The winners of the Newtype Anime Awards 2022-2023 have been revealed, and socially awkward heroine series Bocchi the Rock! took home the prize for “best anime”.

The event took place on October 28th, and all anime that aired between June 2022 and July 2023 qualified for awards. There were 13 total categories:

Here’s the top 10 ranked Best Anime, as well as many other categories:

1. Bocchi the Rock!
2. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc
4. Lycoris Recoil
5. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – ROAD TO THE TOP
6. Skip and Loafer
7. BLEACH: Thousand- Year Blood War Arc
8. Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
9. Mob Psycho 100 III
10. Heavenly Delusion

Best Anime Movie:

1. Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night
2. Suzume
3. THE FIRST SLAM DUNK
4. Yuru Camp
5. Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
6. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond
7. Kaguya-sama: Love is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends
8. PSYCHO-PASS PROVIDENCE
9. Gridman Universe
10. Rascal Doesn’t Dream of a Sister Venturing Out

Best Screenplay:

1. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury – Ichiro Okouchi
2. Heavenly Delusion – Makoto Fukami
3. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – ROAD TO THE TOP – Kobari Tetsuya

Best Director:

1. Keiichiro Saito – Bocchi the Rock!
2. Liao Chengzhii – Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – ROAD TO THE TOP
3. Diretor chefe: Yuzuru Tachikawa/Diretor: Takahiro Hasui – Mob Psycho 100 III
4. Masayuki Kojima – Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
5. Hiroshi Kobayashi – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
6. Hirotaka Mori – Tengoku Daimakyo
7. Shingo Adachi – Lycoris Recoil
8. Kotomi Deai – Skip and Loafer
9. Ayako Kono – Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night
10. Naoyoshi Shiotani – PSYCHO-PASS PROVIDENCE

Best Character Design:

1. Mogmo – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
2. Kerorira – Bocchi the Rock!
3. Jun Yamazaki – Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – ROAD TO THE TOP

Best Studio:

1. Production I.G
2. Cygames Pictures
3. ufotable
4. Space Neko Company/Kamikaze Douga
5. David Production

Best Props/Mecha Design:

1. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
2. Bocchi the Rock!
3. Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
4. Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night
5. Gridman Universe

Best Soundtrack:

1. Takashi Omama – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
2. Kevin Penkin – Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
3. Tomoki Kikuya – Bocchi the Rock!
4. Akira Yamaoka – Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
5. Yuki Kajiura – Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night

Best Opening/Ending:

1. ”Seishun Complex” Kessoku Band – Abertura de Bocchi the Rock!
2. ”Idol” YOASOBI – Abertura de Oshi no Ko
3. ”Blessing ”Shukufuku” YOASOBI – Abertura de Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
4. ”Endless Embrace” Myth & Roid – Encerramento de Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
5. ”Hana no To” Sayuri – Encerramento de Lycoris Recoil
6. ”Katachi” Riko Azuna – Abertura de Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
7. ”Red:birthmark” Aina the End – Encerramento de Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
8. ”Kizuna no Kiseki” MAN WITH A MISSIONxmilet – Abertura de Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc
9. ”SOUVENIR” BUMP OF CHICKEN – Abertura de SPYxFAMILY
10. ”Karakara” Kessoku Band – Encerramento de Bocchi the Rock!

Best Voice Actor/Actress:

1. LYNN
2. Kana Ichinose
3. Rie Takahashi

Best Male Character:

1. Kirito – Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night
2. Loid Forger – SPYxFAMILY
3. Muichiro Tokito – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc
4. Tanjiro Kamado – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc
5. Akaza – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc
6. Aki Hayakawa – Chainsaw Man
7. Guel Jeturk – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury

Best Female Character:

1. Suletta Mercury – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
2. Miorine Rembran – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
3. Hitori Goto – Bocchi the Rock!
4. Asuna – Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive Scherzo of the Deep Night
5. Ai – Oshi no Ko
6. Nijika Ijichi – Bocchi the Rock!
7. Mitsuri Kanroji – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sowrdsmith Village Arc
8. Yor Forger – SPYxFAMILY
9. Ruby – Oshi no Ko
10. Ai Haibara – Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine

Best Mascot:

1. Hots – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
2. Haro – Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
3. Nanachi – Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
4. Anya Forger – SPYxFAMILY
5. Pochita – Chainsaw Man