Live Blog: The Anime Awards 2020! ✨

Get ready, Funimation is liveblogging the Anime Awards!

Follow along with the conversation throughout the night and let us know which nominees you’re rooting for! Will Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba take home Anime of the Year? Can Emma come through as Best Protagonist for The Promised Neverland?

UPDATE: Catch the winners after the break.

Winners of the 2020 Anime Awards

Best Character DesignDororo | Satoshi Iwataki, Original Character Design by Hiroyuki Asada

Best Animation Mob Psycho 100 II | Bones

Demon Slayer Animation

Best Fight Scene – Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Best Couple – Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane | Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Best Girl – Raphtalia | The Rising of the Shield Hero

Best Boy – Tanjiro Kamado | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Best Opening – “99.9” | Mob Psycho 100 II

Best Ending – Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡ | Kaguya-sama: Love is War

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Best Performance by a Voice Actor (English) – Billy Kametz as Naofumi (The Rising of the Shield Hero)

Best Performance by a Voice Actor (Japanese) – Yuichi Nakamura as Bruno Bucciarati | JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Best FantasyThe Promised Neverland

Best Comedy Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Best DramaVinland Saga

Best Director – Tetsuro Araki, Masashi Koizuka | Attack on Titan Season 3

Best Soundtrack – Mocky | Carole & Tuesday

Best Protagonist – Senku | Dr. STONE

Best Antagonist – Isabella | The Promised Neverland

Industry Icon Award – George Wada, President of WIT STUDIO

Anime of the Year Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba


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