I gave up being an anime fan. The industry is heading in a direction where it focuses more on brainless action-shonen and cute/sexual fanservice of teenagers than creative or tension-focused projects, which was the main reason I became a fan in my teenage years. That doesn't mean that I'll stop watching anime, but my focus will shift only towards:
- Series that I've started and that have captivated me (Vinland Saga is at the top of this list)
- Series that I've started, I didn't enjoy all that much, but will continue for social reasons (Spy x Family for example)
- New series that not only becomes popular but also manages to impress me
Here are some "Anime Awards" I did years ago after being constantly disappointed with the way Crunchyroll handled them.
Anime of the Year
Beasters
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
Mob Psycho 100 II Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
Vinland Saga
Best Comedy
Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.
Dumbell Nan Kilo Moteru? Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
Poputepipikku TV Special
Shinchou Yuusha: Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou Sugiru
Best Action
Boku no Hero Academia 4th Season
Kimetsu no Yaiba
Mob Pyshco 100 II Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
Vinland Saga
Best Drama
Babylon
Beasters
Mob Psycho 100 II Vinland Saga
Zoku Owarimonogatari
Best Animation
Fire Force
Kimestsu no Yaiba Mob Psycho 100 II
Sarazanmai
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
Best Production
Fire Force Kimetsu no Yaiba
Mob Psycho 100 II
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of the Underworld
Best Male Character
Askeladd (Vinland Saga)
Arata Reigen (Mob Psycho 100 II)
Eren Yeager (Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2)
Erwin Smith (Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2)
Shigeo Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100 II)
Best Female Character
Chika Fujiwara (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)
Emma (Yakusoku no Neverland)
Isabella (Yakusoku no Neverland) Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)
Ristarte (Shinchou Yuusha: Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou Sugiru)
Best Soundtrack
Babylon
Kimetsu no Yaiba Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3
Shokugeki no Souma: Shin no Sara
Vinland Saga
Best Direction
Babylon
Mob Psycho 100 II Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
Yakusoku no Neverland
Zoku Owarimonogatari
Best Screenplay
Beasters
Mob Psycho 100 II Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2
Vinland Saga
Zoku Owarimonogatari
Best Opening
"99.9" by MOB CHOIR (Mob Psycho 100 II)
"Love Dramatic" by Masayuki Suzuki (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)
"MUKANJYO" by Survive Said The Prophet (Vinland Saga OP1)
"Onegai Muscle" by Hibiki Sakura (Ai Fairuz), & Naruzou Machio (Kaito Ishikawa) (Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?) "Wild Side" by ALI (Beasters)
Best Ending
"Chikatto Chika Chika" by Fujiwara, Chika (Konomi Kohara) (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen - ep 3)
"Macho a Name? By Naruzou Machio (Kaito Ishikawa) (Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?)
"Mother" by Voices from Mars (Carole & Tuesday - ep 24)
“Tranquility” by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Anly (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue Seiran)
"unlasting" by LiSA (Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of the Underworld)
Best Comedy
Dorohedoro
Ishuzoku Reviewers Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season
Great Pretender
Konosuba - God's blessing on this wonderful world! - Legend of Crimson
Nami yo Kiitekure
Best Action/Adventure
Dorohedoro
Great Pretender
Jujutsu Kaisen Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Promare
Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 Part 1
Best Drama
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 Part 1
Tenki no Ko Violet Evergarden I: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. 3rd Season
Yesterday wo Utatte
Best Animation
Dorohedoro
Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!
Fire Force Season 2 Jujutsu Kaisen
Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld Part 2
The God of High School
Best Characters
Dorohedoro
Great Pretender
Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season
Konosuba - God's blessing on this wonderful world! - Legend of Crimson
Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 Part 1
Violet Evergarden I: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Best Male Character
Bondrewd (Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul)
Kaiman (Dorohedoro)
Miyuki Shirogane (Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2)
Natsuki Subaru (Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 Part 1)
Shin (Dorohedoro)
Yuu Ishigami (Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season)
Best Female Character
Ebisu (Dorohedoro) Minare Koda (Nami yo Kiitekure)
Mizuhara Chizuru (Kanojo, Okarishimasu)
Kaguya Shinomiya (Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season)
Noi (Dorohedoro)
Sayaka Kanamori (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!)
Best Soundtrack
Great Pretender Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Promare
Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 Part 1
Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara
Violet Evergarden I: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Best Direction
Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!
Great Pretender
Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 Part 1
Violet Evergarden I: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Best Screenplay
Great Pretender Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season
Konosuba - God's blessing on this wonderful world! - Legend of Crimson
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Nami yo Kiitekure
Violet Evergarden I: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Best Opening
"Boku no Sensou" by Shinsei Kamattechan (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season) "DADDY! DADDY! DO!" by Masayuki Suzuki (Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season)
"G.P." by Yutaka Yamada (Great Pretender)
"Ikouze☆Paradise" by Yuusuke Kobayashi (Ishuzoku Reviewers)
"KAIKAIKITAN" by Eve (Jujutsu Kaisen)
"Welcome to Chaos" (Dorohedoro)
Best Ending
"D.D.D.D." by (K)NoW_NAME (Dorohedoro Ed 3)
"Forever Lost" by MYTH & ROID (Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul)
"Pride" by Harumi (Nami yo Kiitekure)
"Shougeki" by Yuuko Andou (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season)
"The Great Pretender" by Freddie Mercury (Great Pretender)
"LOST IN PARADISE" by ALI (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Anime of the Year
Dorohedoro
Great Pretender Kaguya-sama: Love is War 2nd Season
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World Season 2 Part 1
Violet Evergarden I: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Best Comedy
5-toubun no Hanayome ∬
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen OVA
Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu.
Horimiya Zombieland Saga: Revenge
Best Action/Adventure
86 – Eighty Six
Boku no Hero Academia Season 5
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
Best Fantasy
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Ousama Ranking
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season
Wonder Egg Priority
Best Drama
Beasters 2nd Season
Fruits Basket: The Final
Fumetsu no Anata e Nomad: Megalo Box 2
Odd Taxi
Best Movie
Cider no You ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi
Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen Violet Evergarden Movie
Best Animation
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Takt Op. Destiny
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
Wonder Egg Priority
Best Characters
Beasters 2
Horimiya
Nomad: Megalo Box 2 Odd Taxi
Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season
Zombieland Saga: Revenge
Best Male Character
Boji (Ousama Ranking)
Eren Yeager (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season)
Hiroshi Odokawa (Odd Taxi) Joe (Nomad: Megalo Box 2)
Koutarou Tatsumi (Zombieland Saga: Revenge)
Legoshi (Beasters 2nd Season)
Best Female Character
Akito Souma (Fruits Basket: The Final)
Gabi (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season)
Kyouko Hori (Horimiya)
Miho Shirakawa (Odd Taxi)
Vivy (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song)
Vladilena Milizé (86 – Eighty Six)
Best Male Perfomance
Natsuki Hanae for Hiroshi Odokawa (Odd Taxi)
Reiji Kawashima for Fushi (Fumetsu no Anata e)
Yoshimasa Hosoya for Reiner Braun (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season)
Yuki Kaiji for Eren Yeager (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season) Mamoru Miyano for Koutarou Tatsumi (Zombieland Saga: Revenge)
Best Female Perfomance
Maaya Sakamoto for Akito Souma (Fruits Basket: The Final)
Sumire Uesaka for Hayase Nagatoro (Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san)
Aoi Koga for Shouko Komi (Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu.)
Minami Hinata for Boji (Ousama Ranking) Ayane Sakura for Gabi Braun (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season)
Best Soundtrack
86 – Eighty Six
Eden Fumetsu no Anata e
Nomad: Megalo Box 2
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2
Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season
Beasters 2
Fruits Basket: The Final
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Ousama Ranking
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2 Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season
Best Opening
"Kaibutsu” by YOASOBI (Beasters 2)
"Pleasure" by WARPs UP (Fruits Basket: The Final)
“Inori no Uta” by Yuiko Oohara (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation)
"ODDTAXI" by Skirt and PUNPEE (Odd Taxi)
"Sudachi no Uta” by Anemoneria (Wonder Egg Priority) "Taiga yo Tomo ni Naitekure” by Fran Chou Chou (Zombieland Saga: Revenge)
Best Ending
"Avid" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki (86 – Eighty Six)
"Yasashii Suisei” by YOASOBI (Beastars 2nd Season)
"Mediator" by Masashi Hamauzu (Fumetsu no Anata e) "El Canto del Colibrí" by mabanua (Nomad: Megalo Box 2)
"Oz." by yama (Ousama Ranking)
Overrated of the Year
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon S
Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2
Non Non Biyori Nonstop
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
Yuru Camp△ Season 2
Worst of the Year
Eden
Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. Redo of Healer
The Promised Neverland Season 2
Wonder Egg Priority Special
Anime of the Year
Fruits Basket: The Final
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Nomad: Megalo Box 2
Odd Taxi
Ousama Ranking Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season
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