Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best VA Performance | |
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Awarded for | Best voice acting in an anime from the previous year |
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First awarded | 2019 |
Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best VA Performance are awards given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards rewarding the best voice acting performance in anime. Given annually by the anime streaming service Crunchyroll, winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting. [1]
Since its inception at the 3rd Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2019, it has awarded voice acting for anime in the Japanese and English language. Since then, it has included voice acting for localized dubbing of anime in other languages, including Arabic, Castilian Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. The Russian category was dropped in 2023, most likely due to the suspension of Crunchyroll's services in Russia in March 2022 in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [2]
Year | Recipient | Character(s) | Anime |
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2019 (3rd) [3] | |||
Mamoru Miyano | Kotaro Tatsumi | Zombie Land Saga | |
Megumi Han | Miki Makimura | Devilman Crybaby | |
Nao Tōyama | Rin Shima | Laid-Back Camp | |
Rareko | Retsuko | Aggretsuko | |
Reina Ueda | Akane Shindo | SSSS.Gridman | |
Soma Saito | Honda-san | Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san |
Year | Recipient | Character(s) | Anime |
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2019 (3rd) [3] | |||
Christopher Sabat | All Might | My Hero Academia (season 3) | |
David Wald | Narrator | Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues | |
Erica Mendez | Retsuko | Aggretsuko | |
Erika Harlacher | Violet Evergreen | Violet Evergarden | |
Kari Wahlgren | Haruko Haruhara | FLCL Progressive (season 2) | |
Tia Ballard | Zero Two | Darling in the Franxx |
Year | Recipient | Character(s) | Anime |
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2022 (6th) [8] [9] | |||
Enzo Ratsito | Tanjiro Kamado | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc | |
Mark Lesser | Satoru Gojo | Jujutsu Kaisen | |
Alexis Tomassian | Kage | Ranking of Kings | |
Brieuc Lemaire | Vanitas | The Case Study of Vanitas | |
Nancy Philippot | Raphtalia | The Rising of the Shield Hero | |
Olivier Premel | Takemichi Hanagaki | Tokyo Revengers | |
2023 (7th) [10] [11] | |||
Brigitte Lecordier | Bojji | Ranking of Kings | |
Alexis Tomassian | Kage | Ranking of Kings | |
Dorothée Pousséo | Lucy | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | |
Geneviève Doang | Vladilena Milizé | 86 | |
Laure Filiu | Jolyne Cujoh | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean | |
Martin Faliu | Miyuki Shirogane | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic | |
2024 (8th) [12] [13] | |||
Martial Le Minoux | Suguru Geto | Chainsaw Man | |
Levanah Solomon | Suzume Iwato | Suzume | |
Lilly Caruso | Aqua | KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! | |
Martin Faliu | Aqua | Oshi no Ko | |
Yoan Sover | Gabimaru | Hell's Paradise | |
Zina Khakhoulia | Power | Chainsaw Man |
Year | Recipient | Character(s) | Anime |
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2022 (6th) [8] [9] | |||
Leo Rabelo | Satoru Gojo | Jujutsu Kaisen | |
Hannah Buttel | Vladilena Milizé | 86 | |
Amanda Brigido | Nobara Kugisaki | Jujutsu Kaisen | |
Carol Valença | Monkey D. Luffy | One Piece | |
Luísa Viotti | Echidna | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (season 2) | |
Luiz Sergio Vieira | Takemichi Hanagaki | Tokyo Revengers | |
2023 (7th) [10] [11] | |||
Nina Carvalho | Anya Forger | Spy × Family | |
Antônio Moreno | Heihachi Mishima | Tekken: Bloodline | |
Charles Emmanuel | Kazuya Kinoshita | Rent-A-Girlfriend (season 2) | |
Mariana Dondi | Hayase Nagatoro | Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro | |
Pedro Alcântara | Yuta Okkotsu | Jujutsu Kaisen 0 | |
Yan Gesteira | Ashito Aoi | Aoashi | |
2024 (8th) [12] [13] | |||
Léo Rabelo | Satoru Gojo | Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) | |
Amanda Brigido | Tomo Aizawa | Tomo-chan Is a Girl! | |
Erick Bougleux | Kazuma Satou | KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson | |
Guilherme Briggs | Brook | One Piece | |
Luisa Viotti | Makima | Chainsaw Man | |
Vágner Fagundes | Arataka Reigen | Mob Psycho 100 (season 3) |
Year | Recipient | Character(s) | Anime |
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2022 (6th) [8] [9] | |||
Islam Gandzhaev | Tanjiro Kamado | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train | |
Vlad Tokarev | Eren Jaeger | Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 | |
Olga Matskevich | Mire Yoshizuki | Looking for Magical Doremi | |
Polina Rtischeva | Monkey D. Luffy | One Piece | |
Elizaveta Sheikh | Kumoko | So I'm a Spider, So What? | |
Tatyana Shamarina | Vivy | Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song |
Year | Recipient | Character(s) | Anime |
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2023 (7th) [10] [11] | |||
Amal Hajiwa | Gon Freecss | Hunter × Hunter | |
Adel Abo Hassoon | Kage | Ranking of Kings | |
Amal Saadalden | Conan Edogawa | Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween | |
Mohja AlSheak | Izuku Midoriya | My Hero Academia (season 1) | |
Naji Makhoul | Ichigo Kurosaki | Bleach (season 1) | |
Ula Zidan | Marin Kitagawa | My Dress-Up Darling | |
2024 (8th) [12] [13] | |||
Taleb Alrefai | Senku Ishigami | Dr. Stone (season 1) | |
Basil Alrefai | Vegeta | Dragon Ball Super | |
Hiba Snobar | Anya Forger | Spy × Family (season 1 part 1) | |
Mohammad Dal'o | Arataka Reigen | Mob Psycho 100 | |
Ra'fat Bazo | Son Goku | Dragon Ball Super | |
Rosie Yaziji | Rimuru Tempest | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (season 1) |
Year | Recipient | Character(s) | Anime |
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2023 (7th) [10] [11] | |||
Elisa Giorgio | Maki Zen'in | Jujutsu Kaisen (part 1) | |
Andrea La Greca | Kyojuro Rengoku | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc | |
Andrea Oldani | Daida | Ranking of Kings (part 1) | |
Deborah Morese | Marin Kitagawa | My Dress-Up Darling | |
Giulia Maniglio | Riku | Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun | |
Simone Lupinacci | Shoyo Hinata | Haikyū!! To the Top (season 4) | |
2024 (8th) [12] [13] | |||
Mosè Singh | Denji | Chainsaw Man | |
Alessio De Filippis | Kirito | Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night | |
Benedetta Ponticelli | Makima | Chainsaw Man | |
Diego Baldoin | Takenori Akagi | The First Slam Dunk | |
Federica Simonelli | Uta | One Piece Film: Red | |
Max Di Benedetto | Boxxo | Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon |
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