What You Need to Know:
- The nominees for the seventh annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards have been announced today, honoring the creators, musicians, and performances across streaming and theatrical powering the global love of anime. Voting is now open worldwide in more than 200 countries and territories. Nominees represent anime excellence across more than 30 anime studios, eight streaming platforms, over 50 series and films, and celebrating more than 50 voice actors. The full list of nominees is available on the Anime Awards website and can be found below.
- Anime Awards voting is open now through Wednesday, January 25 at 5 PM Pacific Time. Fans are encouraged to vote every day for their favorites and, new this year, Crunchyroll will offer social voting on Twitter for the Anime of the Year category. Twitter users can cast a vote by posting required hashtags or sharing a friend's tweet. Fans can visit @Crunchyroll for instructions and official rules to participate. Results will be revealed at the 2023 Anime Awards live ceremony on Saturday, March 4 and through a global fan livestream.
- Crunchyroll has also announced that Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President and CEO of Sony Group Corporation will open the festivities. The live ceremony will be held at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo and will be hosted by renowned voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira. Sony Music Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., will support Crunchyroll in the execution of the Anime Awards.
- “The 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards are a global celebration of anime, which inspires emotion and joy to people and has the power to create global communities,” said Yoshida. “Crunchyroll is committed to spreading fascinating Japanese anime to the globe. It’s an honor and privilege to be with the creators, innovators and the fans of anime to celebrate.”
Anime Awards 2023 Nominees
(Listed in alphabetical order by category)
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
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
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
Best Anime Song
"Chikichiki Banban," QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
"Comedy," Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY
"My Nonfiction," Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) & Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
"New Genesis," Ado, One Piece Film Red
"Shall We Dance?," ReoNa, SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-
"The Rumbling," SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Best Character Design
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
My Dress-Up Darling
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
SPY x FAMILY
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!
Best Continuing Series
Attack on Titan (Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2)
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean)
"Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-)"
"Made in Abyss (Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)"
One Piece
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
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
Best Ending Sequence
"Akuma no Ko," Ai Higuchi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
"Comedy," Gen Hoshino, Spy x Family
"My Heart Has Surrendered," Airi Suzuki, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
"Koi no yukue," Akari Akase, My Dress-Up Darling
"Koshaberibiyori," FantasticYouth, Komi Can't Communicate (2nd series)
"Yofukashino Uta," Creepy Nuts, Call of the Night
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)
Best Film
Bubble
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
INU-OH
JUJUTSU KAISEN 0
One Piece Film Red
The Deer King
Best Main Character
Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Loid Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Best New Series
Call of the Night
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Lycoris Recoil
My Dress-Up Darling
SPY x FAMILY
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Opening Sequence
“Chikichiki Banban," QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
"Mixed Nuts," Official HIGE DANdism, SPY x FAMILY
"Naked Hero," Vaundy, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
"The Rumbling," SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
"This Fffire," Franz Ferdinand, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
"Zankyousanka," Aimer, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Best Original Anime
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-
Healer Girl
Lycoris Recoil
The Orbital Children
Vampire in the Garden
YUREI DECO
Best Romance
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 Score
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
SPY x FAMILY
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Supporting Character
Ai Hayasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Rebecca, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Tengen Uzui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Best Voice Artist Performance (English)
Amanda Lee (Ama Lee), Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY
SungWon Cho (AKA ProZD), Kage, Ranking of King (Cour 2)
Zach Aguilar, David, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2, Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)
Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Source: Official Press Release