Best anime of the year is biggest achievement for creators and studio and title is difficult to get. Every week new anime start airing and only one of them get this “Best Anime of the year award”
In this growing anime world with full of amazing anime, we have some legendary franchises like Dragon Ball, Naruto, Bleach and One Piece running with way too much episodes that need more than a month to cover, it is no wonder anime fans have a hard time keeping up with new anime.
Big thanks to Crunchyroll, they have covered anime fans around. Crunchyroll has great recommendations and with Crunchyroll’s annual awards, fans are easily able to pick out leading anime. Anime that are taking over franchises without having to spending their time watching poorly animation or bad story lines.
Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2021: Best Anime of The Year
Recently Crunchyroll held its Fifth Annual Anime Awards, that were held digitally because of the pandemic. There were over 15 million global votes across 18 categories and this time it surpasses the 11 million votes cast in 2020. Can you guess the winner of the award ceremony? I know, some of you have guessed this already! The manga adapted series Jujutsu Kaisen.
Jujutsu Kaisen Best Anime of 2021
The horror action series Jujutsu Kaisen is a masterpiece on its own. It’s no surprise that Jujutsu Kaisen got awarded for anime of this year, It has also cemented its name into the larger anime culture. Thanks to some incredible animation, incredibly fast pacing, and also combination of the horror and battle.
If Jujutsu Kaisen can continue moving forward at this pace, it will surely join the ranks of ‘Big three’ after a few more years of steady content.
Winners were announced during a virtual event hosted by Tim Lyu and Crunchyroll’s beloved princess, Crunchyroll-Hime.
Winners of this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards include:
- Anime of the Year – Jujutsu Kaisen
- Best Animation – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Great Fantasy – Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World – (Season 2)
- Best Drama – Fruits Basket (Season 2)
- Great Comedy – Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?
- Best Girl – Kaguya Shinomiya, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?
- Best Boy – Shoyo Hinata, HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP
- Best Protagonist – Catarina Claes, My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom!
- Best Antagonist – Ryomen Sukuna, Jujutsu Kaisen
- Great Fight Scene – Deku Vs. Overhaul, My Hero Academia Season 4
- Best Score – Kevin Penkin, Tower Of God
- Best Director – Masaaki Yuasa, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Great Character Design – Mayuka Ito, Original Designs By Aidairo, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
- Best Couple – Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
- Gear VA Performance (JP) – Yusuke Kobayashi As Natsuki Subaru, Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World – (Season 2)
- Best VA Performance (EN) – Zeno Robinson As Hawks, My Hero Academia Season 4
- Best Opening Sequence (OP) – Wild Side (ALI), BEASTARS
- Great Ending Sequence (ED) – Lost in Paradise (ALI feat. AKLO), Jujutsu Kaisen
The awards themselves will held on Feb. 19, when all the winners will be announced. For a full look at the 2020 nominees, you can check out Crunchyroll’s official Anime Awards website.
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