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Winners and Nominees of The Anime Awards 2021 by Crunchyroll
Updated: Feb 27, 2021
Anime of the Year
Winner of 2021
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Studio: Studio MAPPA
Runner-ups:
The Great Pretender
Studio: WIT STUDIO
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Studio: Science SARU
Dorohedoro Studio: Studio MAPPA
BEASTARS
Studio: Orange
APPARE-RANMAN!
Studio P.A. WORKS
Best Protagonist
Winner of 2021
Catherine Claes
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Runner-ups:
Natsume
DECA-DENCE
Yuji Itadori
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Midori Asakusa
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Anos Voldigoat
The Misfits at Demon King Academy
Shoyo Hinata
HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP
Best Antagonist
Winner of 2021
Ryomen Sukuna JUJUTSU KAISEN
Runner-ups:
En Dorohedoro Rachel Tower of God
Echidna Re:ZERO (Season 2)
Akito Soma Fruits Basket (Season 2) Overhaul My Hero Academia (Season 4)
Best Boy
Winner of 2021
Shoyo Hinata
HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP
Runner-ups:
Caiman
Dorohedoro
Satoru Gojo
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Khun Aguero Agnes
Tower of God
Anos Voldigoat The Misfits at Demon King Academy
Legoshi BEASTARS
Best Girl
Winner of 2021
Kaguya Shinomiya Kaguya-Sama: Love is War?
Runner-ups:
Sayaka Kanamori
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Noi
Dorohedoro
Abigail Jones
Great Pretender
Chizuru Mizuhara
Ren-A-Girlfriend
Catherine Claes
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Best Opening Sequence
Winner of 2021
Wild Side
by ALI BEASTARS
Runner-ups:
Easy Breezy
by chelmico Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
by Masayuki Suzuki Kaguya-Sama: Love is War? KAIKAI KITAN
by Eve
JUJUTSU KAISEN
G.P.
by Yutaka Yamada
The Great Pretender
PHOENIX by BURNOUT SYNDROMES HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP
Best Ending Sequence
Winner of 2021
LOST IN PARADISE by ALI feat. AKLO JUJUTSU KAISEN
Runner-ups:
NIGHT RUNNING by Shin Sakura ft AAAMYYY BNA: Brand New Animal
Welcome My Friend by OKAMOTO'S The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED
The Great Pretender by Freddie Mercury Great Pretender D.D.D.D by (K)NoW_NAME Dorohedoro
LAST DANCE by Mamoru Miyano In/Spectre
Best VA Performance (JP)
Winner of 2021
JP VA: Yusuke Kobayashi Character: Natsuki Subaru Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
Runner-ups:
JP VA: Riho Sugiyama Character: Minare Koda Wave, Listen to Me!
JP VA: Mutsumi Tamura Character: Sayaka Kanamori Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
JP VA: Megumi Ogata Character: Hanako-kun Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
JP VA: Yuichi Nakamura Character: Satoru Gojo JUJUTSU KAISEN
JP VA: Yusuke Onuki Character: Daisuke Kambe The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED
Best VA Performance (EN)
Winner of 2021
EN VA: Zeno Robinson Character: Hawks My Hero Academia Season 4
Runner-ups:
EN VA: Aaron Phillips Character: Laurent Thierry Great Pretender
EN VA: Jonah Scott Character: Legoshi BEASTARS
EN VA: Crispin Freeman Character: Ziusudra Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
EN VA: Johnny Yong Bosch Character: Bam Tower of God
EN VA: Anairis Quiñones Character: Echidna Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
Best Director
Winner of 2021
Masaaki Yuasa
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Runner-ups:
Sunghoo Park
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Mamoru Hatakeyama
Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
Yuzuru Tachikawa DECA-DENCE
Hiro Kaburagi
Great Pretender
Takashi Sano Tower of God
Best Animation
Winner of 2021
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Studio: Science SARU
Runner-ups:
The Great Pretender
Studio: WIT STUDIO
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Studio: Studio MAPPA
The God of High School Studio: Studio MAPPA
BEASTARS
Studio: Orange
Princess Connect! Re:Dive
Studio: Cygames Pictures
Best Character Design
Winner of 2021
Mayuka Ito Original Designs by Aidairo Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
Runner-ups:
Naoyuki Asano
Original Designs by Sumito Oowara Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino Original Story by SIU Tower of God
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Hirotaka Katou
Great Pretender
Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki
BNA: Brand New Animal
Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
Best Fight Scene
Winner of 2021
Deku vs. Overhaul
My Hero Academia Season 4
Runner-ups:
Satoru Gojo vs. Ryomen Sukuna
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Bercouli vs. Dark God Vecta Sword Art Online Alicization: War of the Underworld Part 2
Jin Mori vs. Han Daewi
The God of High School
Jin Mori vs. Jegal Taek
The God of High School
Brawler vs. Master
Akudama Drive
Best Drama
Winner of 2021
Fruits Basket (Season 2)
Studio: TMS Entertainment
Runner-ups:
Japan Sinks: 2020
Studio: Science SARU
BEASTARS
Studio: Orange
Great Pretender
Studio: WIT STUDIO
SING “YESTERDAY” FOR ME
Studio: Doga Kobo
Somali and the Forest Spirit
Studio: SATELIGHT, HORNETS
Best Comedy
Winner of 2021
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Studio: Science SARU
Runner-ups:
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Studio: SILVER LINK.
Kakushigoto
Studio: Ajia-do Animation Works
Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
Studio: Doga Kobo
The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His
Descendants
Studio: SILVER LINK.
Best Score
Winner of 2021
Kevin Penkin
Tower of God
Runner-ups:
Satoru Kousaki
BEASTARS
Alisa Okehazama
The God of High School
Yutaka Yamada
Great Pretender OORUTAICHI
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Kensuke Ushio
Japan Sinks: 2020
Best Couples
Winner of 2021
Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
Runner-ups:
Legoshi & Haru
BEASTARS
Catarina Claes & Maria Campbell My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane
Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
Kotoko Iwanaga & Kuro Sakuragawa
In/Spectre
Chizuru Mizuhara & Kazuya Kinoshita
Rent-a-Girlfriend
Best Fantasy
Winner of 2021
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
Studio: WHITE FOX
Runner-ups:
DECA-DENCE
Studio: NUT
Dorohedoro
Studio: MAPPA
Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai
Studio: Toei Animation
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
Studio: Ajia-do Animation Works
Tower of God
Studio: TELECOM ANIMATION FILM