{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ecd1c1ccb04a7508308720ca","clusterId":"c_ac1226a25f85b0c5c6f7e531","slug":"tokyo-anime-award-festival-ends-events-website-goes-archival","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Tokyo Anime Award Festival Ends Events, Website Goes Archival","summary":"The Tokyo Anime Award Festival announced Friday that it concluded its events as of March. TAAF 2026 ran March 13-16. The festival, which began in 2014 and has held 13 iterations, will shut its X and YouTube accounts on September 30, and its website becomes an archival site the same day. Kenshi Yonezu received the Best Sound/Performance award for four theme songs.","whyItMatters":"The festival, which grew out of the Tokyo International Anime Fair's awards, is ending its run as an event after 13 iterations, with its online presence reduced to an archive.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tokyo Anime Award Festival is over. Its official site announced Friday that the event concluded last March, after TAAF 2026 ran from March 13 to 16. The festival began in 2014 as a separate event, evolving from the Tokyo Anime Award that was part of the Tokyo International Anime Fair from 2002 to 2013.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe festival\u0026#39;s X account and YouTube channel close on September 30, and the website will become an archive from that date. In its final year, Kenshi Yonezu won the Best Sound/Performance award in the Anime of the Year division, recognized for four theme songs: \u0026#34;Plazma\u0026#34; from Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, \u0026#34;Bow and Arrow\u0026#34; from Medalist, and \u0026#34;Iris Out\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;Jane Doe\u0026#34; from Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc, the latter a collaboration with Hikaru Utada. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX won the television category, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai took the animated film category.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Tokyo Anime Award Festival has ended its events as of March. TAAF 2026 ran March 13-16. The X account and YouTube channel shut down September 30; the website becomes an archive. Kenshi Yonezu won Best Sound/Performance for four theme songs.","twitterPost":"Tokyo Anime Award Festival concludes events after TAAF 2026 (March 13-16). X and YouTube close Sept 30, site becomes archive. Kenshi Yonezu wins Best Sound/Performance for four theme songs including GQuuuuuuX and Chainsaw Man Reze Arc.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The Tokyo Anime Award Festival has announced its end, with events concluded as of March after TAAF 2026. Its social accounts close September 30 and the website becomes an archive. Kenshi Yonezu took the Best Sound/Performance award for four anime theme songs.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-04/tokyo-anime-awards-festival-ends/.241377\",\"title\":\"News Tokyo Anime Awards Festival Ends\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4207,"outputTokens":673,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788546605,"createdAt":"2026-09-04T18:25:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-04T18:29:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T18:29:03.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ac1226a25f85b0c5c6f7e531","canonicalTitle":"News\nTokyo Anime Awards Festival Ends","representativeArticleId":"a_82dc8c809fe646a57b4a8e39","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-04T16:12:32.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-04T16:12:32.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-04T18:29:04.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-04/tokyo-anime-awards-festival-ends/.241377","title":"News\nTokyo Anime Awards Festival Ends"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}