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4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards


4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Excellence in anime
February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15)
United States
Crunchyroll
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (3)
Carole & Tuesday, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Vinland Saga (9)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

The 4th Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held on February 15, 2020, honoring excellence in anime from 2019. Crunchyroll announced the categories and the list of judges for the 2020 awards on December 17, while also noting that the list was still not complete. They also noted that they've increased their judges by over 50%, with more than half of them coming from outside the United States. Nominees were announced on the first day of voting, January 10. Voting ran until January 17, with the results announced on February 15. The show was hosted by WWE wrestler Xavier Woods and Tim Lyu. Several personalities in the anime community were invited to present the awards.

There were 18 categories. Best Couple was reinstated after being absent in the last two editions. Best Score, Best Drama, and Best Comedy were also reinstated after being absent in the last year's edition. Best Film and Best Continuing Series were dropped. A new category, Best Fantasy, was introduced. Carole & Tuesday, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Vinland Saga each received nine nominations, including the Anime of the Year. Mamoru Miyano was nominated for the second straight time in the Best VA Performance (JP) award. Japanese singer Aimer received her third nomination, the second consecutive, in the Best Ending Sequence category. Australian composer Kevin Penkin received his second nomination for Best Score. Carole & Tuesday's opening and ending themes, both sung by Nai Br.XX and Celeina Ann, were nominated in their respective categories.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won the Anime of the Year award. Its main protagonist, Tanjiro Kamado, won Best Boy. He also was nominated in the Best Protagonist category, only to lost to Senku Ishigami of Dr. Stone. Demon Slayer is tied with Kaguya-sama: Love Is War in receiving the most wins. Kaguya-sama also won Best Comedy and Best Ending Sequence. Vinland Saga won Best Drama, while The Promised Neverland won the inaugural Best Fantasy award. Mob Psycho 100's second season won Best Animation and Best Opening Sequence. Canadian composer Mocky won the Best Score award for his work on Carole & Tuesday. George Wada, an anime producer and the president of Wit Studio, received the Industry Icon award.

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). The lists are arranged alphabetically, except for the winner.

Column 1Column 2
Anime of the Year
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Ufotable‡
Carole & Tuesday — Bones
Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2) — Bones
O Maidens in Your Savage Season — Lay-duce
The Promised Neverland — CloverWorks
Vinland Saga — Wit StudioBest Protagonist
Senku Ishigami — Dr. Stone‡
Emma — The Promised Neverland
Hyakkimaru — Dororo
Saitama — One-Punch Man (season 2)
Tanjiro Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Tohru Honda — Fruits Basket
Best Antagonist
Isabella — The Promised Neverland‡
Ai Magase — Babylon
Angela Carpenter — Carole & Tuesday
Askeladd — Vinland Saga
Garou — One-Punch Man (season 2)
Overhaul — My Hero Academia (season 4)Best Boy
Tanjiro Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba‡
Bruno Bucciarati — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)
Hyakkimaru — Dororo
Kanata Hoshijima — Astra Lost in Space
Naruzo Machio — How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
Best Girl
Raphtalia — The Rising of the Shield Hero‡
Carole — Carole & Tuesday
Chika Fujiwara — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
Emma — The Promised Neverland
Kohaku — Dr. Stone
Nezuko Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaBest Opening Sequence
"99.9" by Mob Choir feat. Sajou no Hana — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)‡
"Inferno" by Mrs. Green Apple — Fire Force
"Kawaki wo Ameku" by Minami — Domestic Girlfriend
"Kiss Me" by Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann — Carole & Tuesday
"Mukanjyo" by Survive Said The Prophet — Vinland Saga
"Touch Off" by UVERworld — The Promised Neverland
Best Ending Sequence
"Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡" by Konomi Kohara — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War‡
"Hold Me Now" by Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann — Carole & Tuesday
"Sayonara Gokko" by amazarashi — Dororo
"Stand by Me" by the peggies — Sarazanmai
"Torches" by Aimer — Vinland Saga
"veil" by Keina Suda — Fire ForceBest VA Performance (JP)
Yuichi Nakamura as Bruno Bucciarati — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)‡
Mamoru Miyano as Reo Niiboshi — Sarazanmai
Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kochō — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Yukino Satsuki as Ai Magase — Babylon
Yusuke Kobayashi as Senku Ishigami — Dr. Stone
Yūko Kaida as Isabella — The Promised Neverland
Best VA Performance (EN)
Billy Kametz as Naofumi Iwatani — The Rising of the Shield Hero‡
Casey Mongillo as Shinji Ikari — Neon Genesis Evangelion
Erica Mendez as Retsuko — Aggretsuko (season 2)
Faye Mata as Aqua — KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
Kyle McCarley as Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda — Fruits BasketBest Director
Tetsurō Araki and Masashi Koizuka — Attack on Titan (season 3)‡
Kiyotaka Suzuki — Babylon
Kunihiko Ikuhara — Sarazanmai
Shinichirō Watanabe and Motonobu Hori — Carole & Tuesday
Shuhei Yabuta — Vinland Saga
Yuzuru Tachikawa — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
Best Animation
Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2) — Bones‡
Attack on Titan (season 3) — Wit Studio
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Ufotable
Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia — CloverWorks
Sarazanmai — MAPPA / Lapin Track
Vinland Saga — Wit StudioBest Character Design
Satoshi Iwataki, original design by Hiroyuki Asada — Dororo‡
Kayoko Ishikawa, original design by Miggy — Sarazanmai
Takahiko Abiru, original design by Makoto Yukimura — Vinland Saga
Tsunenori Saito, original design by Eisaku Kubonouchi — Carole & Tuesday
Yuko Iwasa, original design by Boichi — Dr. Stone
Yuko Yahiro, original design by Aka Akasaka — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
Best Fight Scene
Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba‡
Emperor Crimson vs. Metallic — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)
Levi vs. Beast Titan — Attack on Titan (season 3)
Mob vs. Toichiro — Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
Thorfinn vs. Thorkell — Vinland Saga
Ushiwakamaru vs. Tiamat — Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: BabyloniaBest Drama
Vinland Saga — Wit Studio‡
Babylon — Revoroot
Carole & Tuesday — Bones
Fruits Basket — TMS Entertainment
Stars Align — Eight Bit
The Promised Neverland — CloverWorks
Best Comedy
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War — A-1 Pictures‡
Aggretsuko (season 2) — Fanworks
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? — Doga Kobo
Isekai Quartet — Studio Puyukai
My Roommate Is a Cat — Zero-G
Sarazanmai — MAPPA / Lapin TrackBest Score
Mocky — Carole & Tuesday‡
Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Hiroyuki Sawano — Attack on Titan (season 3)
Kevin Penkin — The Rising of the Shield Hero
Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and Yuki Kanesaka — Dr. Stone
Yugo Kanno — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)
Best Couple
Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War‡
Baki Hanma & Kozue Matsumoto — Baki
Mafuyu Sato & Ritsuka Uenoyama — Given
Reo & Mabu — Sarazanmai
Rika Zonazaki & Shun Amagi — O Maidens in Your Savage Season
Ymir & Historia — Attack on Titan (season 3)Best Fantasy
The Promised Neverland — CloverWorks‡
Ascendance of a Bookworm — Ajiado
Astra Lost in Space — Lerche
Attack on Titan (season 3) — Wit Studio
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Ufotable
Sarazanmai — MAPPA / Lapin Track
Industry Icon Award
George Wada‡
Source:
NominationsAnime
9Carole & Tuesday
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Vinland Saga
8Sarazanmai
The Promised Neverland
7Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
6Attack on Titan (season 3)
5Dr. Stone
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
4Babylon
Dororo
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)
3Fruits Basket
The Rising of the Shield Hero
2Aggretsuko (season 2)
Astra Lost in Space
Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
Fire Force
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
O Maidens in Your Savage Season
One-Punch Man (season 2)
WinsAnime
3Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
2Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
The Promised Neverland
The Rising of the Shield Hero
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