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Crunchyroll-Xavier-Woods-367x500 Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominees Announced & Voting Starts Now

  • The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are only a few weeks away and Crunchyroll has officially announced the nominees for fans to begin voting. This year's host will be WWE Superstar and longtime anime fan Xavier Woods, along with industry icon honoree George Wada.
  • Presenters for this year’s Anime Awards include industry and entertainment personalities: Gibi, SungWon Cho, Cole Gallian, Miranda Sanchez, Tristan Gallant, Mark Phillips, Geoffrey Thew, Kiera Please, LilyPichu, Anthony Carboni, Dominique “SonicFox” McLean and Connor Colquhoun.
  • The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is a celebration of the best and brightest in Japanese animation from 2019, all made possible by the world’s most passionate community. Now entering its fourth year, the Anime Awards’ commitment to commemorating the best of the best is stronger than ever with support and engagement from fans all over the globe. The winners will be revealed live during the Anime Awards show on February 15, 2020, at 5:00 PM PST. All winners are chosen by fans across our global community and a committee of judges. Judges will serve as tiebreakers in the event of any ties.

Source: Official Press Release

Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominees

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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


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