The nominations for this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards have been announced, with voting now open to the public.
Covering all anime in 2021, this year’s “Anime of the Year” nominees are 86 EIGHTY-SIX, Attack on Titan (final season, part 1), Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2), Oddtaxi, Ranking of kings and Sonny boy.
Jujutsu Kaisen and Oddtaxi are also the co-holders of the most nominations, having received 11 nominations each, alongside a series that was not nominated for “Anime of the Year”, Wonder Egg Priority. The attack of the Titans has 10 nominations, with lead character Eren Jaeger being nominated for both “Best Protagonist” and “Best Antagonist.”
Voting for the prizes is open on Site Web de Crunchyroll and closes on January 25. The full list of nominees is below (not including nominations for voice actors outside of Japanese and English – Crunchyroll’s other language services also have nominations for voice actors in other languages).
anime of the year
- 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- Oddtaxi
- Ranking of kings
- Sonny boy
best boy
- Senku Ishigami de Dr. Stone: Season 2
- Izumi Miyamura de Horimiya
- Odokawa de Oddtaxi
- Bojji de Ranking of kings
- Ken “Draken” Ryuguji de Tokyo avengers
- Manjiro “Mikey” Sano de Tokyo avengers
Best girl
- Vladilena Milize de 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Tohru Honda de Fruit basket: the last season
- Nobara Kugisaki de Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- Sarasa Watanabe de Kageki Shojo !!
- Shoko Komi de Komi can’t communicate
- Ai Ohto de Wonder Egg Priority
Best Protagonist
- They were from Jaegar Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- Yuji Itadori de Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- Jo de Megalobox 2: Nomade
- Odokawa de Oddtaxi
- Bojji de Ranking of kings
- Ai Ohto de Wonder Egg Priority
Best Antagonist
- They were from Jaegar Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- Tomura Shigaraki de My Hero Academia : Saison 5
- Yano de Oddtaxi
- Echidna of Re:ZERO – Starting Life in Another World – Season 2
- Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” de SK8 infinity
- Tetta Kisaki de Tokyo avengers
best fight scene
- Eren Jaeger against War Hammer Titan de Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- Naruto Uzumaki contre Isshiki Otsutsuki de Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
- Yuji Itadori & Aoi Todo contre Hanami de Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki against Eso and Kechizu de Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- Elma vs. Tohru’s Dragon Maid S de Miss Kobayashi
- Vivy vs. Yugo Kakitani’s Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
Best Director
- Yuichiro Hayashi pour Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- Sunghoo Park for Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- Yo Moriyama for Megalobox 2: Nomade
- Baku Kinoshita for Oddtaxi
- Shingo Natsume pour Sonny boy
- Shin Wakabayashi pour Wonder Egg Priority
Best Animation
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- Dragon Maid S de Miss Kobayashi
- Mushoku Tensei: Unemployed Reincarnation (yard 1)
- Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
- Wonder Egg Priority
Best Character Design
- Tadashi Hiramatsu pour Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- Baku Kinoshita et Hiromi Nakayama pour Oddtaxi
- Atsuko Nozaki pour Ranking of kings
- Michinori Chiba pour SK8 infinity
- Ioundraw (FLAT STUDIO) and Yuichi Takahashi for Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
- Saki Takahashi pour Wonder Egg Priority
Best score
- Hiroyuki Sawano et Kohta Yamanoto pour 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train Arc
- Mabanua for Megalobox 2: Nomade
- PUNPEE, Vava and OMSB for Oddtaxi
- Satoru Kosaki pour Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
- DE DE MOUSE and Mito for Wonder Egg Priority
Best VA Performance (Japanese)
- Ayane Sakura as Gabi Braun in Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- Yuki Kaji as Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen (Ep.0) in Lupine the 3rd, part 6
- Natsuki Hanae as Odokawa in Oddtaxi
- Aoi Yuki as Kumoko in So I’m a spider, so what?
- Kanata Aikawa as Ai Ohto in Wonder Egg Priority
Best VA Performance (English)
- Brittany Cox as Fena in Fena: Pirate Princess
- Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda in Fruit basket: the last season
- Adam McArthur as Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- David Wald comme Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” dans SK8 infinity
- Matt Shipman as Reki Kyan in SK8 infinity
- Anairis Quinones as Rika Kawai in Wonder Egg Priority
Best Opening Sequence
- «Boku no sensou» de Shinsei Kamattechan pour Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- «Kaibutsu» de YOASOBI pour Beastars
- « VIVID VICE » de Who-ya Extended pour Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- “Ain’t Supreme!” by Fhana for Dragon Maid S de Miss Kobayashi
- “ODDTAXI” by Skirt and PUNPEE for Oddtaxi
- “Cry Baby” by Official HIGE DANdism for Tokyo avengers
Best Ending Sequence
- «Shogeki» de Yuko Ando pour Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- «Yasashii Suisei» de YOASOBI pour Beastars
- “Shirogane” from LiSA for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train Arc
- «Nai Nai» de ReoNA pour house of shadows
- “Infinity” by YURRI for SK8 infinity
- «Ganbaré! Kumoko-san no Theme» par «Watashi» (VA: Aoi Yuki) pour So I’m a spider, so what?
Best action
- Attack on Titan: Final Season, Part 1
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mugen Train Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen (yard 2)
- DYNAZÉNON
- Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
- Wonder Egg Priority
Best Comedy
- Do Tou with me, Miss Nagatoro
- The Sky Design Team
- Komi can’t communicate
- Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
- Dragon Maid S de Miss Kobayashi
- Oddtaxi
Best Drama
- 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Fruit basket: the last season
- Kageki Shojo !!
- Oddtaxi
- To your eternity
- Wonder Egg Priority
best romance
- Beastars
- Fruit basket: the last season
- Don’t play with me, Miss Nagatoro
- Horimiya
- Komi can’t communicate
- The Duke of Death and his servant
Best Fantasy
- Mushoku Tensei; Unemployed reincarnation (yard 1)
- Ranking of kings
- This Time I Got Reincarnated as Slime: Season 2
- The Vanitas Case Study
- To your eternity
- Wonder Egg Priority
Best film
- Belle
- Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time
- Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Le film: Mugen Train
- Josée, the tiger and the fish
- Shirobako le film
- The words are bubbling like sodas