Crunchyroll has released their huge list of official nominees for their annual 7th Anime Awards this year! The daily voting is also open as well, so registered users may select the anime of their choice under certain categories. The voting will end by January 25, 2023 (5:00 PM Pacific Time), so if you want to participate, best do it now on Crunchyroll’s website!
On voting the Anime of the Year category, it is encouraged to tweet your choice so that it will count as an additional vote. You can see more details on Crunchyroll’s Twitter!
The announcement of the winners will be on March 4, 2023 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. The event will be hosted by Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira while Sony Group Corporation CEO Kenichiro Yoshida will formally open it.
Let us hope that our favorite anime will win big and take home the awards it deserved!
Here are the list of the nominees and categories:
1. Anime of the Year
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Lycoris Recoil
- Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
- SPY X FAMILY
2. Best Original Anime
- BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-
- Healer Girl
- Lycoris Recoil
- The Orbital Children
- Vampire in the Garden
- YUREI DECO
3. Best Character Design
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners – Yoh Yoshinari
- Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc – Akira Matsushima
- My Dress-Up Darling – Kazumasa Ishida
- Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean – Masanori Shino
- Ranking of Kings (Cour 2) – Atsuko Nozaki
- SPY X FAMILY – Kazuaki Shimada
4. Best Animation
- Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
- SPY X FAMILY
5. Best New Series
- Call of the Night
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Lycoris Recoil
- My Dress-Up Darling
- SPY X FAMILY
- Ya Boy Kongming!
6. Best Continuing Series
- 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
7. Best Opening Sequence
- “Chikichiki Banban” – Ya Boy Kongming!
- “Mixed Nuts” – SPY X FAMILY
- “Naked Hero” – Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
- “The Rumbling” – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- “This Fffire” – Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- “Zankyosanka” – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
8. Best Ending Sequence
- “Akuma no Ko” – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Comedy” – SPY X FAMILY
- “Koi no yukue” – My Dress-Up Darling
- “Koshaberibiyori” – Komi Can’t Communicate
- “My Heart Has Surrendered” – Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
- “Yofukashino Uta” – Call of the Night
9. Best Score
- SPY X FAMILY – (K)NoW_NAME
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners – Akira Yamaoka
- Ya Boy Kongming! – Genki Hikota (Hifumi, Inc.)
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 – Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto
- Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun – Kevin Penkin
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc – Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina
10. Best Film
- Bubble
- Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
- Inu-Oh
- Jujutsu Kaisen 0
- One Piece Film Red
- The Deer King
11. Best Anime Song
- “Chikichiki Banban” – Ya Boy Kongming!
- Comedy” – SPY X FAMILY
- “My Nonfiction” – Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
- “Shall We Dance?” – SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-
- “The Rumbling” – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- “New Genesis (UTA from ONE PIECE FILM RED)” – One Piece Film Red
12. Best Director
- Haruo Sotozaki – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- 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
13. Best Main Character
- 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
14. Best Supporting Character
- Rebecca – Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Tengen Uzui – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Ai Hayasaka – Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
- Kage – Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
- Anya Forger – SPY X FAMILY
- Yor Forger – SPY X FAMILY
15. “Must Protect At All Costs” Character
- Shoko Komi – Komi Can’t Communicate
- Kotaro Sato – Kotaro Lives Alone
- Marin Kitagawa – My Dress-Up Darling
- Bojji – Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
- Kage – Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
- Anya Forger – SPY X FAMILY
16. Best Action
- 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
17. Best Comedy
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
- Kotaro Lives Alone
- My Dress-Up Darling
- SPY X FAMILY
- Uncle From Another World
- Ya Boy Kongming!
18. Best Drama
- 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
19. Best Fantasy
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1 Part 2
- Overlord IV
- Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
- The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)
20. Best Romance
- Call of the Night
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
- Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd season)
- Love After World Domination
- My Dress-Up Darling
- Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
21. Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)
- Yuki Kaji as Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Fairouz Ai as Jolyne Cujoh – Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
- Chika Anzai as Chisato Nishikigi – Lycoris Recoil
- Misaki Kuno as Faputa and Irumyuui – Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Anya Forger – SPY X FAMILY
22. Best Voice Artist Performance (English)
- Amanda Lee (AmaLee) as Marin Kitagawa – My Dress-Up Darling
- Cherami Leigh as Kotaro Sato – Kotaro Lives Alone
- Natalie Van Sistine as Yor Forger – SPY X FAMILY
- SungWon Cho (ProZD) as Kage – Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
- Zach Aguilar as David Martinez – Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Zeno Robinson as Gamma 2 – Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
Aside from these categories that we can all vote on, there are also the Special Achievement Award and the Presenter’s Choice Award. However, these awards are based on an industry panel or a guest from the show. The panel of judges can be viewed on Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards website, maybe you will see a familiar face there!
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