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The anime community has made their voices heard as the winners for the 2022 Crunchyroll Anime Awards have been announced.

Between January 18th to January 25th, fans were invited to vote for any of the nominees. With over 17 million votes counted, the winners of the 2022 Crunchyroll Anime Awards were announced on February 9th.

The Winners

A winner was selected for each of the 18 different categories. Among the highlights are Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 winning Anime of the Year along with three other awards. Demon Slayer dominated the show by winning 8 of the awards. Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) followed by winning 6 of the awards.

The following are the winners of the 2022 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, organized based on their respected category:

• Anime of the Year – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Best Boy – Bojji from Ranking of Kings
• Best Girl – Nobara Kugisaki from Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
• Best Protagonist – Odokawa from ODDTAXI
• Best Antagonist – Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Best Fight Scene – Yuji Itadori & Aoi Todo VS Hanami in Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
• Best Director – Baku Kinoshita from ODDTAXI
• Best Animation – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
• Best Character Design – Tadashi Hiramatsu –Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
• Best Score – Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
• Best Opening Sequence (OP) – Boku no sensou by Shinsei Kamattechan for Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1.
• Best Ending Sequence (ED) – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
• Best Action – Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
• Best Comedy – Komi Can’t Communicate
• Best Drama – To Your Eternity
• Best Fantasy – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2
• Best Romance – Horimiya
• Best Film – Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
• Best VA Performance (Japanese) – Yuki Kaji as Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
• Best VA Performance (English) – David Wald – Ainosuke Shindo/”ADAM” from SK8 The Infinity
• Best VA Performance (German) – René Dawn-Claude – Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
• Best VA Performance (French) – Enzo Ratsito – Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
• Best VA Performance (Portuguese) – Léo Rabelo – Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)
• Best VA Performance (Castilian) – Marcel Navarro as Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
• Best VA Performance (Spanish) – Irwin Daayán as Rengoku from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• Best VA Performance (Russian) – Islam Gandzhaev (Ислам Ганджаев) as Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train

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