Crunchyroll ka shpallur finalistët e saj për Anime Awards 2022. Votimi publik për fituesit e çmimeve filloi këtë të martë, më 18 janar 2022 dhe do të zgjasë deri të martën e ardhshme, 25 janar 2022.
Fituesit do të shpallen të mërkurën, 9 shkurt 2022 në kanalet e mediave sociale të Crunchyroll dhe në faqen e internetit të Anime Awards. Për këtë vit të gjashtë eventi krenohet me pretendentë të shumtë në 20 kategori për anime në vitin 2021. Adhuruesit globalë të anime dhe një komitet i përzgjedhur i gjyqtarëve ndërkombëtarë do të vendosin fituesit për secilën kategori.
Ndër pretendentët e këtij viti që konkurrojnë për Anime of the Year përfshijnë 86 Eighty-Six, Attack on Titan Sezon Final Part 1, Jujutsu Kaisen, ODDTAXI, Ranking of Kings dhe Sonny Boy. Rreth 38 studio anime janë të përfaqësuara në nominimet kryesore të këtij viti, duke përfshirë MAPPA, CloverWorks, Ufotable dhe Khara ndër shumë të tjera.
Anime Awards të vitit të kaluar tërhoqi mbi 15 milionë vota nga 200 vende dhe territore një rritje prej 35% nga shfaqjet e mëparshme. Këtu janë të nominuarit për secilën kategori të Amine Awards 2022.
Anime of the Year
- 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- JUJUTSU KAISEN
- ODDTAXI
- Ranking of Kings
- Sonny Boy
Best Boy
- Senku Ishigami — Dr. STONE Season 2
- Izumi Miyamura — Horimiya
- Odokawa — ODDTAXI
- Bojji – Ranking of Kings
- Ken ‘Draken’ Ryuguji — Tokyo Revengers
- Manjiro ‘Mikey’ Sano — Tokyo Revengers
Best Girl
- Vladilena Milizé — 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Tohru Honda — Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Nobara Kugisaki — JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Sarasa Watanabe — Kageki Shojo!!
- Shoko Komi — Komi Can’t Communicate
- Ai Ohto — WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Protagonist
- Eren Jaeger — Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Yuji Itadori — JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Joe — MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
- Odokawa — ODDTAXI
- Bojji — Ranking of Kings
- Ai Ohto — WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Antagonist
- Eren Jaeger — Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Tomura Shigaraki — My Hero Academia Season 5
- Yano — ODDTAXI
- Echidna — Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
- Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” — SK8 the Infinity
- Tetta Kisaki — Tokyo Revengers
Best Fight Scene
- Eren Jaeger vs. War Hammer Titan — Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Naruto Uzumaki vs. Isshiki Otsutsuki — BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS
- Yuji Itadori & Aoi Todo vs. Hanami — JUJUTSU KAISEN (2nd cour)
- Yuji Itadori & Nobara Kugisaki vs. Eso & Kechizu — JUJUTSU KAISEN (2nd cour)
- Elma vs. Tohru — Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- Vivy vs. Yugo Kakitani — Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
Best Director
- Yuichiro Hayashi — Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Sunghoo Park — JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Yo Moriyama — MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
- Baku Kinoshita — ODDTAXI
- Shingo Natsume — Sonny Boy
- Shin Wakabayashi — WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Animation
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation 1st cour
- Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Character Design
- Tadashi Hiramatsu — JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Baku Kinoshita and Hiromi Nakayama — ODDTAXI
- Atsuko Nozaki — Ranking of Kings
- Michinori Chiba — SK8 the Infinity
- loundraw and Yuichi Takahashi — Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- Saki Takahashi — WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Score
- Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto – 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Mabanua – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
- PUNPEE, VaVa, and OMSB – ODDTAXI
- Satoru Kosaki – Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- DÉ DÉ MOUSE and Mito – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best VA Performance (Japonisht)
- Ayane Sakura — Gabi Braun — Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Yuki Kaji — Eren Jaeger — Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi — Daisuke Jigen (Ep. 0) — LUPIN THE 3rd PART 6
- Natsuki Hanae — Odokawa — ODDTAXI
- Aoi Yuki — Kumoko — So I’m a Spider, So What?
- Kanata Aikawa — Ai Ohto — WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best VA Performance (Anglisht)
- Brittany Cox — Fena — Fena: Pirate Princess
- Laura Bailey — Tohru Honda — Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Adam McArthur — Yuji Itadori — JUJUTSU KAISEN
- David Wald — Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” — SK8 the Infinity
- Matt Shipman — Reki Kyan — SK8 the Infinity
- Anairis Quiñones — Rika Kawai — WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Opening Sequence
- Boku no sensou — Shinsei Kamattechan — Attack on Titan Final Season
- Kaibutsu — YOASOBI — BEASTARS
- VIVID VICE — Who-ya Extended — JUJUTSU KAISEN
- Ai no Supreme! — Fhána — Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- ODDTAXI — Skirt and PUNPEE — ODDTAXI
- Cry Baby — Official HIGE DANdism — Tokyo Revengers
Best Ending Sequence
- Shogeki — Yuko Ando — Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Yasashii Suisei — YOASOBI — BEASTARS
- Shirogane — LiSA — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- Nai Nai — ReoNA — SHADOWS HOUSE
- Infinity — YUURI — SK8 the Infinity
- Ganbare! Kumoko-san no Theme — “Watashi” (VA: Aoi Yuki) — So I’m a Spider, So What?
Best Action
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
- JUJUTSU KAISEN (2nd cour)
- SSSS.DYNAZENON
- Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
- WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Comedy
- DON’T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
- Heaven’s Design Team
- Komi Can’t Communicate
- Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
- Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
- ODDTAXI
Best Drama
- 86 EIGHTY-SIX
- Fruits Basket The Final Season
- Kageki Shojo!!
- ODDTAXI
- To Your Eternity
- WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Romance
- BEASTARS
- Fruits Basket The Final Season
- DON’T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
- Horimiya
- Komi Can’t Communicate
- The Duke of Death and His Maid
Best Fantasy
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
- Ranking of Kings
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- The Case Study of Vanitas
- To Your Eternity
- WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Film
- BELLE
- Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
- Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
- Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
- Shirobako the Movie
- Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop