Meet the Winners of This Year's Anime Awards
The 2022 Anime Awards have drawn to a close, and the winners are revealed!

The votes are in and tallied and now it's time for what everyone has been waiting for — it's time to reveal the winners of this year's Anime Awards! With so many amazing series and films, the competition was fierce, but the dust is settled and we have winners for each category. Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2022 Anime Awards:
Anime of the Year
WINNER: Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Runners Up:
JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Sonny Boy
Best Boy
Winner: Bojji – Ranking of Kings
Runners Up:
Senku Ishigami – Dr. STONE Season 2
Izumi Miyamura – Horimiya
Odokawa – ODDTAXI
Ken 'Draken' Ryuguji – Tokyo Revengers
Manjiro 'Mikey' Sano – Tokyo Revengers
Best Girl
Winner: Nobara Kugisaki – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Runners Up:
Vladilena Milizé – 86 EIGHTY-SIX
Tohru Honda – Fruits Basket The Final Season
Sarasa Watanabe – Kageki Shojo!!
Shoko Komi – Komi Can't Communicate
Ai Ohto – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Protagonist
Winner: Odokawa – ODDTAXI
Runners Up:
Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Yuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Joe – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
Bojji – Ranking of Kings
Ai Ohto – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Antagonist
Winner: Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Runners Up:
Tomura Shigaraki – My Hero Academia Season 5
Yano – ODDTAXI
Echidna – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2
Ainosuke Shindo / “ADAM” – SK8 the Infinity
Tetta Kisaki – Tokyo Revengers
Best Fight Scene
Winner: Yuji Itadori & Aoi Todo vs. Hanami – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Runners Up:
Eren Jaeger vs. War Hammer Titan – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Naruto Uzumaki vs. Isshiki Otsutsuki – BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS
Yuji Itadori & Nobara Kugisaki vs. Eso & Kechizu – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Elma vs. Tohru – Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
Vivy vs. Yugo Kakitani – Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Best Director
Winner: Baku Kinoshita – ODDTAXI
Runners Up:
Yuichiro Hayashi – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Sunghoo Park – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Yo Moriyama – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
Shingo Natsume – Sonny Boy
Shin Wakabayashi – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Animation
Winner: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Runners Up:
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Cour 1
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Character Design
Winner: Tadashi Hiramatsu – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Runners Up:
Baku Kinoshita and Hiromi Nakayama – ODDTAXI
Atsuko Nozaki – Ranking of Kings
Michinori Chiba – SK8 the Infinity
loundraw (FLAT STUDIO) and Yuichi Takahashi – Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Saki Takahashi – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Score
Winner: Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Runners Up:
Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto – 86 EIGHTY-SIX
Mabanua – MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
PUNPEE, VaVa, and OMSB – ODDTAXI
Satoru Kosaki – Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
DÉ DÉ MOUSE and Mito – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best VA Performance (Japanese)
Winner: Yuki Kaji – Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Runners Up:
Ayane Sakura – Gabi Braun – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Kiyoshi Kobayashi – Daisuke Jigen (Ep. 0) – LUPIN THE 3rd PART 6
Natsuki Hanae – Odokawa – ODDTAXI
Aoi Yuki – Kumoko – So I'm a Spider, So What?
Kanata Aikawa – Ai Ohto – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best VA Performance (English)
Winner: David Wald – Ainosuke Shindo / "ADAM" – SK8 the Infinity
Runners Up:
Brittany Cox – Fena – Fena: Pirate Princess
Laura Bailey – Tohru Honda – Fruits Basket The Final Season
Adam McArthur – Yuji Itadori – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Matt Shipman – Reki Kyan – SK8 the Infinity
Anairis Quiñones – Rika Kawai – WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Opening Sequence
Winner: Boku no sensou – Shinsei Kamattechan – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Storyboard and Direction: Yuichiro Hayashi
Runners Up:
Kaibutsu – YOASOBI – BEASTARS
VIVID VICE – Who-ya Extended – JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Ai no Supreme! – Fhána – Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
ODDTAXI – Skirt and PUNPEE – ODDTAXI
Cry Baby – Official HIGE DANdism – Tokyo Revengers
Best Ending Sequence
Winner: Shirogane – LiSA – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Art and Animation Direction: Tomonori Sudo
Runners Up:
Shogeki – Yuko Ando – Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
Yasashii Suisei – YOASOBI – BEASTARS
Nai Nai – ReoNA – SHADOWS HOUSE
Infinity – YUURI – SK8 the Infinity
Ganbare! Kumoko-san no Theme – "Watashi" (VA: Aoi Yuki) – So I'm a Spider, So What?
Best Action
Winner: JUJUTSU KAISEN (cour 2)
Runners Up:
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1
SSSS.DYNAZENON
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Comedy
Winner: Komi Can't Communicate
Runners Up:
DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
Best Drama
Winner: To Your Eternity
Runners Up:
Fruits Basket The Final Season
Kageki Shojo!!
WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Romance
Winner: Horimiya
Runners Up:
BEASTARS
Fruits Basket The Final Season
DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
Komi Can't Communicate
The Duke of Death and His Maid
Best Fantasy
Winner: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Season 2)
Runners Up:
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Cour 1)
WONDER EGG PRIORITY
Best Film
Winner: Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Runners Up:
BELLE
Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Shirobako the Movie
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop