The 6th

Crunchyroll Anime Awards The Crunchyroll Anime Awards, also known simply as The Anime Awards, are awards given annually by the anime streaming service Crunchyroll to recognize the best anime of the previous year. Announced in December 2016, the awards were first prese ...

was held on February 9, 2022, honoring excellence in anime from

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. Crunchyroll opened the public nominations for judges on October 14, 2021, running until October 20. On December 16, Crunchyroll revealed the list of judges. Nominees was announced on January 18. Voting ended on January 25. Winners was announced on February 9. This edition featured 26 categories, including new voice acting categories for German, French, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese, and Russian. Best Romance was also added for the first time. Best Action and Best Film were reinstated. However, Best Couple was dropped. ''

Jujutsu Kaisen is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 2018, with its chapters collected and published in 21 ''tankōbon'' vo ...

'' received 16 nominations, with '' Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1'', ''

Odd Taxi (stylized as ODD''TAXI'') is a Japanese anime television series. Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals, it tells the story of walrus taxi driver Odokawa, who converses with his customers and learns about various mysteries and oddities ...

'', and ''

Wonder Egg Priority , often stylized as ''WONDER EGG ✦ PRiORiTY'', is a Japanese anime television series created and written by , and directed by Shin Wakabayashi. Animated by CloverWorks, it is a co-production of Aniplex, Nippon Television, and D.N. Dream Part ...

'' receiving 11. ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' was nominated again for Anime of the Year, after previously winning it. It also received two nominations for Best Fight Scene. Its protagonist,

Yuji Itadori is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series '' Jujutsu Kaisen'' created by Gege Akutami. Yuji is a first-year Jujutsu Sorcerer at Tokyo Jujutsu High who is thrown into the world of sorcery after he ate a Cursed Object: ...

, was nominated again.

Sunghoo Park Sunghoo Park ( ko, 박성후, ja, 朴性厚) is a South Korean anime director and animator based in Japan. He is best known for directing the 2020 anime series ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' and ''The God of High School''. Biography Park decided to enter t ...

, the director of the series, was nominated again for Best Director.

Eren Jaeger , named Eren Jaeger (Turkish: Eren, "Saint"; German: Jaeger/Jäger, "Hunter") in the subtitled and dubbed versions of the anime '' Attack on Titan'', is a fictional character and the protagonist of the '' Attack on Titan'' manga series create ...

of ''Attack on Titan'' was nominated for both Best Protagonist and Antagonist. ''

Tokyo Revengers is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from March 2017 to November 2022, with its chapters collected in 30 ''tankōbon'' volumes as of November 2022. A ...

'' received two nominations for Best Boy. ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', ''

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It follows teenage Tanjiro Kamado, who strives to become a demon slayer after his family was slaughtered and his younger sister, Nezuko Kamado, Nezuko, turned into a ...

'', and ''

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid , also known as ''The Maid Dragon of Kobayashi-san'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Coolkyousinnjya. The series began serialization in Futabasha's ''Monthly Action'' magazine since May 2013 and is licensed in No ...

'' were nominated again for Best Animation.

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and

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were nominated again for Best Score, along with

Satoru Kōsaki is a Japanese music composer and arranger. He is best known for his work on anime, including '' Lucky Star'', ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', ''Monogatari'' and ''Beastars''. He worked at Namco, where he primarily composed soundtracks for ...

and

Hiroyuki Sawano is a Japanese composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, and Music Producer best known for his work on many anime series, video games, Japanese television drama, television dramas, and movies. His works include the Soundtrack, musical scores for ' ...

, the latter receiving his third nomination for the award. Voice actors

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, and

Anairis Quiñones Anairis Quiñones (born September 16, 1997) is an American voice actress. After watching several anime dubs as a child, Quiñones was inspired to pursue a career in voice acting, which she began in 2009. Some of her noteworthy roles include Miyuk ...

received their second nominations for Best VA Performance (EN). ''Attack on Titan'' and ''

Beastars ''Beastars'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from September 2016 to October 2020, with its chapters collected in 22 ''t ...

'' both received nominations for both Best Opening Sequence and Best Ending Sequence. Previous winners ''

Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from t ...

'' and ''Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid'' were also nominated for Best Drama and Best Comedy respectively, with the former receiving its third nomination for the award. Series targeted towards the '' shōnen'' demographic entries dominated the awards, with ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' winning six. However, the first part of the final season of ''Attack on Titan'' won Anime of the Year. Bojji from ''Ranking of Kings'' won Best Boy, while Nobara Kugisaki from ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' won Best Girl. Odokawa from ''Odd Taxi'' won Best Protagonist, while

from ''Attack on Titan'' won Best Antagonist. Baku Kinoshita, director of ''Odd Taxi'', won Best Director. ''Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Arc'' won Best Animation and Best Score.

Yuki Kaji Yuki, Yūki or Yuuki may refer to: Places * Yuki, Hiroshima (Jinseki), a town in Jinseki District, Hiroshima, Japan * Yuki, Hiroshima (Saeki), a town in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan * Yūki, Ibaraki, a city on Honshu island in Japan * Yuki, ...

won Best VA Performance (JP), while

won Best VA Performance (EN). René Dawn-Claude, Enzo Ratsito, Irwin Daayán, Marcel Navarro, Leo Rabelo, and Islam Gandzhaev won the inaugural Best VA Performance for German, French, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese, and Russian respectively. "Boku no Sensou" won Best Opening Sequence, while "Shirogane" won Best Ending Sequence. ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' won Best Action, ''

Komi Can't Communicate is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since May 2016, with its chapters collected in twenty-seven ''tankōbon'' volum ...

'' won Best Comedy, ''

To Your Eternity is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ōima. It has been serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since November 2016, with individual chapters collected by Kodansha into eighteen ''tankōbon'' volumes as of Septemb ...

'' won Best Drama, ''

Horimiya is a Japanese '' shōnen'' web manga series written and illustrated by Hiroki Adachi, under the pseudonym Hero. It was self-published on Hero's website, ''Dokkai Ahen'', from February 2007 to December 2011 in a four-panel format. The seri ...

'' won Best Romance, and ''

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime , also known as ''Regarding Reincarnated to Slime'' and short name , is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by , and illustrated by Mitz Vah. The story is about a salaryman who is murdered and reincarnates in a sword and ...

'' won Best Fantasy. The film '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train'' won Best Film.

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