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It’s time for the anime community to make their voices heard as the nominees for the 2021 Crunchyroll Anime Awards have been announced. Also confirmed are the details regarding the event ceremony and the voting process.

From January 15th to January 22, fans are invited to vote for any of the nominees for the 2021 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Winners will be announced during a ceremony that brings together industry leaders and icons to honor. The awards will also highlight the many different aspects of the anime community while acknowledging the best based on the feedback of the community.

The Award Ceremony

The 2021 Crunchyroll Anime Awards will take place on February 19, 2021 starting at 5:00 PM (PST). The event will be broadcasted online and hosted by Tim Lyu along with Crunchyroll-Hime. The winners will be chosen by the community along with a committee of judges. The judges panel is made up of some of the most respected anime critics that includes Ajay Stewart of AnimeAjay to Kate Sánchez of But Why Tho?.

The Nominees

Fans are invited to vote for their favorite selection from 18 different categories. Voting can be done online and fans are encouraged to vote everyday. The following are the nominees for the 2021 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, organized based on their respected category:

Anime of the Year

• Appare-Ranman!
• Beastars
• Dorohedoro
• Great Pretender
• Jujutsu Kaisen
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Best Girl

• Abigail Jones from Great Pretender
• Catarina Claes from My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
• Chizuru Mizuhara from Rent-a-Girlfriend
• Kaguya Shinomiya from Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
• Noi from Dorohedoro
• Sayaka Kanamori from Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Best Boy

• Anos Voldigoad from The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
• Caiman from Dorohedoro
• Khun Aguero Agnes from Tower of God
• Legoshi from Beastars
• Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen
• Shoyo Hinata from Haikyuu!!: To the Top

Best Protagonist

• Anos Voldigoad in The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
• Catarina Claes in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
• Midori Asakusa in Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Natsume in Deca-Dence
• Shoyo Hinata in Haikyuu!!: To the TopP
• Yuji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Antagonist

• Akito Soma from Fruits Basket (Season 2)
• Echidna from Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World (Season 2)
• En from Dorohedoro
• Overhaul from My Hero Academia (Season 4)
• Rachel from Tower of God
• Ryomen Sukuna from Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Animation

• Beastars
• Great Pretender
• Jujutsu Kaisen
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Princess Connect! Re: Dive
• The God of High School

Best Fight Scene

• Bercouli vs. Dark God Vecta from Sword Art Online Alicization: War of the Underworld (Part 2)
• Brawler vs. Master from Akudama Drive
• Deku vs. Overhaul from My Hero Academia (Season 4)
• Jin Mori vs. Han Daewi from The God of High School
• Jin Mori vs. Jegal Taek from The God of High School
• Satoru Gojo vs. Ryomen Sukuna from Jujutsu Kaisen

Best Score

• Alisa Okehazama for The God of High School
• Kensuke Ushio for Japan Sinks: 2020
• Kevin Penkin for Tower of God
• OORUTAICHI for Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Satoru Kousaki for Beastars
• Yutaka Yamada for Great Pretender

Best Director

• Hiro Kaburagi for Great Pretender
• Mamoru Hatakeyama for Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
• Masaaki Yuasa for Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Sunghoo Park for Jujutsu Kaisen
• Takashi Sano for Tower of God
• Yuzuru Tachikawa for Deca-Dence

Best Character Design

• Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki from BNA: Brand New Animal
• Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino, Original story by SIU for Tower of God 
• Mayuka Itou, Original designs by Iro Aida for Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
• Naoyuki Asano, Original designs by Sumito Oowara for Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma from Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
• Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Hirotaka Katou from Great Pretender
  

Best Couple

• Catarina Claes & Maria Campbell in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
• Chizuru Mizuhara & Kazuya Kinoshita in Rent-a-Girlfriend
• Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane in Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
• Kotoko Iwanaga & Kuro Sakuragawa from In/Spectre
• Legoshi & Haru in Beastars
• Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki in TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You

Best VA Performance (JP)

• Megumi Ogata as Hanako in Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
• Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori in Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• Riho Sugiyama as Minare Koda in Wave, Listen to Me!
• Yuichi Nakamura as Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen
• Yusuke Kobayashi as Natsuki Subaru in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World (Season 2)
• Yusuke Onuki as Daisuke Kambe in The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED
  

Best VA Performance (EN)

• Aaron Phillips as Laurent Thierry in Great Pretender
• Anairis Quiñones as Echidna in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
• Crispin Freeman as Ziusudra in Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
• Johnny Yong Bosch as Bam in Tower of God
• Jonah Scott as Legoshi in Beastars
• Zeno Robinson as Hawks in My Hero Academia (Season 4)

Best Opening Sequence (OP)

• Beastars – Wild Side (ALI)
• Great Pretender – G.P. (Yutaka Yamada)
• Haikyuu!!: To the Top – PHOENIX (BURNOUT SYNDROMES)
• Jujutsu Kaisen – KAIKAI KITAN (Eve)
• Kaguya-sama: Love is War? – DADDY! DADDY! DO!
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! – Easy Breezy (chelmico)

Best Ending Sequence (ED)

• BNA: Brand New Animal – NIGHT RUNNING (Shin Sakura ft AAAMYYY)
• Dorohedoro – D.D.D.D ((K)NoW_NAME)
• Great Pretender – The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury)
• In/Spectre – LAST DANCE (Mamoru Miyano)
• Jujutsu Kaisen – LOST IN PARADISE (ALI feat. AKLO)
• The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED  – Welcome My Friend (OKAMOTO’S)

Best Fantasy

• Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
• DECA-DENCE
• Dorohedoro
• Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai
• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World (Season 2)
• Tower of God

Best Drama

• Beastars
• Fruits Basket (Season 2)
• Great Pretender
• Japan Sinks: 2020
• Sing “Yesterday” For Me
• Somali and the Forest Spirit

Best Comedy

• Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
• Kakushigoto
• Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
• My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
• Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
• The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants

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