Ajang penghargaan tahunan industri Anime tahun ini akan kembali di gelar pada tanggal 22 Februari 2021. Apresiasi yang ditunggu-tunggu ini telah mengelompokan anime-anime terbesar sepanjang tahun 2020 bedasarkan hasil review penonton dan juga para juri kemudian dipilih 6 nominasi pada setiap kategori tersebut.
Untuk tahun ini, terdapat 18 kategori yang mana nominasinya telah dapat di voting pada situs resmi atau tautan di twitter Crunchyroll dari tanggal 15 Januari hingga 22 Januari 2021. Berikut daftar nominasi dari masing-masing kategori.
1. Anime of The Year
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Great Pretender
- Dorohedoro
- Appare-Ranmani
- Beastars
2. Best Protagonist
- Natsume (Deca-Dence)
- Catarina Claes (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!)
- Yuuji Itadori (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Anos Voldigoad (The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants)
- Midori Asakusa (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken)
- Shoyo Hinata (Haikyu!! To The Top)
3. Best Antagonist
- En (Dorohedoro)
- Ryoumen Sukuna (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
- Rachel (Tower of God)
- Akito Soma (Fruits Basket (Season 2))
- Echidna (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2))
- Overhaul (My Hero Academia Season 4)
4. Best Boy
- Caiman (Dorohedoro)
- Satoru Gojou (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
- Khun Aguero Agnes (Tower of God)
- Legoshi (BEASTARS)
- Anos Voldigoad (The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants)
- Shoyo Hinata (HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP)
5. Girl Boy
- Sayaka Kanamori (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)
- Chizuru Mizuhara (Rent-a-Girlfriend)
- Noi (Dorohedoro)
- Catarina Claes (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!)
- Abigail Jones (Great Pretender)
- Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama: Love is War?)
6. Best Opening Sequence
- ♪ Easy Breezy (chelmico - Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)
- ♪ KAIKAI KITAN (Eve-JUJUTSU KAISEN)
- ♪ Wild Side (ALI-BEASTARS)
- ♪ G.P. (Yutaka Yamada-Great Pretender)
- ♪ DADDY! DADDY! DO! feat. Airi Suzuki (Masayuki Suzuki-Kaguya-sama: Love is War?)
- ♪ PHOENIX (BURNOUT SYNDROMES-HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP)
7. Best Ending Sequence
- ♪ LOST IN PARADISE (ALI feat. AKLO-JUJUTSU KAISEN)
- ♪ The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury-Great Pretender)
- ♪ NIGHT RUNNING (Shin Sakura ft AAAMYYY-BNA: Brand New Animal)
- ♪ D.D.D.D ((K)NoW_NAME-Dorohedoro)
- ♪ Welcome My Friend (OKAMOTO'S-The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED)
- ♪ LAST DANCE (Mamoru Miyano-In/Spectre)
8. Best VA Performance JP
- Riho Sugiyama-Minare Koda (Wave, Listen to Me!)
- Megumi Ogata-Hanako (Toilet-bound Hanako-kun)
- Yusuke Kobayashi-Natsuki Subaru (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2))
- Yuichi Nakamura-Satoru Gojou (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
- Mutsumi Tamura-Sayaka Kanamori (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)
- Yusuke Onuki-Daisuke Kambe (The Millionaire Detective - Balance: UNLIMITED)
9. Best VA Performance EN
- Zeno Robinson-Hawks (My Hero Academia Season 4)
- Crispin Freeman-Ziusudra (Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia)
- Aaron Phillips-Laurent Thierry (Great Pretender)
- Johnny Yong Bosch-Bam (Tower of God)
- Jonah Scott-Legoshi (BEASTARS)
- Anairis Quiñones-Echidna (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2))
10. Best Director
- Masaaki Yuasa-Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Yuzuru Tachikawa-DECA-DENCE
- Sunghoo Park-JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Hiro Kaburagi-Great Pretender
- Mamoru Hatakeyama-Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Takashi Sano-Tower of God
11. Best Animation
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- The God of High School
- Great Pretender
- JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Princess Connect! Re: Dive
- BEASTARS
12. Best Character Design
- Naoyuki Asano (Original Designs by Sumito Oowara-Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Hirotaka Katou (Great Pretender)
- Mayuka Itou (Original Designs by Iro Aida-Toilet-bound Hanako-kun)
- Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki (BNA: Brand New Animal)
- Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino (Original Story by SIU-Tower of God)
- Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)
13. Best Fight Scene
- Satoru Gojou vs. Ryoumen Sukuna (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
- Jin Mori vs. Jegal Taek (The God of High School)
- Bercouli vs. Dark God Vecta (Sword Art Online Alicization: War of the Underworld Part 2)
- Deku vs. Overhaul (My Hero Academia Season 4)
- Jin Mori vs. Han Daewi (The God of High School)
- Brawler vs. Master (Akudama Drive)
14. Best Drama
- Fruits Basket (Season 2)
- Great Pretender
- Japan Sinks: 2020
- SING “YESTERDAY” FOR ME
- BEASTARS
- Somali and the Forest Spirit
15. Best Comedy
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
- Kakushigoto
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
16. Best Score
- Kevin Penkin-Tower of God
- Yutaka Yamada-Great Pretender
- Satoru Kousaki-BEASTARS
- OORUTAICHI-Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Alisa Okehazama-The God of High School
- Kensuke Ushio-Japan Sinks: 2020
17. Best Couple
- Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki (TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You)
- Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane (Kaguya-sama: Love is War?)
- Legoshi & Haru (BEASTARS)
- Kotoko Iwanaga & Kuro Sakuragawa (In/Spectre)
- Catarina Claes & Maria Campbell (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!)
- Chizuru Mizuhara & Kazuya Kinoshita (Rent-a-Girlfriend)
18. Best Fantasy
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
- Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai
- DECA-DENCE
- Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2
- Dorohedoro
- Tower of God
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