The Crunchyroll Anime Awards, also known simply as The Anime Awards, are awards given annually by the

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to recognize the best anime of the previous year. Announced in December 2016, the awards were first presented in January 2017. Crunchyroll describes it as a "global event

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recognizes the anime shows, characters, and artists that fans around the world love most." The winners of the 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards were announced on February 9, 2022 without a ceremony. '' Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1'' won the Anime of the Year award. The 7th ceremony will be held physically on March 6, 2023 in

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Process

The awards have two rounds of voting. In the first round, each judges will submit up to five candidates per category. The six candidates that got the highest number of cumulative nominations from the panel will the be included in the final list. During the voting period, which lasts for a week, the public can choose a single nominee per category per day. The winners for each category are the ones who received the most votes from the judges and the public. 70% of the votes will come from the judges, with 30% coming from the results of the public voting. Any anime that was produced primarily in Japan and was released legally on television or online in Japan from November of two years prior to September of the past year are eligible to be nominated. This means that, for the 7th edition, any anime that was released from November 2021 to September 2022 are eligible. The set of categories that will be presented changes for each edition. The 7th edition, for example, will feature 31 categories.

Categories

Current

* Anime of the Year (since 2017) * Best Main Character (since 2023) * Best Supporting Character (since 2023) * "Must Protect At All Costs" Character (since 2023) * Best Opening Sequence (since 2017) * Best Ending Sequence (since 2017) * Best Anime Song (since 2023) * Best VA Performance (JP) (since 2019) * Best VA Performance (EN) (since 2019) * Best VA Performance (DE) (since 2022) * Best VA Performance (FR) (since 2022) * Best VA Performance (LA) (since 2022) * Best VA Performance (SP) (since 2022) * Best VA Performance (PT) (since 2022) * Best VA Performance (AR) (since 2023) * Best VA Performance (IT) (since 2023) * Best Director (since 2019) * Best Animation (since 2017) * Best Film (2018–2019; since 2022) * Best Continuing Series (2018–2019; since 2023) * Best New Series (since 2023) * Best Original Anime (since 2023) * Best Character Design (since 2019) * Best Drama (since 2017) * Best Comedy (since 2017) * Best Score (since 2018) * Best Fantasy (since 2020) * Best Action (2017–2018; since 2022) * Best Romance (since 2022)

Special

* Industry Icon Award (2018–2020) * Special Achievement Award (since 2023) * Presenter's Choice (since 2023)

Former

* Best Protagonist (2017–2022) * Best Antagonist (2017–2022) * Best Boy (2017–2022) * Best Girl (2017–2022) * Best Fight Scene (2017–2022) * Most Heartwarming Scene (2017) * Best CGI (2018) * Best Slice of Life (2019) * Best Manga (2018) * Best Couple (2017–2018; 2020–2021) Hero of the Year and Villain of the Year awards were renamed as "Best Hero" and "Best Villain" respectively in 2018. However, they were renamed again in 2019 as "Best Protagonist" and "Best Antagonist" respectively. On the same edition, "Best Opening" and "Best Ending" were renamed as "Best Opening Sequence" and "Best Ending Sequence" as well.

Editions

Notable awards and nominees

The following nominees received multiple nominations (5 or more): The following winners received multiple awards (2 or more):

Records (as of March 2022)

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'' earned 27 nominations including Anime of the Year twice, winning 15. Both were the highest nominations and wins each year. **At the 2nd edition, ''My Hero Academia'' nearly swept all of the categories except the Anime of the Year, as well as earned the highest wins in a single year with 8 including an Industry Icon Award for

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, who voiced All Might as well as

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and

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from the ''

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'' franchise. *''

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'' swept all of the seven nominations in the inaugural ceremony including the Anime of the Year, amid controversy by fans. *At the 6th edition, ''

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'' earned the highest nominations in a single year with 16. *''

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'' are the two anime series to receive the most nominations with 11, without a win. *''

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'' with 9 in 1st, ''Great Pretender'' with 10 in 5th, and ''Wonder Egg Priority'' with 11 in 6th, are the three original anime series to receive the most nominations without a win in each year or ceremony, while the latter did not earn the Anime of the Year category. *At the 6th edition, '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train'' won 3 out of 4 categories, earned the most nominations and wins for a film.

References

External links

* * {{Crunchyroll Anime Awards Crunchyroll Anime awards Awards established in 2017