ICYMI: Now It’s the Time to Make Your Vote Count: Cast Your Global Ballot for the 2023 Anime Awards as Crunchyroll Reveals This Year’s Nominees

Anime-of-the-Year_Multi-IP-Nom-16x9_English-560x315 ICYMI: Now It’s the Time to Make Your Vote Count: Cast Your Global Ballot for the 2023 Anime Awards as Crunchyroll Reveals This Year’s Nominees

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