Vinland Saga Season 2 was voted by the audience as Anime of the year
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The judges and the public alike have spoken and announced the winner for the 2023 edition of the/r/anime community’s annual anime awards. The jury voted for BanG Dream! It’s MyGo!!!!! was the anime of the year and the public voted for the second season of Vinland Saga. The two films also won Best Drama this year. The winners are chosen by both the public and a jury. They are required to view all nominees before voting.
The second season of Jujutsu Kaisen was loved by the public, winning in four different categories.
The winners in each category are listed below:
Anime of the year
BanG Dream! It’s MyGo!!!!! (Judge) Vinland Saga Part 2 (Public)
Movie of the year
Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Mirai e no Starway~ (Jury) Attack on Titan Final Season FINAL CHAPTERS Part 1 & 2 (Public)
Short film of the year
Stitch Love (Judge) Idol (Public)
Cartoon
ONIMAI: I’m your sister now! (Judge) Jujutsu Kaisen Part 2 (Public)
Background art
Illusion of paradise (Consensus)
Character design
ONIMAI: I’m your sister now! (Jury) Oshi no Ko (Public)
Film
Tsurune: The Linking Shot (Jury) Jujutsu Kaisen Part 2 (Public)
OST
Trigun Stampede (Jury) Oshi no Ko (Public) )
Voice acting
Tomoyo Kurosawa as Mitsumi Iwakura in Skip and Loafer (Jury) Junya Enoki as Yūji Itadori in Jujutsu Kaisen Part 2 (Public)
Best OP (both theme song and animation)
“innocent arrogance” from Heavenly Delusion (Jury) “Idol” from Oshi no Ko (Public)
Best ED (both theme song and animation)
“Anytime Anywhere”(ED 1) from Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Jury)”Mephisto” from Oshi no Ko (Public)
Best action
Jujutsu Kaisen Part 2 (Consensus)
The best adventure
Movie Suzume (Jury) Mushoku Tensei: Unemployment Reincarnated II (Public)
Best comedy movies
Uncle from another world (Judge) SPY×FAMILY Part 2 (Public)
Best TV series
BanG Dream! It’s MyGo!!!!! (Judge) Vinland Saga Season 2 (Public)
Best romantic movies
Insomniacs After School (Jury) Kaguya-sama: Love is War-The First Kiss That Never Ends-film (Public)
The best part of Life
Aikatsu! Story 10 ~Mirai e no Starway~ (Jury) Skip and Loafer (Public)
Best suspense movie
Pluto (Jury) Heavenly Delusion (Public)
Best Drama Character
Sōsuke Shima from Skip and Loafer (Jury) Thorfinn from Vinland Saga Part 2 (Public)
Best comedy character
Anon Chihaya from BanG Dream! It’s MyGo!!!!! (Jury) Cid Kagenou from The Eminence in Shadow (Public)
The best cast
Skip and Loafer (Jury) Jujutsu Kaisen Part 2 (Public)
The awards are divided into four main categories,”Main awards, Genre awards, Production awards and Character awards. Each category has 8-10 nominations, half decided by the jury and the other half voted by the public. Additionally, each individual award includes a winner from the judges’ choice and public vote.
The judges chose Climbing Encouragement: The Next Summit and the public voted for Bocchi the Rock! is the Anime of 2022.
/r/anime The Anime Awards Project began in 2016, and the live-streamed version followed two years later. The subreddit currently has over 8.7 million subscribers. This year, /r/anime’s Anime Awards project and the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards both streamed their awards ceremonies on the same Saturday.
Source: /r/anime Awards 2023 website