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SPJA Industry Award Winners Announced at Anime Expo (Updated)

Anime Expo convention, announced the winners of the 2009 SPJA Industry Awards at an industry reception on Thursday evening.

Category 01: Best DEATH NOTE - L

Category 02: Best Voice Actor (English)
GURREN LAGANN - Kamina

Category 03: Best Voice Actress (Japanese)
NARUTO - Naruto Uzumaki

Category 04: Best Voice Actress (English)
BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY - Rukia Kuchiki

Category 05: Best Casting Director
Jaime Simone - BLEACH

Category 06: Best Character Design
Madhouse ­ DEATH NOTE

Category 07: Best Mechanical Design
Yoh Yoshirari ­ GURREN LAGANN

Category 08: Best Male Character
L ­ DEATH NOTE

Category 09: Best Female Character
Rukia Kuchiki ­ BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY

Category 10: Best Mascot Character
xxxHOLiC

Category 11: Best Backround Design
Studio Pierrot - BLEACH

Category 12: Best Bandai Entertainment

Category 13: Best Feature Film
THE GIRL WHO LEPT THROUGH TIME - Bandai Entertainment

Category 14: Best Television Series
GURREN LAGANN - Bandai Entertainment

Category 15: Best Original Score
DEATH NOTE Score ­ DEATH NOTE - Hideki Taniuchi

Category 16: Best Original Song
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" - Aniplex Inc. ­ BEAT
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Category 17: Best Director (Japanese)
Tetsuro Araki ­ DEATH NOTE

Category 18: Best Director (American)
Karl Willems - DEATH NOTE

Category 19: Best Manga - Action
Del Rey Manga - Clamp

Category 20: Best Manga - Comedy
Hiro Mashima

Category 21: Best Manga - Drama
MONSTER - Naoki Urasawa

Category 22: Best Publication
Shonen Jump - Viz Media

Category 23: Best Full Motion Video in Video Game
FINAL FANTASY IV - Square Enix

Update: Kyle Hebert's name spelling corrected. Thanks, braves.