The 2022-2023 Newtype Anime Awards winners are in, with Bocchi the Rock and Sword Art Online winning big. The awards event was held on October 28 and included all anime titles broadcast from June 2022 to July 2023. There are a total of 13 categories so without further ado, let’s See the winners for each category.
Best TV/Web Anime
Bocchi the Rock!Mobile Suit Gunma: The Witch From MercuryDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village ArcLycoris RecoilUma Musume: Pretty Derby – ROAD TO THE TOPSkip and LoaferBLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War ArcMade in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching SunMob Psycho 100 IIIHeavenly Delusion
Best Anime Movies
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep NightSuzumeTHE FIRST STATION DUNKYuruDetective Conan Camp: Black Iron SubmarineThat time I reincarnated into slime: Scarlet BondKaguya-sama: Love is war – The first kiss never endsPSYCHO-PASS PROVIDENCEGridman UniverseRascal didn’t dream of having a sister venture out
Best script
Mobile Suit Gun: The Witch From Mercury – Ichiro OkouchiHeavenly Delusion – Makoto FukamiUma Musume: Pretty Derby – ROAD TO THE TOP – Kobari Tetsuya
Best director
Keiichiro Saito (Bocchi the Rock!)Liao Chengzhii (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – ROAD TO THE TOP)Main director: Yuzuru Tachikawa/Director: Takahiro Hasui (Mob Psycho 100 III)Masayuki Kojima (Made In Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)Hiroshi Kobayashi (Mobile Suit Gunma: The Witch From Mercury)Hirotaka Mori (Tengoku Daimakyo)Shingo Adachi (Lycoris Recoil)Kotomi Deai (Skip and Loafer)Ayako Kono (Sword Art Online the Movie: Deep Night’s Progressive Scherzo)Naoyoshi Shiotani (PSYCHO- PASS PROVIDENCE)
Best character design
Mogmo (Mobile Suit Gunma: The Witch From Mercury)Kerorira (Bocchi the Rock!)Jun Yamazaki (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – ROAD TO THE TOP)
Best studio
IG productionCygames Pictures 3rd place: ufotableSpace Neko Company/Kamikaze DougaDavid Production
Best Prop/Mecha Design
Mobile SuitGundam: The Witch From MercuryBocchi the Rock!Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching SunSword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep NightGridman Universe
Best soundtrack
Takashi Omama (Mobile SuitGundam: The Witch of Mercury)Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)Tomoki Kikuya (Bocchi the Rock!)Akira Yamaoka (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)Yuki Kajiura (Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night)
Best theme song
Kessoku Band “Seishun Complex” (Bocchi the Rock! OP)“Idol” YOASOBI (Oshi no Ko OP)“Blessings“Shukufuku” YOASOBI (Mobile SuitGundam: The Witch From Mercury OP)“Endless Embrace” Legend & Roid (Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Burning Sun ED )“Hana no To” Sayuri (Lycoris Recoil ED)“Katachi” by Riko Azuna Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun ED OP)“Red:birthmark” Aina the End (Mobile SuitGundam: The Witch From Mercury ED) “Kizuna no Kiseki”/” MAN WITH A DUTY×milet (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc OP) “SOUVENIR” BUMP OF CHICKEN (SPY×FAMILY OP) “Karakara” Kessoku Band (Bocchi the Rock! ED)
The best seiyuu
In previous years, the Best Seiyuu award was divided into two categories: male and female. This time, the voting was mixed and it just so happened that the top winners were all women.
LYNN Kana IchinoseRie Takahashi
Best male character
Kirito (Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night)Loid Forger (SPY x FAMILY)Muichiro Tokito (Demon Slayer): Kimetsu no Yaiba – Blacksmith Village Arc)Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Blacksmith Village Arc)Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Arc Swordsmith Village)Aki Hayakawa (Chainsaw Man)Guel Jeturk (Mobile Suit Gun: The Witch From Mercury)
Best female character
Suletta Mercury (Mobile SuitGundam: The Witch From Mercury)Miorine Rembran (Mobile SuitGundam: The Witch From Mercury)Hitori Goto (Bocchi the Rock!)Asuna (Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive – Scherzo of the Deep Night)Ai (OSHI NO KO)Nijika Ijichi (Bocchi the Rock!)Mitsuri Kanroji (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc)Yor Forger (SPY×FAMILY)Ruby (OSHI NO KO)Ai Haibara (Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine)
The most beautiful mascot
Hots (Mobile Suit Gunma: The Witch From Mercury)Haro (Mobile Suit Gunma: The Witch From Mercury))Nanachi (Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)Anya Forger (SPY×FAMILY)Pochita (Chainsaw Man)
Last year’s Newtype Anime Award winners list looked like this
Character design: Kento Toya/Original Design: abec (Sword Art Online – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night)Best Actor Character: Kirito ((Sword Art Online – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night))Best female character: Asuna (Sword Art Online – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night)Best mascot character: Anya Forger (Spy x Family)Best voice actor: Yoshitsugu MatsuokaBest voice actress: Aoi KogaBest mechanical/mechanical design: TIGER & BUNNY 2Best soundtrack: Yuki Kajiura (Sword Art Online – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night)Best theme song: “Yuke” LiSA (Sword Art Online – Progressive – Aria of a Starless Night)Best film studio: A-1 PicturesBest director: Haruo Sotozaki (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2)Best Screenplay>: Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Ultra Romantic)Best Film: Sword Art Online – Progressive – Aria of a Starless NightBest TV/Web Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2
Voting for the Newtype Anime Awards 2022-2023 is open until August 31 this year. The awards were first held in 2011, when Puella Magi Madoka Magica won Best Anime and Macross Frontier the Movie: The Wings of Goodbye won Best Movie. Newtype is Kadokawa’s monthly magazine, focusing primarily on anime content but also covering other parts of otaku culture – manga, video games, seiyuu, etc.
Source: Gigazin