The sixth annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards winners have been announced and Attack On Titan has grabbed the anime of the year award. Demon Slayer leads with the most wins in the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022.

2021 was an especially good year for the medium with the debut of several critically-acclaimed original series alongside several popular shows. Just like every year, the fans cast votes for this year as well. Millions of fans voted on the official website of Crunchyroll from Jan 18 – Jan 25.

Overall, 39 different series were nominated across 20 categories. This year’s awards included the Best Film, Best Action Series, and Best Romance Series categories as well. And, Attack On Titan turned out to be the award stealer of the event with the ‘Anime of The Year’ title in its name.

Attack on Titan The Final Season was nominated in nine different categories and ultimately took home four awards. Demon Slayer won three awards and additional four-voice acting awards for the largest number of overall wins. The blockbuster film Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train won Best Film.

Anime series Odd Taxi and Wonder Egg Priority lead in total nominations with 11 each, but they didn’t guarantee the most wins. Surprisingly, Wonder Egg Priority was shut out completely while Odd Taxi claimed two wins. Last year’s top winner, Jujutsu Kaisen also didn’t go home empty-handed, winning Best Action, Best Fight and several other awards.

Here’s the full list of Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 winners:

Anime of the Year

Winner: Attack On Titan Final Season Part 1

Nominees for Anime of the Year:

• 86 Eighty-Six
• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 2)
• Odd Taxi
• Ranking of Kings
• Sonny Boy

Best Girl

Winner: Nobara Kugisaki (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Nominees for 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 Boy

Winner: Bojji (Ranking of Kings)

Nominees for Best Boy:

• Senku Ishigami – Dr. Stone: Stone Wars
• Izumi Miyamura – Horimiya
• Odokawa – Odd Taxi
• Bojji – Ranking of Kings
• Ken Ryuguji – Tokyo Revengers
• Manjiro Sano – Tokyo Revengers

Best Protagonist

Winner: Odokawa (Odd Taxi)

Nominees for Best Protagonist:

• Eren Jaeger – AOT Final Season Part 1
• Yuji Itadori – Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 2)
• Joe – Megalobox 2: Nomad
• Odokawa – Odd Taxi
• Bojji – Ranking of Kings
• Ai Ohto – Wonder Egg Priority

Best Antagonist

Winner: Eren Jaeger (AOT Final Season Part 1)

Nominees for Best Antagonist:

• Eren Jaeger – AOT Final Season Part 1
• Tomura Shigaraki – My Hero Academia Season 5
• Yano – Odd Taxi
• Echidna – Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World Season 2
• Ainosuke Shindo/”Adam” – SK8 the Infinity
• Tetta Kisaki – Tokyo Revengers

Best Animation

Winner: Demon Slayer Mugen Train Arc

Nominees for Best Animation:

• Demon Slayer Mugen Train Arc
• Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 2)
• Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
• Mushoku Tensei Cour 1
• Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
• Wonder Egg Priority

Best Fight Scene

Winner: Yuji Itadori & Aoi Todo vs. Hanami (Jujutsu Kaisen Cour 2)

Nominees for 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 Score

Winner: Yuki Kajiura and ‎Gō Shiina (Demon Slayer Mugen Train Arc)

Nominees for Best Score:

• Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto – 86 Eighty-Six
• Yuki Kajiura and ‎Gō Shiina – Demon Slayer Mugen Train Arc
• mabanua – Megalobox 2: Nomad
• PUNPEE, VaVa, and OMSB – Odd Taxi
• Satoru Kosaki – Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
• DÉ DÉ MOUSE and Mito – Wonder Egg Priority

Best Director

Winner: Baku Kinoshita (Odd Taxi)

Nominees for Best Director:

• Yuichiro Hayashi – AOT Final Season Part 1
• Sunghoo Park – Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 2)
• Yo Moriyama – Megalobox 2: Nomad
• Baku Kinoshita – Odd Taxi
• Shingo Natsume – Sonny Boy
• Shin Wakabayashi – Wonder Egg Priority

Best Character Design

Winner: Tadashi Hiramatsu (Jujutsu Kaisen Cour 2)

Nominees for Best Character Design:

• Tadashi Hiramatsu – Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 2)
• Baku Kinoshita and Hiromi Nakayama – Odd Taxi
• Atsuko Nozaki – Ranking of Kings
• Michinori Chiba – SK8 the Infinity
• loundraw (FLAT STUDIO) and Yūichi Takahashi – Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
• Saki Takahashi – Wonder Egg Priority

Best VA Performance (JP)

Winner: Yuki Kaji as Eren Jaeger

Nominees for Best VA (JP):

• Ayane Sakura – Gabi Braun (AOT Final Season Part 1)
• Yuki Kaji – Eren Jaeger (AOT Final Season Part 1)
• Kiyoshi Kobayashi – Daisuke Jigen (Lupin the 3rd Part 6)
• Natsuki Hanae – Odokawa (Odd Taxi)
• Aoi Yūki – Kumoko (So I’m a Spider, So What?)
• Kanata Aikawa – Ai Ohto (Wonder Egg Priority)

Best VA Performance (EN)

Winner: David Wald as Ainosuke Shindo

Nominees for Best VA (EN):

• 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 (OP)

Winner: Boku no sensou by Shinsei Kamattechan

Nominees for Best Opening Sequence:

• Boku no sensou – Shinsei Kamattechan (AOT 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)
• Skirt and PUNPEE – Odd Taxi (Odd Taxi)
• Cry Baby – Official HiGE DANdism (Tokyo Revengers)

Best Ending Sequence (ED)

Winner: Shirogane by LiSA

Nominees for Best Ending Sequence:

• Shogeki – Yuko Ando (AOT Final Season Part 1)
• Yasashii Suisei – YOASOBI (Beastars)
• Shirogane – LiSA (Demon Slayer Mugen Train Arc)
• Nai Nai – ReoNa (Shadows House)
• Infinity – YUURI (SK8 the Infinity)
• Ganbare! Kumoko-san no Theme – “Watashi” (So I’m a Spider, So What?)

Best Action

Winner: Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 2)

Nominees for Best Action:

• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Demon Slayer Mugen Train Arc
• Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 2)
• SSSS.DYNAZENON
• Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
• Wonder Egg Priority

Best Fantasy

Winner: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 2)

Nominees for Best Fantasy:

• Mushoku Tensei (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 Drama

Winner: To Your Eternity

Nominees for Best Drama:

• 86 Eighty-Six
• Fruits Basket the Final Season
• Kageki Shojo!!
• Odd Taxi
• To Your Eternity
• Wonder Egg Priority

Best Romance

Winner: Horimiya

Nominees for 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 Comedy

Winner: Komi Can’t Communicate

Nominees for 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
• Odd Taxi

Best Film

Winner: Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train

Nominees for Best Film:

• Belle
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time
• Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train
• Josee, The Tiger and the Fish
• Shirobako the Movie
• Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

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