Anime streaming service in the United States called Crunchyroll, announced the results for “Crunchyroll Anime Award”, the awarding of the best anime in 2019 in Feb. 15, 2020 (American time). The awards included, “Anime of the Year”, “Best Animation”, “Best Opening Sequence”, “Best Ending Sequence”, “Best Boy”, and “Best Girl”, and “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”, “Mob Dice 100”, and “Kaguya-sama: Love is War” won the awards.
“Crunchyroll Anime Award” began from 2017, and this year is the 4th year to be held. The examination committee nominates anime and fans also can participate in choosing anime by voting for it.
Over 11 million votes were collected from more than 200 regions around the world, such as America, Brazil, Mexico, England, and Canada, and the number of votes overly succeeded the number of votes in 2019, which was 5 million votes.
Anime of the Year
・Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Best Animation
・Mob Dice 100 II
Best Opening Sequence
・Mob Dice 100 II
♪”99.9″ by MOB CHOIR feat. sajou no hana
Best Ending Sequence
・Kaguya-sama: Love is War
♪”Chikatto Chika Chika” Obara Yoshimi
Best Boy
・Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kamado Tanjirou
Best Girl
・The Rising of the Shield Hero: Raphtalia
Best Score
・Carole and Tuesday: Mocky
Best Voice Action Performance (Japanese)
・Nakamura Yuuichi, playing Bruno Bucciarati from “Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: The Golden Wind”
Best Voice Action Performance (English)
・Billy Kametz, playing Iwatani Naofumi from “The Rising of the Shield Hero”
Best Director
・General director: Araki Tetsurou, director Koizuka Masashi from “Attack on Titan” (Season 3)
Best Character Design
・Character design: Iwataki Satoshi, Rough character design: Asada Hiroyuki from “Dororo”
Best Protagonist:
・Ishigami Senku from “Dr. STONE”
Best Antagonist:
・Isabella from “Promised Neverland”
Best Fight Scene
・Tanjiro and Nezuko versus Rui from “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”
Best Couple
・Shinomiya Kaguya and Shirogane Miyuki from “Kaguya-sama: Love is War”
Best Drama
・Vinland Saga (Wit Studio Inc.)
Best Fantasy
・Promised Neverland (CloverWorks Inc.)
Best Comedy
・Kaguya-sama: Love is War (A-1 Pictures Inc.)
Industry Icon (This award is given to the person who contributed to anime industry in 2019)
Wada George (Wit Studio Inc.)
