2023 Anime of the Year: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

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The results are in! The winners of the 2023 Anime Awards have officially been announced.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners bagged the highest honors as 2023 Anime of the Year. Zach Aguilar won the Best Voice Acting Performance (English) award as David Martinez.

Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 got the greatest number of awards including Best Drama Anime and Eren Jaeger as Best Main Anime Character.

Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc and new comer Spy x Family were recognized for several awards.

Haruo Sotozaki won Best Anime Director for his work on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc. Demon Slayer was also awarded Best Animation while Spy x Family was hailed as the Best New Anime Series. Anya Forger from Spy x Family was crowned Best "Must Protect at All Costs" Anime Character.

Check out the full list of awardees and nominees:

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Anime of the Year – Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Nominees:
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Lycoris Recoil
  • Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • SPY x FAMILY

Best Voice Acting Performance (English) – Zach Aguilar, David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Nominees:

  • Amanda Lee (AmaLee), Marin Kitagawa in My Dress-Up Darling
  • Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato in Kotaro Lives Alone
  • Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger in SPY x FAMILY
  • SungWon Cho (AKA ProZD), Kage in Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2 in Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO

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Best Anime Song – "The Rumbling" by SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • "Chikichiki Banban" by QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
  • "Comedy" by Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY
  • "My Nonfiction" by Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) and Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • "Shall We Dance?" by ReoNa, SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-
  • "New Genesis" by Ado, One Piece Film Red

Best Anime Score – Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • (K)NoW_NAME, SPY x FAMILY
  • Akira Yamaoka, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Genki Hikota (Hifumi, Inc.), Ya Boy Kongming!
  • Kevin Penkin, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
  • Yuki Kaijura and Go Shiina, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Main Anime Character – Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
  • David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Loid Forger, SPY x FAMILY
  • Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling

Best Drama Anime – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • 86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Dance Dance Danseur
  • Kotaro Lives Alone
  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

Best Voice Acting Performance (Japanese) – Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger in SPY x FAMILY
  • Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoris Recoil
  • Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui in Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
  • Sun Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc 

Best Anime Opening Sequence – “The Rumbling” by SiM, Storyboard and Direction from Takashi Kojima, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Nominees:

  • “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Storyboard and Direction from 10GAUGE, Ya Boy Kongming!
  • “Mixed Nuts” by Official HIGE DANdism, Storyboard and Direction from Masashi Ishihama, SPY x FAMILY
  • “Naked Hero” by Vaundy, Storyboard and Unit Direction from Shingo Yamashita, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • “This Fffire” by Franz Ferdinand, Animation Direction from Hiroyuki Imaishi, Storyboard from Kai Ikarashi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • “Zankyosanka” by Aimer, Storyboard from Haruo Sotozaki, Animation Direction from Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc 

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Best Anime Director – Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

  • Hiroyuki Imaishi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Kazuhiro Furuhashi, SPY x FAMILY
  • Shingo Adachi, Lycoris Recoil
  • Yosuke Hatta, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Yuichiro Hayashi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Fantasy Anime – Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1, 2nd Cour
  • OVERLORD IV
  • Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)

Best Animation – Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

  • Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • SPY x FAMILY

Best Anime Character Design – Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

  • Atsuko Nozaki, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Kazuaki Shimada, SPY x FAMILY
  • Kazumasa Ishida, My Dress-Up Darling
  • Masanori Shino, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Yo Yoshinari, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Best Action Anime – Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc

Nominees:

  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Lycoris Recoil
  • SPY x FAMILY

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Best Comedy Anime – SPY x FAMILY

Nominees:

  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • Kotaro Lives Alone
  • My Dress-Up Darling
  • UNCLE from ANOTHER WORLD
  • Ya Boy Kongming!

Best New Anime Series – SPY x FAMILY

Nominees:

  • Call of the Night
  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Lycoris Recoil
  • My Dress-Up Darling
  • Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Supporting Anime Character – Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY

Nominees:

  • Ai Hayasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Rebecca, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Tengen Uzui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
  • Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY

 

Best Anime Ending Sequence – “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, Storyboard and Direction from Atsushi Nishigori, SPY x FAMILY

Nominees:

  • “Akuma no Ko” by AI HIGUCHI, Storyboard and Direction from Paraco Shinohara, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • “Koi no yukue” by Akari Akase, Storyboard and Direction from Futata, My Dress-Up Darling
  • “Koshaberibiyori” by FantasticYouth, Storyboard and Direction from Kouki Fujimoto, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
  • “My Heart Has Surrendered” by Airi Suzuki, Storyboard and Direction from Nichika Ono, Animation Direction from Norifumi Kugai, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • “Yofukashino Uta” by Creepy Nuts, Storyboard and Direction from Tomoyuki Itamura, Animation Direction from Haruka Sagawa, Call of the Night

Best "Must Protect at All Costs" Anime Character – Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY

Nominees:

  • Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
  • Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
  • Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
  • Shoko Komi, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)

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Best Anime Film – Jujutsu Kaisen 0

Nominees:

  • Belle
  • Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
  • INU-OH
  • One Piece Film Red
  • The Deer King

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Best Romance Anime – Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic

Nominees:

  • Call of the Night
  • Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
  • Love After World Domination
  • My Dress-Up Darling
  • Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie

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Best Continuing Anime Series – One Piece

Nominees:

  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
  • JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

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Best Original Anime – Lycoris Recoil

Nominees:

  • BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-
  • Healer Girl
  • The Orbital Children
  • Vampire in the Garden
  • YUREI DECO
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