Ding, ding, ding, we have a set of winners! The Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which honor the best in anime, characters, songs, and people for the year as voted on by a panel of judges and fans with a 70/30 split, just unveiled their much-anticipated 2021 results.
Here’s the full list of what was nominated, with the winner highlighted in bold.
Anime of the Year
● 86 EIGHTY-SIX
● Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
● JUJUTSU KAISEN (Cour 2)
● ODDTAXI
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
Best Girl
● 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
● 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
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Best Antagonist
● 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
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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 VA Performance (English)
● Brittany Cox – Fena – Fena: Pirate Princess
● Laura Bailey – Tohru Honda – Fruits Basket The Final Season
● Adam McArthur – Yuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN (Cour 2)
● David Wald – Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” – SK8 the Infinity
● Matt Shipman – Reki Kyan – SK8 the Infinity
● Anairis Quiñones – Rika Kawai – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
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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! – Fhana – 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)
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
● ODDTAXI
● To Your Eternity
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
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Best Fantasy
● Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Cour 1)
● That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 2)
● To Your Eternity
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 VA Performance (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 (Cour 2)
● Jessica Ángeles – Kaguya Shinomiya – Kaguya-sama: Love is War
● Romina Marroquín – Kumoko – So I’m a Spider, So What?
Best VA Performance (German)
● Torsten Münchow – The Count of Monte Chirsto – The Count of Monte Cristo
● Florian Knorn – Tai Yagami – Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
● Rieke Werner – Sakura Matou – Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] THE MOVIE III. spring song
● Marios Gavrilis – Dio Brando – Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
● René Dawn-Claude – Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN (Cour 2)
● Tommy Morgenstern – Galo – Promare
Best VA Performance (French)
● Enzo Ratsito – Tanjiro Kamado – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
● Mark Lesser – Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN (Cour 2)
● Brieuc Lemaire – Vanitas – The Case Study of Vanitas
● Alexis Thomassian – Ombre – Ranking of Kings
● Nancy Philippot – Raphtalia – The Rising of the Shield Hero
● Olivier Premel – Takemichi Hanagaki – Tokyo Revengers
Best VA Performance (Portuguese)
● Hannah Buttel – Vladilena Milizé – 86 EIGHTY-SIX
● Amanda Brigido – Nobara Kugisaki – JUJUTSU KAISEN (Cour 2)
● Leo Rabelo – Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN (Cour 2)
● Carol Valença – Monkey D. Luffy – One Piece
● Luísa Viotti – Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
● Luiz Sergio Vieira – Takemichi Hanagaki – Tokyo Revengers
Best VA Performance (Castilian)
● Marcel Navarro – Tanjiro Kamado – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
● Bianca Rada – Tai Yagami – Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
● Albert Trifol Segarra – Shinji Ikari – Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
● Adelaida López – Usagi Tsukino – Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal: The Movie
● Blanca Hualde (Neri) – Brunhilde – Record of Ragnarok
● Marc Zanni – Tatsu – The Way of the Househusband
Best VA Performance (Russian)
● Vlad Tokarev (Влад Токарев) – Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
● Islam Gandzhaev (Ислам Ганджаев) – Tanjiro Kamado – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
● Olga Matskevich (Ольга Мацкевич) – Mire Yoshizuki – Looking For Magical DoReMi
● Polina Rtischeva (Полина Ртищева) – Monkey D. Luffy – http://www.funimation.com/shows/one-piece
● Elizaveta Sheikh (Елизавета Шейх) – Kumoko – So I’m a Spider, So What?
● Tatyana Shamarina (Татьяна Шамарина) – Vivy – Vivy Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
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