Anime Awards 2023 Nominees
(Listed in alphabetical order by category)
Anime of the Year
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Lycoris Recoil
Ranking of Kings (Cour 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
Lycoris 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
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
SPY x FAMILY
Best Anime Song
“Chikichiki Banban,” QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Comedy,” Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY
“My Nonfiction,” Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) & Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
“New Genesis,” Ado, One Piece Film Red
“Shall We Dance?,” ReoNa, SHADOWS 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
Ranking of Kings (Cour 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 Another 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 (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, SPY x FAMILY
Shingo Adachi, Lycoris Recoil
Yosuke Hatta, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Yuichiro Hayashi, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Best Drama
86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Dance Dance Danseur
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, Spy x Family
“My Heart Has Surrendered,” Airi Suzuki, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
“Koi no yukue,” Akari Akase, My Dress-Up Darling
“Koshaberibiyori,” FantasticYouth, 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
Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)
Best Film
Bubble
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
INU-OH
JUJUTSU KAISEN 0
One Piece Film Red
The Deer King
Best Main Character
Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Loid Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Best New Series
Call of the Night
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Lycoris Recoil
My Dress-Up Darling
SPY x FAMILY
Ya Boy Kongming!
Best Opening Sequence
“Chikichiki Banban,” QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!
“Mixed Nuts,” Official HIGE DANdism, SPY x FAMILY
“Naked Hero,” Vaundy, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
“The Rumbling,” SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
“This Fffire,” Franz Ferdinand, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
“Zankyousanka,” Aimer, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Best Original Anime
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-
Healer Girl
Lycoris Recoil
The Orbital Children
Vampire in the Garden
YUREI DECO
Best Romance
Call of the Night
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-
Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
Love After World Domination
My Dress-Up Darling
Shikimori’s 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
Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
Rebecca, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Tengen Uzui, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Best Voice Artist Performance (English)
Amanda Lee (Ama Lee), Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone
Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger, SPY x FAMILY
SungWon Cho (AKA ProZD), Kage, Ranking of King (Cour 2)
Zach Aguilar, David, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2, Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)
Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean
Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui, Made in 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
