My honest opinion on the Anime Awards...

I think Best Fantasy is becoming cursed category for me at this point.
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[@ConnerTravis1998]

The biggest issue with popularity contests is that, people don’t think.

[@Fribee83]

It's why I don't put any stock into awards. People will just see "Attack on Titan" and vote. Demon Slayer could be placed in best Slice of Life and it'd still win. They'd be better off just tapping into the AniTuber community, picking 50 anime youtubers and letting them be the only voters.

[@rohiko4433]

true

[@blackpanther9820]

So.......politics but anime version

[@ju5tm398]

@@Fribee83 The problem with that is the viewers'll complain about either not knowing any of these people (cus a google search suggests 120 mil users and that many wont know these anitubers) and/or saying that their opinons dont matter You can easily scroll or engage with some of these people on social medias and see how one-sided their reasoning behind justifying these popularity awards as meaningful and deserved for the shows (that are imo overhyped asf)

[@Johnin3D_]

I think the problem is people aren't watching. Not 100% their fault. Ppl have lives.

[@superdrifter-1773]

How in hell does anya win best supporting character when she is a main character while Rebecca is a side character who actually supports the main character

[@ArthurPrince03]

Because tracer

[@suliu6667]

I heard the Japanese system is there is only one main character per show, which is the first name in the ending credits, everyone else is supporting characters. The VA for Anya also win best supporting character award for Seiyu award for her Anya role.

[@fxeditors]

Cuz spyxfamily is crap

[@almadinjohnchristophers.9014]

@@suliu6667 that is true

[@almadinjohnchristophers.9014]

i thought Loid was the main protagonist

[@Sky4Jus]

It's like watching Eurovision's judges who don't understand anything about the music just giving scores to random pieces based on their preferences and politics instead of actual music. That's how I felt watching these rewards.

[@AmberyTear]

Don't get me fuckin started on Eurovision. It stopped being a quality cultural event 2 decades ago. X.x

[@Zen-zt4uk]

Jesus, way to put the feeling into words man

[@ludde4965]

nah, demon slayer deserved most of the titles, aot deserved all of theirs and the only disappointing ones were anime of the year and anya being best supporting caracter. Point is that eurovision is 10x worse

[@HelloOnepiece]

@@ludde4965 1000% agree, next season DS should also win best romance and comedy

[@mrgalaxy396]

Half the fun of Eurovision IS the bullshit voting.

[@bakastreamsbad7166]

As someone about to graduate from music school, I will say that the Made in Abyss 2 soundtrack absolutely blew every other competitor out of the water. There is no competition there. I know that Kevin and his colleagues don't write music with the goal of getting recognized, but god damnit to they deserve to be. It's an absolute masterpiece of a soundtrack :3

[@alphakowaclips]

This is why public vote-based awards will always be normies awards, and it hurts the older and wiser you get 😣

[@wake6000]

​@@alphakowaclips bruh what? The entitlement y'all have is just crazy lmao.

[@zurut99]

Who was the guy in middle and all the girls with him on the stream

[@ruvinwolf]

Kevin Penkin is criminally underrated as a producer

[@mynameistoohardtospell7195]

Agree, Sawano seem also seem kinda pissed😂 ya know? I mean... that anime is probably his worst piece of that year with nearly no creativity in its creation. He might be smile if 86 get it tho...if i'm him then i too, probably gonna feel insulted that a piece that's objectively better didn't win.

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

So what the awards are telling me is that Demon Slayer is better at being a fantasy anime than Mushoku Tensei and Made in Abyss. BRUH

[@madkoala2130]

It was BRUH moment the moment Demon Slayer was put on the list. I f**ing knew that this year will be cringe fest since winter was so stacked (Buchi The GOAT) that Cranchyroll decided to remove them entirely so they can give what ever s**ty shonen was hot that year.

[@victor5500]

You just copied the top comment from the VOD lol

[@_all_around_us]

It IS overall better than the loli bait grossfest, and the pedophile groomer mc shows.

[@SaberTooth_TFG]

@@victor5500 I just noticed this now! I mean, I’m not surprised since this guy’s goal is to become one of the top commenters. 🤦‍♂️

[@hangry3102]

Even Demon slayer fans can't deny how BS the awards were this year

[@captainchewbacca1407]

Crunchyrol can try to look as legitimate as possible but no matter what the actual awards themselves are what matters and clearly they drop the ball every year on that front. They can't even distinguish between a side and main character. Not to mention that fan votes are always going to end up being popularity contests. No one who listened to the Made in Abyss soundtrack will ever say that it was worse that AOT's. This is probably the reason why the awards aren't as popular anymore, they just don't feel deserved in many cases. At least that's why I don't tune in anymore.

[@ju5tm398]

Are you saying BOOM BOOM BOOM HYPE HYPE HYPE soundtrack isnt better than a well structured ost that brings the most out of the scenes its used in???

[@ryukandapples3506]

Idk about all that. I love both ost's but I do think AOT Season 2 and 3 are better ost's than MIA. Obviously S1 and Kohta Yamamoto's S4 soundtrack don't come even close to Kevin Perkins atmospheric ost.

[@aoBubs]

to be fair, basically every award show is nonsense

[@Tomwithnonumbers]

Main and side characters are always weird. The Oscars is a similar mess. Categories don't exist in real life and you're always going to get oddities trying to squeeze shows to fit them. Studios also want to be eligible for as many awards as possible so they will nominate themselves over a spread of categories when really everything was part of one. In the Oscars main actors get nominated as supporting actors for this reason essentially every time they have two main female / male roles

[@silksonic3927]

No eminence in shadow lol

[@davidfromkyushu6870]

This year's anime awards was a bit strange because Crunchyroll, which cannot be legally streamed in Japan, decided to do a big Japanese industry award show live in Japan, in Japanese... so all the non-Japanese voting Crunchy public can watch? Who was the show for? I'd have been happier to just watch Sally Amaki joke and be herself in English in a pre-recorded bit with some special guest music as she reads out the awards and maybe some pre-recorded and translated bits with the winners. That way its geared toward the Crunchyroll watching audience.

[@Rakun9189]

You can’t watch Crunchyroll in Japan?

[@davidfromkyushu6870]

@@Rakun9189 Not without a VPN, Crunchyroll has no license to show anime in Japan. The license determines what countries can access what shows.

[@sweetlikepapaya442]

I was in Tokyo during the awards show (for unrelated reasons), and I remember hearing NOTHING about the awards show for the entire time I was in Japan. Also, because Google tracks your location, I didn't even get recommended the stream for the awards. The only reason I knew it was happening was because I had notifications on for a few streamers. Really hope it comes to North America next year.

[@elementneon]

It doesn't surprise me, nothing Crunchyroll does makes any sense. Demon Slayer is by far the top anime, and have you seen how messy the "series'" listing are for that TOP #1 show? If they can't get the top anime right, how are we supposed to expect they can get the rest of the shows right? It takes SOOO much effort just to get to the shows you are ACTIVELY watching on a day to day basis. More than a couple times it took me needing to type a manual search for frickin' One Piece to access the show episode listing, even though it is by far one of the most popular running shows. Its hard to get UX/UI that massively bad.

[@dendrien]

japane is a xenophobia nation with a traditional setup. meaning every medium that has a potential outside cultural influence is halted. meaning you as a foreign company cannot establish in japan unless the company and their employers follows the japanes standards. only expection is to buy their product. Crunchyroll is a pipeline that only exist as a medium to reduce pirating and to get revinew from the outside but without having the influence from outsiders. it is for this reason why japan is in heavy decline both financially and especially population growth

[@Pon-Pran]

It seems quite troublesome that there's a possibility that Mushoku Tensei is refused recognition by the Crunchyroll awards being a show that has a controversial history. It's kind of sad that even with Mushoku out of the picture Made in Abyss and Ranking of Kings still lost 😢

[@DeepanshV]

@KoreSharp it's just ecchi some people like it but you can't disagree that it's story building,world building, action, character designs are peak level

[@DeepanshV]

@KoreSharp ohh sorry my dumbass miss read your message 💀

[@nekosimp7751]

@KoreSharp wholesome isnt the word id use, its as wholesome as Happy Sugar Life lol. I think a lot of people got put off by the birthday scene because they're just simple minded idiots who doesn't understand character building and for whatever reason cant relate to that "stepping way over the line when some urge takes over, then instantly regretting it and apologizing immediately, and then learning a lot about the other person when you see if they forgive you or not".

[@williamboyle3380]

@KoreSharp you’ve mistaken mushoko for ranking of kings

[@shuaibmahammed5807]

​@@nekosimp7751 that scene is still disgusting as is a lot of his behavior 😂😂😂

[@drewtrafelet8840]

The Made in Abyss soundtrack hits so fucking hard when it kicks in. I think it goes above and beyond from being just music, because nearly every song is tailored for a character or scene and it's so good. Shame it wasn't recognized

[@organizerbmo]

Just binged it the past few days and I was ugly crying from the soundtrack swelling. Haven't felt that way for any of the anime I've watched since I started in 2019, and I've only been watching the top recommendations/critically acclaimed stuff

[@crystalores4386]

Yeah love that show and it’s soundtrack so much

[@LuisSierra42]

I can still hear that music in my head whenever i think about death

[@ellusiv5121]

Belaf’s Theme is so fucking good. Made me so damn emotional.

[@Ayush-kc2vx]

​@@organizerbmo you are right MADE in ABYSS soundtrack was powerful enough to make me cry and i don't cry easily.

[@krishanidrees3712]

The Anime Awards are basically a popularity contest at this point lmao

[@williambisson8632]

they always were

[@HelloOnepiece]

its worse, the reddit community vote award has more variety

[@N0n_kcdxds]

​​​@@HelloOnepieceyou mean the cunny awards 😭😭😭

[@philo2189]

That's literally every award show that let's fans vote.

[@MiLfshAke5020]

We've always known but to even put DS as a fantasy is just interesting xD

[@913_Niyala]

I completely agree. Made in Abyss 2 was so freakin' encapsulating, compelling, intriguing, captivating (and every other word that means the same thing). It deserved way, way more recognition in these awards. And who didn't wiggle in their chair to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? It just boils down to which anime was watched by the most people...

[@thezuma391]

As someone who loves the OST of both AoT and MiA, I have to completely agree that Kevin Penkin deserved to win that award.

[@SonicKing84]

I also cried in outrage when I discovered the best fantasy winner. HOW DID MADE IN ABYSS NOT WIN ANY AWARDS?! HOW DID KEVIN PENKIN NOT WIN BEST COMPOSER?! On that note, I am so proud and happy for Lycoris Recoil for at least winning best Original anime…a category they had NO competition for.

[@Ayush-kc2vx]

I feel you brother 🤝.

[@adroitws1367]

like wtf man, demon slayer doesn't have that much fantasy in the first place

[@_Tao__]

@@adroitws1367 kny doesn't even have any fantasy in it

[@adroitws1367]

@@_Tao__ it has, albeit very low

[@retorikhal]

@@_Tao__ the only fantastical aspects of ds are the breathing and demons, everything else is a historical action drama

[@aussieboy4279]

Honestly I think there’s a simple way to improve the voting for the awards. 1. More judges, getting as many people from as many different communities and cultures as possible will always lead to better diversity in perspectives and opinions. I would especially like if they got a couple industry professionals to weigh in on more technical awards like best director. 2. Reduce the public vote to as small as they can be. As Garnt said in the video viewers don’t actually care how much their vote actually contributed they just want to FEEL like they contributed, personally think the game awards has a great balance in this regard. 3. Require judges to have at least watched all of, or at least most of the shows in each category. Like set a minimum your only allowed to vote in this category if you’ve seen at least 4/6 anime’s. If judges haven’t met that requirement then they simply skip that category and vote on others they do meet the requirement for. I feel like just implementing these changes will make the actual awards part a little better. Will there still be stinker choices? Yes but that’s the fun of award shows to see what got snubbed and what got the biggest W. Everything else about the show is fine they just need to tighten up the pacing a bit.

[@mateusisraelsilva5934]

As much as I agree with what you said, it still would have one big problem that wouldn’t be addressed, and that’s the nominations, often it’s not even the winners that upset people, but the nominations itself

[@aussieboy4279]

@@mateusisraelsilva5934 yeah that’s fair. This year was particularly bad thanks to the exclusion of fall anime but I feel it’s been pretty consistent in previous years where there have been one or two baffling choices or exclusions but most of the noms are good. Idk maybe that’s just me though.

[@Kiryuu_2434]

Or put a separate category for fan favorites

[@FelixMyBoi]

How about also take AoT and Demon slayer out of the running altogether and make a second category of a "who did a better season" and make those two compete against each other in some other way.

[@minecraftgravityguy]

Reducing the public vote to as small as it can be would only ruin any fun the awards can be by just being exactly like the game awards, terrible. Idk who uses TGA as an example of a good awards show, the 5% of audience influence is clearly meaningless and they almost always tend to smell their own farts since the entirety of the jury is composed of gaming journalistic media or western industry “high” figures. And they nominate not at all controversial and terribly received games like TLOU2 or Death Stranding, or give an accessibility award every year to playstation exclusives that aren’t available on any other platform other than a sony box. Or let Genshin Impact not only be nominated but win Game of the Year by “fan” choice. Or spend 4 hours of our lives on ads to games that are already out there and/or are openly financially predatory, while at the same time rushing every category possible to suck some Hollywood’s millionaires balls. What an example to follow!

[@laogon09]

Honestly I legit did not hear about the awards at all, I usually don't care too much since it's such a popularity contest, but I usually still go and vote and this year I didn't even know they were coming until I saw people discussing the results afterwards...

[@JD-ch8kt]

I honestly feel disappointed that Mushoku Tensei "Jobless Reincarnation" didn't won any wards when they clearly deserved at least one-or-two. Is so crazy how such a greatly animated, loved franchise, didn't got the support it deserved, but no matter what happens I know they will definitely shine trough on their newly announced season 2, of course it was a though competition but some awards where clearly misplaced, I hope they succeed next time, for the fact that they are not only adapting the novel greatly, but making an actually great Isekai feeling, my hopes for the best for their studio which is solemnly dedicated to it, I know they will do good next time, so lets show what you guys got 👏👏👏!!!

[@itzrixis1919]

it's because I watched the first episode and then dropped it because the main character is a pedophile

[@HaryadFr]

Bro? S2 came out jn 2021 what year ru in?

[@HaryadFr]

And s2 was a downfall it was good but the animation was not it.

[@boogaloo_weed]

@@HaryadFr you're an idiot

[@JD-ch8kt]

@@HaryadFr my guy, you do know that the new trailer for the new season says season 2 right?

[@disasteriz3766]

The character design category is a weird one because since most of these series are adapted from manga, their characters are already designed

[@miratparmar6779]

I mean, what difference does it make if it's a manga adaptation or an anime original, it's still character design at the end of the day

[@andrade9172]

Berserk the manga has peak character design, berserk 2016 not so much. You can still fuck up a character that is already designed

[@disasteriz3766]

@@miratparmar6779 who's getting the award? The mangaka? No. It's probably the guy who made the character sheet who gets the award. That's not character design

[@disasteriz3766]

@@andrade9172 dude its not that complicated, in anime adaptations, what character artists do is make a character sheet based on the premade design, no anime character artist making a sheet would say they're designing a character. Fucking up the way characters look is based on many more things than character design

[@slimJIMfella]

no dawg, good character design is good design, Demon Slayer had characters that had similar designs and Garnt pointed out Edge Runner. Even by just color pallets or silhouette they stand out. That’s good design

[@Valoric]

Dude that faputa performance was freaking awesome. She put her heart and soul into it.

[@organizerbmo]

Def agree - I just watched Made in Abyss over the last 3 days and holy fucking shit I haven't seen such a range of emotion like that in any anime so far (only started watching in 2019). It felt like it was grating against your soul. In the reddit discussion threads somebody mentioned it was 'real' screaming and not like 'anime yelling' that is normally done for intense moments. Beyond that VA performance it destroyed me MiA didn't win fantasy of the year. No other anime pulls you into the worldbuilding like that (I still have to watch Ranking of Kings but we'll see)

[@LuisSierra42]

That was BRRUUUTAL!!

[@rancorrage5646]

Kevin Penkin and Misaki Kuno were straight-up robbed.

[@kgniku503]

@@organizerbmo 100% agree. MiA episode 1 is burned into my memory, where the sun rises on Orth to show the scale of the abyss and the city clinging to its edge - it reminds me that fantasy is a genre that can evoke wonder and awe. The worldbuilding too is top notch, you have to respect a setting where the lore turns a staircase into a boss-level threat.

[@DOGbackwardz]

@@organizerbmo Ranking of Kings was good. Made in Abyss just hits different. The way it dominates your emotions is unrivaled.

[@iklo7476]

NGL as a person who played shadowrun which is ttrpg cyberpunk 77 and edgerunners are based off of. It made me super happy edgerunners won anime of a year. It was such a beautiful experience watching my favorite ttrpg come to life in an anime that perfectly captured the feeling of that world. It's one of the few tragedies I can revisit because the tragic bittersweet ending feels so right for the universe the anime so accurately captures.

[@randomguyhei5137]

Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners are not based off the shadowrun ttrpg. They are in the same universe as Cyberpunk 2020, a ttrpg released in 1988 (a year before shadowrun).

[@kleberson777]

still sad there is no more Shadowrun game though. I hope the studio continue making bigger budget Shadowrun game (even though Battletech game is addicting)

[@khandimahn9687]

Anya is definitely a main character. Honestly, I think it could be argued that half of Spy x Family focuses on her. A mere supporting character doesn't get that much time.

[@dexterdruboanimations-6403]

it's because of Japan's rules. In Japan there can only be 1 main character. The first name to be shown in credits is the only main character.

[@sweetlikepapaya442]

^^^^ Especially if you are aware of the direction of the manga. Of the arcs in the anime, Anya was the focus for all except the Tennis arc, and the manga is even more extreme, where Anya is in every arc, while Yor is lucky if she appears in more than 2 chapters consecutively. Calling Anya a supporting character is a joke.

[@user-pm2b47ar8d]

@@1313__Shinobi__Mercede then it's called 2nd lead.

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

Yor is more of a supporting character than Anya lmao

[@SnaccDaddyy]

This may as well be the kids choice awards at this point. Unless they have consistent categories year on year and the voting isn't done by fans they can't be a serious awards ceremony

[@Sav-xd9tz]

Well to be fair all the kids are out in force in the comments having a massive sook, they can't handle that their favourite streamers anime didn't get up because you know they don't have a opinion of their own

[@SnaccDaddyy]

@@Sav-xd9tz if we weren't salty we'd be dead

[@loni1771]

I mean of course lmao a lot of kids watch anime

[@livetochange974]

Don't act like you have your own opinion when you're on a channel that literally decides what good or not for you lmao. Most anime/movie watchers don't have a opinion on their own. They realise one when they see others talk about it

[@monst3r54]

​@@baguisijhonarnelp.1851 Come on man don't say it's pure trash

[@thatroykid]

I'm so happy that Edgerunners won AOTY. I cannot put into words how much it surprised me, and how much I love that anime.

[@SamTheGumMan117]

I feel the same too

[@aoifeblack_4153]

How can people like it so much? I genuinely do not understand.

[@thatroykid]

@@aoifeblack_4153 if you don't like it then you don't like it, and thats ok there's nothing wrong with that. I really love the cyberpunk world and genera as a whole (Bladerunner 2049 is one of my favorite movies of all time). But besides that, I really liked the character design, the characters themselves, the action, the OST, i loves it all. The pacing was great, there was enough time to get to know the characters but it wasn't such a slow paced show that I lost interest. My only complaint is that I think it would have benefited from being a little longer, a little more time to get a little more attached to characters. But other than that I loved everything about it.

[@aoifeblack_4153]

@@thatroykid Is the pacing that good? I feel like Lucy or whatever falls in love way to quickly with David.

[@DankRobot]

@@aoifeblack_4153 Animation, characters, worldbuilding, music Story seems mid at face value but it's executed so well that you're emotionally scarred by the end

[@Yunglex313]

Also, on the Judge vote versus the fan vote thing. In terms of video games, I would always prefer a player's vote because the votes in the game awards go to a heavily western Industry professional and journalist decision, which is skewed because those guys are obviously going to give more to their colleagues versus games that actually deserve awards, and of course all of their tastes and sensibilities are included. It's also just easier to quantify in games as you generally can feel what games have the most quality. I would agree with anime and movies being more judge based then fan based because so much anime comes out in a year and the best gems tend not to be the most heavily pushed in marketing, or made by the top companies, nor are they the long runners. In spite of that, the ones most people watch will be the ones that are getting the most exposure. The long runners, the super animes, the hype Juggernauts. It just makes it harder to credit to the really great shows, if they didn't garner enough attention.

[@wisetown2382]

Best anime song to me is dedicated to the song which encapsulates the anime's tone, story and the song itself. I think rumbling fills the criterias to me

[@TheMickellPickell]

Misaki Kuno also lost her voice during her vocal performances for Faputa because of how passionate a role it is. Really can't think of anyone more deserving of the award for best VA. Not to discredit Yuki Kaji as he is brilliant, but I think the role of Faputa was a bit more demanding a role compared to Eren this season.

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

Meanwhile in Japan the seiyuu awards have Takuya Eguchi (Lloyd Forger), Tanezaki Atsumi (Anya Forger) and Anzai Chika (Nishikigi Chisato) as the winners this year

[@VidiaReePhoenix]

Yuki Kaji also damaged his voice during recording. That's why his voice sounded so rough during the Paths speech. He put in just as much effort too. I'd honestly be fine with either winning. Both deserved the award.

[@crimo1692]

Both are very good, can't be sad with either but for this season Faputa should've won

[@Lazer-bp9lf]

Yuki Kaji also lost his voice when the Paths scene in S4 Part 2 came. The scream is whag did it for him. Not saying Faputa didn't lose her voice as well but overall, both very damn great VA's and I'm fine if either of these 2 got the award.

[@mk-ms6hc]

screaming doesnt equal being a good VA my G

[@nguyenhuuhiep1505]

this is not an anime award anymore but a popularity award

[@davidfence6939]

This. The CR awards are worthless and for people who barely watch anime.

[@yashkapoor5805]

Name a single award that isn’t. They’re all popularity awards in the group that’s chosen to vote for them. And who else could do the voting? The MAL crowd? KZbinrs?

[@lukastace3154]

always has been

[@jefftakesdscakes30]

You're seething

[@KennyMcGavin]

Misaki Kunos performance as Faputa deserved the fck out of that award man, she really knocked it out of the park and then some. Not for a single second did I NOT feel like Faputa was a living breathing creature that actually felt every single one of those emotions.

[@ousou78]

From the absolute cuteness to the pure rage of Faputa, she nailed every aspect of the Character. Eren's V.A was good but you must be deaf to say he acted better than Faputa's V.A.

[@raccoonchild]

Not to mention she was also perfect as Irumyuui. No competition, really.

[@nieznajomy4398]

Garnt: "At least other fantasy shows are based in fantasy worlds" [Vanitas sweating nervously in french]

[@TrueNargin]

I do indeed skip most ending sequences but in my humble opinion this season had many absolute banger endings - "Yofukashi no Uta", "Comedy", "Koshaberi Biyori" and "Koi no Yukue" were all really good. They made me actually listen to the ending after the episode and just vibe to it. "My Nonfiction" from Kaguya's rap episode was also quite cool, definitely remember it more than the other Kaguya ending that got nominated. I think I voted for "Yofukashi no Uta" here because it's not just a banger song but also the reason we got this great anime.

[@benjaminsimpson6254]

I watch it for first 3 episodes then decide if I enjoy it or not. Same with anime I try out My 3 episode rule

[@aniketsingh7718]

@@benjaminsimpson6254 is that a anos reference?

[@benjaminsimpson6254]

@@aniketsingh7718 no....

[@oomay1925]

Anime is a medium with amazing stories and some of the best and most respectable examples of animation being used to its fullest, so I do appreciate Crunchyroll hosting these anime awards. I also hope that they would consider the judges' vote more and maybe a larger scope of judges (even considering anitubers, and more people that work in the industry).

[@r0h44n]

I see some men of true culture, praising the Gintama movie. I may have missed it but really keen on seeing your full review on the anime and movies.

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Should do an elector's college version for the Awards Show. Pick about 100 people from all aspects of the Anime and Japanese entertainment industry and have them select their favorites. Then have those collected and have a panel of 10 industry insiders plus 1 fan representative like Gigguk or Anime man or Nuxanor those with significant pedigree or influence. Those 11 votes would be the final judgement and there could be votes to exclude certain anime from certain categories like demon slayer from fantasy because it's supernatural not fantasy. In addition there could be a pre curated list for the categories so the voters can know which anime are in which category. Sometimes voters go off what's the top of their head not what they actually like. For example you could ask someone what the best fantasy Ghibli movie is and 90% would say Howl's or Spirited away because those are the most well known, but there's Kiko's Delivery Service, Tales from Earthsea and so many more amazing fantasy Ghibli movies that are better representations of what fantasy is

[@disasteriz3766]

If there was a way to make a public poll that only people who've watched at least like 5/6 of the shows nominated could vote, it could have better results. But its like Garnt said, most people dont even care about the rewards, they just wanna click button and see if Demon Slayer won

[@niklas5771]

Yea absolutely. The reality is that the majority who voted probably watched very few anime the whole year. If an anime isn't very popular it has to be that much better to even maybe have a slight chance of winning. Demon Slayer as fantasy is just ridiculous. As Garnt I have watched a lot of the shows and I´d say most of the winners are wrong.

[@rampp]

No wins at all for Mushoku Tensei, man, that hurts. (same for MiA)

[@Chillua_]

I think the best way to do viewer voting is having a few awards where it is heavily based on viewer votes because your work definitely should be recognized if it’s appealing to the masses. And their should be other awards where professional judges decided on the award because at the end of the day it’s not like everyone watched every anime that was nominated so most people just pick their favorite one they have seen.

[@Xuritron]

Kinda out of topic but watched a lot of those shows while using headphones and Kaguya's sama sound production and quality was freakin' insane!! Didn't hear that in any other show And for score voted Kevin too, for me he had no competition with his work for Made in Abyss 2, masterpiece. I was like a madman looking for the OST after watching the episodes.

[@jkc82961]

The AoT S4 soundtrack is amazing, I could listen to damn near every track on both parts. Traitor, Footsteps of Doom, From You, 2,000 years ago are some highlights. The OST reflects the anime's state, adding to what we know in a new way. From Wit to Mappa, from Sawano to Kohta, they both build on what came before with their own new flavors. Made in Abyss OST is in my opinion Kevins Magnum Opus. He understood the assignment and elevated the anime's moments to be even more painful, Made in Abyss isn't what it is without him. Eyes of Irumyuui, Voh and Reg & His Interference Unit has been stuck in my head rent free for 5 months now. I'm happy with either OST winning.

[@heisenberg3206]

aot s4 osts are mid af if people doesn't realize this they are dumb

[@lisace5916]

Finally someone who understands. Aot ost season 4 part 2 ost was imo, Better than some of the previous ost. I would also be happy with either made in abyss or aot winning

[@MarkoLomovic]

I think Kevins Magnum Opus has to be Tower of God at this point. Made in Abyss slaps but ToG score is just something else.

[@jkc82961]

@@lisace5916 I kinda agree. Sawano is the Goat and Kohta got guidance and was influenced by him, overall I feel S4s OSTs are more consistent for me and my musical tastes. I typically have to pick and choose which songs I'm listening to from the S1-3 OSTs, due to the number of rearrangements or reuse of motifs. I do enjoys Sawanos vocal tracks more and Kohta doesn't have anything as iconic as Youseebiggirl, I'll probably listen to a higher percentage of the S4 tracks on their albums because the different types of tracks. Not to say that Kohta doesn't reuse motifs either though.

[@Daniel28567]

Traitor🥵🥵🥵

[@PopeDuwang]

They really need to limit the amount of entries a series can be thrown in for. This way we don’t see Demon Slayer or AOT on every category and watch as they get the vote for popularity alone.

[@disasteriz3766]

But then we would know those two popular show's are bound to win the limited categories they've been thrown into because they've gotta win something right?

[@PopeDuwang]

@@disasteriz3766 Better then them hogging all the other categories.

[@aaronyoghurt9210]

Hey, at least ds always deserve the best animation, and aot always deserve drama/music/writing and mc. Give credit where it deserve man

[@Ayush-kc2vx]

​@@aaronyoghurt9210 you are right with that but if it continues like this year na🙂🔪.

[@disasteriz3766]

@@aaronyoghurt9210 yea man it sounds like you know a lot about animation and you've definitely watched all of the contenders if you think aot deserves best music

[@Pyroblitz24]

Love the inclusion of KH music when you starting breaking apart about DemonSlayer

[@gskbdos7076]

I do skip outros…but you will never catch me skipping the spy x family 2nd outro, the jujutsu kaisen outro(Gojo’s dance is everything), demon slayer(idc, I like the outro), the lycoris recoil outro, or the kaguya-sama outro. Some of those outros are like so good, like hidden gems fr and I wish more people listened to them

[@PatrickInTheBox]

They really need a fan category and professional voting category

[@meimeihughes]

It's sad when the anime trending awards felt less like a popularity contest than an award show from a company that boasts having the largest anime library. It really was the lack of diversity for me.

[@sevenswells]

I agree with the best score winner though. Hiroyuki Sawano has some of the greatest scores I have ever heard in the history of anime. His music is so impactful (i.e. You see Big Girl, Attack on Titan, Avid, ninelie, into the sky, etc)

[@GetOverHer3]

The award went to Kohta Yamamoto. I believe Sawano was not involved in Season 4 ost. However I still think it's deserved... All of the Freedoms, Traitor and the goat, *Footsteps of DOOM*

[@hebboyt]

@@GetOverHer3I’m sorry but they don’t beat Edgerunners or Kevin Penkin

[@sleepylady2723]

I haven't watched Made in Abyss season 2 (neither season 1 actually) but man I listen tho the soundtrack like every week since it got released, it's so beautiful it sounds like those insane gacha songs you know Too sad it lost for a popularity competition.

[@_faultee_]

Made in Abyss is like too high brow for crunchyroll. Its so good its literally depressing.

[@TheJestersDoor]

Made in Abyss is an absolute masterpiece 🙌

[@yourmomsleftcheek1471]

I’m so glad that cyberpunk won anime of year😭😭😭 I have never felt such emotions after watch something under 20 eps

[@izilladkilla]

I think the Anime Awards need to create their own shonen categories or limit the impact of the audience vote just to avoid these constantly becoming the Demon Slayer / Attack on Titan Awards.

[@Jarney_]

The Kaguya endings, especially the Star Ship Troopers one, were fun as

[@anca1ag0n37]

So angry that Made In Abyss get shafted as hard as it did. That show made me feel the whole spectrum of emotions episode after episode. Many shows can have impactful episodes, but an entire season? All the elements of anime from animation, directing and music hit and went above the mark consistently. An unbelievable achievement. CR awards has never been more bs

[@aqua_still_useless4384]

Hello here! I am the resident Made In Abyss S2 hater, and I do really want you to consider which character from Made In Abyss S2 is actually a great well written character because the only character I enjoyed from S1 being Nanachi had her whole character arc from S1 negated

[@duccmanz]

@@aqua_still_useless4384 i mean, i like almost all of the characters, idk what reason you have to hate them

[@aqua_still_useless4384]

@@duccmanz I don’t have a reason to like any of them either

[@duccmanz]

@Aqua_Still_Useless idrk get how any of the characters are unlikable I found them to be pretty self explanatory. Reg, faputa, nanchi/mitty are my favorites, main character is good but not as good as the rest

[@aqua_still_useless4384]

@@duccmanz I just don’t like how the story treats its characters as devices rather than actual people

[@doodlegame8704]

8:47 That one guy saying "haha Rebecca's impact" had me rolling lmao!!

[@MathMasterism]

Problem with the Anime Awards its that there is no correct choice for any category, as most people just want their favorite anime to win. You can see this in how during past Anime Awards, elitists would get into vicious arguments over what overlooked series should have been picked to win each category, only agreeing that Crunchy Roll's choice was the wrong one.

[@forthelichkingsname]

i think the reason The Rumbling won best anime song is the impact it had in the anime. i mean, the title have the same name as the most impactful event in AoT. and it wasn't just used as an opening or closing of AoT, it's literally the background music while the colossal titans were rising up and marching, stomping and destroying everything. it's well-deserved, i think. also credits for the editor of that episode to have it play on background. it's really impactful. The Rumbling and Edgerunner's I really want to stay at your house, would be happy whichever won.

[@sans7591]

fr, i don't understand why people are mad, AOT is popular because it's goated, The Rumbling is basically the opening of the climax of the show spanning over ten years, so i think it deserves it(also this song goes HARDDD in the gym)

[@edercervantes8876]

The thing here is that rumbling won best op, before winning best anime song and that its just stupid. Why they put only rumbling on best anime song when they already put it on best op? Rumbling wasn't even the best on the best anime song category, because either new world or my non-fiction were better winners on that category.

[@RiazAhmed-cr1re]

Plz dont bring up that song from edgerunners 😭

[@wake6000]

​@@sans7591 it's really not. Its the epitome of cringy edgelord BS.

[@kye465]

@@wake6000popular thing bad

[@somebodyintheworld5036]

I think they were doing the awards in japanese for the convenience of the local audience. I don't know how many of the production staff speak english, but it would be strange to have your work announced as winner and only realize after the graphics change.

[@Not-Batman]

I still cannot believe they dropped Best Girl and Best Boy for this year's awards, especially since it was hosted in Japan. Best Boy/Best Girl is literally the bread and butter of the entire anime community what where they thinking?!

[@CGTestKdnihaf]

MT and MiA : different world, different people and race, different culture, monster, demon, magic MT : 4 different fictional language DS : demon, monster and sword magic in a world set in Japan Best fantasy : DS The absolute BRUH

[@randyyeh7576]

there should probably be a weighted score between some actual professionals and the popularity vote to determine winners. But also that weight can change, like best director should put more weight on professional's vote and best anime of the year should put more weight on the populous.

[@9darkyx]

I think that's the most healthy way to do it too.

[@9darkyx]

The thing is anime fans are different from some mediums like gaming or music, to vote objectively on such a sporadic medium is also a bit... I dunno , I still do think that awards like BEST DIRECTOR should be like 90-10 professional judges - public audience voting margins. But anyways that's my opinion though.

[@drakili1]

I can't find a link right now, but I know that the voting was heavily weighted in the favour of the judges last year, I believe it was something around the judges counting for 80% and the popularity poll only 20%, something around there. I'm assuming they did something similar this year.

[@adrianpaulochoa9825]

Cyberpunk deserves EVERY bit of recognition. I even went into it with a bad attitude based on bad opinions about the game, but it just blew me away... It even inspired me to try and play Cyberpunk 2077. The universe, the pacing, THE CHARACTERS, their struggles, just wow...

[@wulfson]

Looks like Garnt has Connor and Joey at home Also, I always watch the OP & ED at least twice; on ep 1 and on the last ep. With Yofukashi no Uta, I watched both every single episode.

[@justsomedude2636]

Did they ever give a reason as to why the don’t include the fall season? Is it because it bleeds into the new year? Feels like it just makes things way more difficult not adding them into the awards

[@sankyomaru]

You know something went wrong when the "Anime of the Year" doesnt win a single award outside the main one, like what in the actual hell? Does it mean that it got outmatched in literally everything it did, but as a whole was superior than his peers? I'd call Bs on that one, chief.

[@DankRobot]

Edgerunners should've won WAY more, but the fucking normies man

[@marukomanda6815]

Now this is actually a good point

[@jojobizarrelivingstone594]

Yeah thats weird

[@slightlybored]

it does happen in the oscars as well maybe other movies have done something specific so good they won that specific oscar, but the "best" is the one that has the most overall quality

[@Boomdizzle99]

Perfect point. Something doesnt add up. Feels like an industry award that they paid for. If it isnt the best in anything else then in no way should it be anime of the year. The criteria is skewed

[@Zaxster_-3-]

I'm so pissed. Instead of typing a 1000 word essay on all the amazing fantasy elements of Made In The Abyss, I'll just say that I love that anime so much that if I have a daughter, her name will be Mia

[@pika_chany]

That's so based

[@captnd7902]

Okay I do not watch mutch anime or film or shows. AOT and Berserk are my favourite of all time because of attention to detail etcetc. Does MITA have a similar writing style? I'm not asking for an essay but do ho ahead, I promise is shall read all of it. Love from England :D

[@raimondibro]

@@captnd7902 its a masterpiece manga and anime. nuff said

[@lyon2475]

@@captnd7902 Made in Abyss is honestly a masterpiece anime and it is well worth a watch if you can stomach having your heart crushed at least thrice every season.

[@pika_chany]

@@captnd7902 If you like similar themes like dark, gore, and lovecraftian horror, I think you'll like it

[@Veretax]

So I actually sort of agree with you on best ending sequence. I may watch it a couple times but if it's really boring and it's not entertaining I'll be skipping it. I did think these by family one was pretty good I also thought the one for your boy kongming was also interesting because I kept changing stuff in it and once you realized they were taking stuff that you want to know what else they did but those are the only two that stood out to me all year

[@stefanbose9518]

Naked Hero (Ranking of Kings OP2) is such an amazing Song ... I love it

[@disasteriz3766]

I didnt care about the awards this year because at this point i know that most of the awards are gonna go to the 2 ongoing popular (probably shounen) shows. There's always a Bnha/Demon Slayer/Aot/Jujutsukillme that's gonna snatch away most of the awards, I get they're trying to appeal to the largest audience but its like if game awards had league and fortnite in every category, which doesn't make it feel like awards I should be curious about

[@silksonic3927]

No eminence in shadow lol Cid best main character

[@guillermopena8412]

That’s all these awards are, the normie awards. Hell, the game awards aren’t that far from this, considering that Among Us got an award 2 years after it came out only because it was popular at the time.

[@Ayush-kc2vx]

​@@silksonic3927 stop spamming same thing in every comment.

[@_Tao__]

@@silksonic3927 cap, keep coping

[@AJ_91]

@@silksonic3927 Eminance in shadow is a fun show but it is a bang on average show at best lmao.

[@Raddflyer]

Ok never heard of Ya Boy Kongming!"CIKI CIKI BAM BAM" WHAT A BANGER OPENING!!! LOVE IT

[@Craftz0]

agree

[@shinaikouka]

I’m wondering if one reason to host it in Japan is that if you’re going to mostly invite anime industry professionals from Japan, it’s going to be far, far cheaper in regard to travel and lodging fees. If it was in the US, you’d have to fly everyone over and still pay for the venue. Also, Crunchyroll was bought by Sony in 2021. So, they are an American company owned by a Japanese company. That could influence it too.

[@exLightningg]

Bruh, I actively avoided finding out the award winners because at the end of the day it really doesn't matter and I knew it'd just be a popularity contest but damn if it still doesn't piss me off. Honestly at this point I wish they'd just remove the user voting and leave it to judges who will hopefully have at least watched all the candidates.

[@mr.pig1528]

Seeing TheGamingBeaver on here was a really weird but cool! James was my entire childhood so it’s cool seeing him in other places :D

[@krackacka]

I absolutely love the Made in Abyss Season 2 soundtrack... I'm so sad that Made in Abyss didn't get the awards they deserved.

[@muneebhaider104]

It was great but AOT deserved it.

[@grantonator3884]

The one that really stung for me was the best ED award. Akuma no ko and Yofukashi no Uta were the best EDs by far.

[@cordyceps7531]

Ikr

[@yuuneeq9494]

Crunchyroll is stamping its foot down on the Subs vs Dubs debate by running the entire awards show in Japanese.

[@feha92]

Rather than saying over half of us skip the ED's, it's probably better to say that we skip over half the ED's. There is always that *one* anime that has an ed which is worthwhile letting the episode remain running to hear (after all, it's not like the next episode is ready until next week anyway). Like this season I think the "self hug - big love" song is surprisingly good of an ED for the show it is stuck to. And a couple other shows I get in the mood to watch their ed depending on how their episode ended, but usually skip.

[@sumanpadhy1039]

Bro I am looking forward for your reaction when infinity castle arc comes .

[@CleanUpNick]

the funniest/worst part is that Demon Slayer isn't even Fantasy it's more of a Supernatural Historical kind of show, it's not like another world or anything

[@akdrzllol1698]

I agree with attack on Titan having better osts during season 1-3 but I do think it had bangers other than ashes on fire.

[@VidiaReePhoenix]

Footsteps of Doom is my personal favorite

[@mavibaso]

Zekes plan, The warriors, the other side of the sea, traitor, into the night and Splinterwolf are some awesome osts from s4

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

There’s just way more music in the first three seasons, it’s actually kind of nuts. Yamamoto is all killer no filler with his OSTs, every track is memorable, and I can’t say that for the first three seasons.

[@_O5O5]

The soundtrack playing during Grisha's breakdown alone is one of the reasons why the aot's composers deserved em awards.

[@AzureWiler]

Faputa performance gives me chills it was amazing

[@hibyee4833]

7:28 The transition.... Perfection

[@davidfromkyushu6870]

Sally Amaki deserves a special award for having the most anime moment during an anime award show.

[@laurence7246]

It was such a Shame uncle from another world didn’t win best comedy. I’ve never laughed as hard in any other anime I’ve watched up to this point.

[@AnimateTheWorld]

it was a great comedy, but what killed the hype for me and probably others was the massive delay between episodes and just a couple days ago the last episode finally got released. it just became forgetable with all these delays

[@replayanonymus9569]

The rule that the streamer awards has that one show can only be nominated two times for the whole award show should be implemented. Or Shonen Series should have their own awards

[@brachialtick6539]

WAIT YOU DID A COLLAB WITH THE GAMING BEAVER!? LETS GO

[@Rylux]

The VActress of Faputa also had amazing roles in Summer Time Rendering and 86.

[@fredericabitch3983]

She voices KLEE!!!!

[@user-jb7rd6jh3y]

Yep, all 3 roles deserve an award

[@rody_236]

It took me 2 minutes lol, "wait, who's she voiced again?!" And then she voiced the lolis 🗿

[@Kocktail1]

The Awards ( at least for me and a chum of mine) felt so sloggy and unprepared. The english translation really felt like chat gp and it had been better if they have used someone whos was fluent in in. The guest's belonged in the WHO ? teer if there was one. Since we did not get to watch it live, the amound of ad's where a bit overkill ( every 7 minutes). We skipped through the damn thing after gotten half over it because of annoyence. Pew, that was a lot of venting. Hope to see a chili prediction award show by Garnt for next year.

[@rabbitenjoyer6320]

Holy shit the "It's Just a Burning Memory" snippet at 21:11 was amazingly timed

[@unemployedmemester]

im super suprised to see TheGamingBeaver there, i used to watch him when i was a kid lol

[@sindri1447]

I'm still just sitting here in disbelief that so many people skip the endings. Fucking hell. SpyXFamily had nothing but bangers in their openings and endings so I would have given that my vote no matter what.

[@akaashikeijiluvr]

agreed. the first ending is my favourite ending of all time. it was also one of my most played songs in my 2022 spotify wrapped

[@sindri1447]

@@akaashikeijiluvr It's the 2nd opening for me but yeah it all absolutely slaps.

[@eyMushroom]

Spy x Family really deserved that win; It's the only anime that had me watching the ending after every single episode.

[@HookahOtaku]

I skip opening and endings because they reveal spoilers.

[@sindri1447]

@@HookahOtaku only bad openings and endings do that. I think Openings and Endings really add a lot to the viewing experience. It gets you hyped up for the show/next episode.

[@KusogakiRenfir]

Made in Abyss was done so dirty. Crunchyroll better take the criticism they've been getting for these award shows these past few years, and actually aim to improve for once. At the rate we're going, I can already tell from a year away that Demon Slayer's next arc and Attack on Titan are going to do a clean sweep of all the other nominees.

[@eddieozil21]

“Footsteps of Doom” was my personal favorite song from attack on titan. I agree that made in abyss should have won, but i’m not mad about the winner. I initially wanted Cyberpunk to win, but then i remembered that most of the songs i loved were already released years ago when the game initially came out.

[@averagejoe2307]

i remember finding the exact year demon slayer is set in during season 1 or whenever we get introduced to muzan simply because of his car, and yeah its not that long ago

[@danibarack552]

I get rolling your eyes at Demon Slayer, it's good but not the best. But I don't get that about AOT, that show deserves all the praise

[@danyang8617]

Normies r almost always gonna win. They barely got any taste except 4 when they branch out and expand their anime journey. Sadly I don’t watch much anime much anymore, kinda like Joey. But I do occasionally watch some anime like a few series a season. The only time I really watch a lot of anime is when I do so with my brothers. We binge like 15 different anime series over the weekend this season when we’re all off of work. Just keeping up the the animes coming out this season. Ngl a lot of anime this season is actually good compared to recent years. A lot of shounen anime 4 me has died. Seen a few seen them all mostly maybe different setting but very similar plots or storyline. Dropped jujutsu kaisen, demon slayer, boku no hero, and definitely not boruto. One main reason why I’ve dropped alot of anime really is that I kinda just grew up and need to focus on life rn, and anime is rarely fun to watch anymore unless with my bros and we all like the show. Still have like over a hundred on my to watch list, kinda procrastinating watching anime in lieu of real life situations tho.

[@Moloxer]

Tbh the only other director I remember & would give the best director award to is Megumi Ishitani. Her episodes in OP are so good, sadly she didn't make enough of a portfolio and didn't have a show for herself yet.

[@mikkelrstedkirkeby9312]

I honestly think Kevin Penkin should've won best Score with some of his Made in Abyss s2 sountracks. Especially 'Old Stories' was absolutely beautiful.

[@casualcrusader]

its a shame uncle from another world wasnt as popular as the others. that was one of the few anime that actually made me chuckle out loud

[@sweetlikepapaya442]

Unfortunately, that's mostly because Uncle from Another World had such a terrible release schedule, with a nearly two month long break in the 12 episode season. I think it would've killed with American audiences if there was more consistency.

[@halcyon.x]

Now we can only hope, as much I love the show, that next year chainsaw man doesn’t steal all the awards

[@ArthurPrince03]

Fine by it. As long as it ain’t demon slayer…

[@zackshewchuk8483]

They should do the award show in Hawaii. Perfectly inbetween the creators / talent as well as the crunchyroll fan base

[@kiiturii]

enjoying the persona music

[@jakedub58]

I feel so bad for Ranking of Kings. Such a good show, but it came out around the same time as Demon Slayer. So there was really no chance

[@Moridin69]

Seriously, show had me bouncing between laughing my ass off and drowning in tears

[@Rendertk1]

The Orbital Children was honestly absolutely great, I've already rewatched multiple times. It's really sad hearing Garnt say the original anime category had no competition for Lycoris because I really feel it should have been in the running. I haven't watched Lycoris so maybe it's just that good, but TOC honestly deserves some love. A well paced piece focused around exploring current existential issues such as AI and climate change that the director felt were neglected in the space. It had a cool art style, decent characters + character development. I feel like it's only crime was being posted to netflix, therefore it ends up a dead on arrival anime.

[@Emiya491]

Yeah I agree, definitely a great experience

[@ryzkyjaeger07]

I watched it for the fact alone that SpaceX's Starship was chosen as the model for their mothership