Voting for the 2020 Crunchyroll Anime Awards begin January 10

As 2019 comes to an end and we begin to look towards the coming year, Crunchyroll wants to look back at the defining moments in anime for their fourth annual Anime Awards. To get their fans excited and engaged for the upcoming awards show, Crunchyroll has released its full line of categories in which fans will be able to vote for.

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards celebrates Japan’s artistic medium that’s made entirely possible by its diverse and dedicated community all across the globe. As the award show enters its fourth year, Crunchyroll still holds true to ensuring that Anime’s best of the best is commemorated in a special way.

Anime Awards 2020 will include fan-favorite categories such as Best Fight Scene and Best Couple. Down below is the full list of categories that fans will be able to vote on beginning January 10, 2020.

Anime of the Year
Best Protagonist
Best Antagonist
Best Boy
Best Girl
Best Director
Best Animation
Best Character Design
Best Score
Best Fight Scene
Best Couple

2020’s awards categories were formulated from a combination of voting data, social media engagement, and direct feedback from fans. Crunchyroll feels that this coming award show has a strong mix of categories that truly showcase the undeniably incredible talents of the anime industry. This year’s list is not complete, as Crunchyroll will reveal additional categories at a later date.

Crunchyroll has also supercharged the panel of judges for 2020, by increasing the number of judges by 50%. The judges will consist of industry experts that will be selected based on their reputation, regard, and credibility. Judges will be coming from all over the world and will all have different backgrounds, cultures, and careers, making it a genuinely proper representation of Animes’ diverse fandom.

The panel of Judges for the Anime Awards 2020 will include:

Andrew McDanell – Otaku Spirit
Antonio Escudero – Mision Tokyo
Clarissa Graffeo – Anime World Order
Daryl Surat – Anime World Order
Dom Peppiatt – Daily Star
Fonzy Ortiz – Honey’s Anime
Gabi Xavier – gabielf
Geoff Thew – Mother’s Basement
Gerald Rathkolb – Anime World Order
Hannah Collins – Comic Book Resources
Hussein Kesvani – Mel Magazine
Issac Rouse – Hypebeast
Jacob Parker Dalton – Otaquest
Josh Withey – The Independent
Julio Velez – Cinepremiere
Kambole Campbell – Little White Lies
Karla Bravo – Kem Media
Kwok Hanson – Freelance
Lauren Orsini – Forbes
Lukasz Kaczmarek – lukeatlook
Mark Phillips – RDCWorld1
Matheus Chami – ANM TV
Matt Schley – Otaku USA
Megan Peters – Comicbook.com
Michale Moore – The Verge
Michael Sudako – KG-portal
Michael Ziegler – Sumikai
Miranda Sanchez – IGN
Rafael Brito – Jbox
Ricardo Santiago – RikStudios
Robbie Collins – Daily Telegraph
Robin Hirsch – Anime2You
Sloan Lester – Sloan the Otaku
Tadashi Sudo – Freelance Journalist
Tristan Gallant – Glass Reflection
Zac Bertschy – Anime News Network

Voting will open on January 10th and will run until the 17th. Fans who want to cast their votes can do so by visiting theanimeawards.com. Voters will be able to return each day during the voting period to cast who their vote as to who they want to see win.

The Winners will be revealed during the live Anime Awards show that takes place on February 15, 2020 at 5pm PST.