2020 was a strange year for anime, but there were still a few standout titles. For the fifth year in a row, Crunchyroll is holding its annual Anime Awards to celebrate the best shows, characters, and creators of the year.
Jujutsu Kaisen takes home top prize at Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards
Eizouken!, Re: Zero, and Kaguya-Sama were among the other shows with multiple wins
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The best anime of 2020
Here’s our list of last year’s finest series
This year’s top prize went to Jujutsu Kaisen, which also received the most awards of any series this year, including best antagonist, and best ending sequence. Other winners were spread out among a few standout series including Kaguya-Sama: Love is War, which won best comedy for the second year in a row and took home the award for best girl as well for its title character.
Crunchyroll also honored the second season of RE: Zero with best fantasy series and best Japanese voice performance. My Hero Academia season 4 took home a couple of prizes including best fight scene, an award that had plenty of competition this year. Finally, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! nabbed two prestigious awards this year, netting both best animation and best director.
For a look at all of this year’s winners, check out the full list below.
- Anime of the Year – JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Best Animation – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Best Fantasy – Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World- (Season 2)
- Best Drama – Fruits Basket (Season 2)
- Best Comedy – Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?
- Best Girl – Kaguya Shinomiya, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War?
- Best Boy – Shoyo Hinata, HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP
- Best Protagonist – Catarina Claes, My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom!
- Best Antagonist – Ryomen Sukuna, JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Best Fight Scene – Deku Vs. Overhaul, My Hero Academia Season 4
- Best Score – Kevin Penkin, Tower Of God
- Best Director – Masaaki Yuasa, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Best Character Design – Mayuka Ito, Original Designs By Aidairo, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
- Best Couple – Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
- Best VA Performance (JP) – Yusuke Kobayashi As Natsuki Subaru, Re:ZERO -Starting Life In Another World- (Season 2)
- Best VA Performance (EN) – Zeno Robinson As Hawks, My Hero Academia Season 4
- Best Opening Sequence (OP) – Wild Side (ALI), BEASTARS
- Best Ending Sequence (ED) – LOST IN PARADISE (ALI feat. AKLO), JUJUTSU KAISEN
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