In what was a strong showing for the horror genre, Crunchyroll, announced the winners of their third annual Anime Awards, presented by Devil May Cry 5. The annual Anime Awards which were held on February 16th, celebrated the best and brightest in Japanese animation with categories honoring all your favorite series, characters, moments, and more from anime in 2018.
This year DEVILMAN CRYBABY was awarded Anime of the Year against fierce competition. Crybaby’s director Masaaki Yuasa Best Director
This year, over 5 million global votes were cast across 15 categories from fans celebrating their favorite characters, series, and creators, up from 2.1 million votes the year before. Winners of the Anime Awards were announced at a live event in San Francisco and streamed to anime fans around the world.
Winners of this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards include:
- Anime of the Year – “Devilman Crybaby” from Science SARU
- Best Protagonist – Rimuru Tempest of “That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime”
- Best Antagonist – All for One of “My Hero Academia” Season 3
- Best Boy – Izuku ‘Deku’ Midoriya of “My Hero Academia” Season 3
- Best Girl – Mai Sakurajima of “Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai”
- Best Opening Sequence – “DARLING in the FRANXX” for the opening sequence “KISS OF DEATH” sung by Mika Nakashima and produced by Hyde, sequence director Toshifumi Akai and storyboards by Atsushi Nishigori
- Best Ending Sequence – “Attack on Titan” Season 3 for the ending sequence “Akatsuki no Requiem” sung by Linked Horizon, sequence director Satoshi Kadowaki
- Best VA: Japanese – Mamoru Miyano for his character Kotaro Tatsumi from
“ZOMBIE LAND SAGA” - Best VA: English – Christopher R. Sabat for his character All Might from “My Hero Academia” Season 3
- Best Director – Masaaki Yuasa of “Devilman Crybaby”
- Best Animation – for “Violet Evergarden” from Kyoto Animation
- Best Film – “My Hero Academia: Two Heroes” from BONES
- Best Character Design – “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind” from Takahiro Kishida with Original Designs by Hirohiko Araki
- Best Fight Scene – All for One vs All Might from “My Hero Academia” Season 3
- Best Continuing Series – “Dragon Ball Super” from Toei Animation
