It’s awards season! That time of year where we celebrate all of the hard work that goes into making some of our favorite music, television, and movies. Anime is no different in this regard, and for the 6th consecutive year, Crunchyroll will be celebrating the best in the Japanese anime industry with their Anime Awards.
With voting going from now until January 25th at 5:00 pm PST, anime fans are able to select their favorite many categories representing nearly 40 animation studios across 8 different streaming platforms. Also new to 2022, voice actors are being recognized like never before with favorites for not only the original Japanese audio but also for series dubbed in English, German, Portuguese, Spanish (both Spain & Latin America), and Russian.
Fans can vote here daily until January 25th, and the winners will be revealed on Wednesday, February 9 across the Anime Awards website and across Crunchyroll social channels.
Be sure to take a look at all of the nominees below, and follow along with us here at the Geekset Podcast as we discuss the nominations and winners!
Anime of the Year Nominees
- 86 Eighty Six
- Attack on Titan Final Season Pt. 1
- ODDTAXI
- Ranking of Kings
- Sonny Boy
Best Action Nominees
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Attack on Titan Final Season Pt. 1
- SSSS.DYNAZENON
- Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
- WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Animation Nominees
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
- Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
- WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Antagonist Nominees
- 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 Boy Nominees
- 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 Character Design Nominees
- Tadashi Hiramatsu – JUJUTSU KAISEN
- 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 Comedy Nominees
- 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 Director Nominees
- Yuichiro Hayashi – Attack on Titan Final Season Pt 1
- Sunghoo Park – JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Yo Moriyama – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
- Shingo Natsume – Sonny Boy
- Baku Kinoshita – ODDTAXI
- Shin Wakabayashi – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Drama Nominees
- 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Kageki Shojo!!
- ODDTAXI
- To Your Eternity
- WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Ending Sequence Nominees
- 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 Fantasy Nominees
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
- 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 Fight Scene Nominees
- 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
- Yuji Itadori & Nobara Kugisaki vs. Eso & Kechizu – JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Elma vs. Tohru – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- Vivy vs. Yugo Kakitani – Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
Best Film Nominees
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
Best Girl Nominees
Vladilena Milizé – 86 EIGHTY-SIX
Tohru Honda – Fruits Basket The Final Season
Nobara Kugisaki – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Sarasa Watanabe – Kageki Shojo!!
Shoko Komi – Komi Can’t Communicate
Ai Ohto – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Opening Sequence Nominees
Boku no sensou – Shinsei Kamattechan – Attack on Titan Final Season Pt 1
Kaibutsu – YOASOBI – BEASTARS
VIVID VICE – Who-ya Extended – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Ai no Supreme! – Fhana – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
ODDTAXI – Skirt and PUNPEE – ODDTAXI
Cry Baby – Official HIGE DANdism – Tokyo Revengers
Best Protagonist Nominees
Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Pt 1
Yuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Joe – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
Odokawa – ODDTAXI
Bojji – Ranking of Kings
Ai Ohto – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Romance Nominees
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 Score Nominees
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) Nominees
Ayane Sakura – Gabi Braun – Attack on Titan Final Season Pt 1
Yuki Kaji – Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Pt 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) Nominees
Brittany Cox – Fena – Fena: Pirate Princess
Laura Bailey – Tohru Honda – Fruits Basket The Final Season
Adam McArthur – Yuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN
David Wald – Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” – SK8 the Infinity
Matt Shipman – Reki Kyan – SK8 the Infinity
Anairis Quiñones – Rika Kawai – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best VA Performance (German) Nominees
Torsten Münchow – The Count of Monte Chirsto – The Count of Monte Chirsto
Florian Knorn – Tai Yagami – Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
Rieke Werner – Sakura Matou – Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] THE MOVIE III. spring song
Marios Gavrilis – Dio Brando – Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
René Dawn-Claude – Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISENRené Dawn-Claude – Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Tommy Morgenstern – Galo – Promare
Best VA Performance (French) Nominees
Enzo Ratsito – Tanjiro Kamado – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Mark Lesser – Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Brieuc Lemaire – Vanitas – The Case Study of Vanitas
Alexis Thomassian – Ombre – Ranking of Kings
Nancy Philippot – Raphtalia – The Rising of the Shield Hero
Olivier Premel – Takemichi Hanagaki – Tokyo Revengers
Best VA Performance (Spanish Latin Amercan) Nominees
José Vilchis – Spike Spiegel – Cowboy Bebop
Irwin Daayán – Rengoku – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Victor Ugarte – Shinji Ikari – Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
José Gilberto Vilchis – Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Jessica Ángeles – Kaguya Shinomiya – Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Romina Marroquín – Kumoko – So I’m a Spider, So What?
Best VA Performance (Portuguese) Nominees
Hannah Buttel – Vladilena Milizé – 86 EIGHTY-SIX
Amanda Brigido – Nobara Kugisaki – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Leo Rabelo – Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Carol Valença – Monkey D. Luffy – One Piece
Luísa Viotti – Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Luiz Sergio Vieira – Takemichi Hanagaki – Tokyo Revengers
Best VA Performance (Russian) Nominees
Vlad Tokarev (Влад Токарев) – Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Pt 1
Islam Gandzhaev (Ислам Ганджаев) – Tanjiro Kamado – Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Olga Matskevich (Ольга Мацкевич) – Mire Yoshizuki – Looking For Magical DoReMi
Polina Rtischeva (Полина Ртищева) – Monkey D. Luffy – One Piece
Elizaveta Sheikh (Елизавета Шейх) – Kumoko – So I’m a Spider, So What?
Tatyana Shamarina (Татьяна Шамарина) – Vivy – Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
Best VA Performance (Castilian) Nominees
Marcel Navarro – Tanjiro Kamado – Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Bianca Rada – Tai Yagami – Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
Albert Trifol Segarra – Shinji Ikari – Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Adelaida López – Usagi Tsukino – Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie
Blanca Hualde (Neri) – Brunhilde – Record of Ragnarok
Marc Zanni – Tatsu – The Way of the Househusband
