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Source: Official Press Release
Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominees
Anime of the Year
Carole & Tuesday
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Mob Psycho 100 II
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
The Promised Neverland
Vinland Saga
Best Protagonist
Emma, The Promised Neverland
Hyakkimaru, Dororo
Saitama, One-Punch Man Season 2
Senku, Dr. STONE
Tanjiro Kamado, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Tohru Honda, Fruits Basket
Best Antagonist
Ai Magase, BABYLON
Angela, Carole & Tuesday
Askeladd, Vinland Saga
Garou, One-Punch Man Season 2
Isabella, The Promised Neverland
Overhaul, My Hero Academia Season 4
Best Boy
Bruno Bucciarati, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Hyakkimaru, Dororo
Kanata Hoshijima, ASTRA LOST IN SPACE
Naruzou Machio, How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama, Mob Psycho 100 II
Tanjiro Kamado, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Best Girl
Carole, Carole & Tuesday
Chika Fujiwara, KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR
Emma, The Promised Neverland
Kohaku, Dr. STONE
Nezuko Kamado, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Raphtalia, The Rising of the Shield Hero
Best Director
Tetsuro Araki, Attack on Titan Season 3
Kiyotaka Suzuki, BABYLON
Shinichiro Watanabe & Motonobu Hori, Carole & Tuesday
Yuzuru Tachikawa, Mob Psycho 100 II
Kunihiko Ikuhara, Sarazanmai
Shuhei Yabuta, Vinland Saga
Best Animation
Attack on Titan Season 3
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
Mob Psycho 100 II
Sarazanmai
Vinland Saga
Best Character Design
Tsunenori Saito, Original Character Design by Eisaku Kubonouchi, Carole & Tuesday
Satoshi Iwataki, Original Character Design by Hiroyuki Asada, Dororo
Yuko Iwasa, Dr. STONE
Yuko Yahiro, Original Character Design by Aka Akasaka, KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR
Kayoko Ishikawa, Original Character Design by Miggy, Sarazanmai
Takahiko Abiru, Original Character Design by Makoto Yukimura, Vinland Saga
Best Score
Hiroyuki Sawano, Attack on Titan Season 3
Mocky, Carole & Tuesday
Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and YUKI KANESAKA, Dr. STONE
Yugo Kanno, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Kevin Penkin, The Rising of the Shield Hero
Best Fight Scene
Emperor Crimson vs. Metallic, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Levi vs. Beast Titan, Attack on Titan Season 3
Mob vs. Toichiro, Mob Psycho 100 II
Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Thorfinn vs. Thorkell, Vinland Saga
Ushiwakamaru vs. Tiamat, Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
Best Couple
Baki Hanma & Kozue Matsumoto, Baki
Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane, KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR
Mafuyu Sato & Ritsuka Uenoyama, given
Reo & Mabu, Sarazanmai
Rika Zonazaki & Shun Amagi, O Maidens in Your Savage Season
Ymir & Historia, Attack on Titan Season 3
Best VA Performance (JP)
Mamoru Miyano as Reo Niiboshi, Sarazanmai
Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kocho, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Yuichi Nakamura as Bruno Bucciarati, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Yukino Satsuki as Ai Magase, BABYLON
Yuuko Kaida as Isabella, The Promised Neverland
Yusuke Kobayashi as Senku, Dr. STONE
Best VA Performance (EN)
Kyle McCarley as Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama, Mob Psycho 100 II
Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda, Fruits Basket
Erica Mendez as Retsuko, Aggretsuko Season 2
Billy Kametz as Naofumi, The Rising of the Shield Hero
Faye Mata as Aqua, KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!
Casey Mongillo as Shinji, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Best Comedy
Aggretsuko Season 2
How Heavy are the Dumbbells You Lift?
Isekai Quartet
KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR
My Roommate is a Cat
Sarazanmai
Best Fantasy
Ascendance of a Bookworm
ASTRA LOST IN SPACE
Attack on Titan Season 3
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Sarazanmai
The Promised Neverland
Best Drama
BABYLON
Carole & Tuesday
Fruits Basket
Stars Align
The Promised Neverland
Vinland Saga
Best Opening Sequence
♪ Kiss Me by Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann, Carole & Tuesday
Animation Director - Bahi JD
Storyboard Artist - Bahi JD
♪ Kawaki wo Ameku by Minami, Domestic Girlfriend
Animation Director / Storyboard - Shota Ihata
Character Designer - Naomi Ide
♪ Inferno by Mrs. GREEN APPLE, Fire Force
Storyboards – Akitoshi Yokoyama
Direction – Yuki Yase
Animation Director – Hideyuki Morioka
♪ 99.9 by MOB CHOIR feat. sajou no hana, Mob Psycho 100 II
Animation Director - Yoshimichi Kameda
Storyboard Artist - Yuzuru Tachikawa
♪ Touch Off by UVERworld, The Promised Neverland
Animation Director - Kazuaki Shimada
Storyboard Artist - Atsushi Nishigori
♪ Mukanjyo by Survive Said the Prophet, Vinland Saga
Animation Director - Takahiko Abiru
Storyboard Artist - Kazuya Murata
Best Ending Sequence
♪ Hold Me Now by Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann, Carole & Tuesday
Animation Director - Yoshiyuki Ito
Storyboard Artist - Norimitsu Suzuki
♪ Sayonara Gokko by amazarashi, Dororo
Animation Director - Osamu Kobayashi
Storyboard Artist - Osamu Kobayashi
♪ veil by Keina Suda, Fire Force
Storyboards, Direction, Animation, Coloring, and Backgrounds - Taiki Konno
♪ Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡ by Konami Kohara, KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR
Animation Director - Naoya Nakayama
Storyboard Artist - Naoya Nakayama
♪ Stand by me by the peggies, Sarazanmai
Animation Director - Kayoko Ishikawa
Storyboard Artist - Tao Tajima
