Crunchyroll Anime Awards
The Crunchyroll 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: 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Best in anime of the previous year |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Crunchyroll |
| First awarded | January 11, 2017 |
| Website | crunchyroll |
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.[3]
Process
The nominees are selected by a panel of judges via a two-round voting process to produce the final list. Categories can be added or removed depending on fan popularity over the past years, as well as on fan feedback.[2]
The voting period is announced days prior. Announcement of nominees vary in each editions; the latest edition announced it on the first day.[4] Voting is usually open for a week, where the public can vote once per day for each categories.[2]
Winners from each category are the ones that received the most votes. 70% of the votes will come from the judges while public voting represents the remaining 30%.[2]
Categories
Current
- Anime of the Year (since 2017)
- Best Protagonist (since 2017)
- Best Antagonist (since 2017)
- Best Boy (since 2017)
- Best Girl (since 2017)
- Best Opening Sequence (since 2017)
- Best Ending Sequence (since 2017)
- 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 (RU) (since 2022)
- Best Director (since 2019)
- Best Animation (since 2017)
- Best Film (2018–2019; since 2022)
- Best Character Design (since 2019)
- Best Fight Scene (since 2017)
- 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)
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.
Special
- Industry Icon Award (2018–2020)
Former
- Best Continuing Series (2018–2019)
- Most Heartwarming Scene (2017)
- Best CGI (2018)
- Best Slice of Life (2019)
- Best Manga (2018)
- Best Couple (2017–2018; 2020–2021)
Editions
| 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 |
See also
References
- "Crunchyroll Announces Its First Ever Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- "How It Works | The Anime Awards - Crunchyroll". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- Goslin, Austen (February 9, 2022). "Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 wins top prize at Crunchyroll's Anime Awards". Polygon. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- Loveridge, Lynzee (January 16, 2021). "Crunchyroll Announces Nominees for 5th Annual Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- Loveridge, Lynzee (January 12, 2019). "Megalobox, Devilman crybaby Dominate Crunchyroll Anime Award's Nominations". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 10, 2021.