Crunchyroll Anime Awards | |
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Current: 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | |
Awarded for | Best in anime of the previous year |
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Presented by | Crunchyroll |
First awarded | January 11, 2017 |
Website | crunchyroll |
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards, also known simply as The 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]
The 8th ceremony was held physically on March 2, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 won the Anime of the Year award.
The awards have two rounds of voting. In the first round, each judges will submit up to five candidates per category. The six candidates that got the highest number of cumulative nominations from the panel will then be included in the final list. During the voting period, which lasts for a week, the public can choose a single nominee per category per day. The winners for each category are the ones who received the most votes from the judges and the public.
Any anime that was produced primarily in Japan and was released legally on television or online in Japan from November of two years prior to September of the past year are eligible to be nominated. This means that, for the 7th edition, any anime that was released from November 2021 to September 2022 are eligible.[3][4]
The set of categories that will be presented changes for each edition. The 7th edition, for example, featured 31 categories.
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.
Ceremony | Date | Anime of the Year |
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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 |
7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | March 4, 2023 | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners |
8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | March 2, 2024 | Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 |
The following nominees received multiple nominations (2 or more):
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The following winners received multiple awards (2 or more):
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