4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards

4th edition of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards

4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards

Awarded for| Excellence in anime
Date| February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15)
Country| United States
Presented by| Crunchyroll
Hosted by|

* Xavier Woods
* Tim Lyu

Highlights
Most wins| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (3)
Most nominations| Carole & Tuesday, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Vinland Saga (9)
Anime of the Year| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
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The 4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held on February 15, 2020, honoring excellence in anime from 2019. Crunchyroll announced the categories and the list of judges for the 2020 awards on December 17, while also noting that the list was still not complete.[1] They also noted that they've increased their judges by over 50%, with more than half of them coming from outside the United States.[1] Nominees were announced on the first day of voting, January 10.[1] Voting ran until January 17,[2] with the results announced on February 15.[3] The show was hosted by WWE wrestler Xavier Woods and Tim Lyu.[4][5] Several personalities in the anime community were invited to present the awards.[4]

There were 18 categories. Best Couple was reinstated after being absent in the last two editions.[6] Best Score, Best Drama, and Best Comedy were also reinstated after being absent in the last year's edition.[6][7] Best Film and Best Continuing Series were dropped.[7] A new category, Best Fantasy, was introduced.[7][8] Carole & Tuesday, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Vinland Saga each received nine nominations, including the Anime of the Year. Mamoru Miyano was nominated for the second straight time in the Best VA Performance (JP) award. Japanese singer Aimer received her third nomination, the second consecutive, in the Best Ending Sequence category. Australian composer Kevin Penkin received his second nomination for Best Score. Carole & Tuesday's opening and ending themes, both sung by Nai Br.XX and Celeina Ann, were nominated in their respective categories.[7]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won the Anime of the Year award.[5] Its main protagonist, Tanjiro Kamado, won Best Boy.[5] He also was nominated in the Best Protagonist category, only to lost to Senku Ishigami of Dr. Stone. Demon Slayer is tied with Kaguya-sama: Love Is War in receiving the most wins.[5] Kaguya-sama also won Best Comedy and Best Ending Sequence.[5][9] Vinland Saga won Best Drama, while The Promised Neverland won the inaugural Best Fantasy award.[5] Mob Psycho 100's second season won in the Best Animation category.[5][9] Canadian composer Mocky won the Best Score award for his work on Carole & Tuesday.[5][9] George Wada, an anime producer and the president of Wit Studio, received the Industry Icon award.[10]

## Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). The lists are arranged alphabetically, except for the winner.

Anime of the Year

* Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Ufotable‡
* Carole & Tuesday — Bones
* Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2) — Bones
* O Maidens in Your Savage Season — Lay-duce
* The Promised Neverland — CloverWorks
* Vinland Saga — Wit Studio

Best Protagonist

* Senku Ishigami — Dr. Stone‡
* Emma — The Promised Neverland
* Hyakkimaru — Dororo
* Saitama — One-Punch Man (season 2)
* Tanjiro Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
* Tohru Honda — Fruits Basket

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Best Antagonist

* Isabella — The Promised Neverland‡
* Ai Magase — Babylon
* Angela Carpenter — Carole & Tuesday
* Askeladd — Vinland Saga
* Garou — One-Punch Man (season 2)
* Overhaul — My Hero Academia (season 4)

Best Boy

* Tanjiro Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba‡
* Bruno Bucciarati — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)
* Hyakkimaru — Dororo
* Kanata Hoshijima — Astra Lost in Space
* Naruzo Machio — How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
* Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)

Best Girl

* Raphtalia — The Rising of the Shield Hero‡
* Carole — Carole & Tuesday
* Chika Fujiwara — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
* Emma — The Promised Neverland
* Kohaku — Dr. Stone
* Nezuko Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Best Opening Sequence

* "99.9" by Mob Choir feat. Sajou no Hana — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)‡
* "Inferno" by Mrs. Green Apple — Fire Force
* "Kawaki wo Ameku" by Minami — Domestic Girlfriend
* "Kiss Me" by Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann — Carole & Tuesday
* "Mukanjyo" by Survive Said The Prophet — Vinland Saga
* "Touch Off" by UVERworld — The Promised Neverland

Best Ending Sequence

* "Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡" by Konomi Kohara — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War‡
* "Hold Me Now" by Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann — Carole & Tuesday
* "Sayonara Gokko" by amazarashi — Dororo
* "Stand by Me" by the peggies — Sarazanmai
* "Torches" by Aimer — Vinland Saga
* "veil" by Keina Suda — Fire Force

Best VA Performance (JP)

* Yuichi Nakamura as Bruno Bucciarati — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)‡
* Mamoru Miyano as Reo Niiboshi — Sarazanmai
* Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kochou — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
* Yukino Satsuki as Ai Magase — Babylon
* Yusuke Kobayashi as Senku Ishigami — Dr. Stone
* Yuuko Kaida as Isabella — The Promised Neverland

Best VA Performance (EN)

* Billy Kametz as Naofumi Iwatani — The Rising of the Shield Hero‡
* Casey Mongillo as Shinji Ikari — Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Erica Mendez as Retsuko — Aggretsuko (season 2)
* Faye Mata as Aqua — KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!
* Kyle McCarley as Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
* Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda — Fruits Basket

Best Director

* Tetsurō Araki and Masashi Koizuka — Attack on Titan (season 3)‡
* Kiyotaka Suzuki — Babylon
* Kunihiko Ikuhara — Sarazanmai
* Shinichirō Watanabe and Motonobu Hori — Carole & Tuesday
* Shuhei Yabuta — Vinland Saga
* Yuzuru Tachikawa — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)

Best Animation

* Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2) — Bones‡
* Attack on Titan (season 3) — Wit Studio
* Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Ufotable
* Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia — CloverWorks
* Sarazanmai — MAPPA / Lapin Track
* Vinland Saga — Wit Studio

Best Character Design

* Satoshi Iwataki, original design by Hiroyuki Asada — Dororo‡
* Kayoko Ishikawa, original design by Miggy — Sarazanmai
* Takahiko Abiru, original design by Makoto Yukimura — Vinland Saga
* Tsunenori Saito, original design by Eisaku Kubonouchi — Carole & Tuesday
* Yuko Iwasa, original design by Boichi — Dr. Stone
* Yuko Yahiro, original design by Aka Akasaka — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Best Fight Scene

* Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba‡
* Emperor Crimson vs. Metallic — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)
* Levi vs. Beast Titan — Attack on Titan (season 3)
* Mob vs. Toichiro — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
* Thorfinn vs. Thorkell — Vinland Saga
* Ushiwakamaru vs. Tiamat — Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

Best Drama

* Vinland Saga — Wit Studio‡
* Babylon — Revoroot
* Carole & Tuesday — Bones
* Fruits Basket — TMS Entertainment
* Stars Align — Eight Bit
* The Promised Neverland — CloverWorks

Best Comedy

* Kaguya-sama: Love Is War — A-1 Pictures‡
* Aggretsuko (season 2) — Fanworks
* How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? — Doga Kobo
* Isekai Quartet — Studio Puyukai
* My Roommate Is a Cat — Zero-G
* Sarazanmai — MAPPA / Lapin Track

Best Score

* Mocky — Carole & Tuesday‡
* Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
* Hiroyuki Sawano — Attack on Titan (season 3)
* Kevin Penkin — The Rising of the Shield Hero
* Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and Yuki Kanesaka — Dr. Stone
* Yugo Kanno — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)

Best Couple

* Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War‡
* Baki Hanma & Kozue Matsumoto — Baki
* Mafuyu Sato & Ritsuka Uenoyama — Given
* Reo & Mabu — Sarazanmai
* Rika Zonazaki & Shun Amagi — O Maidens in Your Savage Season
* Ymir & Historia — Attack on Titan (season 3)

Best Fantasy

* The Promised Neverland — CloverWorks‡
* Ascendance of a Bookworm — Ajia-do Animation Works
* Astra Lost in Space — Lerche
* Attack on Titan (season 3) — Wit Studio
* Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Ufotable
* Sarazanmai — MAPPA / Lapin Track

Industry Icon Award

* George Wada‡

Source: [5][10]

## Statistics

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Anime with multiple nominations  Nominations  | Anime

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9  | Carole & Tuesday
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Vinland Saga
8  | Sarazanmai
The Promised Neverland
7  | Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
6  | Attack on Titan (season 3)
5  | Dr. Stone
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
4  | Babylon
Dororo
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)
3  | Fruits Basket
The Rising of the Shield Hero
2  | Aggretsuko (season 2)
Astra Lost in Space
Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
Fire Force
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
One-Punch Man (season 2)
Anime with multiple wins  Wins  | Anime

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3  | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
2  | Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
The Promised Neverland
The Rising of the Shield Hero

## References

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1. ^ a b c Thomas, Miles. "Anime Awards 2020: Meet Our Categories and Judges!!". Crunchyroll. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
2. ^ Coats, Cayla (January 3, 2020). "How to Vote in the Anime Awards". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
3. ^ "Winners of the 2020 Anime Awards". Crunchyroll. February 15, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
4. ^ a b "Fan Voting Underway for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020". Animation World Network. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Goslin, Austen (February 15, 2020). "Demon Slayer takes home top prize at Crunchyroll's Anime Awards". Polygon. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
6. ^ a b "Crunchyroll's 4th Annual Anime Awards Set for February 15". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
7. ^ a b c d "Carole & Tuesday, Demon Slayer, Vinland Saga Land Most Nominations for Crunchyroll's Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
8. ^ Orsini, Lauren. "Here Are All The Nominees For The 2019 Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Forbes. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
9. ^ a b c "Every Winner Of The 2020 Anime Awards On Crunchyroll (& What They Won)". CBR. February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
10. ^ a b "Every Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020 Winner, Including Anime Of The Year". GameSpot. Retrieved February 18, 2021.

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