2018 AuraAnime Awards

The 2018 AuraAnime Awards was the first annual AuraAnime Awards. The awards ceremony, held in Los Angeles, California, aired on Nickelodeon Family, as a part of AuraNightfall, on December 31st, 2018.
==Categories==
There were 15 categories:
*Best Shounen Anime
*Best Seiyuu Performance
*Best Dub of 2018
*Best Anime Opening
*Best Shoujo Anime
*Favorite Character
*Best Anime Network of 2018
*Best Protagonist
*Best Supporting Character
*Best Mecha Anime
*Best Mahou Shoujo Anime of 2018
*Best Fighting Anime
*Best Magical Girl
*Best Seinen Anime
*Best Josei Anime of 2018
==Nominations==
Note: Winners are denoted in bold.
===Best Shounen Anime===
*Boruto
*Cutie Honey Universe
*Dragon Ball Super
*Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
*Hunter × Hunter (2011)
*The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Kaikō
*Mushibugyo
*My Hero Academia (runner-up)
*Pokémon: The Series: Sun & Moon Ultra Adventures
*Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS
===Best Seiyuu Performance===
*Ayaka Saitō (Miho Sazaki, Cyclone Robots) (runner-up)
*Ami Koshimizu (Nana Nanase, The Girl in Twilight)
*Daiki Yamashita (Izuku, My Hero Academia)
*Nozomi Sazaki (Sapphie, Jewelpet: Sparkle!)
*Rei Takita (Agent Aiko, Stealth)
===Best Dub of 2018===
*Aggretsuko (Netflix)
*Case Closed: Detective Conan (Sundown Publishing) (runner-up)
*Disaster Report (Sundown Publishing)
*Jewelpet Academy (NickFamily Studios)
*My Hero Academia (Funimation)
*Pop Team Epic (Funimation)
*Yo-kai Watch Shadowside (Sundown Publishing)
*Yowamushi Pedal (NickFamily Studios; ADR production for Discotek Media)
===Best Anime Opening===
*Go! Go! Sunshine (Jewelpet Sunshine)
*My Dearest (Guilty Crown) (runner-up)
*Realize! (PriPara)
*The Day (My Hero Academia)
===Best Shoujo Anime===
*Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (runner-up)
*Happy Happy Clover
*Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama
*Kiratto Pri Chan
*Sailor Moon Crystal
===Favorite Character===
*Astolfo (Fate/Apocrypha)
*Izuku (My Hero Academia)
*Konata Izumi (Lucky Star)
*Light Yagami (Death Note)
*Luckytama (Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama)
*Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill) (runner-up)
*Shu Ouma (Guilty Crown)
===Best Anime Network of 2018===
*AniSeed
*OrbitAnime
*SurgeAnime Network/Extra (runner-up)
*Toku
*Toonami
*V Fuel
===Best Protagonist===
*Sieg (Fate/Apocrypha) (runner-up)
*Izuku (My Hero Academia)
*Rinko (Jewelpet)
*Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
*Shu Ouma (Guilty Crown)
===Best Supporting Character===
*Ochako Uraraka (My Hero Academia)
*Ruby (Jewelpet)
*Inori (Guilty Crown) (runner-up)
*Shiro (Deadman Wonderland)
===Best Mecha Anime===
*Darling in the Franxx
*Gurren Lagann
*Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
*SSSS.GRIDMAN (runner-up)
*Voltron
===Best Mahou Shoujo Anime of 2018===
*Hugtto! PreCure
*Magical Girl Ore (runner-up)
*Magical Girl Site
*Jewelpet: Sparkle!
===Best Fighting Anime===
*Dragon Ball Super
*Megalo Box
*Xelphos Adventures (runner-up)
===Best Magical Girl===
*Hyper Blossom (Powerpuff Girls Z)
*My Melody (Onegai My Melody)
*Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura) (runner-up)
*Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)
*Usami (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School)
===Best Seinen Anime===
*Golgo 13
*Himouto! Umaru-chan
*Mobile Suit Gundam-san
*One-Punch Man (runner-up)
*Space Patrol Luluco
===Best Josei Anime of 2018===
Note: None of the series in this category won, so the category will be retired for the 2019 AuraAnime Awards.
*Cottonsweet vs. the Dark Magic
*Dark Jewelpet Story
*Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi
*Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan