Crunchyroll kembali lagi dengan The Anime Awards di mana pada tahun lepas anugerah ini telah diterajui oleh Demon Slayer dengan memenangi 3 anugerah daripada 9 pencalonan yang mereka terima. Pada tahun ini, tampaknya Jujutsu Kaisen pula yang menerajui pencalonan apabila mereka ter-calon untuk 10 anugerah.
Pemilihan pencalonan ini adalah oleh satu panel yang terdiri daripada wartawan untuk pelbagai media, mereka juga akan menyumbangkan 70% daripada markah untuk pemilihan pemenang. Manakala 30% lagi adalah daripada peminat yang boleh mengundi setiap hari sehingga 22 Januari melalui laman rasmi The Anime Awards.
Pengumuman untuk pemenang akan dilakukan pada 19 Februari 2021. Berikut adalah senarai calon untuk semua anugerah;
Anime Terbaik Tahun Ini
- APPARE-RANMAN!
- BEASTARS
- Dorohedoro
- Great Pretender
- JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Protagonis Terbaik
- Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
- Catarina Claes – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Midori Asakusa – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Natsume – DECA-DENCE
- Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP
- Yuuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Antagonis Terbaik
- Akito Soma – Fruits Basket (Musim 2)
- Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Musim 2)
- En – Dorohedoro
- Overhaul – My Hero Academia (Musim 4)
- Rachel – Tower of God
- Ryoumen Sukuna – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Watak Lelaki Terbaik
- Anos Voldigoad – The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
- Caiman – Dorohedoro
- Khun Aguero Agnes – Tower of God
- Legoshi – BEASTARS
- Satoru Gojou – JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Shoyo Hinata – HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP
Watak Perempuan Terbaik
- Abigail Jones – Great Pretender
- Catarina Claes – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Chizuru Mizuhara – Rent-a-Girlfriend
- Kaguya Shinomiya – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Noi – Dorohedoro
- Sayaka Kanamori – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Adegan Pembukaan Terbaik
- BEASTARS – Wild Side (ALI)
- Great Pretender – G.P. (Yutaka Yamada)
- HAIKYU!! TO THE TOP – PHOENIX (BURNOUT SYNDROMES)
- JUJUTSU KAISEN – KAIKAI KITAN (Eve)
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War? – DADDY! DADDY! DO! feat. Airi Suzuki (Masayuki Suzuki)
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! – Easy Breezy (chelmico)
Adegan Penutup Terbaik
- BNA: Brand New Animal – NIGHT RUNNING (Shin Sakura ft AAAMYYY)
- Dorohedoro – D.D.D.D ((K)NoW_NAME)
- Great Pretender – The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury)
- In/Spectre – LAST DANCE (Mamoru Miyano)
- JUJUTSU KAISEN – LOST IN PARADISE (ALI feat. AKLO)
- The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED – Welcome My Friend (OKAMOTO’S)
Pelakon Suara (Jepun) Terbaik
- Megumi Ogata as Hanako – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
- Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Riho Sugiyama as Minare Koda – Wave, Listen to Me!
- Yuichi Nakamura as Satoru Gojou – JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Yusuke Kobayashi as Natsuki Subaru – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Musim 2)
- Yusuke Onuki as Daisuke Kambe – The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED
Pelakon Suara (Inggeris) Terbaik
- Aaron Phillips as Laurent Thierry – Great Pretender
- Anairis Quiñones as Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Season 2)
- Crispin Freeman as Ziusudra – Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia
- Johnny Yong Bosch as Bam – Tower of God
- Jonah Scott as Legoshi – BEASTARS
- Zeno Robinson as Hawks – My Hero Academia (Musim 4)
Pengarah Terbaik
- Hiro Kaburagi – Great Pretender
- Mamoru Hatakeyama – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Masaaki Yuasa – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Sunghoo Park – JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Takashi Sano – Tower of God
- Yuzuru Tachikawa – DECA-DENCE
Animasi Terbaik
- BEASTARS
- Great Pretender
- JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Princess Connect! Re: Dive
- The God of High School
Rekaan Watak Terbaik
- Genice Chan and Yuusuke Yoshigaki – BNA: Brand New Animal
- Masashi Kudoh and Miho Tanino, Original story by SIU – Tower of God
- Mayuka Itou, Original designs by Iro Aida – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
- Naoyuki Asano, Original designs by Sumito Oowara – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshihito Hishinuma – Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Hirotaka Katou – Great Pretender
Adegan Pertempuran Terbaik
- Bercouli vs. Dark God Vecta – Sword Art Online Alicization: War of the Underworld Bahagian 2
- Brawler vs. Master – Akudama Drive
- Deku vs. Overhaul – My Hero Academia (Musim 4)
- Jin Mori vs. Han Daewi – The God of High School
- Jin Mori vs. Jegal Taek – The God of High School
- Satoru Gojou vs. Ryoumen Sukuna – JUJUTSU KAISEN
Drama Terbaik
- BEASTARS
- Fruits Basket (Musim 2)
- Great Pretender
- Japan Sinks: 2020
- SING “YESTERDAY” FOR ME
- Somali and the Forest Spirit
Komedi Terbaik
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Kakushigoto
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
- The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
Muzik Latar Terbaik
- Alisa Okehazama – The God of High School
- Kensuke Ushio – Japan Sinks: 2020
- Kevin Penkin – Tower of God
- OORUTAICHI – Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
- Satoru Kousaki – BEASTARS
- Yutaka Yamada – Great Pretender
Pasangan Terbaik
- Catarina Claes & Maria Campbell – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Chizuru Mizuhara & Kazuya Kinoshita – Rent-a-Girlfriend
- Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane – Kaguya-sama: Love is War?
- Kotoko Iwanaga & Kuro Sakuragawa – In/Spectre
- Legoshi & Haru – BEASTARS
- Nasa Yuzaki & Tsukasa Yuzaki – TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
Fantasi Terbaik
- Ascendance of a Bookworm Bahagian 2
- DECA-DENCE
- Dorohedoro
- Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Musim 2)
- Tower of God
Jika ada anime kegamaran anda, jangan lupa untuk mengundi di mana anda boleh melakukannya setiap hari sehingga 22 Januari 2021.
