American streaming service Crunchyroll’s annual Anime Awards have been long-celebrating the best of anime, and this year was no exception. This year’s awards were hosted in Tokyo to award the actors, artists, and more that brought favorite anime to life. Here’s a roundup of the winners, as voted by you.
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Attack on Titan: Colossal Winners
Attack on Titan Final won big at this year’s awards. They beat out several strong contenders for the coveted Anime of the Year but were ultimately victorious. Rock band Shinsei Kamattechan’s song “Boku no Sensou” won for Best Opening Sequence.
Once again, Eren Yeager was nominated in the Best Protagonist and Best Antagonist category but won for Best Antagonist. Eren’s Japanese voice actor, Yuki Kaji, won best VA Performance for his chilling portrayal of the fan-favorite anti-hero. Ayane Sakura, who plays Gabi Braun, was also nominated in this category.
Demon Slayer’s Big Night
ufotable scored the win for Best Animation for their buttery-smooth animation on Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. That’s quite a feat considering that their competition was against MAPPA’s dynamic work on JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2) and WIT STUDIO’s stunning animation on Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-, among others.
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Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’s music also brought home an award. LiSA’s song “Shirogane” during Rengoku’s tragic sendoff in the film was awarded Best Ending Sequence. Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina won for Best Score. Unsurprisingly, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train also won Best Film.
Best Boys and Girls
Fans voted for Bojji from Ranking of Kings as Best Boy, out of fellow nominees Senku Ishigami (Dr. STONE Season 2), Odokawa (ODDTAXI), Ken ‘Draken’ Ryuguji (Tokyo Revengers), Manjiro ‘Mikey’ Sano (Tokyo Revengers) and Izumi Miyamura (Horimiya). It wasn’t a total loss for Odokawa, however, as he won the award for Best Protagonist. This can be a testament to Baku Kinoshita, who won Best Director for ODDTAXI.
Best Girl was awarded to Nobara Kugisaki of JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2). Other nominees in this category were Vladilena Milizé (86 EIGHTY-SIX), Shoko Komi (Komi Can’t Communicate), Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket The Final Season), Sarasa Watanabe (Kageki Shojo!!) and Ai Ohto (WONDER EGG PRIORITY).
The Action, Drama, Love, & Laughs
Best Fight went to the brawl between Yuji Itadori and Aoi Todo versus Hanami in JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2). The anime was nominated twice in this category, the other nominee being Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki versus Eso and Kechizu. Additionally, MAPPA won Best Action for JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2), beating other anime titans in this category such as Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer.
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Horimiya from CloverWorks studio won the Best Romance award. Brain Base studios’ To Your Eternity took home Best Drama. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 2) by 8-Bit studio won the award for Best Fantasy. Best comedy went to Komi Can’t Communicate by OLM studio.
Foreign Voice Talent
Crunchyroll recognised the work of dubbing artists from around the world at this year’s ceremony. David Wald won Best Voice Actor Performance (English) for his portrayal of ADAM in Sk8 the Infinity. Irwin Daayán won Best Voice Actor Performance (Spanish) as the voice of Rengoku in Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Arc. Marcel Navarro, Enzo Ratsito, and Islam Gandzhaev all won for voicing Tanjiro also in Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Arc in Castilian, French, and Russian, respectively. Léo Rabelo and René Dawn-Claude were awarded Best Voice Actor Performance (Portuguese) and (German) for playing Satoru Gojo in JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2).
Source: Crunchyroll
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