The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean anime is nominated for several categories in this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Crunchyroll announced the nominees today on January 19, 2023. This year’s awards will be the 7th since the event began in 2017.
Fans can vote daily on each category until January 25 at 5:00 PM PST (8:00 PM EST) by clicking here.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Nominations
Best Character Design
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Yoh Yoshinari/Trigger)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (Akira Matsushima/ufotable)
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean (Masanori Shino/david production)
- My Dress-Up Darling (Kazumasa Ishida/CloverWorks)
- Ranking of Kings (Cour 2) (Atsuko Nozaki/WIT STUDIO)
- SPY x FAMILY (Kazuaki Shimada/WIT STUDIO and CloverWorks)
Best Continuing Series
- Attack on Titan (Final Season Part 2)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Entertainment District Arc)
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (-Ultra Romantic-)
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Stone Ocean)
- Made in Abyss (The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)
- One Piece
Best Action
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
- Lycoris Recoil
- SPY x FAMILY
Best VA Performance (Japanese)
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Anya Forger (SPY x FAMILY)
- Chika Anzai as Chisato Nishikigi (Lycoris Recoil)
- Fairouz Ai as Jolyne Cujoh (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)
- Misaki Kuno as Faputa and Irumyuui (Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun)
- Natsuki Hanae as Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc)
- Yuki Kaji as Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2)
Best VA Performance (French)
- Alexis Tomassian as Ombre (Ranking of Kings (Cour 2))
- Brigitte Lecordier as Bojji (Ranking of Kings (Cour 2))
- Dorothée Pousséo as Lucy (Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)
- Geneviève Doang as Vladilena Milizé (86 EIGHTY-SIX Part. 2)
- Laure Filiu as Jolyne Cujoh (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)
- Martin Faliu as Miyuki (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic-)
Best VA Performance (Spanish)
- Alejandro Albaiceta as Gohan (Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO)
- Jaime Pérez de Sevilla as Yuta Okkotsu (JUJUTSU KAISEN 0)
- Lourdes Fabrés as Jolyne Cujoh (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)
- Marc Gómez as Daida (Ranking of Kings (Cour 1))
- Masumi Mutsuda as Yatora Yaguchi (Blue Period)
- Mónica Padrós as Hiling (Ranking of Kings (Cour 1))
Aside from Stone Ocean, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable is nominated in Germany as well.
Best VA Performance (German)
- Nicolás Artajo as Yūta Okkotsu (JUJUTSU KAISEN 0)
- Uwe Thomsen as Jotaro Kujo (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
- Torsten Michaelis as Askeladd (VINLAND SAGA)
- Lara Trautmann as Belle (BELLE)
- Jannik Endemann as Ritsuka Uenoyama (given)
- Gabrielle Pietermann as Marin Kitagawa (My Dress-Up Darling)
Winners will be revealed on March 4, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Crunchyroll held their first Anime Awards event on January 28, 2017.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s Previous Nominations and Wins
Nominees
The awards after 2017 did not include an “Other” category.
- 2017: Hero of the Year – Most Popular “Other”: Josuke Higashikata (Diamond is Unbreakable)
- 2017: Villain of the Year – Yoshikage Kira (Diamond is Unbreakable)
- 2017: Best Boy – Most Popular “Other”: Josuke Higashikata (Diamond is Unbreakable)
- 2017: Best Action – Most Popular “Other”: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
- 2019: Best Opening Sequence – Fighting Gold by Coda (Golden Wind)
- 2020: Best Boy – Bruno Bucciarati (Golden Wind)
- 2020: Best Fight Scene – King Crimson vs. Metallica (Golden Wind)
- 2020: Best Score – Yugo Kanno (Golden Wind)
- 2022: Best VA Performance (DE) – Marios Gavrilis as Dio Brando (Phantom Blood)
Winners
- 2019: Best Character Design – Takahiro Kishida (Golden Wind)
- 2020: Best VA Performance (Japanese) – Yuichi Nakamura as Bruno Bucciarati (Golden Wind)
