THIS YEAR'S CRUNCHYROLL ANIME AWARDS

Taking A Look At The Main Categories From This Year's CrunchyRoll Anime Awards

13/2/2020

Crunchyroll for some time now has arguably been the number one spot for (legally) watching the very best of the Anime Industry. And come this Saturday, they will place the industry in the spotlight as their annual Anime Awards is once again on deck. Last weekend saw the likes of Toy Story 4 and Hair Love duke it out for arguably the biggest prize in Animation, but now, thanks to Crunchyroll, anime and it's fans get a much deserved day of celebration all to themselves.

This year's awards consist of 18 categories with 6 nominees each. Of course, the Anime of the Year Award will be the big prize, but all facets of the industry are given their due with categories such as Best Director, Best Score and Best Voice Performance (both English and Japanese). Our focus will be on the main categories as we list the nominees, share our vote and predict each winner. And we are starting with the biggest prize of the night:

anime of the Year

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Carole & Tuesday
Mob Psycho 100 II
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
Vinland Saga
The Promised Neverland

OUR VOTE: Mob Psycho
LIKELY WINNER: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Best animation

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Attack on Titan Season 3
Mob Psycho 100 II
Sarazanmai
Vinland Saga
Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

OUR VOTE: Mob Psycho 100
LIKELY WINNER: Mob Psycho 100

Best Score

Hiroyuki Sawano for Attack on Titan Season 3
Mocky for Carole and Tuesday
Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and YUKI KANESAKA for Dr. STONE
Yugo Kanno for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Kevin Penkin for The Rising of the Shield Hero

OUR VOTE: Hiroyuki Sawano for Attack on Titan Season 3
LIKELY WINNER: Hiroyuki Sawano for Attack on Titan Season 3

Best Character Design

Tsunenori Saito, Original Character Design by Eisaku Kubonouchi for Carole and Tuesday
Satoshi Iwataki, Original Character Design by Hiroyuki Asada for Dororo
Yuko Iwasa for Dr. STONE
Yuko Yahiro, Original Character Design by Aka Akasaka for Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Kayoko Ishikawa, Original Character Design by Miggy for Sarazanmai
Takahiko Abiru, Original Character Design by Makoto Yukimura for VINLAND SAGA

OUR VOTE: VINLAND SAGA
LIKELY WINNER: Dr. Stone

best protagonist

Emma in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND
Hyakkimaru in Dororo
Saitama in One-Punch Man Season 2
Senku in Dr. STONE
Tanjiro Kamado in DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA
Tohru Honda in Fruits Baske

OUR VOTE: Saitama
LIKELY WINNER: Tanjiro Kamado

Best Antagonist

Ai Magase in Babylon
Angela in Carole and Tuesday
Askeladd in VINLAND SAGA
Garou in One-Punch Man Season 2
Isabella in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND
Overhaul in My Hero Academia Season 4

OUR VOTE: Overhaul
 LIKELY WINNER: Overhaul

Best Fight Scene

Emperor Crimson vs. Metallic in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
Levi vs. Beast Titan in Attack on Titan Season 3
Mob vs. Toichiro in Mob Psycho 100 II
Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Thorfinn vs. Thorkell in VINLAND SAGA
Ushiwakamaru vs. Tiamat in Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

OUR VOTE: Ushiwakamaru vs. Tiamat
LIKELY WINNER: Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui

As stated above, there are 18 categories in all which you can find in its entirety right here. There you can also find out when and where you can watch the show this Saturday.

We based most of our predictions on the fact that winners are chosen by us the fans and hence Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, which garnered a huge following here in the west since premiering last year, is the favourite. Disagree with our choices? Please make a comment below on our picks and predictions especially for Anime of the Year. We can't wait for the show to begin.

More on the Crunchyroll Anime Awards:
"Welcome to The Crunchyroll Anime Awards, a celebration of Japan’s amazing medium made possible by the world’s most passionate community. Now entering its fourth year, the Anime Awards’ commitment to commemorating the best of the best is stronger than ever!
The Anime Awards will culiminate in a live awards show on February 15, 2020 at 5pm PST. Be sure to mark your calendars to tune in and celebrate the winners!"

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