1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards

1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards
1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in anime
Date	January 28, 2017
Country	United States
Presented by	Crunchyroll
Highlights
Most awards	Yuri on Ice (7)
Most nominations	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (9)
Anime of the Year	Yuri on Ice

The 1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held on January 28, 2017, honoring excellence in anime from 2016. The awards were first announced by Crunchyroll in December 2016.^[1] The voting period was open from January 3 to 10. The results were announced on January 11 except for the Anime of the Year award, which was announced live on January 28.^[2] Crunchyroll reported that 1.8 million votes from around the world were submitted, with the majority of them coming from the United States.^[3]^[4]^[5] It is the only edition that implemented the "Most Popular Other".

Records

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress dominated the list of nominees, with a total of nine nominations including the Anime of the Year. Mob Psycho 100 followed the lead with eight nominations, including the Anime of the Year. Yuri on Ice won all of its seven nominations, including the inaugural Anime of the Year award, albeit amid controversy about the Crunchyroll users who complained that the awards won did not deserve especially accusing fans of the series for rigging the vote.^[6]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). The lists are arranged alphabetically, except for the winner and the "Most Popular Other".

Anime of the Year Yuri on Ice — MAPPA‡ Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju — Studio Deen Erased — A-1 Pictures Joker Game — Production I.G. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress — Wit Studio Mob Psycho 100 — Bones My Hero Academia — Bones Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World — White Fox	Hero of the Year Izuku "Deku" Midoriya — My Hero Academia‡ Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama — Mob Psycho 100 Mumei — Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Satoru Fujinuma — Erased Most Popular "Other": Josuke Higashikata — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (season 3)
Villain of the Year Gaku Yashiro — Erased‡ Biba — Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Tomura Shigaraki — My Hero Academia Yoshikage Kira — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Most Popular "Other": Betelgeuse^{[lower-alpha 1]} — Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World	Best Boy Yuri Katsuki — Yuri on Ice‡ Arataka Reigen — Mob Psycho 100 Izuku "Deku" Midoriya — My Hero Academia Yakumo Yuurakutei — Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Most Popular "Other": Josuke Higashikata — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (season 3)
Best Girl Rem — Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World‡ Mumei — Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Nico Niiyama — Kiznaiver Ochaco Uraraka — My Hero Academia Most Popular "Other": Megumin — KonoSuba	Best Opening "History Maker" by Dean Fujioka — Yuri on Ice‡ "99" by Mob Choir — Mob Psycho 100 "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress" by Egoist — Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress "Usurai Shinjū" by Megumi Hayashibara — Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Most Popular "Other": "Re:Re:" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Erased
Best Ending "You Only Live Once" by Wataru Hatano — Yuri on Ice‡ "ninelie" by Aimer feat. chelly from Egoist — Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress "Pipo Password" by TeddyLoid feat. Bonjour Suzuki — Space Patrol Luluco "'Refrain Boy" by ALL OFF — Mob Psycho 100 Most Popular "Other": "Styx Helix" by Myth & Roid — Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World	Best Animation Yuri on Ice — MAPPA‡ Flip Flappers — Studio 3Hz Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress — Wit Studio Mob Psycho 100 — Bones Most Popular "Other": Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World — White Fox
Best Fight Scene Shigeo vs. Koyama — Mob Psycho 100‡ Altland vs. Moss — Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Deku vs. Kacchan — My Hero Academia Mumei vs. Kabane — Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Most Popular Other: Naruto vs. Sasuke — Naruto Shippuden	Best Drama Erased — A-1 Pictures‡ Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju — Studio Deen Joker Game — Production I.G. Kiznaiver — Studio Trigger Most Popular "Other": Orange — TMS Entertainment
Best Comedy Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto — Studio Deen‡ Keijo — Xebec KonoSuba — Studio Deen Space Patrol Luluco — Studio Trigger Most Popular "Other": Nanbaka — Satelight	Best Couple Yuri and Victor — Yuri on Ice‡ Luluco and Nova — Space Patrol Luluco Katsuhira and Sonozaki — Kiznaiver Satoru and Kayo — Erased Most Popular "Other": Subaru and Rem — Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
Best Action Mob Psycho 100 — Bones‡ My Hero Academia — Bones Drifters — Hoods Entertainment Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress — Wit Studio Most Popular "Other": JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (season 3) — David Production	Most Heartwarming Scene "The kiss" — Yuri on Ice‡ "Kayo's first homecooked meal" — Erased "Kakeru and Suwa learn to understand each other" — Orange "Makoto flies over her new home" — Flying Witch Most Popular "Other": "Rem's confession" — Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
Source:^[5]^[2]

Statistics

Anime with multiple nominations
Nominations	Anime
9	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
8	Mob Psycho 100
7	My Hero Academia
7	Yuri on Ice
6	Erased
4	Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
4	Kiznaiver
3	Space Patrol Luluco
2	Joker Game
2	Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World

Anime with multiple wins
Wins	Anime
7	Yuri on Ice
2	Erased
2	Mob Psycho 100

Notes

↑ Crunchyroll originally listed him as "Betelgeuse." His real official name is Petelgeuse Romanée Conti.

References

↑ "Crunchyroll Announces Its First Ever Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
1 2 "FEATURE: Crunchyroll Anime Awards - The Results are In! See Who Won!". Crunchyroll. January 11, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
↑ "The Anime Awards". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
↑ Wolf, Ian (January 11, 2017). "Yuri!!! On Ice wins all the Crunchyroll Anime Awards it was nominated for (so far…)". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
1 2 "Anime of the Year". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
↑ Wolf, Ian (January 30, 2017). "Yuri!!! On Ice wins Crunchyroll's "Anime of the Year" Award – Angering Crunchyroll users". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

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[7] Crunchyroll originally listed him as "Betelgeuse." His real official name is Petelgeuse Romanée Conti.

[:0-1] "Crunchyroll Announces Its First Ever Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[:3-2] 1 2 "FEATURE: Crunchyroll Anime Awards - The Results are In! See Who Won!". Crunchyroll. January 11, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2021.

[3] "The Anime Awards". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2017.

[4] Wolf, Ian (January 11, 2017). "Yuri!!! On Ice wins all the Crunchyroll Anime Awards it was nominated for (so far…)". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2017.

[:2-5] 1 2 "Anime of the Year". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.

[6] Wolf, Ian (January 30, 2017). "Yuri!!! On Ice wins Crunchyroll's "Anime of the Year" Award – Angering Crunchyroll users". Anime UK News. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

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