9th KB Awards

The **9th** **KB Awards** ceremony (also known as the **2017 KB Awards**), honors the best KB films of 2017.

## Nominees

### Best Picture

* ***Cambrian: Life Begins***
* *KK Undead: Extinction*
* *Sherlock Tank: Terror at the Orient Express*
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* *Yullian*

### Best Direction

* ***Cambrian: Life Begins***
* *KK Undead: Extinction*
* *Sherlock Tank: Terror at the Orient Express*
* *TalesSpinned Chapter 3: The Battle of Six Armies*
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*

### Best Actor

* Rodimus Prime – *Transformers: Into the Abyss*
* Godzilla – *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* King Kong – *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* Ace – *Sherlock Tank: Terror at the Orient Express*

### Best Actress

* Windblade – *Transformers: Into the Abyss*
* Yullian – *Yullian*, *Ultraman Club*
* Ada Wong – *Ada Wong: Lost in Berlin*
* Lidorias – *Sherlock Tank: Terror at the Orient Express*

### Best Villain

* **Vladimir Ivan Smirnov - *Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine***
* Alpha Skullcrawler – *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* Lee Kim – *Ada Wong: Lost in Berlin*
* Tornedron – *Godzilla X Transformers: Call of the Primitives*

### Best Screenplay

* ***Transformers: Into the Abyss***
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* *Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine*
* *Ada Wong: Lost in Berlin*
* *WALL-E and the Transformers: Chaos in Caminus*

### Best Figure Animation

* ***Godzilla: Son of King Kong***
* *Cambrian: Life Begins*
* *Yullian*
* *Godzilla X Transformers: Call of the Primitives*
* *WALL-E and the Transformers: Chaos in Caminus*

### Best Live-Action Short

* ***Dino Island: Indominus vs. Everyone***
* *Dino Island: Apocalypse OW!*
* *Whirly’s Rhyming Randomness*

### Best Sound Mixing

* ***Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine***
* *Godzilla X Transformers: Call of the Primitives*
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* *Transformers: Into the Abyss*
* *WALL-E and the Transformers: Chaos in Caminus*

### Best Sound Editing

* ***Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine***
* *Godzilla X Transformers: Call of the Primitives*
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* *Transformers: Into the Abyss*
* *WALL-E and the Transformers: Chaos in Caminus*

### Best Art Direction

* ***Cambrian: Life Begins***
* *KK Undead: Extinction*
* *Sherlock Tank: Terror at the Orient Express*
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* *Transformers: Into the Abyss*

### Best Cinematography

* ***Godzilla X Transformers: Call of the Primitives***
* *Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine*
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* *Transformers: Into the Abyss*
* *KK Undead: Extinction*

### Best Film Editing

* ***Godzilla X Transformers: Call of the Primitives***
* *Cambrian: Life Begins*
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* *Transformers: Into the Abyss*
* *KK Undead: Extinction*

### Best Visual Effects

* ***KK Undead: Extinction***
* *Godzilla: Son of King Kong*
* *Rubberduckzilla II: The Rise of Pazuzu*
* *Transformers: Into the Abyss*
* *Yullian*

### Best Comedy

* ***KK Undead: Extinction***
* *KB Beach Caper Movie*
* *Sherlock Tank: Terror at the Orient Express*

### Newcomer of the Year

* **Usagi Tsukino – *Sailor Moon’s Guide to the Solar System***
* Rei Hino – *Sailor Moon’s Guide to the Solar System*
* Hotaru Tomoe – *Sailor Moon’s Guide to the Solar System*
* Haruka Tenou – *Sailor Moon’s Guide to the Solar System*
* Ami Mizuno – *Sailor Moon’s Guide to the Solar System*

### Worst Film/Direction

* ***Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime Part 1***
* *Another 50 Shades of Chicken*
* *KB Beach Caper Movie*
* *Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine*
* *Beast Wars: The Next Generation*

### Worst Actor/Actress

* **Optimus Prime – *Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime Part 1***
* Optimus Primal – *Beast Wars: The Next Generation*
* Evangelion Unit-01 – *Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine*
* Rei Ayanami – *Another 50 Shades of Chicken*
* Joy – *All’s Well Ends Wishing Well, Too*

### Worst Villain

* **Megatron** **– *Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime Part 1***
* Galvatron – *Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine*
* Shockwave – *Transformers: Into the Abyss*
* Banzaitron – *WALL-E and the Transformers: Chaos in Caminus*
* Predaking – *Beast Wars: The Next Generation*

### Worst Screenplay

* ***Another 50 Shades of Chicken***
* *Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime Part 1*
* *KB Beach Caper Movie*
* *Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine*
* *Beast Wars: The Next Generation*

## Trivia

* *Cambrian: Life Begins* became the second documentary to win Best Picture at the KB Awards.
* Due to a shortage of legible films, this is the first KB Award edition with the best character awards having four nominees instead of five.
* This is the first KB Award edition where all the nominees of the Worst Villain category are from the Transformers series.
* *Evangelion and the Transformers: Ghost in the Machine* had both its villains being nominated for Best Villain (Vladimir Ivan Smirnov) and Worst Villain (Galvatron) at the same time.
* Optimus Prime won his fourth Worst Actor award.

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