Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020 Winners Announced

When it comes to awards that celebrate animation, one of the newer kids on the block are The Crunchyroll Anime Awards. First held in 2017, they have since become quite the glitzy affair, with a ceremony live-streamed from San Fransisco and presented this year by WWE wrestler Xavier Woods. Organised by the world's leading dedicated anime streaming site, they are designed specifically to celebrate Japanese animation.

The nominees are selected by an expert panel of judges and then voted on by both judges and fans. This year's ceremony took place on February 15

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaba took the coveted Anime Of The Year,  as well as awards for Best Boy and Best Fight Scene.  Mob Psycho II was awarded Best Animation andd Best Opening Sequence.

Best Drama went to Wit Studio's Vinland Saga.  Wit was also successful in the Best Director category, this time for Attack On Titan. The Studio's head George Wada was also named Industry Icon.

Other titles taking home awards included Carole and Tuesday, Rising Of The Shield Hero and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.

The full list of winners is below.

Best Character Design: 

Satoshi Iwataki, Original Character Design by Hiroyuki Asada for Dororo

Best Animation: 

Mob Psycho 100 II

Best Fight Scene: 

Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui in DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA

Best Couple: 

Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane in KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR

Best Girl: 

Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero

Best Boy: 

Tanjiro Kamado in DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA

Best Opening Sequence (OP)": 

"99.9" in Mob Psycho 100 II

Best Ending Sequence (ED): 

"Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡" in KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR

Best Performance by a Voice Actor (EN):

 Billy Kametz as Naofumi in The Rising of the Shield Hero

Best Performance by a Voice Actor (JP): 

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

Best Fantasy: 

THE PROMISED NEVERLAND

Best Comedy: 

KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR

Best Drama: 

VINLAND SAGA

Best Director: 

Tetsuro Araki and Masashi Koizuka for Attack on Titan Season 3

Best Score: 

Mocky for Carole & Tuesday

Best Protagonist: 

Senku in Dr. STONE

Best Antagonist: 

Isabella in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND

Anime of the Year: 

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA

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