Anime Awards voting is now open, which means it’s time to meet this year’s nominees! Our panel of esteemed judges worked tirelessly to craft this assortment of top tier series and the scenes, characters, and creators that make them special. Without further ado, let’s see who makes up the cream of the 2019 anime crop!

Anime of the Year





Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Carole & Tuesday

Mob Psycho 100 II

O Maidens in Your Savage Season

Vinland Saga

The Promised Neverland





Best Animation





Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Attack on Titan Season 3

Mob Psycho 100 II

Sarazanmai

Vinland Saga

Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia





Best Boy





Bruno Bucciarati in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Hyakkimaru in Dororo

Kanata Hoshijima in Astra Lost in Space

Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama in Mob Psycho 100

Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Naruzou Machi in How Heavy are the Dumbbells You Lift?





Best Girl





Carole in Carole & Tuesday

Chika Fujiwari in Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Emma in The Promised Neverland

Kohaku in Dr. STONE

Nezuko Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero

Best Score

Hiroyuki Sawano for Attack on Titan Season 3

Mocky for Carole and Tuesday

Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and YUKI KANESAKA for Dr. STONE

Yugo Kanno for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Kevin Penkin for The Rising of the Shield Hero

Best Director





Tetsuro Araki for Attack on Titan Season 3

Kiyotaka Suzuki for Babylon

Shinichiro Watanabe & Motonobu Hori for Carole and Tuesday

Yuzuru Tachikawa for Mob Psycho 100 II

Kunihiko Ikuhara for Sarazanmai

Shuhei Yabuta for VINLAND SAGA







Best Character Design





Tsunenori Saito, Original Character Design by Eisaku Kubonouchi for Carole and Tuesday

Satoshi Iwataki, Original Character Design by Hiroyuki Asada for Dororo

Yuko Iwasa for Dr. STONE

Yuko Yahiro, Original Character Design by Aka Akasaka for Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Kayoko Ishikawa, Original Character Design by Miggy for Sarazanmai

Takahiko Abiru, Original Character Design by Makoto Yukimura for VINLAND SAGA

Best Protagonist

Emma in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND

Hyakkimaru in Dororo

Saitama in One-Punch Man Season 2

Senku in Dr. STONE

Tanjiro Kamado in DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA

Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket

Best Antagonist

Ai Magase in Babylon

Angela in Carole and Tuesday

Askeladd in VINLAND SAGA

Garou in One-Punch Man Season 2

Isabella in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND

Overhaul in My Hero Academia Season 4





Best Fight Scene



Emperor Crimson vs. Metallic in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Levi vs. Beast Titan in Attack on Titan Season 3

Mob vs. Toichiro in Mob Psycho 100 II

Tanjiro & Nezuko vs. Rui in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Thorfinn vs. Thorkell in VINLAND SAGA

Ushiwakamaru vs. Tiamat in Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

Best Couple





Baki Hanma & Kozue Matsumoto in BAKI

Kaguya Shinomiya & Miyuki Shirogane in Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Mafuyu Sato & Ritsuka Uenoyama in Given

Reo & Mabu in Sarazanmai

Rika Zonazaki & Shun Amagi in O Maidens in Your Savage Season

Ymir & Historia in Attack on Titan Season 3

Best Comedy

Aggretsuko

How Heavy are the Dumbbells You Lift?

Isekai Quartet

Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Sarazanmai

My Roommate is a Cat

Best Drama





Stars Align

Carole & Tuesday

THE PROMISED NEVERLAND

Fruits Basket

VINLAND SAGA

Babylon

Best Fantasy





DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA

Sarazanmai

Ascendance of a Bookworm

Attack on Titan Season 3

THE PROMISED NEVERLAND

Astra Lost in Space

Best Opening Sequence





Kiss Me in Carole & Tuesday

Touch Off in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND

99.9 in Mob Psycho 100 II

Kawaki wo Ameku in Domestic Girlfriend

Inferno in Fire Force

Mukanjyo in VINLAND SAGA

Best Ending Sequence





Hold Me Now in Carole & Tuesday

Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡ in Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Torches in VINLAND SAGA

Stand By Me in Sarazanmai

Veil in Fire Force

Sayonara Gokko in Dororo

Best Performance by a Voice Actor (English)





Faye Mata as Aqua in Konosuba - God’s blessing on this wonderful world!

Billy Kametz as Naofumi in The Rising of the Shield Hero

Laura Bailey as Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket

Kyle McCarley as Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama in Mob Psycho 100 II

Casey Mongillo as Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion

Erica Mendez as Retsuko in Aggretsuko



Best Performance by a Voice Actor (Japanese)





Yuichi Nakamura as Bruno Bucciarati in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

Yukino Satsuki as Ai Magase in Babylon

Yuuko Kaida as Isabella in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND

Mamoru Miyano as Reo in Sarazanmai

Yusuke Kobayashi as Senku in Dr. STONE

Saori Hayami as Shinobu Kocho in DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA





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