Tonight during a live virtual event, Crunchyroll, the world’s most popular anime brand, is announced the winners from the fifth annual Anime Awards. The Anime Awards are a celebration of the best and brightest in Japanese animation from last year. Winners were announced during a virtual event hosted by Tim Lyu and Crunchyroll’s beloved princess, Crunchyroll-Hime!
This year, 15 million global votes were cast across 18 categories from fans celebrating their favorite characters, series, and creators, eclipsing the 11 million votes cast in 2020. The top three countries that voted this year were the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. The show will also be available to watch on Crunchyroll on-demand.
Winners of this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards include:
- Anime of the Year – “JUJUTSU KAISEN”
- Best Animation – “Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!”
- Best Antagonist – Ryomen Sukuna, “JUJUTSU KAISEN”
- Best Boy – Shoyo Hinata, “HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP”
- Best Comedy – “Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?”
- Best Couple – Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki, “TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You”
- Best Director – Masaaki Yuasa, “Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!”
- Best Drama – “Fruits Basket (Season 2)”
- Best Ending Sequence (ED) – LOST IN PARADISE (ALI feat. AKLO), “JUJUTSU KAISEN”
- Best Fantasy – “Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World- (Season 2)”
- Best Fight Scene – Deku Vs. Overhaul, “My Hero Academia Season 4”
- Best Girl – Kaguya Shinomiya, “Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?”
- Best Opening Sequence (OP) – Wild Side (ALI), “BEASTARS”
- Best Protagonist – Catarina Claes, “My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom!”
- Best Score – Kevin Penkin, “Tower Of God”
- Best VA Performance (EN) – Zeno Robinson As Hawks, “My Hero Academia Season 4“
- Best VA Performance (JP) – Yusuke Kobayashi As Natsuki Subaru, “Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World- (Season 2)”
- Best Character Design – Mayuka Ito, Original Designs By Aidairo, “Toilet-bound Hanako-kun”
Crunchyroll recently announced that the global brand surpassed four million subscribers and 100 million registered users, just six months after breaking the three million subscriber mark. In. During the event, Crunchyroll also announced five new titles coming to the platform including “Tokyo Revengers,” MAPPA’s “ZOMBIE LAND SAGA REVENGE,” “I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years,” “ JORAN THE PRINCESS OF SNOW AND BLOOD,” and “ODDTAXI.” The Crunchyroll Anime Awards was sponsored by Princess Connect! Re: Dive, the latest addition to the Crunchyroll Games portfolio.
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