| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Character | |
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| Awarded for | Best anime characters of the previous year |
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| First award | 2017 |
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| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
TheCrunchyroll Anime Award for Best Character isfictional character awards given at theCrunchyroll Anime Awards since itsinaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best anime characters from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
Originated as four individual characters awards (Best Protagonist,Best Antagonist,Best Boy, andBest Girl) until 2022, all of which will be consolidated into two categories:Best Main Character andBest Supporting Character, while introducing a new category"Must Protect At All Costs" Character, an award recognizes characters that evoke strong protective instincts in viewers due to their vulnerability or endearing qualities, inspire a strong desire to safeguard them at all costs.
Spy x Family'sAnya Forger won the award multiple times, 1 for Best Supporting Character and 3 for "Must Protect At All Costs" Character in consecutive years, the most of any anime characters to date.My Hero Academia holds the records for both the most wins (7) and nominations (15) withIzuku Midoriya received the most with 3 awards out of 5 nominations, the latter jointly tied withRanking of Kings'sBojji.
So far,My Hero Academia was the only series to received six nominations in four individual characters categories in a single edition, sweeps all four for the first time; the awards for Best Boy and Best Girl received two nominations from the same series in thesecond edition.[2]
In the following list, the first names listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
| Year | Character | Anime |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/2022 (7th)[3][4] | ||
| Eren Yeager | Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) | |
| Bojji | Ranking of Kings (cour 2) | |
| Chisato Nishikigi | Lycoris Recoil | |
| David Martinez | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | |
| Loid Forger | Spy × Family | |
| Marin Kitagawa | My Dress-Up Darling | |
| 2022/2023 (8th)[5][6] | ||
| Monkey D. Luffy | One Piece | |
| Denji | Chainsaw Man | |
| Eren Jaeger | Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3) | |
| Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh | Bocchi the Rock! | |
| Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama | Mob Psycho 100 III (season 3) | |
| Thorfinn | Vinland Saga (season 2) | |
| 2023/2024 (9th)[7][8] | ||
| Sung Jin-woo | Solo Leveling | |
| Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | |
| Kafka Hibino | Kaiju No. 8 | |
| Ken "Okarun" Takakura | Dandadan | |
| Maomao | The Apothecary Diaries | |
| Momo Ayase | Dandadan |
| Year | Character | Anime |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/2022 (7th)[3][4] | ||
| Anya Forger | Spy × Family | |
| Bojji | Ranking of Kings (cour 2) | |
| Kage | Ranking of Kings | |
| Komi Shōko | Komi Can't Communicate | |
| Kotaro Satō | Kotaro Lives Alone | |
| Marin Kitagawa | My Dress-Up Darling | |
| 2022/2023 (8th)[5][6] | ||
| Anya Forger | Spy × Family (season 1 cour 2) | |
| Bojji | Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage | |
| Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh | Bocchi the Rock! | |
| Miri Unasaka | Buddy Daddies | |
| Pochita | Chainsaw Man | |
| Suletta Mercury | Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury | |
| 2023/2024 (9th)[7][8] | ||
| Anya Forger | Spy × Family (season 2) | |
| Frieren | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | |
| Hōjō Tokiyuki | The Elusive Samurai | |
| Ken "Okarun" Takakura | Dandadan | |
| Senshi | Delicious in Dungeon | |
| Yuki Itose | A Sign of Affection |
In the following list, the first names listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
BOLD indicates the winner
BOLD indicates the winner
| Edition | Anime | Characters (Categories) | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | My Hero Academia |
| 4 | 1 |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable |
| 3 | 0 | |
| Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress | ||||
| Erased |
| 2 | 1 | |
| Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World |
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| Mob Psycho 100 |
| 0 | ||
| 2nd | My Hero Academia (season 2) |
| 6 | 4 |
| The Ancient Magus' Bride |
| 3 | 0 | |
| Little Witch Academia |
| 2 | ||
| Made in Abyss | ||||
| 3rd | Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai |
| 3 | 1 |
| Megalobox | 0 | |||
| My Hero Academia (season 3) |
| 2 | 2 | |
| Aggretsuko |
| 0 | ||
| Golden Kamuy |
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| Zombie Land Saga |
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| 4th | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba |
| 3 | 1 |
| The Promised Neverland | ||||
| Dr. Stone |
| 2 | ||
| Carole & Tuesday |
| 0 | ||
| Dororo |
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| One-Punch Man (season 2) | ||||
| 5th | Jujutsu Kaisen (season 1 cour 1) |
| 3 | 1 |
| Dorohedoro | 0 | |||
| Haikyu!! To the Top (season 4) |
| 2 | 1 | |
| My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! |
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| Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! |
| 0 | ||
| The Misfit of Demon King Academy |
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| Tower of God |
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| 6th | Odd Taxi | 3 | 1 | |
| Tokyo Revengers |
| 0 | ||
| Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 1) |
| 2 | 1 | |
| Jujutsu Kaisen (season 1 cour 2) |
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| Ranking of Kings |
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| Wonder Egg Priority |
| 0 | ||
| 7th | Spy × Family |
| 4 | 2 |
| Ranking of Kings (cour 2) |
| 0 | ||
| Cyberpunk: Edgerunners |
| 2 | ||
| My Dress-Up Darling |
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| 8th | Chainsaw Man | 3 | 0 | |
| Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) |
| 2 | 1 | |
| Attack on Titan (The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1) |
| 0 | ||
| Bocchi the Rock! |
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| Mob Psycho 100 III (season 3) |
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| 9th | Dandadan |
| 5 | |
| Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | 4 | 1 | ||
| The Apothecary Diaries | 2 | 0 | ||
| Delicious in Dungeon |
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| Category | Character | Anime | No. of wins |
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| Current | |||
| Best Main Character | — | ||
| Best Supporting Character | |||
| "Must Protect At All Costs" Character | Anya Forger | Spy × Family | 3 |
| Former | |||
| Best Protagonist | Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | 2 |
| Best Antagonist | — | ||
| Best Boy | |||
| Best Girl | |||
