Crunchyroll is preparing for their fourth annual Anime Awards with a non-stop anime marathon kicking off today (!) and running through February 14th on bothFacebookandTwitch. The marathon will run for 24 hours a day during the week leading up to the Anime Awards on February 15th.That’sa lottaanime!
Fans can catch the following shows during the marathon:Mob Psycho 100 II,Sarazanmai,The Rising of the Shield Hero,given,Ascendance of a Bookworm,My Roommate Is a Cat,KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on this wonderful world!,Katana Maidens ~ Mini Toji,Girly Air Force,Hakata Mentai! Pirikarako-chan,BLACKFOX,Kemono Friends 2,andShonen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan. (The marathon will be limited to the United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Netherland, Denmark, Central America, and South America.)
Fans cast more than 11 million votes for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards this year - up from just 5 million last year! The winners are being tallied and on February 15th the results will be revealed during their live-streamed awards show in San Francisco. The stream will be available on theCrunchyrollhomepage along with our Facebook,YouTube, and Twitch pages.
The show will be hosted by WWE Superstar Xavier Woods (AKAAustin Creed) and will include anime sneak peeks, messages from Japan, and other amazing presenters. In addition to the presenters already announced, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards will also featureKING VADERpresenting Anime of the Year. President of WIT STUDIO,George Wada, will be in attendance to accept his award for Industry Icon.
List of categories:
- Anime of the Year
* Best Animation
* Best Opening Sequence
* Best Ending Sequence
* Best Boy
* Best Girl
* Best Score
* Best VA Performance (JP)
* Best VA Performance (EN)
* Best Director
* Best Character Design
* Best Protagonist
* Best Antagonist
* Best Fight Scene
* Best Couple
* Best Drama
* Best Fantasy
* Best Comedy
