Every year the Reddit anime community holds an award ceremony to celebrate the success of the anime in the past year and the Reddit Anime Awards 2021 is here again. The /r/anime community revealed the winners of its annual anime awards ceremony via a Twitch live stream on Sunday and the results are quite surprising.

The r/anime awards is an annual event completely run by and for the community. The award includes a panel of jury members who are required to watch each nominee to completion. Each individual award is then split into a public and jury ranking. This year, the jury winner for overall best anime was Sonny Boy, while the community voted for Mushoku Tensei.

The Reddit Anime Awards 2021 winners of each category are listed below:

Anime of The Year

• Jury Winner: Sonny Boy
• Public Winner: Mushoku Tensei

Best Action

• Jury Winner: SSSS.Dynazenon
• Public Winner: Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Adventure

• Winner: Mushoku Tensei

Best Comedy

• Jury Winner: Zombieland Saga – Revenge
• Public Winner: Komi Can’t Communicate

Best Drama

• Jury Winner: Nomad – Megalobox 2
• Public Winner: Violet Evergarden Movie

Best Romance

• Jury Winner: The Duke of Death and His Maid
• Public Winner: Horimiya

Best Slice of Life

• Jury Winner: Non non Biyori – Nonstop
• Public Winner: Miss Kobayashi’s Maid Dragon S

Best Suspense

• Jury Winner: Sonny Boy
• Public Winner: Odd Taxi

Best Supporting Character

• Jury Winner: Ryuuji Ayakawa (Blue Period)
• Public Winner: Ruijerd Superdia (Mushoku Tensei)

Best Cast

• Jury Winner: Fruits Basket – The Final
• Public Winner: Mushoku Tensei

Best Animation

• Jury Winner: Miss Kobayashi’s Maid Dragon S
• Public Winner: Mushoku Tensei

Best Character Design

• Jury Winner: Sonny Boy
• Public Winner: Odd Taxi

Best Voice Actor

• Jury Winner: Natsuki Hanae (Vanitas)
• Public Winner: Yuki Kaji (Eren Yeager)

Best Opening Sequence (OP)

• Jury Winner: Cinderella (Komi Can’t Communicate)
• Public Winner: ODDTAXI (Odd Taxi)

Best Ending Sequence (ED)

• Jury Winner: Yasashii Suisei (Beastars S2)
• Public Winner: Give It Back (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Movie of The Year

• Jury Winner: Pompo – The Cinéphile
• Public Winner: Demon Slayer Mugen Train

Detailed analysis of the winners & nominees list has been posted on the official website of the /r/anime community. Except for the mentioned awards winners above, there were several other categories as well in which the winners were announced. Last year, Chihayafuru 3 won the jury vote, while Re:Zero Season 2 won the public vote.

Apart from the award winners, the flashy Reddit Anime Awards 2021 included guests like Sean Chiplock (VA of Subaru Natsuki from Re:Zero), translator FAR (Wonder Egg Priority English Animation Translation Cooperation), and animator Yoshi Kirishima (Zombie Land Saga Revenge). Some industry professionals also joined the live stream.

The /r/anime awards project started in 2016 and the live stream version followed two years later. The subreddit currently has over 3.4 million subscribers. There is an official website of Reddit Anime Awards as well, you can check the complete award winners list there.

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