Today Crunchyroll has announced the winners of the 2023 Anime Awards. The awards were held for the first time in a live global broadcast directly from Tokyo, Japan. During the event, the winners were announced by international personalities from the world of entertainment and sports.
This is the list of the winners of the Anime Awards 2023:
- Anime of the Year: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- best action anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
- Best animation of an anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
- best anime song: “The Rumbling” composed by SiM for Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Best Character Design: Akira Matsushima for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
- Best Comedy Anime: Spy x Family
- Best Ongoing Series: one piece
- Best Director of an anime: Haruo Sotozaki for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
- Best Drama Anime: Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2
- Best Ending of an Anime: “Comedy” composed by Gen Hoshino for “SPY x FAMILY”
- Best Fantasy Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc
- Best Film: Jujutsu Kaisen 0
- Best Main Character: Eren Jaeger from «Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2»
- Best New Series: SPY x FAMILY
- Best Opening of an Anime: “The Rumbling” composed by SiM for “Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2”
- Best Song for an Anime: «The Rumbling» composed by SiM for «Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2»
- Best Original Anime: Lycoris Recoil
- Best Romantic Anime: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
- Best Soundtrack: KOHTA YAMAMOTO and HIROYUKI SAWANO in «Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2»
- Best Supporting Character: Anya Forger in “SPY x FAMILY”
- Best Voice Performance in Latin Spanish: Alejandro Orozco as Gyutaro in “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Entertainment District Arc”
- Best Japanese Voice Acting: Yuki Kaji as Eren Jaeger in “Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2”
- Character we must always protect: Anya Forger in “SPY x FAMILY”
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is the premier awards event celebrating the best and coolest in anime. This year, 18 million fans in 200 countries and territories voted for their favorites to be placed first. Among the countries that demonstrated the greatest participation were: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Mexico, and the United States.
For the first time in its not-so-long run, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards were broadcast live directly from Tokyo, Japan. During the event, the winners were announced by international personalities from the world of entertainment and sports, which included well-known filmmakers such as Justin Lin and Robert RodrÃguez, some well-known American actors such as Finn Wolfhard, Hunter Schafer and Jacob Bertrand; as well as sports superstars like WWE’s Juju Smith-Schuster, Aidan Hutchinson and Zelina Vega; streaming stars Valkyrae and Sykkuno; Japanese singer-songwriter and actress Haruka Kaki, Japanese comedian Kendo Kobayashi, Roland, and Japanese actress Sawa Suzuki.
The Anime Awards were hosted by voice actress Sally Amaki and popular animator Jon Kabira.
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