Crunchyroll has announced the nominees for its 2022 Anime Awards, and voting is open now.
Anime of the Year
- 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- ODDTAXI
- Ranking of Kings
- Sonny Boy
Best Boy
- Senku Ishigami – Dr. Stone Season 2
- Izumi Miyamura – Horimiya
- Odokawa – ODDTAXI
- Bojji – Ranking of Kings
- Ken ‘Draken’ Ryuguji – Tokyo Revengers
- Manjiro ‘Mikey’ Sano – Tokyo Revengers
Best Girl
- Vladilena Milizé – 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Tohru Honda – Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Nobara Kugisaki – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- Sarasa Watanabe – Kageki Shojo!!
- Shoko Komi – Komi Can’t Communicate
- Ai Ohto – Wonder Egg Priority
Best Protagonist
- Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Yuji Itadori – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- Joe – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
- Odokawa – ODDTAXI
- Bojji – Ranking of Kings
- Ai Ohto – Wonder Egg Priority
Best Antagonist
- Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Tomura Shigaraki – My Hero Academia Season 5
- Yano – ODDTAXI
- Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
- Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” – SK8 the Infinity
- Tetta Kisaki – Tokyo Revengers
Best Fight Scene
- Eren Jaeger vs. War Hammer Titan – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Naruto Uzumaki vs. Isshiki Otsutsuki – Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
- Yuji Itadori & Aoi Todo vs. Hanami – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- Yuji Itadori & Nobara Kugisaki vs. Eso & Kechizu – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- Elma vs. Tohru – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- Vivy vs. Yugo Kakitani – Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
Best Director
- Yuichiro Hayashi – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Sunghoo Park – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- Yo Moriyama – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
- Baku Kinoshita – ODDTAXI
- Shingo Natsume – Sonny Boy
- Shin Wakabayashi – Wonder Egg Priority
Best Animation
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (cour 1)
- Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- Wonder Egg Priority
Best Character Design
- Tadashi Hiramatsu – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- Baku Kinoshita and Hiromi Nakayama – ODDTAXI
- Atsuko Nozaki – Ranking of Kings
- Michinori Chiba – SK8 the Infinity
- loundraw (FLAT STUDIO) and Yuichi Takahashi – Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- Saki Takahashi – Wonder Egg Priority
Best Score
- Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto – 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Mabanua – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
- PUNPEE, VaVa, and OMSB – ODDTAXI
- Satoru Kosaki – Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- DÉ DÉ MOUSE and Mito – Wonder Egg Priority
Best VA Performance (Japanese)
- Ayane Sakura – Gabi Braun – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Yuki Kaji – Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi – Daisuke Jigen (Ep. 0) – Lupin The 3rd Part 6
- Natsuki Hanae – Odokawa – ODDTAXI
- Aoi Yuki – Kumoko – So I’m a Spider, So What?
- Kanata Aikawa – Ai Ohto – Wonder Egg Priority
Best VA Performance (English)
- Brittany Cox – Fena – Fena: Pirate Princess
- Laura Bailey – Tohru Honda – Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Adam McArthur – Yuji Itadori – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- David Wald – Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” – SK8 the Infinity
- Matt Shipman – Reki Kyan – SK8 the Infinity
- Anairis Quiñones – Rika Kawai – Wonder Egg Priority
Best Opening Sequence
- Boku no sensou – Shinsei Kamattechan – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Kaibutsu – YOASOBI – BEASTARS
- VIVID VICE – Who-ya Extended – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- Ai no Supreme! – Fhána – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- ODDTAXI – Skirt and PUNPEE – ODDTAXI
- Cry Baby – Official HIGE DANdism – Tokyo Revengers
Best Ending Sequence
- Shogeki – Yuko Ando – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Yasashii Suisei – YOASOBI – BEASTARS
- Shirogane – LiSA – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Nai Nai – ReoNA – SHADOWS HOUSE
- Infinity – YUURI – SK8 the Infinity
- Ganbare! Kumoko-san no Theme – “Watashi” (VA: Aoi Yuki) – So I’m a Spider, So What?
Best Action
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
- SSSS.DYNAZENON
- Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- Wonder Egg Priority
Best Comedy
- Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro
- Heaven’s Design Team
- Komi Can’t Communicate
- Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
- Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- ODDTAXI
Best Drama
- 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Kageki Shojo!!
- ODDTAXI
- To Your Eternity
- Wonder Egg Priority
Best Romance
- BEASTARS
- Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro
- Horimiya
- Komi Can’t Communicate
- The Duke of Death and His Maid
Best Fantasy
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (cour 1)
- Ranking of Kings
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 2)
- The Case Study of Vanitas
- To Your Eternity
- Wonder Egg Priority
Best Film
- Belle
- Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
- Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
- Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
- Shirobako the Movie
- Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Source: Crunchyroll
Wow, it’s kind of depressing how few of these I actually have watched. I guess I’m not as mainstream as I thought!
To me, this just feels like such a narrow list, because it seemed like it was primarily a lot of the same titles appearing in the various categories. I lost count of how many times I saw “Wonder Egg Priority” and “Jujutsu Kaisen” show up in here.
I noticed that too!