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Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023: See Who Won and Who Got Snubbed

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Crunchyroll just recently concluded their Anime Awards 2023 event that had a massive live celebration in Tokyo. Fans all over the globe had the chance to vote for their favorite shows, and the results reaffirm the popularity of last year’s most popular titles along with some notable shocking results as well.

The biggest shock surely was the Anime of the Year Award won by none other than Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Pitted against the industry’s biggest titles, the show was unable to win other categories despite its 12 nominations, however, it took home the biggest prize, along with the award for the best English VA performance by Zach Aguilar (Genshin Impact’s Aether).

Lycoris Recoil won the Best Original Anime category while One Piece won the Best Continuing Series category, and Spy x Family won the Best New Series category. No surprise as both titles have a massive cult following, and they’re both amazing. Spy x Family also won Best Comedy and took home a total of 6 awards.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc, and Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 also dominated this year’s nominees with 6 awards each. Demon Slayer won Best Action Anime, Best Animation, Best Character Design, and Best Director. Attack on Titan on the other hand won Best Anime Drama, Best Opening Sequence, Best Anime Song (won with The Rumbling by SiM), and Best Score.

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This year marks Crunchyroll’s 7th Anime Awards event since it started in 2017. Previous years’ winners include Yuri on Ice (2017), Made in Abyss (2018), Devilman Crybaby (2019), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: (2020), Jujutsu Kaisen (2021), and Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1. With these shows winning the previous Anime Awards it came as a pleasant surprise that Cyberpunk: Edgerunners claimed the title of Anime of the Year because it’s a non-traditional series.

Rather than starting as a manga or light novel like most animes these days, the series was based on the massively popular video Cyberpunk 2077, developed by CD Projekt Red and based on a popular RPG franchise. It only has one season as announced by the creators of the series.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was produced exceptionally by Studio TRIGGER, a seasoned studio known for Gurren Lagaan, and Kill La Kill, propelling the series to this year’s top pick.

Here’s the list of nominees and winners for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023

Anime of the Year
Winner: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Nominees:

Best Orginal Anime
Winner: Lycoris Recoil

Nominees:

Best Anime Character Design
Winner: Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

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Best Animation
Winner: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

  • Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Spy x Family

Best New Anime Series
Winner: Spy x Family

Nominees:

Best Continuing Anime Series
Winner: One Piece

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
  • One Piece

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Best Anime Opening Sequence
Winner: “The Rumbling” by SiM, Storyboard, and Direction from Takashi Kojima, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • “The Rumbling” by SiM, Storyboard, and Direction from Takashi Kojima, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 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
  • “Naked Hero” by Vaundy, Storyboard and Unit Direction from Shingo Yamashita, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • “Mixed Nuts” by Official HIGE DANdism, Storyboard, and Direction from Masashi Ishihama, Spy x Family
  • “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Storyboard and Direction from 10GAUGE, Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Anime Ending Sequence
Winner: “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, Storyboard and Direction from Atsushi Nishigori, Spy x Family

Nominees:

  • “Akuma no Ko” by AI HIGUCHI, Storyboard and Direction from Paraco Shinohara, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • “Yofukashino Uta” by Creepy Nuts, Storyboard and Direction from Tomoyuki Itamura, Animation Direction from Haruka Sagawa, Call of the Night
  • “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-
  • “Koshaberibiyori” by FantasticYouth, Storyboard and Direction from Kouki Fujimoto, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
  • “Koi no yukue” by Akari Akase, Storyboard, and Direction from Futata, My Dress-Up Darling
  • “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, Storyboard and Direction from Atsushi Nishigori, Spy x Family

Best Anime Score
Winner: Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Akira Yamaoka, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Yuki Kaijura and Go Shiina, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
  • Kevin Penkin, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
  • (K)NoW_NAME, Spy x Family
  • Genki Hikota (Hifumi, Inc.), Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Anime Film
Winner: JUJUTSU KAISEN 0

Nominess:

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Best Anime Song
Winner: “The Rumbling” by SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • “The Rumbling” by SiM, Storyboard, and Direction from Takashi Kojima, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • “My Nonfiction” by Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) and Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • “New Genesis” by Ado, One Piece Film Red
  • “Shall We Dance?” by ReoNa, SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-
  • “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, Spy x Family
  • “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Anime Director
Winner: Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

  • Yuichiro Hayashi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Hiroyuki Imaishi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
  • Shingo Adachi, Lycoris Recoil
  • Yosuke Hatta, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Spy x Family

Best Main Anime Character
Winner: Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
  • Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
  • Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Loid Forger, Spy x Family

Best Supporting Anime Character
Winner: Anya Forger, Spy x Family

Nominees:

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

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Best “Must Protect at All Costs” Anime Character
Winner: Anya Forger, Spy x Family

Nominees:

Best Action Anime
Winner: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
  • Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Lycoris Recoil
  • Spy x Family

Best Comedy Anime
Winner: Spy x Family

Nominees:

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

Best Drama Anime
Winner: Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

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

Best Fantasy Anime
Winner: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

Best Romance Anime
Winner: Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

Nominees:

  • Call of the Night
  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • 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)
Winner: Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • Yuki Kaji, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Sun Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
  • Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoiris Recoil
  • Misaki Kuno, Faputa, and Irumyuui in Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
  • Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger in Spy x Family

Best Voice Acting Performance (English)
Winner: Zach Aguilar, David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Nominees:

  • Zach Aguilar, David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2 in Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
  • Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato in Kotaro Live Alone
  • Amanda Lee (AmaLee), Marin Kitagawa in My Dress-Up Darling
  • SungWon Cho (AKA ProZD), Kage in Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger in Spy x Family

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