The Crunchyroll Anime Award is a well-known global event that anime communities have enjoyed for the past 6 years. They are currently organizing the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Award 2023 and have revealed some key details about the award ceremony.
Crunchyroll is one of the best anime streaming services and has brought us plenty of popular anime that left a great impression on anime fan’s hearts. In 2017, they organized an award ceremony for the first time to provide recognition to the successful anime adaptations, popular anime characters, and voice artist performance of the previous year.
They have already celebrated six award ceremonies in the past six years, and each of them was held in the USA. Now it is the first time they are organizing the award ceremony outside the United States and shifting it to Japan.
Anime fans were very curious to see which series would win the most awards and who would receive the most nominations this year. So don’t worry; in today’s post, we will provide you with every essential detail about the upcoming 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023. So let’s get straight to this informative news and get all of your answers.
When and Where will the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023 be held?
The 7th Crunchyroll Anime Award 2023 will premiere on March 4, 2023. It will be held for the first time in Japan at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo. Since the past two award ceremonies were celebrated virtually due to COVID 19, the officials will be ready to make this year’s ceremony so grand and high-budget.
As a result, they decided to bring the Crunchyroll Anime Award from the USA to Japan. Rahul Purini, the president of Crunchyroll, also said such lovely things about the shift in the award ceremony.
“There is no better place to celebrate the Anime Awards than the birthplace of anime industry itself.”
Rahul Purini- President of Crunchyroll
In order to make this award ceremony so grand, they invited a large number of special guest, including voice artists, mangaka, studios, singers, musicians, and so on. Furthermore, Kenichiro Yoshida, the CEO of Sony Music Japan, will open this ceremony, while Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira will be hosting it.
On the other hand, the officials already shared the list of nominees for all categories in anime medium, and the voting process began from January 19, 2023, to January 25, 2023. We hope you have already voted for your favorite series, character, and voice artist in their respective categories.
This is the first time they gave us the opportunity to vote for our favorites through social voting, including using a Twitter hashtag.
Who are the Nominees for the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Award 2023 in the Major Categories?
In 2022, we will explore several wonderful anime series, captivating stories, best anime songs, incredible action sequences, awe inspiring animation, and so on.
Only the nominees for major award categories, including original category and fan categories such as best series, best film, best song, best character, voice artist performance, and so on, are listed here.
Here are the Anime Nominees for “Best Anime of the Year“:
- Attack on Titan: Final Season Part 2 by Mappa
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Entertainment District Arc by Ufotable
- Spy x Family by Wit Studio and Clover Works
- Ranking of Kings (Cour 2) by Wit Studio
- Cyberpunk: Edge Runners by Studio Trigger and CD Project
- Lycoris Recoil by A-1 Pictures
The Nominees for “Best Anime Film of the Year” are:
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero by Toei Animation
- Jujutsu Kaisen 0 by MAPPA
- One Piece Film: Red by Toei Animation
- Bubble by Wit Studio
- The Deer King by Production I.G.
- Inu-Oh by Science Saru
Here are the Nominees for “Best Anime Song of the Year“:
- “The Rumbling” by SiM (Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2)
- “My Nonfiction” by Makoto Furukawa and Konomi Kohara (Love Is War: Ultra Romantic)
- “New Genesis” by Ado (One Piece Film: Red)
- “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino (Spy x Family)
- “Shall We Dance?” by Reona (Shadows House Season 2)
- “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM (Ya Boy Kongming)
The Nominees for “Best Voice Artist Performance” (Japanese) are:
- Yuki Kaji as Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2)
- Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Entertainment District Arc)
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Anya Forger (Spy x Family)
- Fairouz Ai as Jolyne Cujoh (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)
- Chika Anzai as Chisato Nishikigi (Lycoris Recoil)
- Misaki Kuno as Faputa (Kinema Citrus)
Here are the Nominees for “Best Music of the Year” at the Crunchyroll Anime Award 2023:
- Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Entertainment District Arc)
- Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto (Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2)
- (K)Now Name (Spy x Family)
- Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)
- Akira Yamaoka (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
- Genki Hikota (Ya Boy Kongming)
The Nominees for “Best Main Character of the Year” are:
- Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2)
- Loid Forger (Spy x Family)
- Marin Kitagawa (My Dress-Up Darling)
- Bojji (Ranking of Kings- cour 2)
- David Martinez (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
- Chisato Nishikigi (Lycoris Recoil)
Here are the Nominees for “Best Supporting Character of the Year“:
- Tengen Uzui (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Entertainment District Arc)
- Yor Forger (Spy x Family)
- Anya Forger (Spy x Family)
- Ai Hayasaka (Love Is War: Ultra Romantic)
- Kage (Ranking of Kings)
- Rebecca (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
Who has the Most Nominations for the 7th Crunchyroll Anime Award?
There is no surprise that “Spy x Family” got the maximum number of nominations in the upcoming award ceremony because its hype is on another level. So let’s know who the next ones are who get the most nominations.
- Spy x Family (19)
- Ranking of the Kings Cour 2 (17)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (13)
- Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (12)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (12)
- My Dress Up Darling (12)
- Love is War: Ultra Romantic (8)
- Lycoris Recoil (8)
That’s it for today’s post! We hope you found this informative news useful and know everything about the Crunchyroll Anime Award 2023. Stay tuned for more of the latest anime news and upcoming anime seasons.
FAQs:
1. Who won the best series and film award last year at the Crunchyroll Anime Award 2022?
In the Crunchyroll Anime Award 2022, Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 won the best series award, and Demon Slayer: Mugen Train won the best film award.
2. What is the most prestigious anime award?
The Tokyo Anime Award is the most prestigious award ceremony in the Japanese animation medium. They have been organizing the awards ceremony since 2002, and this year they organized the 21st Tokyo Anime Awards 2023.
3. How is the anime of the year decided?
It is very simple: whoever gets the most votes from judges and the public wins the award in their respective category. 70% of the votes in the awards ceremony come from the judges, with the remaining 30% coming directly from the public in various ways.
Source: Crunchyroll Official Website
