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(Last Update January 3, 2020)

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Purpose of the Recommended Anthropomorphics List
Motion Picture
Dramatic Short Work or Series
Novel
Short Fiction
Other Literary Work
Non Fiction Work
Graphic Story
Comic Strip
Magazine
Published Illustration
Game
Website
Fursuit
Miscellany

TOC     Purpose of the Recommended Anthropomorphics List

This ninteenth annual Recommended Anthropomorphics List has two purposes. Firstly, it is open for all Furry fans to recommend what they consider to be the best anthropomorphic movies, TV series, novels, artwork, games, etc. that they found first published during 2019. It is for fans who want to know what anthropomorphic movies, TV series, novels, etc. others found to be worth looking for. The List is open to anyone to add to, so if you know of any 2019 Furry movies or comic books or comic strips, etc. that you consider worth recommending, please send your recommendations to:

recommended@ursamajorawards.org

The ALAA reserves the right to exclude from the Recommended Anthropomorphics List, and from contention for an Ursa Major Award, any works it deems to be obscene, libelous, illegal, or otherwise detrimental to the integrity and good standing of the Ursa Major Awards and the anthropomorphics fandom that those awards represent.

All recommendations for 2019 must be received by midnight PST, January 15, 2020.

It would be greatly appreciated if you are able to provide weblinks to your recommendations so that we can correctly add them to the list.

The second purpose is to serve as a guide to which items were produced in 2019, to help fans determine what is eligible to nominate for the year's Ursa Major Awards (to be voted upon in 2020). Note: Recommendation of items to this list does not constitute nomination for the awards, nor is it a requirement for nomination! Nominations may not be made until January 2020 - check the Nominations page for instructions.

The dividing line in size between Novel and Short Fiction is 40,000 words.

The "Other Literary Work" category is for any literary work that does not fit into the existing written categories, including but not limited to such things as short story and comic strip collections, graphic novels, and non-fiction.

The Published Illustration category is intended for single illustrations only. When multiple illustrations exist in the same story/book be careful to identify exactly which illustration you mean. Should you wish to recommend an artist of several illustrations in the same story, none of which stands out above the other, cite the title page or other first illustration.

Recommended Anthropomorphic Miscellany is not matched by a similar category in the Ursa Major Awards. Recommended Miscellany is for those items like the Realm of the Claw action figures that appeared awhile back, or the Cthulhu plush dolls that do not fit into any of the existing categories, but are too good to be ignored.

Fursuit performances qualify under "Dramatic Short Work or Series", preferably in recorded form, or as performances which will be repeated.

Fursuit is an Award category with special requirements. Due to the difficulties with administering this category, we will have to ask for extra information and other requirements to accept them into this category. To submit them to the Recommended List we require ALL of the following:

• Fursuit name
• Fursuit's maker
• Fursuit's owner/player (if not the maker)
• Good quality photograph taken during the eligible year (2019 at present) with permission to publish it
• Date photograph taken
• Venue at which the photograph was taken (MUST be at a convention or furmeet where a significant number of people have seen it)

If all details are correctly supplied, the fursuit will be eligible for an Ursa Major Award for that year only. ALL fursuits are eligible for the Recommended List and as a candidate for an Award for ONE YEAR ONLY. When Award nominations are opened in January, all nominees for the Fursuit category must be chosen from those on the Recommended List for the eligible year. The Ursa Major Award will be given to the fursuit maker, not the wearer/performer. Photographs will be published on this website for consideration by the public. You must have the rights to that photo and grant us permission to show it. NOTE: An Award will only be presented if there are sufficient recommendations to proceed with it.

This Recommended List is posted at https://ursamajorawards.org/. This website includes links to as many as possible of the recommended items that have their own entries on the Internet; so if you want to know more about any of them, you can go right to its site.

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TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

           [Live-action or animated feature-length movies.]

1. Abominable (Directed by Jill Culton and Todd Wilderman, September 27)
2. Avengers: Endgame (Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo; April 26)
3. How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World (Directed by Dean DeBlois; February 22)
4. Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (Directed by Jenny Goldberg and Jake Wyatt, August 16)
5. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (Directed by Mike Mitchell, February 7)
6. Made in Abyss: Hōrō Suru Tasogare (Directed by Masayuki Kojima, January 18)
7. Made in Abyss: Tabidachi no Yoake  (Directed by Masayuki Kojima, January 4)
8. Missing Link (Directed by Chris Butler, April 12)
9. Pokémon Detective Pikachu (Directed by Rob Letterman, May 3)
10. Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (Directed by Joe Murray and Cosmo Serguson, August 9
11. Toy Story 4 (Directed by Josh Cooley, June 21)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series

           [TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.]

1. 101 Dalmatian Street (Storyboarded by Luke Allen, Bianca Ansems, Althea Aseoche, Daniel Dion Christensen, Max Loubaresse, Adrian Maganza, and Barry Reynolds, Season 1 Episode 1 to ?)
2. Aggretsuko (Directed by Rarecho, Season 2 Episode 1-10)
3. Amphibia (Directed by Bert Youn and Derek Kirk Kim, Season 1 Episode 1 to ?)
4. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Directed by Louis Leterrier, Episode 1 to Episode 10)
5. The Helpful Fox Senko-san (Directed by Tomoaki Koshida, Episodes 1-12)
6. Infinity Train (Storyboarded by Sofia Alexander, Owen Dennis, Ryan Pequin, Kellye Perdue, Madeline Queripel, Cole Sanchez, Sarah Soh, Sam Spina, Jacob Winkler, and Jessie Wong, Season 1 Episode 1 to Episode 10)
7. Kemono Michi: Rise Up (Episode 1 to ? )
8. Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart (Written and Storyboarded by Phil Ahn, Allison Craig, Nathanael H. Jones, Griffith Kimmins, Alexandria Kwan, Nora Meek, Michael Moloney, Emily Oetzell, Parker Simmons, and Chris Ybarra, Season 1 Episode 1 to ?) 
9. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Directed by Denny Lu, Mike Myhre, and Gillian Comerford, Season 9 Episode 1 to ?)
10. Running Late (Directed by Dan Variano, September 1)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Novel

           [Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.]

1. Red Skies, by GS Cole and NC Shapero. (Jarlidium Press; June)
2. Off The Mark, by Bernard Doove & Jeff Hartt. (Kindle Direct; March 18)
3. Darwin-sensei, Kemono Musume-tachi ga Gakuen de Omochi desu!, by Daisaburo Nonoue. (DASH X Bunko; January 25)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Short Fiction

           [Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry and other short written works.]

1. New Hire at the Final Library, by Laurence Raphael Brothers. (In Zooscape; March)
2. Clyde and the Pickle Jar, by Steve Carr. (In Zooscape; March)
3. Black Out In Space, by Mary E. Lowd. (In The Rabbit Dies First; January)
4. Ecto-Cafe, by Mary E. Lowd. (In The Daily Grind; April)
5. Katelynn and the Hummingbird, by Mary E. Lowd. (In Empyreome; January)
6. The Ugly Sapling, by Mary E. Lowd. (In Empyreome; January)
7. This Dog for Hire, by Mary E. Lowd. (In Jove Deadly's Lunar Detective Agency; March)
8. Poodle in a Blue Dress, by Garrett Marco. (In Jove Deadly's Lunar Detective Agency (March, 2019)
9. ¡Viva Piñata!, by L.D. Nguyen. (In Zooscape; March)
10. With Eyes Half Open by Frances Pauli. (In Metaphorosis; April)
11. The Move, by Kristi Roberts. (In Zooscape; March)
12. Bibelots and Baubles, by Shauna Roberts. (In Zooscape; March)
13. Cat of Thunder, by John Taloni. (In Zooscape; March)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work

           [Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, and convention program books.]

1. Jove Deadly's Lunar Detective Agency, by Garrett Marco & Mary E. Lowd. (publisher FurPlanet, collection, March)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Non Fiction Work

           [Includes opinion pieces and news articles.]

1. Rukus by Brett Hanover. (Internet, Documentary, October 10)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Graphic Story

           [Includes comic books and serialized online stories.]

1. 21 Century Fox, by Scott Kellogg. (Internet, January 7 to ?)
2. Age of Arcadia, by Alejandra Zuñiga & Gina Chacón. (Internet; January 1, 2019 to ?)
3. Dreamkeepers, by David Lillie and Liz Lillie. (Internet; January 1 to ?)
   
4. Flower Knight Dakini, by Sho Shibamoto. (Kindle Direct, Ch 7 to Ch.10)
5. Freefall, by Mark Stanley. (Internet; January 1 to ?)
6. Hyper Blaster, by Aidan McHugh. (Internet, Page 23 to ?)
7. Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler. (Internet, Jan 1 to ?)
8. Made In Abyss, by Akihito Tsukushi. (Takeshobo/Web Comic Gamma, volume 8, 51, vol 9, 52)
9. Oinari JK Tamamo-Chan, by Yuuki Ray. (Comic REX, 47 to ? + standalone Volume 3)
10. Rough House, by John "The Gneech" Robey. (Internet, January 7 to ?)
11. Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san, by Rimukoro. (Comic Newtype, Ch. 28 to ? + standalone Volumes 4 to 5)
12. Tamberlane, by Caytlin Vilbrandt. (Internet; January 1, 2019 to ?)
13. World of Ruan, by Kalli Brown. (Internet, February 2 to ?)
14. Youryukai no Kemono Jijo, by Ukan Muri. (Monthly Comic Ryu, Ch. 19 to End + standalone Volume 4) Mature Audiences.

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Comic Strip

           [For newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.]

(Note - The Belfry contains links to a wide variety of on-line comics including many Furry ones.)

1. Carry On, by K. Garrison. (Internet, January 1 to ?)
2. Doc Rat, by Jenner. (Internet; January 1 to ?)
3. Housepets!, by Rick Griffin (Internet, January 1 to December 30)
4. Schlock Mercenary, by Howard Taylor. (Internet, January 1 to ?)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Magazine

           [Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.]

1. Virginity Clan (Youtube channel, January 5 to ?)
2. Zooscape, edited by Mary E. Lowd. (Internet, March to ?)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Published Illustration

           [Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, coffee table portfolios.]

1. Idess, cover of Jove Deadly's Lunar Detective Agency (published by FurPlanet) March.
2. Kishibe, cover and inside illustrations for Darwin-sensei, Kemono Musume-tachi ga Gakuen de Omochi desu!. (DASH X Bunko; January 25)
3. Silfoe, wraparound cover of Off The Mark, by Bernard Doove & Jeff Hartt. (Kindle Direct, March 18)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Game

           [Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games. No prereleases, just the finished version.]

1. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (Developer: Panache Digital Games, Publisher: Private Division, August 27)
2. Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition (Developer: Media.Vision, Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment, October 17)
3. Kingdom Hearts III (Developer: Square Enix Business Division 3, Publisher: Square Enix, January 29)
4. Lovers of Aether (Dan Fornace, April 1)
5. Pokémon Masters (Developer and Publisher: DeNA, August 29)
6. Pokémon Rumble Rush (Developer: Ambrella, Publisher: The Pokémon Company, May 22)
7. Untitled Goose Game (Developer: House House, Publisher: Panic, September 20)
8. Winds of Change (Developer and Publisher: Tall Tail Studios/Klace, August 21)
9. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (Developer: Playtonic Games, Publisher: Team17, October 8)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Website

           [Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.]

1. Title with link, author if any, content.
2. joinmastodon.org (Social networking, art)
3. newgrounds.com (Art, animations, games, and music)

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Costume a.k.a. Fursuit

1. ettie, 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup mascot
   

TOC     Recommended Anthropomorphic Miscellany