The anime community is a global family of people who love the medium. Frommemorable characters to beautiful animation, anime is an art form that has grown in popularity and evolved to astonishing new heights. Whether you need to laugh, cry, or anything in between, there’s something out there for anyone.
American streaming service Crunchyroll’s annual Anime Awards have been long-celebrating the best of anime, and this year was no exception. This year’s awards were hosted inTokyoto award the actors, artists, and more that brought favorite anime to life. Here’s a roundup of the winners, as voted by you.
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Attack on Titan: Colossal Winners
Attack on Titan Finalwon big at this year’s awards. They beat out several strong contenders for the coveted Anime of the Year but were ultimately victorious. Rock band Shinsei Kamattechan’s song “Boku no Sensou” won for Best Opening Sequence.
Once again,Eren Yeagerwas nominated in the Best Protagonist and Best Antagonist category but won for Best Antagonist. Eren’s Japanese voice actor, Yuki Kaji, won best VA Performance for his chilling portrayal of the fan-favorite anti-hero. Ayane Sakura, who plays Gabi Braun, was also nominated in this category.
Demon Slayer’s Big Night
ufotable scored the win for Best Animation for their buttery-smooth animation onDemon Slayer: Mugen Train. That’s quite a feat considering that their competition was against MAPPA’s dynamic work onJUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)and WIT STUDIO’s stunning animation onVivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-, among others.
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Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’s music also brought home an award. LiSA’s song “Shirogane” during Rengoku’s tragic sendoff in the film was awarded Best Ending Sequence. Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina won for Best Score. Unsurprisingly,Demon Slayer: Mugen Trainalso won Best Film.
Best Boys and Girls
Fans voted for Bojji fromRanking of Kingsas Best Boy, out of fellow nominees Senku Ishigami (Dr. STONE Season 2), Odokawa (ODDTAXI), Ken ‘Draken’ Ryuguji (Tokyo Revengers), Manjiro ‘Mikey’ Sano (Tokyo Revengers) and Izumi Miyamura (Horimiya). It wasn’t a total loss for Odokawa, however, as he won the award for Best Protagonist. This can be a testament to Baku Kinoshita, who won Best Director forODDTAXI.
Best Girl was awarded to Nobara Kugisaki ofJUJUTSU KAISEN(cour 2). Other nominees in this category were Vladilena Milizé (86 EIGHTY-SIX), Shoko Komi (Komi Can’t Communicate), Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket The Final Season), Sarasa Watanabe (Kageki Shojo!!) and Ai Ohto (WONDER EGG PRIORITY).
The Action, Drama, Love, & Laughs
Best Fight went to the brawl between Yuji Itadori and Aoi Todo versus Hanami inJUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2). The anime was nominated twice in this category, the other nominee being Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki versus Eso and Kechizu. Additionally, MAPPA won Best Action forJUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2), beating other anime titans in this category such asAttack on TitanandDemon Slayer.
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Horimiyafrom CloverWorks studio won the Best Romance award. Brain Base studios’To Your Eternitytook home Best Drama.That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 2)by 8-Bit studio won the award for Best Fantasy. Best comedy went toKomi Can’t Communicateby OLM studio.
Foreign Voice Talent
Crunchyroll recognised the work of dubbing artists from around the world at this year’s ceremony. David Wald won Best Voice Actor Performance (English) for his portrayal of ADAM inSk8 the Infinity. Irwin Daayán won Best Voice Actor Performance (Spanish) as the voice ofRengokuinDemon Slayer: Mugen Train Arc. Marcel Navarro, Enzo Ratsito, and Islam Gandzhaev all won for voicing Tanjiro also inDemon Slayer: Mugen Train Arcin Castilian, French, and Russian, respectively. Léo Rabelo and René Dawn-Claude were awarded Best Voice Actor Performance (Portuguese) and (German) for playing Satoru Gojo inJUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2).
