From 2017 the platform crispy roll Considered one of the most important for the spread of anime around the world, it launched its Anime Awards, which were attended by the huge community of subscribers. The sixth award ceremony will take place on February 9, 2022 and it is already possible to vote for the 19 categories presented.

Before you can quickly see the list of categories and series and works involved, you should mark them this year’s addition of awards for Best Picture, Best Action Series, and Best Love Series, and the omission of the best pair, a category that appeared in the last issue. Now let’s look at all the candidates for each category together.

souls of the year

  • 86 eighty six
  • Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (Course 2)
  • Strange cab
  • Ranking of Kings
  • sonny boy

Best Male Character

  • Senku Ishigami-Dr. Stone: Stone Wars
  • Izumi Miyamura – Horimiya
  • Odokawa – Odd Taxi
  • Bojji – Ranking of Kings
  • Ken ‘Draken’ Ryuguji – Tokyo Revengers
  • Manjuro ‘Mikey’ Sano – Tokyo Revengers

Best Female Character

  • Vladilena Milizé – 86 Eighty-six
  • Tohru Honda – Fruits Basket The Final Season
  • Nobara Kugisaki – Jujutsu Kaisen (Course 2)
  • Sarasa Watanabe- Kageki Shojo!!
  • Shoko Komi – Komi cannot communicate
  • Ai Ohto – Wonder Egg Priority

Best Protagonist

  • Eren Jaeger – Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Yuji Itadori – Jujutsu Kaisen
  • Joe – Megalobox 2: Nomad
  • Odokawa – Odd Taxi
  • Bojji – Ranking of Kings
  • Ai Ohto – Wonder Egg Priority

Best antagonist

  • Eren Jaeger – Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Tomura Shigaraki – My Hero Academia – Season 5
  • Yano – Strange Taxi
  • Echidna – Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World – Season 2
  • Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” – SK8 the Infinity
  • Tetta KisakiTokyo Revengers

Best fight scene

  • Eren Jäger vs. Giant Hammer – Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Naruto Uzumaki vs. Isshiki Otsutsuki – Boruto: Naruto the Next Generations
  • Yuji Itadori & Aoi Todo vs. Hanami – Jujutsu Kaisen (Course 2)
  • Yuji Itadori & Nobara Kugisaki vs. Eso & Kechizu – Jujuts Kaisen (Court 2)
  • Elma vs. Tohru – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
  • Vivy vs. Yugo Kakitani – Vivy – Song of the Fluorite Eye

Best Director

  • Yuchihiro Hayashi – Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Sunghoo Park – Jujutsu Kaisen (Course 2)
  • Yo Moriyama – Megalobox 2: Nomad
  • Baku Kinoshita – Strange Taxi
  • Shingo NatsumeSonny Boy
  • Shin Wakabayashi – Wonder Egg Priority

Best animations

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (Course 2)
  • Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid
  • Mushoku Tensei: Unemployed Reincarnation (Course 1)
  • Vivy – Flourite Eye’s Song
  • Wonder Egg priority

Best Character Design

  • Tadashi Hiramatsu – Jujutsu Kaisen (Course 2)
  • Baku Kinoshita and Hiromi Nakayama – Strange Taxi
  • Atsuko Nozaki – Ranking of Kings
  • Michinori Chiba – Sk8 the infinity
  • Ioundraw (Flat Studio) and Yuichi Takahashi – Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
  • Saki Takahashi – Wonder Egg Priority

Best Soundtrack

  • Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto – 86 Eighty Six
  • Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
  • Mabanua – Megalobox 2: Nomad
  • OMSB, PUNPEE and VaVa – Odd Taxi
  • Satoru Kosaki – Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song-
  • De De Muse and Mito – Wonder Egg Priority

Best Voice Actor (Japanese)

  • Ayane Sakura – Gabi Braun – Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Yuki Kaji – Eren Jaeger – Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Kiyoshi Kobayashi – Daisuke Jigen (Episode 0) – LUPINE THE 3rd PART 6
  • Natsuki Hanae – Odokawa – Odd Taxi
  • Aoi Yuki – Kumoko – So I’m a Spider, So What?
  • Kanata Aikawa – Ai Ohto – Wonder Egg Priority

Best opening

  • Boku no sensou – Shinsei Kamattechan – Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Kaibutsu – Yoasobi – beasts
  • Vivid Vice – Who-ya Extended – Jujutsu Kaisen (Cour 2)
  • Oh no supreme! – fhána – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
  • Rock and Punpee – Odd Taxi
  • Cry Baby – Official HiGE DANdism – Tokyo Revengers

best ending

  • Shogeki – Yuko Ando – Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Yasashii Suisei – Yoasobi – Beasts
  • Shirogane – LiSA – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
  • Nai Nai – ReoNA – House of Shadows
  • Infinity – Yuuri – Sk8 the Infinity
  • Ganbare! Kumoko-san no issue – Watashi (VA: Aoi Yuki) – So I’m a spider, so what?

Best Action Series

  • Attack of the Giants – Final Season – Part 1
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
  • Jujutsu Kaisen (Course 2)
  • SSSS.DYNAZENON
  • Vivy – Flourite Eye’s Song
  • Wonder Egg priority

Best Comedy

  • Don’t play with me, Miss Nagatoro
  • Heaven’s design team
  • Komi cannot communicate
  • Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
  • Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
  • Strange cab

Best Drama Series

  • 86 eighty six
  • Fruits Basket The last season
  • Kageki Shojo!!
  • Strange cab
  • To your eternity
  • Wonder Egg priority

Best Romantic Series

  • beasts
  • Fruits Basket The last season
  • Don’t play with me, Miss Nagatoro
  • Horimiya
  • Komi cannot communicate
  • The Duke of Death and his maid

Best Fantasy Series

  • Mushoku Tensei: Unemployed Reincarnation (Course 1)
  • Ranking of Kings
  • The Life of a Slime (Season 2)
  • The case study of Vanitas
  • To your eternity
  • Wonder Egg priority

Best movie

  • Nice
  • Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 It was three times
  • Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
  • Josee the tiger and the fish
  • Shirobako the movie
  • Words fizz like soda pop

A rather rich list attended by many judges from all over the world who chose the 39 series that compete for the various awards listed. It is interesting to note how Eren appears as both best protagonist and best antagonist in the series The Attack of the Giants, a work that received 9 nominations, followed by Jujutsu Kaisen with 10, while Odd Taxi and Wonder Egg Priority all dominate with 11 nominations. Finally remember voting is possible until January 25, 2022. In the space reserved for comments, let us know what you think and what you might be voting for in the most relevant categories.

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