Axiom’s Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

By John J. Joex

For those of you who followed Sam’s and my columns on the Hulu Awards late last year and early this year, the time has finally come to announce the winners of the best of the best on Hulu.com. The Hulu Review will be revealing the top vote grabbers in each category over the next few weeks (with the entry on Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie coming from yours truly). I will be chiming in with my comments on the winners, though mostly just from the categories of interest to Science Fiction and Fantasy fans. I will also list the winners of each category announced so far and provide links to the award announcements.

So here are the winners so far:

Best Anime: Death Note

It’s the one I voted for and it deserves to win. It tells the story of a teenager who finds a notebook that will kill anybody whose name is written in it and decides to use it to kill evil people. It provides some great insights into the nature of good and evil and how we can be lured into evil be trying to combat it. The full series is available on Hulu and is definitely worth checking out if you have never seen it or heard of it.  The audience favorite, Mushi-Shi, was high on my list as well and equally worth checking out.

Watch Death Note at Hulu.com

Watch Mush-Shi at Hulu.com

Best Short Format (Non-Comedy) Series: 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust

Sorry, but this one just didn’t do it for me. This is one of two web-only spinoffs from the 30 Days of Night movie from FEARnet.com. Both this and 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails had just too much gore and not enough story to interest me. Much better, and also from FEARnet.com, was the seven-part Devil’s Trade. This creepy piece focused heavily on story and suspense and almost completely shunned the gore-factor. It reminded me of an internet-age revisiting of Tales of the Darkside, though unfortunately it did not even make it to the finals in this category. The audience favorite, Gemini Division (no longer available on the site), was a decent enough sci fi thriller, though I have to admit that it started to wear on me and I did not finish watching all the episodes.

Watch 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust at Hulu.com

Watch Devil’s Trade at Hulu.com

Watch Gemini Division at GeminiDivision.com

Best Movie Studio: Universal Studios