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 presented in January 2017.[1] Crunchyroll describes it as a "global event that recognizes the anime shows, characters, and artists that fans around the world love most."[2]

Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Current: 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Awarded forBest in anime of the previous year
Country
  • United States
  • Japan
Presented byCrunchyroll
First awardedJanuary 11, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-11)
Websitecrunchyroll.com/animeawards

The 8th ceremony was held physically on March 2, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 won the Anime of the Year award.

Process

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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 then 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.

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.[3][4]

The set of categories that will be presented changes for each edition. The 7th edition, for example, featured 31 categories.

Categories

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Current

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Special

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

Former

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  • 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 Manga (2018)
  • Best Couple (2017–2018; 2020–2021)
  • Best VA Performance (RU) (2022)

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.[5] On the same edition, "Best Opening" and "Best Ending" were renamed as "Best Opening Sequence" and "Best Ending Sequence" as well.

Editions

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Ceremony Date Anime of the Year
1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards January 28, 2017 Yuri on Ice
2nd Crunchyroll Anime Awards February 24, 2018 Made in Abyss
3rd Crunchyroll Anime Awards February 16, 2019 Devilman Crybaby
4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards February 15, 2020 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards February 19, 2021 Jujutsu Kaisen
6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards February 9, 2022 Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1
7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards March 4, 2023 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards March 2, 2024 Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

Notable awards and nominees

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Series

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Films

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Records (as of March 2024)

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Nominees

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  • Attack on Titan and Jujutsu Kaisen earned the highest nominations in each year with 44.
  • Chainsaw Man earned the highest nominations in a single year / edition (8th) with 25.
  • Megalo Box and Wonder Egg Priority are the two anime series to receive the most nominations with 11, without a win.
    • Wonder Egg Priority is the only original anime series to receive the most nominations without a win and did not nominate the Anime of the Year category.
  • Suzume earned the most nominations for films with 6.
  • Jujutsu Kaisen earned the most nominations for a franchise with 48.

Winners

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Crunchyroll Announces Its First Ever Anime Awards". Anime News Network. December 21, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "How It Works | The Anime Awards - Crunchyroll". Crunchyroll Anime Awards (crunchyroll.com/animeawards). Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "How It Works". Crunchyroll Anime Awards (crunchyroll.com/animeawards). Crunchyroll. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  4. ^ Morrissy, Kim (January 19, 2023). "Crunchyroll Announces Nominees for 7th Annual Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  5. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (January 12, 2019). "Megalobox, Devilman crybaby Dominate Crunchyroll Anime Award's Nominations". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  6. ^ Wolf, Ian (January 30, 2017). "Yuri!!! On Ice wins Crunchyroll's "Anime of the Year" Award – Angering Crunchyroll users". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
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