Crunchyroll has announced its nominations for the fifth annual Crunchyroll Anime Award! Every year, apparently, it gets bigger, as the anime continues to grow in the mainstream, the candidates and categories this time seem more crowded than ever, when you look back at everything that was released in 2020. Interested fans can vote now at the link here every day until January 22, and the winners will be announced at a special live event on Friday, February 19, at 17:00 PST. Chosen by fans, along with a committee of community-selected judges (which includes Megan Peters, ComicBook.com), the winners will be chosen from a strong number of nominees.
The nominations and categories for this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards are as follows:
The anime of the year
- APPARE-RANMAN!
- BEASTARS
- Dorohedoro
- Great suitor
- JUJUTSUKAISEN
- Keep your hands away Eizouken!
The best girl
- Abigail Jones – Great suitor
- Catarina Claes – My next life as a villain: all routes lead to death!
- Chizuru Mizuhara – Rent-a-Girlfriend
- Kaguya Shinomiya – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- We –Dorohedoro
- Sayaka Kanamori – Keep Your Hands Away Eizouken!
The best boy
- Anos Voldigoad – Inadequate agreement of the Demon King Academy: the most powerful demon king in history reincarnates and goes to school with his descendants
- Caiman –Dorohedoro
- Khun Aguero Agnes – The Tower of God
- Legoshi – BEASTARS
- SatoruGojo –JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU !! AT THE TOP
The best protagonist
- Anos Voldigoad – Inadequate agreement of the Demon King Academy: the most powerful demon king in history reincarnates and goes to school with his descendants
- Catarina Claes – My next life as a villain: all routes lead to death!
- Midori Asakusa – Keep Your Hands Away Eizouken!
- Natsume –DECA-DENCE
- Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU !! AT THE TOP
- Yuji Itadori- JUJUTSU KAISEN
The best antagonist
- Akito Soma – Fruit Basket (Season 2)
- Echidna – Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
- In –Dorohedoro
- Review – My Hero Academy Season 4
- Rachel – The Tower of God
- Ryomen Sukuna –JUJUTSU KAISEN
The best animation
- BEASTARS
- Great suitor
- JUJUTSUKAISEN
- Keep your hands away Eizouken!
- Princess Connect! Re: Dive
- The god of high school
The best fight scene
- Bercouli vs. Dark God Vecta – Sword Art Online Alicization: War of the Underworld Part 2
- Brawler Vs. Master – Akudama Drive
- Deku Vs. Overhaul – My Hero Academy Season 4
- Jin Mori Vs. Han Daewi – The god of high school
- Jin Mori Vs. Jegal Taek – The god of high school
- Satoru Gojo Vs. Ryomen Sukuna –JUJUTSU KAISEN
The best score
- Alisa Okehazama – The god of high school
- Kensuke Ushio – Japanese sinks: 2020
- Kevin Penkin – The Tower of God
- OORUTAICHI – Keep your hands away Eizouken!
- SatoruKousaki –BEASTARS
- Yutaka Yamada – Great Pretender
The best director
- Hiro Kaburagi – Great Pretender
- Mamoru Hatakeyama – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Masaaki Yuasa – Keep your hands away Eizouken!
- Sunghoo Park – JUJUTSUKAISEN
- Takashi Sano – The Tower of God
- Yuzuru Tachikawa –DECA-DENCE
The best character design
- Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki – BNA: Brand new animal
- Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino, original story by SIU – The Tower of God
- MayukaItou, original models by Iro Aida – Hanako-kun related to the toilet
- Naoyuki Asano, original model by Sumito Oowara – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma – Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Hirotaka Katou – Great Pretender
The best couple
- Catarina Claes and Maria Campbell – My next life as a villain: all routes lead to death!
- Chizuru Mizuhara and Kazuya Kinoshita – Rent-a-Girlfriend
- Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Kotoko Iwanaga and Kuro Sakuragawa –In / Specter
- Legoshi & Haru –BEASTARS
- Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki – TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You
Best performance VA (JP)
- MegumiOgata as Hanako – Hanako-kun tied to the toilet
- Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori – Keep your hands off Eizouken!
- Riho Sugiyama ca Minare Koda – Wave, Listen to Me!
- YuichiNakamura ca SatoruGojou –JUJUTSUKAISEN
- Yusuke Kobayashi as Natsuki Subaru – Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
- Yusuke Onuki as Daisuke Kambe – The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED
Best performance VA
- Aaron Phillips as Laurent Thierry – Great Pretender
- Anairis Quiñones as Echidna – Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
- Crispin Freeman as Ziusudra – Fate / The Great Absolute Demonic Order Front: Babylon
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Bam – The Tower of God
- Jonah Scott as Legoshi – BEASTARS
- Zeno Robinson as Hawks – My Hero Academy Season 4
Best opening sequence (OP)
- BEASTARS – Wild Side (ALI)
- Great Pretender – GP (Yutaka Yamada)
- HAIKYU !! Up – PHOENIX (BURNING SYNDROME)
- JUJUTSU KAISEN –KAIKAI KITAN (Eva)
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War? – FATHER! FATHER! DO! feat. Airi Suzuki (Masayuki Suzuki)
- Keep your hands away Eizouken! – Easy Breezy (chelmico)
Best Final Sequence (ED)
- BNA: Brand New Animal – NIGHT RUNNING (Shin Sakura ft AAAMYYY)
- Dorohedoro – DDDD ((K) NoW_NAME)
- Great Pretender – The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury)
- In / Specter – LAST DANCE (Mamoru Miyano)
- JUJUTSU KAISEN – LOST IN PARADISE (ALI feat. AKLO)
- The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED – Welcome my friend (OKAMOTO’S)
The best fantasy
- The ancestry of a Bookworm Part 2
- DECADENCE
- Dorohedoro
- Dragon Quest Dai’s Adventure
- Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
- The tower of God
The best drama
- BEASTARS
- Fruit Basket (Season 2)
- Great suitor
- Japan sinks: 2020
- SING “YESTERDAY” FOR ME
- Somalis and the spirit of the forest
The best comedy
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Kakushigoto
- Keep your hands away Eizouken!
- My next life as a villain: all routes lead to death!
- Princess asleep in the Demon Castle
- Misfit of Demon King Academy: The most powerful demon king in history reincarnates and goes to school with his descendants
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