Crunchyroll’s third annual Anime Awards showed huge praise for Devilman Crybaby and My Hero Academia last night. Here’s a recap of the 2018 Anime Awards.
Hosted this year by Cristina Vee, the 2018 Anime Awards showcased some of the most loved animes and movies of the last year. The award show also featured many guests such as SungWon Cho, Justin Briner, and Geoff Thew.
Also shown at the awards was the announcement of an anime adaptation of The Island of Giant Insects (Kyochuu Rettou) and previews for YU-NO, gen:Lock, and Made In Abyss: Journey’s Dawn.
Devilman locked down Best Director and Anime of the Year after coming onto Netflix at the beginning of 2018 and taking the anime world by storm.
The director of the Devilman Crybaby, Masaaki Yuasa, went on Twitter after the awards were announced and said, in Japanese, “Congratulations to everyone involved in the staff.”
As a very graphic and visually stunning show, the ten episode series was received very positively by critics and is the first hit anime original released on Netflix.
Meanwhile, My Hero Academia’s third season kept the series strong and won five Anime Awards, which includes Best Film, Best English VA, Best Fight Scene, Best Antagonist, and Best Boy.
Christopher Sabat made a very heartfelt video that aired after he won an Anime Award for his performance of All Might as the Best English VA Performance.
“The role meant something to me. As a guy whose definitely not getting any younger or stronger, I can truly relate to All Might. All Might makes me want to be more positive, to share my skills with others, and to be the best father and the best person I can possibly be. My Hero Academia will go down in history as one of the finest anime series of all time and I’m so grateful I’ve been a part of it.”
After My Hero Academia: Two Heroes won the award for Best Film, Masahiki Minami, president and producer at Bones, stated in a video that the anime will return in the fall of 2019 season of anime.
“The show isn’t currently airing, but everyone at Bones is hard at work to bring it back in the fall. We’re hammering away to make something really awesome. I hate to make you wait, but I hope you’ll be looking forward to the upcoming series.”
Later, Masahiki won the award for Industry Icon for his many years of production work at Bones. He’s best known for shows like Cowboy Bebop, Full Metal Alchemist, and My Hero Academia.
Violet Evergarden also won an Anime Award for Best Animation while Darling in the Franxx won for Best Opening Sequence and JoJo’s Part 5 won for Best Character Design.
The full list of Anime Awards winners can be viewed below.
Official 2018 Anime Awards Winners
| Best Opening Sequence Darling in the Franxx Kiss of Death – Mika Nakashima X Hyde Toshifumi Akai with storyboards by Atsushi Nishigori |
| Best Ending Sequence Attack on Titan Season 3 Akatsuki no Requiem – Linked Horizon Masaki Tachibana |
| Best Boy Izuku ‘Deku’ Midoriya My Hero Academia Season 3 |
| Best Girl Mai Sakurajima Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai |
| Best VA Performance (JP) Mamoru Miyaho as Kotaro Tatsumi Zombieland Saga |
| Best VA Performance (EN) Christopher R. Sabat as All Might My Hero Academia Season 3 |
| Best Fight Scene All for One vs. All Might My Hero Academia Season 3 |
| Best Protagonist Rimuru Tempest That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime |
| Best Antagonist All for One My Hero Academia Season 3 |
| Best Animation Violet Evergarden Studio: Kyoto Animation |
| Best Character Design JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind Takahiro Kishida |
| Best Continuing Series Dragon Ball Super Studio: Toei Animation |
| Best Director Masaaki Yuasa Devilman Crybaby |
| Best Film My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Studio: Bones |
| Industry Icon Masahiko Minami President & Producer of Bones |
| Anime of the Year Devilman Crybaby Studio: Science Saru |
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