Crunchyroll Announces the Nominees for the 2023 Anime Awards

Crunchyroll has announced the nominees for the 2023 Anime 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
• 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 (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 runs from January 19, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. PST to January 26, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Winners will be revealed March 4, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.

Source: Crunchyroll