Crunchyroll has announced its nominees for the fifth edition of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Each year, apparently, gets bigger, as more anime continues to grow in the mainstream, the nominees and categories on this occasion seem fuller than ever when reviewing everything published in 2020. Interested fans can now vote on the link here every day until January 22nd. , and winners will be announced during a special live event on Friday, Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. PST. Chosen by fans along with a committee of judges selected by the community (which includes Megan Peters of ComicBook.com), the winners will be chosen from a large number of nominees.
The nominees and categories for this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards are as follows:
Anime of the year
- APPARE-RANMAN!
- BEASTARS
- Dorohedoro
- Great suitor
- JUJUTSUKAISEN
- Keep your hands off Eizouken!
Best girl
- Abigail Jones – Great suitor
- Catarina Claes – My next life as a villain: all routes lead to fate.
- Chizuru Mizuhara – Rent-a-Girlfriend
- Kaguya Shinomiya – Kaguya-sama: Is love war?
- We –Dorohedoro
- Sayaka Kanamori – Keep your hands off Eizouken!
Better new
- Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy: The strongest demon king in history is reincarnated and goes to school with his descendants
- Cayman – Dorohedoro
- Khun Aguero Agnes – Tower of God
- Legoshi – BEASTARS
- SatoruGojo –JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU !! AL CIM
Best protagonist
- Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy: The strongest demon king in history is reincarnated and goes to school with his descendants
- Catarina Claes – My next life as a villain: all routes lead to fate.
- Midori Asakusa – Keep your hands off Eizouken!
- Natsume –DECA-DENCE
- Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU !! AL CIM
- Yuji Itadori- JUJUTSU KAISEN
Best antagonist
- Akito Soma: Fruit Basket (Season 2)
- Echidna – Re: ZERO – Starting Life in Another World – (Season 2)
- In –Dorohedoro
- Review: Season 4 of My Hero Academy
- Rachel – Tower of God
- Ryomen Sukuna –JUJUTSU KAISEN
Best animation
- BEASTARS
- Great suitor
- JUJUTSUKAISEN
- Keep your hands off Eizouken!
- Princess Connect! Re: Diving
- The god of high school
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: Season 4 of My Hero Academy
- Jin Mori vs. Han Daewi – The God of High School
- Jin Mori vs. Jegal Taek – The God of High School
- Satoru Gojo v Ryomen Sukuna –JUJUTSU KAISEN
Best score
- Alisa Okehazama – The god of high school
- Kensuke Ushio – Japanese Washbasins: 2020
- Kevin Penkin – Tower of God
- OORUTAICHI – Keep your hands off Eizouken!
- SatoruKousaki –BEASTARS
- Yutaka Yamada: Great suitor
Best Director
- Hiro Kaburagi – Great suitor
- Mamoru Hatakeyama – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Masaaki Yuasa – Keep your hands off Eizouken!
- Sunghoo Park – JUJUTSUKAISEN
- Takashi Sano – Tower of God
- Yuzuru Tachikawa –DECA-DENCE
Best character design
- Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki – BNA: New Animal
- Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino, original story of SIU – Tower of God
- MayukaItou, original designs by Iro Aida – Hanako-kun linked to the dressing table
- Naoyuki Asano, original designs by Sumito Oowara – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma – Yashahime: The Half Demon Princess
- 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 Fate.
- Chizuru Mizuhara and Kazuya Kinoshita: Rent a Bride
- Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Kotoko Iwanaga and Kuro Sakuragawa –In / Specter
- Legoshi & Haru –BEASTARS
- Nasa Yuzaki and Tsukasa Yuzaki – TONIKAWA: Over The Moon for You
Best VA (JP) performance
- MegumiOgata with Hanako – Hanako-kun tied to a dressing table
- Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori: Keep your hands off Eizouken.
- Riho Sugiyama com Minare Koda – Wave, Listen to Me!
- YuichiNakamura with 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 (EN)
- Aaron Phillips as Laurent Thierry – Great Pretender
- Anairis Quiñones with Echidna – Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
- Crispin Freeman as Ziusudra – Destiny / Great Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylon
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Bam – Tower of God
- Jonah Scott as Legoshi – BEASTARS
- Zeno Robinson as Hawks: Season 4 of My Hero Academy
Best opening sequence (OP)
- BEASTARS – Wild Side (ALI)
- Great Pretender – GP (Yutaka Yamada)
- HAIKYU !! AT THE TOP – PHOENIX (BURNING SYNDROMES)
- JUJUTSU KAISEN –KAIKAI KITAN (Eva)
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War? – DAD, FATHER! DAD, FATHER! FES! gesta. Airi Suzuki (Masayuki Suzuki)
- Keep your hands off Eizouken! – Easy Breezy (quelmico)
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)
Best fantasy
- Ancestry of a Bookworm Part 2
- DECA-DENCE
- Dorohedoro
- Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai
- Re: ZERO – Starting Life in Another World – (Season 2)
- Tower of God
Best drama
- BEASTARS
- Fruit Basket (Season 2)
- Great suitor
- Japan sinks: 2020
- SINGING “YESTERDAY” FOR ME
- Somali and the spirit of the forest
Best Comedy
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Kakushigoto
- Keep your hands off Eizouken!
- My next life as a villain: all routes lead to fate.
- Princess asleep in the castle of demons
- The Demon King’s Disagreement Academy: The strongest demon king in history is reincarnated and goes to school with his descendants
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