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
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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