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 from the Crunchyroll Anime Awards Party in San Francisco. 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.
Winners and nominees
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 |style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
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) 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 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) 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: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 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 "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 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 |- |style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
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 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 |- |style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto — Studio Deen Keijo — Xebec KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! — Studio Deen Space Patrol Luluco — Studio Trigger Most Popular "Other": Nanbaka — Satelight |style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
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 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 |style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
"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 WorldSource:
Statistics +Anime with multiple nominations Nominations Anime9Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress8Mob Psycho 1007My Hero AcademiaYuri on Ice6Erased4Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo ShinjuJoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (season 3)Kiznaiver3Space Patrol Luluco2Joker GameRe:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
+Anime with multiple wins Wins Anime7Yuri on Ice2ErasedMob Psycho 100
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