Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year

Crunchyroll has announced the winners of the 2023 Anime Awards, which honor the best shows, voice actors, animators and creators of anime from the past year. Taking home the grand prize: Studio Trigger, CD Projekt and Netflix’s Cyberpunk: Edge Runners.

Created by Rafal Jaki (The Witcher: Ronini) and directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, of Gurren Lagann And Promare fame, the Cyberpunk 2077 spinoff broke out last fall as one of Netflix’s most impressive originals. Zach Aguilar also won Best Voice Acting Performance for his work as David on the show.

In Polygon’s review of season 1 of Cyberpunk: Edge Runners, we wrote that the series was “easily the most exciting thing to come out of the game’s redemption arc. Even though it’s hard not to wish that Imaishi and co. had a little more room to expand their view of this world, Edge walkers feels exciting and new enough as it pushes the boundaries of its exciting and wildly inventive visual representation of in-game concepts.

Surprisingly, Edge walkers did not win both Anime of the Year and the show’s Best New Anime award. The last went to Spy x Familyan obvious favorite who beat Call of the Night, Lycoris Recoil, My Dress-Up Darling, Ya Boy Kongming!. Last year’s Best Anime winner, Attack on Titancame up short on the big prizes with Part 2but snuck into several smaller categories, including Best Drama.

Here’s a full rundown of the 2023 Anime Awards winners:

Anime Awards 2023 winners – the full list

Anime of the Year

Cyberpunk: Edge Runners

Best action

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best animation

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Anime Song

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

Best character design

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Comedy

SPY x FAMILY

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Best Continuing Series

A piece

Dear Director

Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Drama

Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best Ending Sequence

Comedy, General Hoshino, SPY x FAMILY

Dear fantasy

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc

Best Movie

JUJUTSU KAISEN 0

Dear main character

Eren Jaeger, Attack on Titan Finale Season Part 2

Best New Series

SPY x FAMILY

Best opening sequence

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

Best Original Anime

Lycoris recoil

Best Romance

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-

Best score

Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2

Best supporting actor

Anya Counterfeiter, SPY x FAMILY

Best Voice Artist Performance (English)

Zach Aguilar, David, Cyberpunk: Edge Runners

Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)

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