The anime subreddit with approx 2.2 million registered users, recently crowned the best anime of 2020 in one of the biggest fan votes of last year. Below is the list of all the winners of the annual edition, chosen by tens of thousands of voters.

Anime movie of the year

  • Jury: Ongaku
  • Publicity: KonoSuba: Legend of Purple

Anime series of the year

  • Jury: Chihayafuru 3
  • Publicity: Subject: Zero 2

Anime series / film - action

  • Jury: Akudama Drive
  • Publicity: Akudama Drive

Anime series / films - adventure / fantasy

  • Jury: Pokémon: Twilight Wings
  • Publicity: Subject: Zero OVA

Anime series / films - Comedy

  • Jury: Kaguya-sama: love is war 2
  • Publicity: Kaguya-sama: love is war 2

Series / film Anime drama

  • Jury: Chihayafuru 3
  • Publicity: Purple Evergarden Gaiden

Series / film Anime romance

  • Jury: Ride your wave
  • Publicity: OreGairu 3

Series / film Anime - piece of life

  • Jury: Get your hands off Eizouken!
  • Publicity: Get your hands off Eizouken!

Series / film Anime - Suspend

  • Jury: Subject: Zero 2
  • Publicity: Subject: Zero 2

Best protagonist - drama

  • Jury: Taichi Mashima - Chihayafuru 3
  • Publicity: Subaru Natsuki - Re: Zero 2

Best protagonist - comedy

  • Jury: Misaki Shokuhou - A specific scientific railgun
  • Publicity: Kaguya Shinomiya - Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2

Best antagonist

  • Jury: Hyakunosuke Ogata - Golden Kamui 3
  • Publicity: Echidna - Re: zero 2

Best animations

  • Jury: Pokémon: Twilight Wings
  • Publicity: The god of high school

Best character design

  • Jury: Pokémon: Twilight Wings
  • Publicity: Akudama Drive

Best opening

  • Jury: Goodbye - - Bungou to the alchemist
  • Publicity: Kaikai Kitan - Jujutsu Kaisen

Best ending

  • Jury: Lost in Paradise - Jujutsu Kaisen
  • Publicity: Lost in Paradise - Jujutsu Kaisen

Best voice actor

  • Jury: Tomokazu Seki - Gilgamesh in Fate Grand / Order
  • Publicity: Aoi Koga - Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2

Best soundtrack

  • Jury: Dorohedoro
  • Publicity: God's tower

The final ranking is very different from that of the Crunchyroll Awards a few days ago, where the public vote weighed about 30%. Of course, The Attack of the Giants 4 was not tunable as the Souls had to air most of the episodes in 2020 to be eligible.

What do you think about it? Do you agree to the public vote? Let us know in the comments! In the meantime, we'd like to remind you once again that Anime Japan 2021 starts next March and that all of the official internship participants have recently been announced.

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