Crunchyroll Announces Nominees For Anime Awards 2023

Crunchyroll announced their nominations for the popular Anime Awards 2023 on 20th January, Friday.

Here is the full list of nominees for the awards:

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
Vampire in the Garden
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)
• One Piece

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:

• Bubble
• Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
• INU-OH
• JUJUTSU KAISEN 0
• One Piece Film Red
• 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 (Japansese):

• 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

Fans can cast one vote per category each day through the Crunchyroll website or Twitter. A person can cast one vote per category in a day, until 25th January, 5:00 PM (PT)!

Source: Crunchyroll