# 1st Crunchyroll Anime Awards

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. 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. Crunchyroll reported that 1.8 million votes from around the world were submitted, with the majority of them coming from the United States. 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.

## 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 — 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" [ja] 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 |
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## 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 |