The 7th

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will be held on March 4, 2023, at the Main Banquet Hall of the

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in Tokyo,

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. It will be the first ceremony to be held physically since

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; both ceremonies in

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and

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were held virtually. Additionally, it will be the first ceremony to be held in Japan, as previous physical ceremonies were held in the United States. Anime released on television or online in Japan from November 2021 to September 2022 are eligible for nominations for this edition. The ceremony will be hosted by voice actress

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and presenter

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, with Sony CEO

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expected to open the show. Previous winners ALI and AKLO,

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, and Kohta Yamamoto will perform at the ceremony, while idol Haruka Kaki of Nogizaka46, comedian Kendo Kobayashi, entertainer

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, and actress Sawa Suzuki will present the awards to the winners together with various voice actors and entertainers. Sony Music Solutions collaborated with Crunchyroll in planning and operations, with Telescope Inc. administering the voting process. Crunchyroll will stream the ceremony live on YouTube and Twitch, as well as on SonyLIV in India. Voting for the Anime of the Year category will include "social voting" for the first time, which allows Twitter users to vote for the category by posting the necessary

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. The list of nominees were announced on the first day of voting, January 19. Voting closed on January 25. Crunchyroll announced the judges and categories on December 8, 2022. This edition will feature 31 categories, and will be divided into "main categories" and "fan categories". The winners for the main categories will be announced physically, while winners for the fan categories will be announced via a global livestream event that will be held prior. New categories were introduced: "Must Protect at All Cost" Character, Best Original Anime, Presenter's Choice, Best Anime Song, Best Supporting Character, and Best New Series. Best Continuing Series was reinstated after being absent since 2019. Best Main Character and Best Supporting Character replaced Best Main Character, Best Boy, and Best Girl categories. A Special Achievement Award will be given after it was not awarded in the previous editions. Presenter's Choice is also introduced, which will be given by a "special guest" to an "honored contributor " of their choice. Two new languages, Arabic and Italian, were included in the Best Voice Actor Performance, but Russian was dropped. The awards for Best Girl, Best Boy, Best Antagonist, and Best Fight Scene were dropped. '' Spy × Family'' garnered the most nominations with 19, followed by ''

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'' (17 nominations) and '' Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'' (13 nominations). The three anime series were nominated for Anime of the Year, together with '' Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2'', '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc'', and ''

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''. All Anime of the Year nominees, except ''Lycoris Recoil'', were also nominated on the Best Animation category, together with ''

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''. Commercially successful films '' Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero'' and ''

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'' were nominated in the Best Film category, together with ''

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