anime awards 2023 nominees
(Listed alphabetically by category)
anime of the year
attack on titan final season part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
licorice recoil
King’s Ranking (Court 2)
spy x family
best action
attack on titan final season part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
jojo’s bizarre adventure stone ocean
licorice recoil
spy x family
best animation
Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
attack on titan final season part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
King’s Ranking (Court 2)
spy x family
best anime songs
“Chikichiki Banban,” Queendom, Ye Boy Kongming!
“Comedy,” Gen Hoshino, Spy X Family
“My Nonfiction,” Miyuki Shirogane (cv: Makoto Furukawa) and Chika Fujiwara (cv: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
“New Genesis,” Edo, One Piece Film Red
“Shall We Dance?”, Rona, Shadow House -2nd Season-
“The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
best character design
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
jojo’s bizarre adventure stone ocean
my dress-up darling
King’s Ranking (Court 2)
spy x family
best comedy
Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
Kotaro lives alone
my dress-up darling
spy x family
uncle from other world
Ya boy Kongming!
Best Continuing Series
Attack on Titan (Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2)
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Stone Ocean)
“Kaguya-sama: Love is War (Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-)”
“Made in Abyss (Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)”
one piece
best director
Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Hiroyuki Imaishi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Detective X Family
Shingo Adachi, Licorice Recoil
Yosuke Hatta, Kings Ranking (Court 2)
Yuichiro Hayashi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
best play
86 Eighty Six Part 2
attack on titan final season part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
dance dance danseer
Kotaro lives alone
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
best ending sequence
“Akuma no Ko,” Ai Higuchi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“Comedy,” Gen Hoshino, Detective x Family
“My Heart Has Surrendered,” Eri Suzuki, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
“Koi no Yukue,” Akari Akase, My Dress-Up Darling
“Koshaberibiyori,” Fantastic Youth, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
“Yofukashino Uta,” Creepy Nuts, Call of the Night
best fantasy
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1 Part 2
Overlord IV
King’s Ranking (Court 2)
Case Study of Vanitas (Court 2)
best movie
bubble
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
inu-oh
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
one piece movie red
deer king
best main character
Bojji, ranking Kings (Court 2)
Chisato Nishikigi, Licorice Recoil
David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
lloyd forger, spy x family
Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Best New Series
night call
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
licorice recoil
my dress-up darling
spy x family
Ya boy Kongming!
best opening sequence
“Chikichiki Banban,” Queendom, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Mixed Nuts,” Official High Dandyism, Spy x Family
“Naked Hero,” Wondi, King’s Ranking (Court 2)
“The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“This Ffire,” Franz Ferdinand, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
“Zankyosanka,” Aimer, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District arc
best original anime
Birdie Wing – The Golf Girls’ Story
healer girl
licorice recoil
orbital children
vampire in the garden
urei deco
best romance
night call
Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
love after world domination
my dress-up darling
Shikimori not just a cutie
best score
attack on titan final season part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
spy x family
Ya boy Kongming!
best supporting character
Ai Hayasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
Anya Forger, Spy X Family
Cage, Kings Ranking (Court 2)
Rebecca, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Tengen Uzui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Your Forager, Spy X Family
Best Voice Artist Performance (English)
Amanda Lee (Ama Lee), Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-up Darling
cherami leh, kotaro sato, kotaro live alone
Natalie Van Sistine, Your Forager, Spy X Family
Sungwon Cho (AKA ProZD), Cage, King’s Ranking (Court 2)
zach aguilar, david, cyberpunk: edgerunners
xeno robinson, gamma 2, dragon ball super: super heroes
Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)
atsumi tanezaki, anya forger, spy x family
Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi, Licorice Recoil
Fairouz Ai, Jolin Kujoh, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumuyui, Made in the Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2