ANIME AWARDS 2023: CYBERPUNK: EDGERUNNERS IS THE ANIME OF THE YEAR

Crunchyroll ‘s 7th Annual Anime Awards was dominated by three anime: Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 , SPY x FAMILY and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc taking home 6 awards each.

Soon after we find the film JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 with four awards, including the one for the best film of the year.

The award for anime of the year went instead to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners , which won in only one other category that for best English-language voice actor.

The full list of winners:

Souls 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 Original Anime

BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-
Healer Girl
Lycoris Recoil
The Orbital Children
Vampire in the Garden
YUREI DECO

Best Character Design

Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Atsuko Nozaki, Ranking of Kings Cour 2
Kazuaki Shimada, SPY x FAMILY
Kazumasa Ishida, My Dress-Up Darling
Masanori Shino, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Yo Yoshinari, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Best Animations

Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Egderunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Ranking of Kings Cour 2
SPY x FAMILY

Best New Series

Call of the Night
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Lycoris Recoil
My Dress-Up Darling
SPY x FAMILY
Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Continuing Series

Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
One Piece

Best Opening

“Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Storyboard and Direction from 10GAUGE, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Mixed Nuts” by Official HIGE DANdism, Storyboard and Direction from Masashi Ishihama, SPY x FAMILY
“Naked Hero” by Vaundy, Storyboard and Unit Direction from Shingo Yamashita, Ranking of Kings Cour 2
“The Rumbling” by SiM, Storyboard and Direction from Takashi Kojima, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“This Fffire” by Franz Ferdinand, Animation Direction from Hiroyuki Imaishi, Storyboard from Kai Ikarashi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
“Zankyosanka” by Aimer, Storyboard from Haruo Sotozaki, Animation Direction from Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Ending

“Akuma no Ko” by AI HIGUCHI, Storyboard and Direction from Paraco Shinohara, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, Storyboard and Direction from Atsushi Nishigori, SPY x FAMILY
“Koi no yukue” by Akari Akase, Storyboard and Direction from Futata, My Dress-Up Darling
“Koshaberibiyori” by FantasticYouth, Storyboard and Direction from Kouki Fujimoto, Komi Can’t Kommunicate (second season)
“My Heart Has Surrendered” by Airi Suzuki, Storyboard and Direction from Nichika Ono, Animation Direction from Norifumi Kugai, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
“Yofukashino Uta” by Creepy Nuts, Storyboard and Direction from Tomoyuki Itamura, Animation Direction from Haruka Sagawa, Call of the Night

Best Soundtrack

(K)NoW_NAME, SPY x FAMILY
Akira Yamaoka, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Genki Hikota (Hifumi, Inc.), Ya Boy Kongming!
Kevin Penkin, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Yuki Kaijura and Go Shiina, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Film

Bubble
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
INU-OH
JUJUTSU KAISEN 0
One Piece Film Red
The Deer King

Best Song in an Anime

“Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY
“My Nonfiction” by Miyuki Shirogane (Makoto Furukawa) and Chika Fujiwara (Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
“Shall We Dance?” by ReoNa, SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-
“The Rumbling” by SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“New Genesis (UTA from ONE PIECE FILM RED)” by Uta, One Piece Film Red

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 Protagonist

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 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

“To Protect at All Costs” Character

Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Bojji, Ranking of Kings Cour 2
Kage, Ranking of Kings Cour 2
Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Shoko Komi, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)

Best Action Anime

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 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 Anime 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 Fantasy Anime

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1, 2° Cour
OVERLORD IV
Ranking of Kings Cour 2
The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)

Best Sentimental Anime

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 Voice Actor (Japanese)

Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger in SPY x FAMILY
Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoris Recoil
Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui in Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Dubber (Italian)

Deborah Morese, Marin Kitagawa in My Dress-Up Darling
Elisa Giorgio, Maki Zen’in in JUJUTSU KAISEN
Simone Lupinacci, Shoyo Hinata in HAIKYU!!
Giulia Maniglio, Riko in Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Andrea Oldani, Daida in Ranking of Kings
Andrea La Greca, Kyojuro Rengoku in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Best Voice Actor (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 Kings (2nd Part)
Zach Aguilar, David, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

Best Voice Actor (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 (1st Part)
Masumi Mutsuda, Yatora Yaguchi , Blue Period
Mónica Padrós, Hiling, Ranking of Kings (1st Part)

Best Voice Actor (French)

Alexis Tomassian, Kage, Ranking of Kings (2nd Part)
Brigitte Lecordier, Bojji, Ranking of Kings (2nd Part)
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 Actor (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 Actor (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, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0
Yan Gesteira, Ashito Aoi, Aoashi

Best Voice Actor (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
Victor Hugo Aguilar, Ains Ooal Gown, Overlord IV

Best Voice Actor (Arabic)

Adel Abo Hassoon, Kage, Ranking of Kings (1st Part)
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