<p>Crunchyroll recently announced the nominees for the fifth annual <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/animeawards/index.html" target="_blank">Crunchyroll Anime Awards</a>. The Voting period starts today, Friday, January 15 and ends Friday, January 22. Voting will reset every day at 12 AM PST. Crunchyroll’s Tim Lyu will host the awards show this year, along with Crunchyroll’s beloved princess Crunchyroll-Hime. The full list of nominees can be seen below.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center">Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominees</h3>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Anime of the Year</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-appare-ranman/">APPARE-RANMAN!</a></li>
<li>BEASTARS</li>
<li>Dorohedoro</li>
<li><a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-great-pretender/">Great Pretender</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-jujutsu-kaisen/">JUJUTSU KAISEN</a></li>
<li>Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Best Girl</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Abigail Jones &#8211; Great Pretender</li>
<li>Catarina Claes &#8211; My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!</li>
<li>Chizuru Mizuhara &#8211; <a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-rent-a-girlfriend/">Rent-a-Girlfriend</a></li>
<li>Kaguya Shinomiya &#8211; <a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-season-2/">Kaguya-sama: Love is War?</a></li>
<li>Noi &#8211; Dorohedoro</li>
<li>Sayaka Kanamori &#8211; Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Best Boy</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Anos Voldigoad &#8211; <a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-the-misfit-of-demon-king-academy/">The Misfit of Demon King Academy</a>: History&#8217;s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants</li>
<li>Caiman &#8211; Dorohedoro</li>
<li>Khun Aguero Agnes &#8211; <a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-tower-of-god/">Tower of God</a></li>
<li>Legoshi &#8211; BEASTARS</li>
<li>Satoru Gojo &#8211; JUJUTSU KAISEN</li>
<li>Shoyo Hinata &#8211; HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Best Protagonist</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Anos Voldigoad &#8211; The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History&#8217;s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants</li>
<li>Catarina Claes &#8211; My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!</li>
<li>Midori Asakusa &#8211; Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
<li>Natsume &#8211; <a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-deca-dence/">DECA-DENCE</a></li>
<li>Shoyo Hinata &#8211; HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP</li>
<li>Yuji Itadori &#8211; JUJUTSU KAISEN</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Best Antagonist</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Akito Soma &#8211; Fruits Basket (Season 2)</li>
<li>Echidna &#8211; Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)</li>
<li>En &#8211; Dorohedoro</li>
<li>Overhaul &#8211; My Hero Academia Season 4</li>
<li>Rachel &#8211; Tower of God</li>
<li>Ryomen Sukuna &#8211; JUJUTSU KAISEN</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Best Animation</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>BEASTARS</li>
<li>Great Pretender</li>
<li>JUJUTSU KAISEN</li>
<li>Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
<li><a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-princess-connect-redive/">Princess Connect! Re: Dive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-the-god-of-high-school/">The God of High School</a></li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Best Fight Scene</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Bercouli vs. Dark God Vecta &#8211; Sword Art Online Alicization: War of the Underworld Part 2</li>
<li>Brawler vs. Master &#8211; Akudama Drive</li>
<li>Deku vs. Overhaul &#8211; My Hero Academia Season 4</li>
<li>Jin Mori vs. Han Daewi &#8211; The God of High School</li>
<li>Jin Mori vs. Jegal Taek &#8211; The God of High School</li>
<li>Satoru Gojo vs. Ryomen Sukuna &#8211; JUJUTSU KAISEN</li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best Score</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Alisa Okehazama &#8211; The God of High School</li>
<li>Kensuke Ushio &#8211; Japan Sinks: 2020</li>
<li>Kevin Penkin &#8211; Tower of God</li>
<li>OORUTAICHI &#8211; Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
<li>Satoru Kousaki &#8211; BEASTARS</li>
<li>Yutaka Yamada &#8211; Great Pretender</li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best Director</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Hiro Kaburagi &#8211; Great Pretender</li>
<li>Mamoru Hatakeyama &#8211; Kaguya-sama: Love is War?</li>
<li>Masaaki Yuasa &#8211; Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
<li>Sunghoo Park &#8211; JUJUTSU KAISEN</li>
<li>Takashi Sano &#8211; Tower of God</li>
<li>Yuzuru Tachikawa &#8211; DECA-DENCE</li>
</ul>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Best Character Design</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki &#8211; BNA: Brand New Animal</li>
<li>Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino, Original story by SIU &#8211; Tower of God</li>
<li>Mayuka Itou, Original designs by Iro Aida &#8211; Toilet-bound Hanako-kun</li>
<li>Naoyuki Asano, Original designs by Sumito Oowara &#8211; Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
<li>Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma &#8211; <a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-yashahime-princess-half-demon/">Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon</a></li>
<li>Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Hirotaka Katou &#8211; Great Pretender</li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best Couple</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Catarina Claes &; Maria Campbell &#8211; My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!</li>
<li>Chizuru Mizuhara &; Kazuya Kinoshita &#8211; Rent-a-Girlfriend</li>
<li>Kaguya Shinomiya &; Miyuki Shirogane &#8211; Kaguya-sama: Love is War?</li>
<li>Kotoko Iwanaga &; Kuro Sakuragawa &#8211; In/Spectre</li>
<li>Legoshi &; Haru &#8211; BEASTARS</li>
<li>Nasa Yuzaki &; Tsukasa Yuzaki &#8211;<a href="https://bagogames.com/anime-impressions-tonikawa-over-the-moon-for-you/"> TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You</a></li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best VA Performance (JP)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Megumi Ogata as Hanako &#8211; Toilet-bound Hanako-kun</li>
<li>Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori &#8211; Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
<li>Riho Sugiyama as Minare Koda &#8211; Wave, Listen to Me!</li>
<li>Yuichi Nakamura as Satoru Gojo &#8211; JUJUTSU KAISEN</li>
<li>Yusuke Kobayashi as Natsuki Subaru &#8211; Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)</li>
<li>Yusuke Onuki as Daisuke Kambe &#8211; <a href="https://bagogames.com/the-millionaire-detective-balance-unlimited-anime-impressions/">The Millionaire Detective &#8211; Balance: UNLIMITED</a></li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best VA Performance (EN)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Aaron Phillips as Laurent Thierry &#8211; Great Pretender</li>
<li>Anairis Quiñones as Echidna &#8211; Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)</li>
<li>Crispin Freeman as Ziusudra &#8211; Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia</li>
<li>Johnny Yong Bosch as Bam &#8211; Tower of God</li>
<li>Jonah Scott as Legoshi &#8211; BEASTARS</li>
<li>Zeno Robinson as Hawks &#8211; My Hero Academia Season 4</li>
</ul>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Best Opening Sequence (OP)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>BEASTARS &#8211; Wild Side (ALI)</li>
<li>Great Pretender &#8211; G.P. (Yutaka Yamada)</li>
<li>HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP &#8211; PHOENIX (BURNOUT SYNDROMES)</li>
<li>JUJUTSU KAISEN &#8211; KAIKAI KITAN (Eve)</li>
<li>Kaguya-sama: Love is War? &#8211; DADDY! DADDY! DO! feat. Airi Suzuki (Masayuki Suzuki)</li>
<li>Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! &#8211; Easy Breezy (chelmico)</li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best Ending Sequence (ED)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>BNA: Brand New Animal &#8211; NIGHT RUNNING (Shin Sakura ft AAAMYYY)</li>
<li>Dorohedoro &#8211; D.D.D.D ((K)NoW_NAME)</li>
<li>Great Pretender &#8211; The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury)</li>
<li>In/Spectre &#8211; LAST DANCE (Mamoru Miyano)</li>
<li>JUJUTSU KAISEN &#8211; LOST IN PARADISE (ALI feat. AKLO)</li>
<li>The Millionaire Detective &#8211; Balance: UNLIMITED &#8211; Welcome My Friend (OKAMOTO&#8217;S)</li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best Fantasy</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2</li>
<li>DECA-DENCE</li>
<li>Dorohedoro</li>
<li>Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai</li>
<li>Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)</li>
<li>Tower of God</li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best Drama</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>BEASTARS</li>
<li>Fruits Basket (Season 2)</li>
<li>Great Pretender</li>
<li>Japan Sinks: 2020</li>
<li>SING &#8220;YESTERDAY&#8221; FOR ME</li>
<li>Somali and the Forest Spirit</li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p><strong>Best Comedy</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Kaguya-sama: Love is War?</li>
<li>Kakushigoto</li>
<li>Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!</li>
<li>My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!</li>
<li>Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle</li>
<li>The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History&#8217;s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants</li>
</ul>
<p> ;</p>
<p>The winners will be revealed live during the Anime Awards show on Friday, February 19, 2021, at 5:00 PM PST. All winners will be chosen by fans across the global anime community and a committee of judges. Judges will serve as tiebreakers in the event of any ties. Logged in Crunchyroll users who vote in every category will also receive a special digital gift when voting ends delivered directly to their email.</p>
<p>Source: Press Release</p>
<p><strong>What do you think of the nominees? What anime will you be voting for? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. </strong></p>

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