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
Image: White Studio/CloverWorks
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