The 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards was held on February 9, 2022, honoring excellence in anime from 2021. Crunchyroll opened the public nominations for judges on October 14, 2021, running until October 20. On December 16, Crunchyroll revealed the list of judges. Nominees was announced on January 18. Voting ended on January 25. Winners were announced on February 9.
This edition featured 26 categories, including new voice acting categories for German, French, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese, and Russian. Best Romance was also added for the first time. Best Action and Best Film were reinstated. However, Best Couple was dropped.
Jujutsu Kaisen received 16 nominations, with Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1, Odd Taxi, and Wonder Egg Priority receiving 11. Jujutsu Kaisen was nominated again for Anime of the Year, after previously winning it. It also received two nominations for Best Fight Scene. Its protagonist, Yuji Itadori, was nominated again for Best Protagonist. Sunghoo Park, the director of the series, was nominated again for Best Director. Eren Jaeger of Attack on Titan was nominated for both Best Protagonist and Antagonist. Tokyo Revengers received two nominations for Best Boy. Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid were nominated again for Best Animation. Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina were nominated again for Best Score, along with Satoru Kōsaki and Hiroyuki Sawano, the latter receiving his third nomination for the award. Voice actors Laura Bailey, David Wald, and Anairis Quiñones received their second nominations for Best VA Performance (EN). Attack on Titan and Beastars both received nominations for both Best Opening Sequence and Best Ending Sequence. Previous winners Fruits Basket and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid were also nominated for Best Drama and Best Comedy respectively, with the former receiving its third nomination for the award.
Series targeted towards the demographic entries dominated the awards, with Jujutsu Kaisen winning six. However, the first part of the final season of Attack on Titan won Anime of the Year. Bojji from Ranking of Kings won Best Boy, while Nobara Kugisaki from Jujutsu Kaisen won Best Girl. Odokawa from Odd Taxi won Best Protagonist, while Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan won Best Antagonist. Baku Kinoshita, director of Odd Taxi, won Best Director. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Arc won Best Animation and Best Score. Yuki Kaji won Best VA Performance (JP), while David Wald won Best VA Performance (EN). René Dawn-Claude, Enzo Ratsito, Irwin Daayán, Marcel Navarro, Leo Rabelo, and Islam Gandzhaev won the inaugural Best VA Performance for German, French, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese, and Russian respectively. "Boku no Sensou" won Best Opening Sequence, while "Shirogane" won Best Ending Sequence. Jujutsu Kaisen won Best Action, Komi Can't Communicate won Best Comedy, To Your Eternity won Best Drama, Horimiya won Best Romance, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime won Best Fantasy. The film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train won Best Film.
Winners and nominees
Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 — MAPPA86 — A-1 Pictures Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) — MAPPA Odd Taxi — OLM and P.I.C.S Ranking of Kings — Wit Studio Sonny Boy — Madhouse | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train — UfotableBelle — Studio Chizu Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time — Khara Josee, the Tiger and the Fish — Bones Shirobako: The Movie — P.A. Works Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop — Signal.MD and Sublimation |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |Bojji — Ranking of Kings Senku Ishigami — Dr. Stone (season 2) Izumi Miyamura — Horimiya Odokawa — Odd Taxi Ken 'Draken' Ryuguji — Tokyo Revengers Manjiro 'Mikey' Sano — Tokyo RevengersNobara Kugisaki — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Tohru Honda — Fruits Basket The Final Season Shoko Komi — Komi Can't Communicate Vladilena Milizé — 86 Ai Ohto — Wonder Egg Priority Sarasa Watanabe – Kageki Shojo!!Odokawa — Odd Taxi Bojji — Ranking of Kings Yuji Itadori — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Eren Jaeger — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 Joe — Megalobox 2: Nomad Ai Ohto — Wonder Egg PriorityEren Jaeger — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 Echidna — Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (season 2) Tetta Kisaki - Tokyo Revengers Tomura Shigaraki — My Hero Academia (season 5) Ainosuke Shindo — SK8 the Infinity Yano — Odd TaxiYuji Itadori & Aoi Todo vs. Hanami — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Eren Jaeger vs. War Hammer Titan — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 Naruto Uzumaki vs. Isshiki Otsutsuki — Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Yuji Itadori & Nobara Kugisaki vs. Eso & Kechizu — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Elma vs. Tohru — Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S Vivy vs. Yugo Kakitani — Vivy: Fluorite Eye's SongBaku Kinoshita — Odd Taxi Yuichiro Hayashi — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 Yo Moriyama — Megalobox 2: Nomad Shingo Natsume — Sonny Boy Sunghoo Park — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Shin Wakabayashi — Wonder Egg PriorityDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc — UfotableJujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) — MAPPA Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S — Kyoto Animation Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation — Studio Bind Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song — Wit Studio Wonder Egg Priority — CloverWorks | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |Tadashi Hiramatsu, original designs by Gege Akutami — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)Michinori Chiba — SK8 the Infinity Baku Kinoshita and Hiromi Nakayama — Odd Taxi loundraw and Yuichi Takahashi — Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song Atsuko Nozaki, original designs by Sōsuke Tōka — Ranking of Kings Saki Takahashi — Wonder Egg Priority |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc DÉ DÉ MOUSE and Mito — Wonder Egg Priority Satoru Kōsaki — Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song Mabanua — Megalobox 2: Nomad PUNPEE, VaVa, and OMSB — Odd Taxi Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto — 86
Yuki Kaji as Eren Jaeger — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 Ayane Sakura as Gabi Braun — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Daisuke Jigen (ep. 0) — Lupin the 3rd Part 6 Aoi Yūki as Kumoko - So I'm a Spider, So What? Natsuki Hanae as Odokawa — Odd Taxi Kanata Aikawa as Ai Ohto — Wonder Egg PriorityDavid Wald as Ainosuke Shindo — SK8 the Infinity Brittany Cox as Fena — Fena: Pirate Princess Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda — Fruits Basket The Final Season Adam McArthur as Yuji Itadori — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Matt Shipman as Reki Kyan — SK8 the Infinity Anairis Quiñones as Rika Kawai — Wonder Egg PriorityRené Dawn-Claude as Satoru Gojo — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Florian Knorn as Tai Yagami — Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Rieke Werner as Sakura Matou — Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song Marios Gavrilis as Dio Brando — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood Tommy Morgenstern as Galo Thymos — Promare Torsten Münchow as The Count of Monte Cristo — Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte CristoEnzo Ratsito as Tanjiro Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc Mark Lesser as Satoru Gojo — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Alexis Thomassian as Kage — Ranking of Kings Brieuc Lemaire as Vanitas — The Case Study of Vanitas Nancy Philippot as Raphtalia — The Rising of the Shield Hero Olivier Premel as Takemichi Hanagaki — Tokyo Revengers
Irwin Daayán as Kyojuro Rengoku — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc José Vilchis as Spike Spiegel — Cowboy Bebop Victor Ugarte as Shinji Ikari — Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time José Gilberto Vilchis as Satoru Gojo - Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Jessica Ángeles as Kaguya Shinomiya — Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Romina Marroquín as Kumoko — So I'm a Spider, So What?Marcel Navarro as Tanjiro Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Bianca Rada as Tai Yagami — Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Albert Trifol Segarra as Shinji Ikari — Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time Adelaida López as Usagi Tsukino — Sailor Moon Eternal Blanca Hualde (Neri) as Brunhilde — Record of Ragnarok Marc Zanni as Tatsu — The Way of the Househusband
Leo Rabelo as Satoru Gojo — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Hannah Buttel as Vladilena Milizé — 86 Amanda Brigido as Nobara Kugisaki — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) Carol Valença as Monkey D. Luffy — One Piece Luísa Viotti as Echidna — Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (season 2) Luiz Sergio Vieira as Takemichi Hanagaki — Tokyo RevengersIslam Gandzhaev as Tanjiro Kamado — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Vlad Tokarev as Eren Jaeger — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 Olga Matskevich as Mire Yoshizuki — Looking for Magical Doremi Polina Rtischeva as Monkey D. Luffy — One Piece Elizaveta Sheikh as Kumoko — So I'm a Spider, So What? Tatyana Shamarina as Vivy — Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song"Boku no Sensou" by Shinsei Kamattechan, storyboard and direction by Yuichiro Hayashi — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 "Kaibutsu" by Yoasobi — Beastars (season 2) "Vivid Vice" by Who-ya Extended, storyboard and direction by Shingo Yamashita — Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) "Ai no Supreme!" by Fhána, storyboard and direction by Tatsuya Ishihara — Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S "ODDTAXI" by Skirt and PUNPEE, storyboard and direction by Ryoji Yamada — Odd Taxi "Cry Baby" by Official Hige Dandism — Tokyo Revengers"Shirogane" by LiSA, storyboard and direction by Tomonori Sudō — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc "Shogeki" by Yuko Ando — Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 "Yasashii Suisei" by Yoasobi — Beastars (season 2) "Nai Nai" by Reona, storyboard and direction by Tomohisa Taguchi — Shadows House "Infinity" by Yuuri, storyboard by Hiroko Utsumi, direction by Akemi Hayashi — SK8 the Infinity "Ganbare! Kumoko-san no Theme" by Aoi Yūki, storyboard and direction by Shin Itagaki — So I'm a Spider, So What?Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) — MAPPA Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 — MAPPA Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc — Ufotable SSSS.Dynazenon — Studio Trigger Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song — Wit Studio Wonder Egg Priority — CloverWorksKomi Can't Communicate — OLMDon't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro — Telecom Animation Film Heaven's Design Team — Asahi Production Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan — Studio Blanc Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S — Kyoto Animation Odd Taxi — OLM and P.I.C.S | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |To Your Eternity — Brain's Base86 — A-1 Pictures Fruits Basket The Final Season — TMS Entertainment Kageki Shojo!! — Pine Jam Odd Taxi — OLM and P.I.C.S Wonder Egg Priority — CloverWorks |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |Horimiya — CloverWorksBeastars (season 2) — Orange Fruits Basket The Final Season — TMS Entertainment Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro — Telecom Animation Film Komi Can't Communicate — OLM The Duke of Death and His Maid — J.C.Staff | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;" |That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime'' (season 2) — Eight BitMushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation — Studio BindRanking of Kings — Wit StudioThe Case Study of Vanitas — BonesTo Your Eternity — Brain's BaseWonder Egg Priority'' — CloverWorksSource:
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