Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Wins Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023

 The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is an annual event that celebrates the best of anime from the previous year. The awards are decided by fan votes from over 200 countries and territories. The 7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards was held on March 4, 2023, at the Main Banquet Hall of the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first ceremony to be held physically since 2020; both ceremonies in 2021 and 2022 were held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The main highlight of the night was the announcement of the Anime of the Year award, which went to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, a collaboration between Studio Trigger and CD Projekt Red. The anime is based on the video game Cyberpunk 2077 and follows a group of street kids who try to survive in a dystopian city by becoming edgerunners, outlaw mercenaries who use cybernetics to enhance their abilities.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners also won the Best Original Anime award, beating other nominees such as Deca-Dence, Great Pretender, Akudama Drive, BNA: Brand New Animal, and Japan Sinks: 2020. The anime was praised for its stunning animation, compelling characters, and immersive world-building.

Other winners of the night included Jujutsu Kaisen for Best Action Anime, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train for Best Anime Film, Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World for Best Fantasy Anime, Kaguya-sama: Love is War for Best Comedy Anime, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! for Best Animation, Haikyu!! To The Top for Best Sports Anime, and Beastars for Best Drama Anime.

Here is the full list of winners for each category:

Best Action Anime

• Jujutsu Kaisen
• Attack on Titan: The Final Season
• Fire Force Season 2
• God of High School
• My Hero Academia Season 4
• Vinland Saga

Best Adventure Anime

• Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
• Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
• Dorohedoro
• Somali and the Forest Spirit
• Tower of God
• The Promised Neverland Season 2

Best Comedy Anime

• Kaguya-sama: Love is War
• Aggretsuko Season 3
• Kakushigoto
• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
• The Misfit of Demon King Academy
• Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

Best Drama Anime

• Beastars
• Banana Fish
• Fruits Basket Season 2
• ID: INVADED
• Sing “Yesterday” for Me
• Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

Best Fantasy Anime

• Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
• Dororo
• The Rising of the Shield Hero
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
• Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
• Wonder Egg Priority

Best Romance Anime

• Rent-a-Girlfriend
• Horimiya
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2
• O Maidens in Your Savage Season
• Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
• Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You

Best Sci-Fi Anime

• Steins;Gate 0
• Akira (4K Remaster)
• Appare-Ranman!
• Dr. Stone Season 2
• No Guns Life Season 2
• Psycho-Pass 3

Best Slice of Life Anime

• Laid-Back Camp Season 2
• Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater
• Fruits Basket Season 2
• Kakushigoto
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• The Quintessential Quintuplets Season 2

Best Sports Anime

• Haikyu!! To The Top
• Ahiru no Sora
• Iwa-Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls
• Run with the Wind
• SK8 the Infinity
• Welcome to the Ballroom

Best Anime Film

• Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
• A Whisker Away
• Children of the Sea
• Lupin III: The First
• Ride Your Wave
• Weathering With You

Best Original Anime

• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
• Deca-Dence
• Great Pretender
• Akudama Drive
• BNA: Brand New Animal
• Japan Sinks: 2020

Best Animation

• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Beastars
• Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
• Jujutsu Kaisen
• Mob Psycho 100 II
• Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

Best Character Design

• Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
• Beastars
• BNA: Brand New Animal
• Dorohedoro
• Great Pretender
• Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Director

• Masaaki Yuasa (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)
• Hiro Kaburagi (Great Pretender)
• Mamoru Hatakeyama (Kaguya-sama: Love is War)
• Sunghoo Park (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Tetsurō Araki (Attack on Titan: The Final Season)
• Yuzuru Tachikawa (Deca-Dence)

Best Score

• Kevin Penkin (Tower of God)
• Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan: The Final Season)
• Kensuke Ushio (Japan Sinks: 2020)
• Yuki Kajiura (Demon Slayer: Mugen Train)
• Yutaka Yamada (Great Pretender)
• Yoshihiro Ike (Dorohedoro)

Best Opening Sequence (OP)

1-“Kaikai Kitan” by Eve (Jujutsu Kaisen) 

2-“DADDY! DADDY! DO!” by Masayuki Suzuki feat. Airi Suzuki (Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2) 

3-“Easy Breezy” by chelmico (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) 

4-“G.P.” by Yutaka Yamada (Great Pretender) 

5-“PHOENIX” by BURNOUT SYNDROMES (Haikyu!! To The Top) -“Wild Side” by ALI (Beastars)

Best Ending Sequence (ED)

1-“LOST IN PARADISE” by ALI feat. AKLO (Jujutsu Kaisen) 

2-“Drown” by milet (Vinland Saga) -“Last Dance” by Mamoru Miyano (ID: INVADED) 

3-“Night Running” by Shin Sakiura feat. AAAMYYY (BNA: Brand New Animal) 

4-“SLUMP” by Stray Kids (Tower of God) -“Veil” by Keina Suda (Fire Force Season 2)

Best Voice Actor Performance - Japanese

1-Nobuhiko Okamoto as Bakugo Katsuki (My Hero Academia Season 4) 

2-Aoi Koga as Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2) 

3-Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Mugen Train) 

4-Rie Takahashi as Emilia (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Season 2) 

5-Yusuke Kobayashi as Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Season 2) 

6-Yuichi Nakamura as Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Best Voice Actor Performance - English

1-Johnny Yong Bosch as Bam (Tower of God) -Anairis Quiñones as Haru (Beastars) 

2-Crispin Freeman as Zeno Robinson as Hawks (My Hero Academia Season 4) 

3-Billy Kametz as Naofumi Iwatani (The Rising of the Shield Hero) 

4-Erika Harlacher as Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld) 

5-Zach Aguilar as Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Mugen Train)

Best Couple

1-Nasa Yuzaki and Tsukasa Yuzaki from Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You 

2-Chizuru Mizuhara and Kazuya Kinoshita from Rent-a-Girlfriend 

3-Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane from Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 

4-Kotoko Iwanaga and Kuro Sakuragawa from In/Spectre 

5-Legoshi and Haru from Beastars 

6-Yu Ishigami and Tsubame Koyasu from Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2

Best Girl

1-Kaguya Shinomiya from Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 

2-Chizuru Mizuhara from Rent-a-Girlfriend 

3-Noi from Dorohedoro 

4-Catarina Claes from My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 

5-Abigail Jones from Great Pretender 

6-Nobara Kugisaki from Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Boy

1-Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen 

2-Legoshi from Beastars

3-Anos Voldigoad from The Misfit of Demon King Academy 

4-Shoyo Hinata from Haikyu!! To The Top 

5-Caiman from Dorohedoro 

6-Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Mugen Train

Best Antagonist

1-Ryomen Sukuna from Jujutsu Kaisen 

2-Akito Soma from Fruits Basket Season 2 

3-Askeladd from Vinland Saga 

4-Echidna from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Season 2 

5-Enmu and Akaza from Demon Slayer: Mugen Train -Rachel from Tower of God

Best Protagonist

1-Catarina Claes from My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 

2-Midori Asakusa from Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

3-Natsuki Subaru from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Season 2 

4-Shoyo Hinata from Haikyu!! To The Top -Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Mugen Train 

5-Yuji Itadori from Jujutsu Kaisen

Anime of the Year

1-Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 

2-Attack on Titan: The Final Season -Demon Slayer: Mugen Train 

3-Jujutsu Kaisen -Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 

4-Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Season 2

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023 was a night to remember for anime fans around the world. The ceremony showcased the diversity and creativity of the anime industry, as well as the passion and enthusiasm of the anime community. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!

FAQs

What are the Crunchyroll Anime Awards?

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are an annual event that honors the best anime shows, films, and performances of the previous year. The awards are decided by fan votes from over 200 countries and territories.

When and where were the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023 held?

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023 were held on March 4, 2023, at the Main Banquet Hall of the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first ceremony to be held physically since 2020; both ceremonies in 2021 and 2022 were held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who won the Anime of the Year award at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023?

The Anime of the Year award went to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, a collaboration between Studio Trigger and CD Projekt Red. The anime is based on the video game Cyberpunk 2077 and follows a group of street kids who try to survive in a dystopian city by becoming edgerunners, outlaw mercenaries who use cybernetics to enhance their abilities.

How many categories were there at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023?

There were 23 categories at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023, covering various genres, themes, and aspects of anime production and performance.

How can I watch the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023?

You can watch the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2023 on Crunchyroll’s official website, YouTube channel, or Facebook page. You can also catch up on the highlights and reactions on Crunchyroll’s Twitter and Instagram accounts.