I'm surprised no one has discussed it yet, but the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, er, I mean the My Hero Academia awards, have been posted on the Crunchyroll website.
Click here to see them if you are curious.
My thoughts:
Anime of the year:
Not surprised. It was down to either MHA Season 2 or Made in Abyss.
Best girl:
Oh, the character that I picked won? Cool! Really wish Megumin was an actual contender here, but too bad she wasn't among the six.
Best boy:
My boy Satou Kazuma got robbed? Come on...
Best manga:
No opinion
Best hero:
Not surprised
Best villain:
Not surprised
Best action:
Yeah, I had a feeling it was either that or Attack on Titan Season 2. I would pick AoT Season 2, but that's because it's the one I watched (along with Fate/Apocrypha) of all the nominees listed, and thus the one I'm most familiar with. At least Fate/Apocrypha didn't win this category.
Best drama:
No opinion
Best slice of life:
No opinion
Best continuing series:
No opinion
Best opening:
Shinzou wo Sasageyo didn't win? What a bummer. It was easily my favorite of the nominees here. Linked Horizon never disappoints.
Best ending:
No opinion
Best animation:
Not much to say here. From the footage I've seen of all those shows, those were some solid nominees for best animation.
Best score:
Considering the comparisons I've heard about Made in Abyss with Xenoblade Chronicles' soundtrack, not surprised.
Best film:
Not surprised. It was either that or A Silent Voice. I voted Heaven's Feel, but I knew it wasn't going to beat the likes of those two movies.
Best C.G.I.:
After seeing some footage of this show, I can see why it won in this category. To be honest, I probably would've voted for that too.
And now let's see what got...
Best comedy:
...Wait, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid won best comedy... and not
Konosuba?
You
cannot be serious...
What. the. hell.
I've seen a bunch of clips of that Dragon Maid anime. It looks fun, cute, and charming, but it's not to get me to watch the whole series, and from what I've seen, including its comedic highlights, I don't think it even
compares to Konosuba in the comedy department. Konosuba's funny moments are off the charts. Every episode had me laughing for a decent chunk of it. Sorry, but Konosuba should've won Best Comedy, not MKDM.
Overall thoughts:
Looks like this year's Crunchyroll Anime Awards were similar to last years' where one anime won a very good chunk of the categories. As last year was the Yuri on Ice Awards, this year was the My Hero Academica Awards. A lot of people are salty about this year's awards because of MHA winning the most, though of the ones MHA was contended in, the only ones that I feel that the show really robbed were best boy and best opening.
Personally, my real disappointment comes from Konosuba not winning best comedy. Seriously, why. Just. why?