The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are annual awards presented by anime streaming service Crunchyroll that are given to recognize anime from the previous year. The awards were first held in January 2017. The judges create a short list in different categories and public votes for the winners are held online.
2017
Voting was held between January 3–10, 2017. The results were announced on January 11, with the exception of the "Anime of the Year" prize, which was announced on January 28, 2017. More than 1.8 million votes from around the world were submitted.[1][2]
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
1. "The kiss" from Ep. 7 of Yuri on Ice‡
2. "Kayo's first homecooked meal" from Ep. 9 of Erased
3. "Kakeru and Suwa learn to understand each other" from Ep. 4 of Orange
4. "Makoto flies over her new home" from Ep. 12 of Flying Witch
Most popular "Other" choice: Rem's confession from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World[6]
The voting was held from January to early February 2018 in three separate rounds. The winners were announced on February 24, 2018. The awards had a number of changes, including having six nominations for all categories and the addition of new categories. The awards also expanded beyond just anime series, with the categories Best Film and Best Manga awarding the best anime film and manga series of the year 2017. 2.1 million total votes were cast.[19]
The awards were presented in a live show hosted by Crunchyroll, by multiple different people of some fame in the western anime community, including many Anime YouTubers.