Earlier today, Crunchyroll revealed their list of presenters for the 2019 Anime Awards. This year’s event will be hosted by Cristina Vee, and will feature thirteen guests to present awards:
- Michelle Phan: Entrepreneur, EM Cosmetics
- Ryan Potter: Actor (Big Hero 6, Titans)
- Justin Briner: Voice Actor (My Hero Academia‘s Deku, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card‘s Yukito Tsukishiro)
- Kevin Penkin: Composer (Made in Abyss)
- Freddie Wong: RocketJump Productions (Anime Crimes Division, Director)
- SungWon Cho: YouTuber, ProZD (Anime Crimes Division)
- Roger DiLuigi: YouTuber, Roger’s Base
- Yssa Badiola: Animator & Director, Rooster Teeth
- Miles Luna: Writer & Director, Rooster Teeth (gen:LOCK)
- Tristan Gallant: YouTuber, Glass Reflection
- Miranda Sanchez: IGN Senior Editor
- Geoff Thew: YouTuber, Mother’s Basement
- Victoria Holden: Crunchyroll Staff
- Miles Thomas: Crunchyroll Staff
- Tim Lyu: Crunchyroll Staff
Each guest will present one of the main categories in the show. Crunchyroll revealed visuals for each of the presenters, which you can check out below:
Crunchyroll Anime Awards will be held on February 16. The series will be streamed live on the publisher’s Twitch channel starting at 6:00PM Pacific.
Fifteen categories are being considered this year, with the contenders for Anime of the Year as follows:
- A Place Further Than the Universe
- Devilman Crybaby
- Megalobox
- Violet Evergarden
- Hinamatsuri
- Zombie Land Saga
This year’s list of judges includes:
- Reuben Baron
- Matt Schley
- Julio Velez
- Miranda Sanchez
- Jordan Ramee
- Andrew McDanell
- Robin Hirsch
- Karla Clark
- Dawn H
- Daryl Surat
- Jacob Boniface
- Michael Moore
- Andrea Caprotti
- Zac Bertschy
- Lauren Orsini
- Clarissa Graffeo
- Michael Ziegler
- Łukasz Kaczmarek
- Beckett Mufson
- Sloan Lester
- Gerald Rathkolb
