Crunchyroll announces 2022 Anime Awards winners

December 2024 · 2 minute read

The votes are in, and the winners of the Crunchyroll’s 2022 Anime Awards have just been announced. Following nominations and fan voting in January, the streaming platform today announced the awards for everything from Best Director to Best Boy in the anime industry last year. 

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Getting right to it, Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 beat out 86 -Eighty Six-, Jujutsu Kaisen’s second cour, Odd Taxi, Ranking of Kings, and Sonny Boy for Anime of the Year. 

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba came away with the most awards (four) for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train and its serialized Mugen Train Arc. As the bestselling anime film of all time, the movie unsurprisingly came away with the award for Best Film, beating out Belle, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, Shirobako the Movie, and Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop.

Check out a full list of the winners below.

Crunchyroll’s 2022 Anime Awards Winners

While there were disappointments all around — The Heike Story wasn’t even nominated, mind you — we can all rest easier knowing Bojji got his rightful accolade as everyone’s undisputed Best Boy. 

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