“The American Anime Awards is designed to honor the best in anime as voted on by anime fans nationwide.”

Fans may vote online between now and January 31st via online ballots. Award ceremonies take place at the New York Comic Con, and will be taped and broadcast on the Anime Network.

Here are some ideas for celebrating the American Anime Awards:

• Make a news announcement about the American Anime Awards at your next teen meeting. Handout small slips of paper with the url for voting.
• Setup a few voting laptops at your next anime program and encourage teens to vote during the meeting.
• Host a discussion about which anime films and manga titles might win. Before the discussion, look up the nominees in case teens are unfamiliar with a few titles.
• Host your OWN teen manga awards based on a handful of series the library owns.
• Tape the broadcast and watch it together at your next teen anime meeting.
• Post a link to the American Anime awards on your teen myspace or blog.

If you don’t have an anime group together, this could be your opportunity to speak with teens in the library about starting a group. Find out which teens like anime and manga, and tell them about the 1st Annual American Anime awards. Ask teens if they might be interested in meeting up to discuss manga and watch anime at the library.