Jujutsu Kaisen Takes Anime of the Year at Anime Awards!

On Friday, February 19th, Crunchyroll hosted their annual Anime Awards and there were some big winners throughout the night and plenty of salt being thrown around as they announced each result. In the end, though, it all came down to who had the most passionate fan base who were willing to vote for their choices as many times as needed to secure them the victory.

Perhaps one of the biggest shocks of the night came when the shonen anime Jujutsu Kaisen took home the award for Anime of the Year, beating out other popular series that included Beastars, Appare-Ranman, and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!.

Another notable upset came early in the night when Tsukasa and Nasa (Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You) were awarded “Best Couple”, beating out the seemingly unstoppable forces of Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane (Kaguya-sama: Love is War?) or even Catarina Claes and Maria Campbell (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!), the latter of which dominated shipping fan charts when it was airing in 2020.

The full list of winners was as follows:

Anime of the Year:

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Studio: MAPPA

Best Protagonist

Catarina Claes

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Best Antagonist

Ryomen Sukuna

JUJUTSU KAISEN

Best Boy

Shoyo Hinata

HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP

Best Girl

Kaguya Shinomiya

Kaguya-sama: Love is War?

Best Opening Sequence

Wild Side

BEASTARS

Best Ending Sequence

LOST IN PARADISE

JUJUTSU KAISEN

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 Director

Masaaki Yuasa

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Best Animation

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Studio: Science SARU

Best Character Design

Mayuka Ito

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

Best Fight Scene

Deku vs. Overhaul

My Hero Academia Season 4

Best Drama

Fruits Basket (Season 2)

Studio: ‎TMS Entertainment

Best Comedy

Kaguya-sama: Love is War?

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Best Fantasy

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)

Studio: WHITE FOX

Best Score

Kevin Penkin

Tower of God

Best Couple

Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki

TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You