Tokyo Anime Center in the Akihabara UDX building is a permanent facility created to promote Japanese anime to the world. It is now holding a special exhibition called "Newtype x Machiasobi Anime Award Daikanshasai (Great Thanksgiving Festival)" to introduce popular anime titles which were featured at the last Machiasobi anime event (September 22nd-October 8th) in Tokushima-city. At the 9th Machiasobi event, Newtype, one of the popular Japanese anime magazines, announced the winners of "Newtype Anime Award 2012" which were selected by the votes of the fans. You can watch the award ceremony on the video monitors and also check the panels and character goods of the winners at the exhibition.  

*all of the photos were taken by Mikikazu Komatsu with the organizer's permission

Each monitors showing various anime series

The entrance

Saber and Haruka welcome you!

Newtype Anime Award winners (anime series): 1. Fate/Zero 2. The Idolm@ster 3. Nisemonogatari

Fate/Zero flag and scene panels

Fate/Zero goods

The Idolm@ster flag and scene panels

The Idolm@ster key animation original arts and AR scripts

Nisemonogatari flag and scene panels

Tari Tari flag and scene panels

Tokyo Anime Center limited goods: The Idolm@ster, TALES OF XILLIA, and Fate/Zero tumblers

Character goods section

The Idolm@ster

Mawaru Penguin Drum

Strike Witches

Haiyore! Nyaruko-san

Nisemonogatari

Hyouka

Fate/Zero

Newtype magazine cover collection