The Results are in for The 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards!

The votes are in for this year’s Crunchyroll Awards, and what a night it was. Straight from the heart of Tokyo, it was a big night for Attack on Titan, Spy X Family, and Demon Slayer. Let’s check out the winners!

Anime of the Year:

Nominees:

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
• Lycoris Recoil
• Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• SPY x FAMILY

Best Original Anime:

Nominees:

• BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-
• Healer Girl
• The Orbital Children
• Vampire in the Garden
• YUREI DECO

Best Anime Character Design:

Nominees:

• Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc– WINNER
• Atsuko Nozaki, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• Kazuaki Shimada, SPY x FAMILY
• Kazumasa Ishida, My Dress-Up Darling
• Masanori Shino, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
• Yo Yoshinari, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Best Animation:

Nominees:

• Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• SPY x FAMILY

Best New Anime Series:

Nominees:

• Call of the Night
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Lycoris Recoil
• My Dress-Up Darling
• Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Continuing Anime Series:

Nominees:

• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
• Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

Best Anime Opening Sequence:

Nominees:

• “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Storyboard and Direction from 10GAUGE, Ya Boy Kongming!
• “Mixed Nuts” by Official HIGE DANdism, Storyboard and Direction from Masashi Ishihama, SPY x FAMILY
• “Naked Hero” by Vaundy, Storyboard and Unit Direction from Shingo Yamashita, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• “This Fffire” by Franz Ferdinand, Animation Direction from Hiroyuki Imaishi, Storyboard from Kai Ikarashi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• “Zankyosanka” by Aimer, Storyboard from Haruo Sotozaki, Animation Direction from Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Anime Ending Sequence:

Nominees:

• “Akuma no Ko” by AI HIGUCHI, Storyboard and Direction from Paraco Shinohara, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
• “Koi no yukue” by Akari Akase, Storyboard and Direction from Futata, My Dress-Up Darling
• “Koshaberibiyori” by FantasticYouth, Storyboard and Direction from Kouki Fujimoto, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
• “My Heart Has Surrendered” by Airi Suzuki, Storyboard and Direction from Nichika Ono, Animation Direction from Norifumi Kugai, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
• “Yofukashino Uta” by Creepy Nuts, Storyboard and Direction from Tomoyuki Itamura, Animation Direction from Haruka Sagawa, Call of the Night

Best Anime Score:

Nominees:

• (K)NoW_NAME, SPY x FAMILY
• Akira Yamaoka, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Genki Hikota (Hifumi, Inc.), Ya Boy Kongming!
• Kevin Penkin, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
• Yuki Kaijura and Go Shiina, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Anime Movie

Nominees:

• Belle
• Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
• INU-OH
• One Piece Film Red
• The Deer King

Best Anime Song

Nominees:

• “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
• “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY
  
• “My Nonfiction” by Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) and Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  
• “Shall We Dance?” by ReoNa, SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-
  
• “New Genesis” by Ado, One Piece Film Red

Best Anime Director

Nominees:

• Hiroyuki Imaishi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Kazuhiro Furuhashi, SPY x FAMILY
• Shingo Adachi, Lycoris Recoil
• Yosuke Hatta, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• Yuichiro Hayashi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Main Character

Nominees:

• Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
• David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Loid Forger, SPY x FAMILY
• Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling

Best Supporting Anime Character

Nominees:

• Ai Hayasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
• Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• Rebecca, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Tengen Uzui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
• Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY

The “Must Protect At All Costs!” Anime Character

Nominees:

• Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
• Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
• Shoko Komi, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)

Best Action Anime

Nominees:

• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
• Lycoris Recoil
• SPY x FAMILY

Best Comedy Anime

Nominees:

• Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
• Kotaro Lives Alone
• My Dress-Up Darling
• UNCLE from ANOTHER WORLD
• Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Drama Anime

Nominees:

• 86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2
• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Dance Dance Danseur
• Kotaro Lives Alone
• Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

Best Fantasy Anime

Nominees:

• Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
• Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1, 2nd Cour
• OVERLORD IV
• Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)

Best Romance Anime

Nominees:

• Call of the Night
• Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
• Love After World Domination
• My Dress-Up Darling
• Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie

Best Voice Acting Performance (Japanese)

https://youtu.be/7MW4Ye_PzX0

Nominees:

• Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger in SPY x FAMILY
• Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoris Recoil
• Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
• Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui in Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
• Sun Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Voice Acting Performance (English)

Nominees:

• Amanda Lee (AmaLee), Marin Kitagawa in My Dress-Up Darling
• Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato in Kotaro Lives Alone
• Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger in SPY x FAMILY
• SungWon Cho (AKA ProZD), Kage in Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
• Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2 in Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO

Source: Crunchyroll

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