Voting is open for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023, and here is some of our predictions for which anime will be receiving a bunch of awards.
Which anime was your favourite from 2022? Aside from your own Twitter debates and other forum battles, you can now vote for which of the nominated anime shows in each category will win at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023—at the official Crunchyroll Anime Awards website. A panel of judges were specially selected to curate these anime series below, offering a wide variety from different studios and backgrounds for each category and genres.
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 is up for 12 nominations, including the Anime of the Year award. The other big contender is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc with 11 nominations—also up for anime of the year and challenging Attack on Titan hard in the score and music categories.
One of the biggest, new anime shows of 2022 was Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, based in the world of the sci-fi RPG game Cyberpunk 2077. The series is up for a whopping 12 nominations as well. It will be interesting to see if this newcomer can topple the solid two aforementioned anime shows above.
Of course, one of the world’s trending series of 2022 that took many fans by storm was the cute and action-packed series, SPY x FAMILY. The series is up for the most nominations with a chonky 17 nominations—’thiccer’ than the fluffball, Bond! The main cast was so good that they have two nominations under the Best Supporting Character category for both Anya and Yor Forger.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners should have a clear win on Best New Series because of its surprising reception to be a work of art, and even caused a resurgence of players to its video game counterpart. In most of the music and score-related categories that Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 has been nominated for, the show could sweep the competition with “The Rumbling” by the band SiM—such a gym banger to get you hyped! An epic battle for Anime of the Year will ensue, but our biggest prediction would be that SPY x FAMILY should be able to pull out on top in most of the categories, including Anime of the Year.
Here is the list of all the nominees and categories for the Anime Awards 2023:
Anime of the Year
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Lycoris Recoil
Ranking of Kings (cour 2)
SPY x FAMILY
Best Original Anime
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-
Healer Girl
Lycoris Recoil
The Orbital Children
YUREI DECO
Best Character Design
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
My Dress-Up Darling
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
SPY x FAMILY
Best Animation
Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
SPY x FAMILY
Best New Series
Call of the Night
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Lycoris Recoil
My Dress-Up Darling
SPY x FAMILY
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Continuing Series
Attack on Titan
(Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc)
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
(Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
(JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean)
Made in Abyss
(Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)
Best Opening Sequence
“Chikichiki Banban,” QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Mixed Nuts,” Official HIGE DANdism, SPY x FAMILY
“Naked Hero,” Vaundy, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
“The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“This Fffire,” Franz Ferdinand, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
“Zankyousanka,” Aimer, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Best Ending Sequence
“Akuma no Ko,” Ai Higuchi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“Comedy,” Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY
“My Heart Has Surrendered,” Airi Suzuki, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
“Koi no yukue,” Akari Akase, My Dress-Up Darling
“Koshaberibiyori,” FantasticYouth, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
“Yofukashino Uta,” Creepy Nuts, Call of the Night
Best Score
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
SPY x FAMILY
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Film
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
INU-OH
The Deer King
Best Anime Song
“Chikichiki Banban,” QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Comedy,” Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY
“My Nonfiction,” Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) & Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
“New Genesis,” Ado, One Piece Film Red
“Shall We Dance?,” ReoNa, SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-
“The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Best Director
Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Hiroyuki Imaishi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Kazuhiro Furuhashi, SPY x FAMILY
Shingo Adachi, Lycoris Recoil
Yosuke Hatta, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Yuichiro Hayashi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Best Main Character
Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Loid Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Best Supporting Character
Ai Hayasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Rebecca, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Tengen Uzui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY
“Must Protect At All Costs” Character
Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Komi Shouko, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Best Action
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Lycoris Recoil
SPY x FAMILY
Best Comedy
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Kotaro Lives Alone
My Dress-Up Darling
SPY x FAMILY
Uncle from Another World
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Drama
86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Dance Dance Danseur
Kotaro Lives Alone
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Best Fantasy
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1 Part 2
Overlord IV
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)
Best Romance
Call of the Night
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd Series)
Love After World Domination
My Dress-Up Darling
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
Best VA Performance (Japanese)
Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yuki Kaji, Eren Yeager, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Best VA Performance (English)
Amanda Lee (Ama Lee), Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY
SungWon Cho (AKA ProZD), Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Zach Aguilar, David, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2, Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
Voting for the Anime Awards 2023 will continue to run until Wednesday, January 25 at 5:00 p.m. PT. The winners will be announced live at the show in Tokyo, Japan. Let the world know what you think was the best anime of 2022 and deserves a nice little award for it!!
