Crunchyroll Reveals Judges For the Upcoming Crunchyroll Anime Awards

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;Crunchyroll">Crunchyroll<&sol;a> recently revealed that renowned voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira will be hosting the 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards for the first-ever live show in Japan early next year&period; Originally from Los Angeles&comma; Sally Amaki is a member of the digital voice actor idol project 22&sol;7 &lpar;Nanabun no Nijuni&rpar;&comma; a collaboration between Sony Music and ANIPLEX&period; Jon Kabira is a host and emcee with a rich history in entertainment&comma; working for many years across radio&comma; music&comma; sports and more&period; The event will take place on March 4&comma; 2023 in Tokyo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rahul Purini&comma; President of Crunchyroll commented on the announcement saying&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We share a deep love of anime with Sally and Jon&comma; and we’re so excited to have their energy and passion onstage with us at the Anime Awards next year&period; We’re looking forward to celebrating the creative forces behind anime’s biggest series and can’t wait to share more soon&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>Sally Amaki&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m very excited to see which anime will win in each category&excl; I will do my best to host this exciting event&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>Jon Kabira&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m delighted and excited to be asked to host the seventh annual edition of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards&excl; Sally Amaki and I are looking forward to the event together with the whole world&period; See you there&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-178530 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;28132606&sol;Crunchyroll-Anime-Awards-announce-hosts-900-x1600-576x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"576" height&equals;"1024" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Additional Information<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left">The 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards is the leading yearly awards program honoring the creators&comma; musicians&comma; and performances across streaming and theatrical powering the global love of anime&period; The seventh edition of the Anime Awards will take place for the first time at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo on Saturday&comma; March 4&comma; 2023&comma; with a live ceremony that will gather the studios&comma; creators&comma; and talent behind the anime community’s favorite series&period; Sony Music Solutions&comma; part of Sony Music Entertainment &lpar;Japan&rpar; Inc&period;&comma; will support Crunchyroll in the execution of the event&period; The event will be streamed for global audiences&period;Judges for the Anime Awards 2023 will be announced before the end of the year&comma; with international fan vote on the final nominees beginning in early 2023&period; Last year&comma; a record 16&period;9 million votes were cast by global fans for nominees representing nearly 40 anime studios across a record-high eight streaming platforms&period; More information will be shared across the Anime Awards website and across Crunchyroll social channels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; press release<&sol;p>&NewLine;