Anime Awards 2021 Results and Five New Shows Announced

Lights, Camera, Action! Last night was Crunchyroll’s Fifth Annual Anime Awards; while it went all-digital, it was still a sight to behold. Also, Crunchyroll has confirmed that five new shows will be coming to their streaming service; let’s check out who won:

Anime of the Year:

• APPARE-RANMAN!
• BEASTARS
• Dorohedoro
• Great Pretender
• JUJUTSU KAISEN (Winner!)
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Best Animation:

• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Winner!)
• The God of High School
• Great Pretender
• JUJUTSU KAISEN
• Princess Connect! Re: Dive
• BEASTARS

Best Opening Sequence (OP):

• “Easy Breezy” by chelmico – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• “KAIKAIKITAN” by EVE – JUJUTSU KAISEN
• “Wild Side” by ALI – BEASTARS (Winner!)
• “G.P.” by Yutaka Yamada – Great Pretender
• “Daddy Daddy Do!” by Masayuki Suzuki – Kaguya-sama: Love is War? (Season 2)
• “Phoenix” by Burnout Syndromes – HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP

Best Ending Sequence (ED):

• “LOST IN PARADISE” by ALI feat. AKLO – JUJUTSU KAISEN (Winner, and check out parodied collaboration with Comedy Manga, Me and Roboco!)
• “The Great Pretender” by Freddie Mercury – Great Pretender
• “Night Running” by Shin Sakura ft AAAMYYY – BNA: Brand New Animal
• “(K)NoW_NAME” by 「D.D.D.D」- Dorohedoro
• “Welcome My Friend” by OKAMOTO’S – The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED

Best Boy:

• Caiman – Dorohedoro
• Gojo Satoru – JUJUTSU KAISEN
• Khun Aguero Agnes – Tower of God
• Legoshi – BEASTARS
• Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy
• Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP (Winner!)

Best Girl:

• Sayaka Kanamori – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Chizuru Mizuhara –Rent-A-Girlfriend
• Noi – Dorohedoro
• Catarina Claes – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
• Abigail Jones – Great Pretender
• Kaguya Shinomiya – Kaguya-sama: Love is War? (Season 2, Winner!)

Best Score:

• Tower of God- Kevin Penkin, (Winner!)
• Great Pretender
• BEASTARS
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• The God of High School
• Japan Sinks: 2020

Best Performance by a Voice Actor (Japanese):

• Riho Sugiyama as Minare Koda – Wave, Listen to Me!
• Megumi Ogata as Hanako – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
• Yusuke Kobayashi as Natsuki Subaru – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 (Winner!)
• Yuichi Nakamura as Gojo Satoru – JUJUTSU KAISEN
• Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Yuusuke Oonuki as Daisuke Kanbe – The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED

Best Performance by a Voice Actor (English):

• Zeno Robinson as Hawks – My Hero Academia Season 4 (Winner!)
• Crispin Freeman as Ziusudra – Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
• Aaron Phillips as Laurent Thierry – Great Pretender
• Johnny Yong Bosch as Bam – Tower of God
• Jonah Scott as Legoshi – BEASTARS
• Anairis Quiñones as Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2

Best Director:

• Masaaki Yuasa – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (Winner!)
• Yuzuru Tachikawa – DECA-DENCE
• Sunghoo Park – JUJUTSU KAISEN
• Hiro Kaburagi – Great Pretender
• Mamoru Hatakeyama – Kaguya-sama: Love is War? (Season 2)
• Takashi Sano – Tower of God

Best Character Design:

• Naoyuki Asano, Original Designs by: Sumito Owara – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Hirotaka Katou – Great Pretender
• Mayuka Itou, Original Designs by: Iro Aida – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (Winner!)
• Genice Chan, Yuusuke Yoshigaki – BNA: Brand New Animal
• Masashi Kudoh, Miho Tanino, Original Designs by: S.I.U. – Tower of God
• Rumiko Takahashi, Yoshihito HIshinuma – Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Best Protagonist:

• Natsume – DECA-DENCE
• Catarina Claes – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (Winner!)
• Yuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN
• Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy
• Shoyo HInata – HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP

Best Antagonist:

• En – Dorohedoro
• Ryomen Sukuna – JUJUTSU KAISEN (Winner!)
• Rachel – Tower of God
• Akito Soma – Fruits Basket (Season 2)
• Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
• Overhaul – My Hero Academia Season 4

Best Fight-Scene:

• Gojo Satoru vs. Ryomen Sukuna – JUJUTSU KAISEN
• Jin Mori vs Jegai Taek – The God of High School
• Bercouli vs Emperor Vector – Sword Art Online Alicization: War of the Underworld Part 2
• Deku vs Overhaul – My Hero Academia Season 4 (Winner!)
• Jin Mori vs Han Daewi – The God of High School
• Brawler vs Master – Akudama Drive

Best Couple:

• Nasa Yuzaki and Tsukasa Yuzaki – TONIKAWA; Over the Moon For You (Winner!)
• Kaguya Shinomiya and MIyuki Shirogane – Kaguya-sama: Love is War? (Season 2)
• Legoshi and Haru – BEASTARS
• Kotoko Iwanaga and Kuro Sakuragawa – In/Spectre
• Catarina Claes and Maria Campbell – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom
• Chizuru Mizuhara and Kazuya Kinoshita – Rent-A-Girlfriend

Best Drama:

• Fruits Basket (Season 2, Winner!)
• Great Pretender
• Japan Sinks: 2020
• SING “YESTERDAY” FOR ME
• BEASTARS
• Somali and the Forest Spirit

Best Fantasy:

• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 (Winner!)
• Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai
• DECA-DENCE
• Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
• Dorohedoro
• Tower of God

Best Comedy:

• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War? (Season 2) (Winner!)
• My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
• Kakushigoto

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As for the five shows, here are the shows that will be coming your way on Crunchyroll! For more information on it, Crunchyroll’s Joseph Luster has the full details.

• Zombieland SAGA: Revenge!
• I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
• Joran The Princess of Snow and Blood
• ODDTAXI
• Tokyo Revengers

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