Crunchyroll Anime Of The Year Nominees Include Odd Taxi, Jujutsu Kaisen

Crunchyroll recently announced the nominees for different categories including anime of the year, best voice actors, best fights, and much more. The list of all the nominations can be found below. Voting is now open on the official website, and the final date to vote is Jan 25.

The nominations for each category of anime are voted by a list of Judges, which Crunchyroll announces every year, prior to the anime awards. According to Crunchyroll “Judges were hand-selected by Crunchyroll’s community team based on their reputation, regard, and credibility, and represent large swaths of the huge diversity that can be found in the anime fandom at large“.

Best Anime of The Year

First up, we start with the best anime of the year nomination, which include Odd Taxi, Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2), Attack on Titan: Final Season part 1, Ranking of Kings, Sonny Boy, and 86 (Eighty Six).

Best Boy of The Year

Nominees for the best boy are:

• 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 Girl of The Year

Nominees for the best girl of the year are:

• 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 Protagonist of The Year

Nominees for the best protagonist of the year include:

• Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Yuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
• Joe – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
• Odokawa – ODDTAXI
• Bojji – Ranking of Kings
• Ai Ohto – WONDER EGG PRIORITY

Best Antagonist of The Year

Nominees for the best antagonist of the year include:

• 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 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 Director

• Yuichiro Hayashi – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Sunghoo Park – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
• 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 (cour 2)
• 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 (cour 2)
• 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 Score

• 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)

• Ayane Sakura – Gabi Braun – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Yuki Kaji – Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 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 Opening Sequence

• Boku no sensou – Shinsei Kamattechan – Attack on Titan 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
• ODDTAXI – Skirt and PUNPEE – ODDTAXI
• Cry Baby – Official HIGE DANdism – Tokyo Revengers

Best Ending Sequence

• 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 Action

• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
• JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
• SSSS.DYNAZENON
• Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
• WONDER EGG PRIORITY

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
• ODDTAXI

Best Drama

• 86 EIGHTY-SIX
• Fruits Basket The Final Season
• Kageki Shojo!!
• ODDTAXI
• To Your Eternity
• WONDER EGG PRIORITY

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 (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 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

In case you are still wondering, Crunchyroll anime awards include all the anime that streamed on YouTube, Funimation, Hulu, and Netlfix. Last year, Jujutsu Kaisen won the best anime of the year award. The results will be announced on February 9th.

Source: Crunchyroll