‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ takes home the biggest prize at 2023 Anime Awards

Netflix’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners won Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll’s 2023 Anime Awards. The ceremony took place in Tokyo and celebrated fan-favorite animes of the past year. The anime-dedicated streaming service has been hosting the Anime Awards since 2017.

Studio Trigger, known for Kill La Kill and their work on Star Wars: Visions, received critical acclaim for their adaption of CD-Projekt Red’s action RPG Cyberpunk 2077. It also took home Best Voice Acting Performance (English). Other winners during the awards show include Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (including Best Drama and Best Opening), Spy x Family (Best Comedy, Best New Show), and Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Best Film).

Here is the full list of winners of the 2023 Anime Awards:

Anime of the Year

• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

• Lycoris Recoil

• Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

• SPY x FAMILY

Best Original Anime

• BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-

• Healer Girl

• Lycoris Recoil

• The Orbital Children

• Vampire in the Garden

• YUREI DECO

Best Anime Character Design

• Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

• Atsuko Nozaki, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

• Kazuaki Shimada, SPY x FAMILY

• Kazumasa Ishida, My Dress-Up Darling

• Masanori Shino, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

• Yo Yoshinari, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

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 New Anime Series

• Call of the Night

• Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

• Lycoris Recoil

• My Dress-Up Darling

• SPY x FAMILY

• Ya Boy Kongming!

Best Continuing Anime Series

• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

• Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

• Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

• One Piece

Best Anime Opening Sequence

• “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Storyboard and Direction from 10GAUGE, Ya Boy Kongming!

• “Mixed Nuts” by Official HIGE DANdism, Storyboard and Direction from Masashi Ishihama, SPY x FAMILY

• “Naked Hero” by Vaundy, Storyboard and Unit Direction from Shingo Yamashita, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

• “The Rumbling” by SiM, Storyboard and Direction from Takashi Kojima, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

• “This Fffire” by Franz Ferdinand, Animation Direction from Hiroyuki Imaishi, Storyboard from Kai Ikarashi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

• “Zankyosanka” by Aimer, Storyboard from Haruo Sotozaki, Animation Direction from Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Anime Ending Sequence

• “Akuma no Ko” by AI HIGUCHI, Storyboard and Direction from Paraco Shinohara, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

• “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, Storyboard and Direction from Atsushi Nishigori, SPY x FAMILY

• “Koi no yukue” by Akari Akase, Storyboard and Direction from Futata, My Dress-Up Darling

• “Koshaberibiyori” by FantasticYouth, Storyboard and Direction from Kouki Fujimoto, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)

• “My Heart Has Surrendered” by Airi Suzuki, Storyboard and Direction from Nichika Ono, Animation Direction from Norifumi Kugai, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

• “Yofukashino Uta” by Creepy Nuts, Storyboard and Direction from Tomoyuki Itamura, Animation Direction from Haruka Sagawa, Call of the Night

Best Anime Score

• (K)NoW_NAME, SPY x FAMILY

• Akira Yamaoka, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

• Genki Hikota (Hifumi, Inc.), Ya Boy Kongming!

• Kevin Penkin, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

• Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

• Yuki Kaijura and Go Shiina, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Anime Film

• Belle

• Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO

• INU-OH

• JUJUTSU KAISEN 0

• One Piece Film Red

• The Deer King

Best Anime Song

• “Chikichiki Banban” by QUEENDOM, Ya Boy Kongming!

• “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY

• “My Nonfiction” by Miyuki Shirogane (CV: Makoto Furukawa) and Chika Fujiwara (CV: Konomi Kohara), Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-

• “Shall We Dance?” by ReoNa, SHADOWS HOUSE -2nd Season-

• “New Genesis” by Ado, One Piece Film Red

• “The Rumbling” by SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Anime 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 Main Anime 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 Supporting Anime 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 “Must Protect at All Costs” Anime Character

• Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY

• Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

• Kage, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

• Kotaro Sato, Kotaro Lives Alone

• Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling

• Shoko Komi, Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)

Best Action Anime

• 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 Comedy Anime

• 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 Drama Anime

• 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 Fantasy Anime

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

• Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

• Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 1, 2nd Cour

• OVERLORD IV

• Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

• The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 2)

Best Romance Anime

• 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 Voice Acting Performance (Japanese)

• Atsumi Tanezaki, Anya Forger in SPY x FAMILY

• Chika Anzai, Chisato Nishikigi in Lycoris Recoil

• Fairouz Ai, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean

• Misaki Kuno, Faputa and Irumyuui in Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

• Sun Natsuki Hanae, Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

• Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Voice Acting Performance (English)

• Amanda Lee (AmaLee), Marin Kitagawa in My Dress-Up Darling

• Cherami Leigh, Kotaro Sato in Kotaro Lives Alone

• Natalie Van Sistine, Yor Forger in SPY x FAMILY

• SungWon Cho (AKA ProZD), Kage in Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)

• Zach Aguilar, David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

• Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2 in Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO

You can watch the full awards ceremony on Crunchyroll’s YouTube channel.