Anime Awards Nominations: ‘Spy x Family’ Leads The Pack With 19
Spy x Family leads the field with 19 nominations for Crunchyroll’s seventh annual Anime Awards, which be handed out in March. Ranking of Kings is next with 16, spread across two seasons, followed by Cyberpunk: Edgerunners with 13 noms, which were revealed today. See the full list below.
All three series will vie for the marquee Anime of the Year prize against Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc and Lycoris Recoil. All of those except Lycoris Recoil also are up for Best Animation, joined by Akebi’s Sailor Uniform.
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A pair of 2022 box office hits — the No. 1-debuting Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and No. 2-bowing One Piece Film Red — will battle for Best Film against Bubble, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, The Deer King and Inu-Oh, which is up for Best Indie Feature at the Annie Awards.
The awards, which honor anime creators, musicians and performances across streaming and theatrical, will be handed out March 4 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo. Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira will host the ceremony, and Sony Group Corporation chief Kenichiro Yoshida will open the show, which will be livestreamed.
“The 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards are a global celebration of anime, which inspires emotion and joy to people and has the power to create global communities,” Yoshida said. “Crunchyroll is committed to spreading fascinating Japanese anime to the globe. It’s an honor and privilege to be with the creators, innovators and the fans of anime to celebrate.”
Online fan voting is open in more than 200 countries until 5 p.m. PT January 25.
Here are the nominees for the 2023 Anime Awards in all 31 categories, representing 30-plus anime studios, eight streaming platforms, 50-plus series and films and more than 50 voice actors:
Anime of the Year
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Lycoris Recoil
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Spy x Family
Best Action
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Lycoris Recoil
Spy x Family
Best Animation
Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Spy x Family
Best Anime Song
“Chikichiki Banban,” Queendom, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Comedy,” Gen Hoshino, Spy x Family
“My Nonfiction,” Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) & Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
“New Genesis,” Ado, One Piece Film Red
“Shall We Dance?,” ReoNa, Shadows House -2nd Season-
“The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Best Character Design
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
My Dress-Up Darling
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Spy x Family
Best Comedy
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Kotaro Lives Alone
My Dress-Up Darling
Spy x Family
Uncle from Another World
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Continuing Series
Attack on Titan (Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2)
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean)
“Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-)”
“Made in Abyss (Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)”
One Piece
Best Director
Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Hiroyuki Imaishi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Spy x Family
Shingo Adachi, Lycoris Recoil
Yosuke Hatta, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Yuichiro Hayashi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Best Drama
86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Dance Dance Danseur
Kotaro Lives Alone
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Best Ending Sequence
“Akuma no Ko,” Ai Higuchi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“Comedy,” Gen Hoshino, Spy x Family
“My Heart Has Surrendered,” Airi Suzuki, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
“Koi no yukue,” Akari Akase, My Dress-Up Darling
“Koshaberibiyori,” FantasticYouth, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
“Yofukashino Uta,” Creepy Nuts, Call of the Night
Best Fantasy
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1 Part 2
Overlord IV
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)
Best Film
Bubble
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Inu-Oh
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
One Piece Film Red
The Deer King
Best Main Character
Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Loid Forger, Spy x Family
Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Best New Series
Call of the Night
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Lycoris Recoil
My Dress-Up Darling
Spy x Family
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Opening Sequence
“Chikichiki Banban,” Queendom, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Mixed Nuts,” Official Hige Dandism, Spy x Family
“Naked Hero,” Vaundy, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
“The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“This Fffire,” Franz Ferdinand, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
“Zankyousanka,” Aimer, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Best Original Anime
Birdie Wing – Golf Girls’ Story
Healer Girl
Lycoris Recoil
The Orbital Children
Vampire in the Garden
Yurei Deco
Best Romance
Call of the Night
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
Love After World Domination
My Dress-Up Darling
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
Best Score
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Spy x Family
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Supporting Character
Ai Hayasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Anya Forger, Spy x Family
Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Rebecca, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Tengen Uzui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yor Forger, Spy x Family
Best Voice Artist Performance (English)
Amanda Lee (Ama Lee), Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger, Spy x Family
SungWon Cho (aka ProZD), Kage, Ranking of King (Cour 2)
Zach Aguilar, David, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)
Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger, Spy x Family
Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Best Voice Artist Performance (Arabic)
Adel Abo Hassoon, Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 1)
Amal Hawija, Gon, Hunter x Hunter
Amal Saadalden, Conan, Detective Conan: The Bride of Shibuya (Movie)
Mohja AlSheak, Izuku Midoriya, My Hero Academia (Season 1)
Naji Makhoul, Ichigo, Bleach (Season 1)
Ula Zidan, Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Best Voice Artist Performance (Castilian)
Jaime Pérez de Sevilla, Yuta Okkotsu, Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Lourdes Fabrés, Jolyne, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Alejandro Albaiceta, Gohan, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Marc Gómez, Daida, Ranking of Kings (Cour 1)
Masumi Mutsuda, Yatora Yaguchi, Blue Period
Mónica Padrós, Hiling, Ranking of Kings (Cour 1)
Best Voice Artist Performance (French)
Alexis Tomassian, Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Brigitte Lecordier, Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Dorothée Pousséo, Lucy, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Geneviève Doang, Vladilena Milizé, 86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Laure Filiu, Jolyne Cujoh, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Martin Faliu, Miyuki, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Best Voice Artist Performance (German)
Gabrielle Pietermann, Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Jannik Endemann, Ritsuka Uenoyama, Given
Lara Trautmann, Belle, Belle
Nicolás Artajo, Yūta Okkotsu, Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Torsten Michaelis, Askeladd, Vinland Saga (Season 1)
Uwe Thomsen, Jotaro Kujo, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable
Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian)
Andrea La Greca, Rengoku, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Andrea Oldani, Daida, Ranking of Kings (Cour 1)
Deborah Morese, Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Elisa Giorgio, Maki Zen’in, Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 1)
Giulia Maniglio, Riku, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Simone Lupinacci, Shoyo Hinata, Haikyu!! To the Top
Best Voice Artist Performance (Portuguese)
Antônio Moreno, Heihachi Mishima, Tekken: Bloodline
Charles Emmanuel, Kazuya, Rent-a-Girlfriend (Season 2)
Mariana Dondi, Nagatoro, Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro
Nina Carvalho, Anya Forger, Spy x Family
Pedro Alcântara, Yuta Okkotsu, JJujutsu Kaisen 0
Yan Gesteira, Ashito Aoi, Aoashi
Best Voice Artist Performance (Spanish)
Alejandro Orozco, Gyutaro, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Diana Castañeda, Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
Elizabeth Infante, Chika Fujiwara, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Erika Langarica, Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Miguel de León, Loid Forger, Spy x Family
Víctor Hugo Aguilar, Ains Ooal Gown, Overlord IV
“Must Protect At All Costs” Character
Anya Forger, Spy x Family
Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Komi Shouko, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
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