Crunchyroll Anime Award Nominees Have Been Announced

It is officially voting season for Crunchyroll’s third annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards. The nominees have been announced and fans have until January 18, 2019, to cast their votes. There are 15 categories to vote on including Anime of the Year, Best Boy/Girl, Best VA Performance (Japanese and English), and Best Character Design. As added incentive for fans to vote, everyone who votes will be entered into a contest to win a 1-year subscription to Crunchyroll Premium. They are giving this away to 10 lucky fans, will you be one of them?

I’ll admit, I’m surprised that My Hero Academia wasn’t nominated for every category. In fact, the most nominated anime was MEGALOBOX. Clearly I need to check out that anime. Without further ado, here are the nominations:

Anime of the Year

• A Place Further Than the Universe

• Devilman Crybaby

• MEGALOBOX

• Violet Evergarden

• HINAMATSURI

• ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

Best Animation

• Violet Evergarden

• Devilman Crybaby

• MEGALOBOX

• A Place Further Than the Universe

• Bloom into You

• My Hero Academia Season 3

Best Opening Sequence

• Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

• DARLING in the FRANXX

• Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler

• Pop Team Epic

• Aggretsuko

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Best Ending Sequence

• MEGALOBOX

• Attack on Titan Season 3

• After the Rain

• FLCL Alternative

• Revue Starlight

• FLCL Progressive

Best Film

• Night is Short, Walk On Girl

• My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

• Mirai of the Future

• Liz and the Blue Bird

• Mazinger Z: Infinity

• Fireworks

Best Character Design

• Violet Evergarden

• Devilman Crybaby

• ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

• MEGALOBOX

• Aggretsuko

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Best Boy

• Kotaro Tatsumi

  • ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

• Honda-san

  • Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san

• Izuku Midoriya

  • My Hero Academia Season 3

• Sakuta Azusagawa

  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

• Haida

  • Aggretsuko

• Joe

  • MEGALOBOX

Best Girl

• Anzu

  • Hinamatsuri

• Hinata Miyake

  • A Place Further than the Universe

• Lily Hoshikawa

  • ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

• Asirpa

  • Golden Kamuy

• Nadeshiko Kagamihara

  • Laid-Back Camp

• Mai Sakurajima

  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Best VA Performance (JP)

• Mamoru Miyano

  • ZOMBIE LAND SAGA

  • Kotaro Tatsumi

• Soma Saito

  • Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san

  • Honda-san

• Megumi Han

  • Devilman Crybaby

  • Miki Makimura

• Nao Toyama

  • Laid-Back Camp

  • Rin Shima

• Rareko

  • Aggretsuko

  • Retsuko

• Reina Ueda

  • SSSS.Gridman

  • Akane Shinjo

Best VA Performance (EN)

• Kari Wahlgren

  • FLCL Progressive

  • Haruko Haruhara

• Christopher Sabat

  • My Hero Academia Season 3

  • All Might

• Erica Mendez

  • Aggretsuko

  • Retsuko

• David Wald

  • Mr Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues

  • Narrator

• Tia Ballard

  • Darling in the FRANXX

  • Zero Two

• Erika Harlacher

  • Violet Evergarden

  • Violet Evergarden

Best Director

• Masaaki Yuasa

  • Devilman Crybaby

• Atsuko Ishizuka

  • A Place Further than the Universe

• You Moriyama

  • MEGALOBOX

• Yohei Suzuki

  • Planet With

• Taichi Ishidate

  • Violet Evergarden

• Hiroko Utsumi

  • Banana Fish

Best Protagonist

• Retsuko

  • Aggretsuko

• Yumeko Jabami

  • Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler

• Joe

  • MEGALOBLOX

• Violet Evergarden

  • Violet Evergarden

• Rimuru Tempest

  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

• Sakuta Azusagawa

  • Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Best Antagonist

• Ryo Asuka

  • Devilman Crybaby

• Akane Shinjo

  • SSSS.Gridman

• All For One

  • My Hero Academia Season 3

• Yuri

  • MEGALOBOX

• Tokushiro Tsurumi

  • Golden Kamuy

• Momonga

  • Overlord III

Best Fight Scene Presented by Capcom

• Hina vs Anzu

  • Hinamatsuri

• All for One vs All Might

  • My Hero Academia Season 3

• Naruto & Sasuke vs Momoshiki

  • Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

• Jiren vs Goku

  • Dragon Ball Super

• Yami vs Licht

  • Black Clover

• Satan vs Devilman

  • Devilman Crybaby

Best Continuing Series Presented by VRV

• The Ancient Magus' Bride

• Dragon Ball Super

• Black Clover

• March comes in like a lion

• One Piece

• BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS