platform streaming Crunchyroll announced the anime nominees for the sixth annual Anime Awards in 2022, to celebrate the anime series, characters and creators who became fan favorites, at the same time that the vote is already open to choose the one you liked the most.
The nominees include the best and brightest in animation, as well as representing nearly 40 anime studios that made it to eight streaming platforms, so here we leave you the complete list of the animes nominated in different categories.
All Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Nominees
anime of the year
best boy
- 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
Source: Crunchyroll
best girl
- 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 Lead
- Eren Jaeger – Shingeki no Kyojin Final Season Part 1
- Yuji Itadori – Jujutsu Kaisen
- Joe – Megalobox 2: Nomad
- Odokawa – Oddtaxi
- Bojji – Ranking of Kings
- Ai Ohto – Wonder Egg Priority
Source: Crunchyroll
Best Antagonist
- Eren Jaeger – Shingeki no Kyojin 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 combat
- Eren Jaeger vs. War Hammer Titan – Shingeki no Kyojin 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
Source: Crunchyroll
Best Director
- Yuichiro Hayashi – Shingeki no Kyojin Final Season Part 1
- Sunghoo Park – Jujutsu Kaisen
- Yo Moriyama – Megalobox 2: Nomad
- Baku Kinoshita – Oddtaxi
- Shingo Natsume – Sonny Boy
- Shin Wakabayashi – Wonder Egg Priority
best animation
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Cour 1
- Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- Wonder Egg Priority
Best Character Design
- Tadashi Hiramatsu – Jujutsu Kaisen
- Kazuya Konomoto and Hiromi Nakayama – Oddtaxi
- Atsuko Nozaki – Ranking of Kings
- Michinori Chiba – SK8 the Infinity
- loundraw (FLAT STUDIO) and Yuichi Takahashi – Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
- Saki Takahashi – Wonder Egg Priority
Best Soundtrack
- 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
- OMSB, PUNPEE and VaVa – Oddtaxi
- Satoru Kosaki – Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song
- DÉ DÉ MOUSE and Mito – Wonder Egg Priority
Source: Crunchyroll
Best Voice Performance (Japanese)
- Ayane Sakura – Gabi Braun – Shingeki no Kyojin Final Season Part 1
- Yuki Kaji – Eren Jaeger – Shingeki no Kyojin Final Season Part 1
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi – Daisuke Jigen (Ep. 0) – Lupine 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
Mejor Opening
- Boku no sensou – Shinsei Kamattechan – Shigeki no Kyojin Final Season Part 1
- Kaibutsu – Yoasobi – Beastars
- VIVID VICE – Who-ya Extended – Jujutsu Kaisen
- Ai no Supreme! – Fhana – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- ODDTAXI – Skirt and DJ PUNPEE – Oddtaxi
- Cry Baby – Official HIGE DANdism – Tokyo Revengers
Source: Crunchyroll
best ending
- Shogeki – Yuko Ando – Shingeki no Kyojin 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 action
- Shingeki no Kyojin Final Season Part 1
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- SSSS.DYNAZENON
- Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
- Wonder Egg Priority
best comedy
best drama
- 86 Eighty-Six
- Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Kageki Shojo !!
- Oddtaxi
- To Your Eternity
- Wonder Egg Priority
Source: Crunchyroll
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 fantasy
- 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 film
- 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 Voice Performance (Latin Spanish)
- 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?
Voting is open at Official site of the Anime Awards from this January 19 to January 25, while The winners will be revealed on February 9 through the social networks of Crunchyroll. The winners will be chosen by fans from around the world and a committee of international judges, who will cast their deciding vote in the event of a tie. Who will you vote for?
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