Fifth Annual Crunchyroll Awards Nominees for 2021

It’s award season, where we celebrate the best and brightest from the movie and film industry. Similarly, it’s awards season for the anime medium as well. One of the biggest anime awards shows of the year comes from one of the biggest anime providers in the industry. Crunchyroll is arguably the biggest anime streamer and original content provider in the world. Their awards show recognizes and celebrates the best of the best when it comes to anime. And their categories are definitely more interesting than the traditional award show, celebrating very specific elements of the medium. It’s fun, exciting, and features a blend of anime from all over the spectrum, to appeal to all demographics and genres. So without further ado, here are the fifth annual Crunchyroll awards nominees!

Fifth Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominees 2021

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The Crunchyroll Awards began back in 2017, and have undertaken many changes since. Newer and more interesting categories added to accommodate the wide range of genres in anime. Most notable was the first major shift after the first year, expanding the nominees from anime series to movies as well. Even manga was introduced to the categories of nominees for the new awards. With Crunchyroll now sold to Funimation, I can’t help but wonder what these awards shows will look like in 2022. But for now, let’s celebrate the fifth annual Crunchyroll awards nominees.

And I do mean that literally, because again, unlike other award shows, this one is in your hands. The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are very much audience-driven. As a result, you can go onto Crunchyroll’s website right now, and vote for all the categories below and choose your winner. Now, voting is open daily until January 22 at 5 PM PST. The results of the votes will be available on February 19 at 5 PM PST. So vote for your favorite shows like Beastars, Tower of God, The God Of High School, or my personal favorite, Japan Sinks: 2020.

Anime of the Year

APPARE-RANMAN!

BEASTARS

Dorohedoro

Great Pretender

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Best Girl

Abigail Jones – Great Pretender

Catarina Claes – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Chizuru Mizuhara – Rent-a-Girlfriend

Kaguya Shinomiya – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?

Noi – Dorohedoro

Sayaka Kanamori – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Best Boy

Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants

Caiman – Dorohedoro

Khun Aguero Agnes – Tower of God

Legoshi – BEASTARS

Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN

Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP

Best Protagonist

Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants

Catarina Claes – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Midori Asakusa – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Natsume – DECA-DENCE

Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP

Yuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN

Best Antagonist

Akito Soma – Fruits Basket (Season 2)

Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)

En – Dorohedoro

Overhaul – My Hero Academia Season 4

Rachel – Tower of God

Ryomen Sukuna – 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 – Sword Art Online Alicization: War of the Underworld Part 2

Brawler vs. Master – Akudama Drive

Deku vs. Overhaul – My Hero Academia Season 4

Jin Mori vs. Han Daewi – The God of High School

Jin Mori vs. Jegal Taek – The God of High School

Satoru Gojo vs. Ryomen Sukuna – JUJUTSU KAISEN

Best Score

Alisa Okehazama – The God of High School

Kensuke Ushio – Japan Sinks: 2020

Kevin Penkin – Tower of God

OORUTAICHI – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Satoru Kousaki – BEASTARS

Yutaka Yamada – Great Pretender

Best Director

Hiro Kaburagi – Great Pretender

Mamoru Hatakeyama – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?

Masaaki Yuasa – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Sunghoo Park – JUJUTSU KAISEN

Takashi Sano – Tower of God

Yuzuru Tachikawa – DECA-DENCE

Best Character Design

Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki – BNA: Brand New Animal

Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino, Original story by SIU – Tower of God

Mayuka Itou, Original designs by Iro Aida – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

Naoyuki Asano, Original designs by Sumito Oowara – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma – Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Hirotaka Katou – Great Pretender

Best Couple

Catarina Claes & Maria Campbell – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Chizuru Mizuhara & Kazuya Kinoshita – Rent-a-Girlfriend

Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?

Kotoko Iwanaga & Kuro Sakuragawa – In/Spectre

Legoshi & Haru – BEASTARS

Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki – TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You

Best Voice Actor Performance (Japanese)

Megumi Ogata as Hanako – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Riho Sugiyama as Minare Koda – Wave, Listen to Me!

Yuichi Nakamura as Satoru Gojo – JUJUTSU KAISEN

Yusuke Kobayashi as Natsuki Subaru – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)

Yusuke Onuki as Daisuke Kambe – The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED

Best Voiceover Artist Performance (English)

Aaron Phillips as Laurent Thierry – Great Pretender

Anairis Quiñones as Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)

Crispin Freeman as Ziusudra – Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

Johnny Yong Bosch as Bam – Tower of God

Jonah Scott as Legoshi – BEASTARS

Zeno Robinson as Hawks – My Hero Academia Season 4

Best Opening Sequence (OP)

BEASTARS – Wild Side (ALI)

Great Pretender – G.P. (Yutaka Yamada)

HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP – PHOENIX (BURNOUT SYNDROMES)

JUJUTSU KAISEN – KAIKAI KITAN (Eve)

Kaguya-sama: Love is War? – DADDY! DADDY! DO! feat. Airi Suzuki (Masayuki Suzuki)

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

The above nominees are all available on the Crunchyroll site, where you can go and vote for your favourite anime right now.

So How do you feel about the list for the fifth annual Crunchyroll Awards nominees? Tell us who you think they left off that deserves to be on the list in the comments below.