‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ takes home the biggest prize at 2023 Anime Awards

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  • March 4, 2023

Netflix’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners won Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll’s 2023 Anime Awards. The ceremony took place in Tokyo and celebrated fan-favorite animes of the past year. The anime-dedicated streaming service has been hosting the Anime Awards since 2017.

Studio Trigger, known for Kill La Kill and their work on Star Wars: Visions, received critical acclaim for their adaption of CD-Projekt Red’s action RPG Cyberpunk 2077. It also took home Best Voice Acting Performance (English). Other winners during the awards show include Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (including Best Drama and Best Opening), Spy x Family (Best Comedy, Best New Show), and Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Best Film).

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Here is the full list of winners of the 2023 Anime Awards:

Anime of the Year

  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • Lycoris Recoil

  • Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • SPY x FAMILY

Best Original Anime

  • BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-

  • Healer Girl

  • Lycoris Recoil

  • The Orbital Children

  • Vampire in the Garden

  • YUREI DECO

Best Anime Character Design

  • Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • Atsuko Nozaki, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • Kazuaki Shimada, SPY x FAMILY

  • Kazumasa Ishida, My Dress-Up Darling

  • Masanori Shino, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

  • Yo Yoshinari, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Best Animation

  • Akebi’s Sailor Uniform

  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • SPY x FAMILY

Best New Anime Series

  • Call of the Night

  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Lycoris Recoil

  • My Dress-Up Darling

  • SPY x FAMILY

  • Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Continuing Anime Series

  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

  • One Piece

Best Anime Opening Sequence

  • “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Storyboard and Direction from 10GAUGE, Ya Boy Kongming!

  • “Mixed Nuts” by Official HIGE DANdism, Storyboard and Direction from Masashi Ishihama, SPY x FAMILY

  • “Naked Hero” by Vaundy, Storyboard and Unit Direction from Shingo Yamashita, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • “The Rumbling” by SiM, Storyboard and Direction from Takashi Kojima, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • “This Fffire” by Franz Ferdinand, Animation Direction from Hiroyuki Imaishi, Storyboard from Kai Ikarashi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • “Zankyosanka” by Aimer, Storyboard from Haruo Sotozaki, Animation Direction from Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Anime Ending Sequence

  • “Akuma no Ko” by AI HIGUCHI, Storyboard and Direction from Paraco Shinohara, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, Storyboard and Direction from Atsushi Nishigori, SPY x FAMILY

  • “Koi no yukue” by Akari Akase, Storyboard and Direction from Futata, My Dress-Up Darling

  • “Koshaberibiyori” by FantasticYouth, Storyboard and Direction from Kouki Fujimoto, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)

  • “My Heart Has Surrendered” by Airi Suzuki, Storyboard and Direction from Nichika Ono, Animation Direction from Norifumi Kugai, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

  • “Yofukashino Uta” by Creepy Nuts, Storyboard and Direction from Tomoyuki Itamura, Animation Direction from Haruka Sagawa, Call of the Night

Best Anime Score

  • (K)NoW_NAME, SPY x FAMILY

  • Akira Yamaoka, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Genki Hikota (Hifumi, Inc.), Ya Boy Kongming!

  • Kevin Penkin, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

  • Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • Yuki Kaijura and Go Shiina, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Anime Film

  • Belle

  • Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO

  • INU-OH

  • JUJUTSU KAISEN 0

  • One Piece Film Red

  • The Deer King

Best Anime Song

  • “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!

  • “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY

  • “My Nonfiction” by Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) and Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

  • “Shall We Dance?” by ReoNa, SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-

  • “New Genesis” by Ado, One Piece Film Red

  • “The Rumbling” by SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Anime Director

  • Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • Hiroyuki Imaishi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Kazuhiro Furuhashi, SPY x FAMILY

  • Shingo Adachi, Lycoris Recoil

  • Yosuke Hatta, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • Yuichiro Hayashi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Main Anime Character

  • Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil

  • David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • Loid Forger, SPY x FAMILY

  • Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling

Best Supporting Anime Character

  • Ai Hayasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

  • Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY

  • Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • Rebecca, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Tengen Uzui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY

Best “Must Protect at All Costs” Anime Character

  • Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY

  • Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone

  • Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling

  • Shoko Komi, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)

Best Action Anime

  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

  • Lycoris Recoil

  • SPY x FAMILY

Best Comedy Anime

  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

  • Kotaro Lives Alone

  • My Dress-Up Darling

  • SPY x FAMILY

  • UNCLE from ANOTHER WORLD

  • Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Drama Anime

  • 86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2

  • Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Dance Dance Danseur

  • Kotaro Lives Alone

  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

Best Fantasy Anime

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1, 2nd Cour

  • OVERLORD IV

  • Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)

Best Romance Anime

  • Call of the Night

  • Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

  • Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)

  • Love After World Domination

  • My Dress-Up Darling

  • Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie

Best Voice Acting Performance (Japanese)

  • Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger in SPY x FAMILY

  • Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoris Recoil

  • Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

  • Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui in Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

  • Sun Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

  • Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Voice Acting Performance (English)

  • Amanda Lee (AmaLee), Marin Kitagawa in My Dress-Up Darling

  • Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato in Kotaro Lives Alone

  • Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger in SPY x FAMILY

  • SungWon Cho (AKA ProZD), Kage in Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

  • Zach Aguilar, David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

  • Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2 in Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO

You can watch the full awards ceremony on Crunchyroll’s YouTube channel.

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‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ takes home the biggest prize at 2023 Anime Awards