Crunchyroll 2020 Anime Awards final results

The Crunchyroll 2020 Anime Awards was concluded on February 16, 2020. It is an annual awards presented by anime streaming service Crunchyroll to recognize anime from the previous year.

The Crunchyroll Anime awards were first held in January 2017. The judges create a short list in different categories and the public votes for the winners are held online. Let’s check out the winners and the nominees who did not make it to the top.

Anime of the Year

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Nominees:
1. Carole & Tuesday
2. Mob Psycho 100 II
3. O Maidens in Your Savage Season
4. The Promised Neverland
5. Vinland Saga

Best Protagonist

Senku from Dr. Stone

Nominees:
1. Emma from The Promised Neverland
2. Hyakkimaru from Dororo
3. Saitama from One-Punch Man Season 2
4. Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
5. Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket

Best Antagonist

Isabella from The Promised Neverland

Nominees:
1. Ai Magase from Babylon
2. Angela from Carole & Tuesday
3. Askeladd from Vinland Saga
4. Garou from One-Punch Man Season 2
5. Overhaul from My Hero Academia Season 4

Best Boy

Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Nominees:
1. Bruno Bucciarati from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
2. Hyakkimaru from Dororo
3. Kanata Hoshijima from Astra Lost in Space
4. Naruzo Machio from How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
5. Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama from Mob Psycho 100 II

Best Girl

Raphtalia from The Rising of the Shield Hero

Nominees:
1. Carole from Carole & Tuesday
2. Chika Fujiwara from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
3. Emma from The Promised Neverland
4. Kohaku from Dr. Stone
5. Nezuko Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Best Director

Tetsurō Araki – Attack on Titan Season 3

Nominees:
1. Kiyotaka Suzuki – Babylon
2. Shinichirō Watanabe & Motonobu Hori – Carole & Tuesday
3. Yuzuru Tachikawa – Mob Psycho 100 II
4. Kunihiko Ikuhara – Sarazanmai
5. Shuhei Yabuta – Vinland Saga

Best Animation

Mob Psycho 100 II

Nominees:
1. Attack on Titan Season 3
2. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
3. Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
4. Sarazanmai
5. Vinland Saga

Best Character Design

Satoshi Iwataki, Original Character Design by Hiroyuki Asada – Dororo

Nominees:
1. Tsunenori Saito, Original Character Design by Eisaku Kubonouchi – Carole & Tuesday
2. Yuko Iwasa – Dr. Stone
3. Yuko Yahiro, Original Character Design by Aka Akasaka – Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
4. Kayoko Ishikawa, Original Character Design by Miggy – Sarazanmai
5. Takahiko Abiru, Original Character Design by Makoto Yukimura – Vinland Saga

Best Score

Mocky – Carole & Tuesday

Nominees:
1. Hiroyuki Sawano – Attack on Titan Season 3
2. Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
3. Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and Yuki Kanesaka – Dr. Stone
4. Yugo Kanno – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
5. Kevin Penkin – The Rising of the Shield Hero

Best Fight Scene

Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Nominees:
1. Emperor Crimson vs. Metallic – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
2. Levi vs. Beast Titan – Attack on Titan Season 3
3. Mob vs. Toichiro – Mob Psycho 100 II
4. Thorfinn vs. Thorkell – Vinland Saga
5. Ushiwakamaru vs. Tiamat – Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

Best Couple

Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane from Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Nominees:
1. Baki Hanma & Kozue Matsumoto from Baki
2. Mafuyu Sato & Ritsuka Uenoyama from given
3. Reo & Mabu from Sarazanmai
4. Rika Zonazaki & Shun Amagi from O Maidens in Your Savage Season
5. Ymir & Historia from Attack on Titan Season 3

And here are the Crucnchyroll 2020 Anime awards for the voice actors.

Best VA Performance (JP)

Yuichi Nakamura as Bruno Bucciarati from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Nominees:
1. Mamoru Miyano as Reo Niiboshi from Sarazanmai
2. Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kochou from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
3. Yukino Satsuki as Ai Magase from Babylon
4. Yuuko Kaida as Isabella from The Promised Neverland
5. Yusuke Kobayashi as Senku from Dr. Stone

Best VA Performance (EN)

Billy Kametz as Naofumi from The Rising of the Shield Hero

Nominees:
1. Kyle McCarley as Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama from Mob Psycho 100 II
2. Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket
3. Erica Mendez as Retsuko from Aggretsuko Season 2
4. Faye Mata as Aqua from KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!
5. Casey Mongillo as Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion

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Best Comedy

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Nominees:
1. Aggretsuko Season 2
2. How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
3. Isekai Quartet
4. My Roommate Is a Cat
5. Sarazanmai

Best Fantasy

The Promised Neverland

Nominees:
1. Ascendance of a Bookworm
2. Astra Lost in Space
3. Attack on Titan Season 3
4. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
5. Sarazanmai

Best Drama

Vinland Saga

Nominees:
1. Babylon
2. Carole & Tuesday
3. Fruits Basket
4. Stars Align
5. The Promised Neverland

Best Opening Sequence

“99.9” by Mob Choir feat. Sajou no Hana – Mob Psycho 100 II

Nominees:
1. “Kiss Me” by Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann – Carole & Tuesday
2. “Kawaki wo Ameku” by Minami – Domestic Girlfriend
3. “Inferno” by Mrs. Green Apple – Fire Force
4. “Touch Off” by UVERworld – The Promised Neverland
5. “Mukanjyo” by Survive Said The Prophet – Vinland Saga

Best Ending Sequence

“Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡” by Konomi Kohara – Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

Nominees:
1. “Hold Me Now ” by Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann – Carole & Tuesday
2. “Sayonara Gokko” by amazarashi – Dororo
3. “veil” by Keina Suda – Fire Force
4. “Stand by Me” by the peggies – Sarazanmai
5. “Torches” by Aimer – Vinland Saga

There you have it. The final results of the Crunchyroll 2020 Anime Awards.

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