Cyberpunk: Edgerunners has taken Anime of the Year at the 2023 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Demon Slayer’s District Arc, Spy x Family, and Attack on Titan do very well too.
Crunchyroll Anime Award winners 2023
- Anime of the Year – Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Best Action – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Best Animation – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Best Anime Song – “The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Best Character Design – Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Best Comedy – SPY x FAMILY
- Best Continuing Series – ONE PIECE
- Best Director – Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Best Drama – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Best Ending Sequence – “Comedy,” Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY
- Best Fantasy – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- Best Film – JUJUTSU KAISEN 0
- Best Main Character – Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Best New Series – SPY x FAMILY
- Best Opening Sequence – “The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Best Original Anime – Lycoris Recoil
- Best Romance – Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
- Best Score – KOHTA YAMAMOTO and HIROYUKI SAWANO, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Best Supporting Character – Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
- Best Voice Artist Performance (English) – Zach Aguilar, David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) – Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Arabic) – Amal Hawija, Gon Freecss, Hunter x Hunter
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Castilian) – Jaime Pérez de Sevilla, Yuta Okkotsu, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0
- Best Voice Artist Performance (French) – Brigitte Lecordier, Bojji, Ranking of Kings
- Best Voice Artist Performance (German) – Nicolás Artajo, Yuta Okkotsu, JUJUTSU KAISEN 0
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian) – Elisa Giorgio, Maki Zen’in, JUJUTSU KAISEN (Cour 1)
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Portuguese) – Nina Carvalho, Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Spanish) – Alejandro Orozco, Gyutaro, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- “Must Protect At All Costs” Character – Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
The Awards streamed from Tokyo, and while that may sound like a “So what?” it’s actually the first time that’s happened.
What’s changed? Two things. Anime is huge; these awards had 18 million votes from people in 200 countries. 18 million! Just recently, the FT wrote Anime and ‘The Last of Us’ are transforming Sony’s business (sub may be required) and noted that games, music and film is now nearly half of Sony.
And yes, Sony is the second reason the ex-American Crunchyroll is now in Tokyo. Sure enough, the event allowed Sony to announce a new deal. Sony Music Entertainment will add over one hundred concerts, 3,200 music videos to Crunchyroll, and a Monster Hunter collaboration coming to Crunchyroll Games’ Street Fighter: Duel.
However, if it all sounds like Crunchyroll and anime are sliding entirely out of US interests, then keep in mind that Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is an American franchise. It’s originally the tabletop RPG Cyberpunk from Mike Pondsmith.
Even as the FT was writing up Sony’s success with Crunchyroll, Geek Native was able to reveal that Edgerunner’s prequel RPG Cyberpunk RED saw a boom on Roll20 during the anime.
The computer game was made by Polish game makers CD Projekt RED.
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