundam : The 08th MS Team)
5. Gai Daigoji (Nadesico)
6. Akito Tenkawa (Nadesico)
7. Garrod Ran (Gundam X)
8. Touji Suzuhara (Evangelion)
9. Zelgadiss Graywords (Slayers Next)
10. Gourry Gabriev (Slayers Next)

Best Seiyuu :

- Megumi Hayashibara (Lina Inverse; Slayers Next)

The choice to select the best voice actors (Seiyuus) and characters are made considering only the letters and emails that fans send to Tokuma Shoten's office throughout the year, so there is no interference of the editors in the selection process.

Best song :



1. ''A Cruel Angel's Thesis'' by Yoko Takahashi (Evangelion OP)
2. ''Give a Reason'' by Megumi Hayashibara (Slayers Next OP)
3. ''You Get to Burning'' by Yumi Matsuzawa (Nadesico OP)
4. ''Successful MissioN'' by Megumi Hayashibara (Saber Marionette J OP)
5. ''Heart of Sword - Yoake Mae'' by T.M. Revolution (Rurouni Kenshin ED)
6. ''Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan'' by Chisa Yokoyama & The Teikoku Kagekidan (Sakura Wars OP)
7. ''DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete ku'' by Field of View (Dragon Ball GT OP)
8. ''FLY ME TO THE MOON'' by Various (Evangelion ED)
9. ''Arashi no Naka de Kagayaite'' by Chihiro Yonekura (Gundam 08th MS Team OP)
10. ''Freckles'' by Sandy Fox (Rurouni Kenshin OP)