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Kemono Friends Director Tatsuki is a Penguin at Twitter Trends Grand Prix 2017
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Former Kemono Friends director TATSUKI appeared to be honoring the late Grape-kun, the real penguin that took social media by storm this year after he developed a crush on the Hululu cut-out in his enclosure at the Tobu Zoo. Not one for subtlety, TATSUKI wore a full-scale penguin mask for the entirety of the award show, even when he went on stage to accept Anime of the Year.
Twitter Anime Of the yearは「けものフレンズ」でした!たつき監督!おめでとうございます!#Twitterトレンド大賞 pic.twitter.com/MqhcxlAbLj
— トレンド大賞 @リプレイ配信中 みなさまありがとうございました! (@TrendAward) December 23, 2017
TATSUKI expressed surprise at the win, but said ultimately the prize was also for all the Kemono Friends viewers.
今年の1月1日から思うと信じられない賞なのですが、掛け値なくお客さんの起こした奇跡なので、これはお客さんへの賞なのだと思います。みなさん、受賞おめでとうございます
— たつき/irodori (@irodori7) December 23, 2017
#Twitterトレンド大賞 pic.twitter.com/MuGUAvKYXn
田村淳「また来年もけものフレンズを盛り上げていただきたいと思います」
— 羽屋戸 (@_love_serena) December 23, 2017
たつき監督「……」
(´;ω;')
#Twitterトレンド大賞 pic.twitter.com/7HIy1ravqF
Kemono Friends took first place, ranking above Love Live! and Yuri!!! on Ice. Girls und Panzer, Eromanga Sensei, Katsugeki! Tōken Ranbu, Fate/Apocrypha, Dream Festival!, Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru, and New Game!! rounded out the top 10.
The Twitter Trend awards are based on activity on the social media platform.
The popular mobile game Fate/Grand Order took the Game of the Year award, a surprise after it was looked over in Google Play's own awards. Other top games included Final Fantasy XV, Kantai Collection, Splatoon 2, Dragon Quest XI, Monster Hunter XX, Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle, Pokémon GO, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and NieR:Automata.
When it came to Word of the Year, Fate/Grand Order took that prize, too. "FGO" was the most tweeted word just above Kemono Friends. Other highlights were Tōken Ranbu, SMAP, Merlin, and Precure.
The Word of the Year is a separate category from "Hashtag of the Year." When it came to hashtags, the mobile game and anime Monster Strike won out with #monsuto. In second place was the idol group Nogizaka46, followed by two hashtags for Fate/Grand Order, #fgo and #fatego. Dragon Ball hashtags "Dragon Ball" and "Dokkan Battle" also ranked, as did Kemono Friends, Splatoon 2, several Tōken Ranbu hashtags, and the Nintendo Switch console.
[Via Nijimen]
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