2023 Anime of the Year: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
          The results are in! The winners of the 2023 Anime Awards have officially been announced.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners bagged the highest honors as 2023 Anime of the Year. Zach Aguilar won the Best Voice Acting Performance (English) award as David Martinez.
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 got the greatest number of awards including Best Drama Anime and Eren Jaeger as Best Main Anime Character.
Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc and new comer Spy x Family were recognized for several awards.
Haruo Sotozaki won Best Anime Director for his work on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc. Demon Slayer was also awarded Best Animation while Spy x Family was hailed as the Best New Anime Series. Anya Forger from Spy x Family was crowned Best "Must Protect at All Costs" Anime Character.
Check out the full list of awardees and nominees:

Anime of the Year – Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Nominees:- 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 Voice Acting Performance (English) – Zach Aguilar, David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Nominees:
- 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)
 - Zeno Robinson, Gamma 2 in Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
 
Best Anime Song – "The Rumbling" by SiM, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Nominees:
- "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
 
Best Anime Score – Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Nominees:
- (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
 - Yuki Kaijura and Go Shiina, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
 
Best Main Anime Character – Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Nominees:
- Bojji, Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
 - Chisato Nishikigi, Lycoris Recoil
 - David Martinez, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
 - Loid Forger, SPY x FAMILY
 - Marin Kitagawa, My Dress-Up Darling
 
Best Drama Anime – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Nominees:
- 86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2
 - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
 - Dance Dance Danseur
 - Kotaro Lives Alone
 - Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
 
Best Voice Acting Performance (Japanese) – Yuki Kaji, Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Nominees:
- 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
 
Best Anime Opening Sequence – “The Rumbling” by SiM, Storyboard and Direction from Takashi Kojima, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
Nominees:
- “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)
 - “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 Director – Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc
Nominees:
- 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 Fantasy Anime – Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc
Nominees:
- 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 Animation – Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc
Nominees:
- Akebi’s Sailor Uniform
 - Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
 - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
 - Ranking of Kings (Cour 2)
 - SPY x FAMILY
 
Best Anime Character Design – Akira Matsushima, Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc
Nominees:
- 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 Action Anime – Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc
Nominees:
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
 - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
 - Lycoris Recoil
 - SPY x FAMILY
 

Best Comedy Anime – SPY x FAMILY
Nominees:
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
 - Kotaro Lives Alone
 - My Dress-Up Darling
 - UNCLE from ANOTHER WORLD
 - Ya Boy Kongming!
 
Best New Anime Series – SPY x FAMILY
Nominees:
- Call of the Night
 - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
 - Lycoris Recoil
 - My Dress-Up Darling
 - Ya Boy Kongming!
 
Best Supporting Anime Character – Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Nominees:
- Ai Hayasaka, Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
 - 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 Anime Ending Sequence – “Comedy” by Gen Hoshino, Storyboard and Direction from Atsushi Nishigori, SPY x FAMILY
Nominees:
- “Akuma no Ko” by AI HIGUCHI, Storyboard and Direction from Paraco Shinohara, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
 - “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 "Must Protect at All Costs" Anime Character – Anya Forger, SPY x FAMILY
Nominees:
- 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 Anime Film – Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Nominees:
- Belle
 - Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO
 - INU-OH
 - One Piece Film Red
 - The Deer King
 
Best Romance Anime – Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic
Nominees:
- Call of the Night
 - Komi Can’t Communicate (2nd series)
 - Love After World Domination
 - My Dress-Up Darling
 - Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
 

Best Continuing Anime Series – One Piece
Nominees:
- 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
 

Best Original Anime – Lycoris Recoil
Nominees:
- BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story-
 - Healer Girl
 - The Orbital Children
 - Vampire in the Garden
 - YUREI DECO
 
