It is now officially 2024, first of all happy New Year and thank you for supporting Nick and I in our nerdy venture of this blog. We have officially reached our one-year anniversary of NerdCrash and we thank you for sticking with us. To celebrate the new year I want to have a list of all my favorite media, my own awards show if you will. Awards posts? You get the point. This is meant to be a nice fun post where I celebrate the best of the best and showcase what, in my opinion, the best of 2023 had to offer. While most of the winners and nominees come from 2023, I made some exceptions for some categories. Book, Comics and Gaming categories are based on if I finished the content this year. Movie and TV is given a grace period that if released in December or moved to streaming in 2023 that are put in consideration. TV shows is graded on the season that was released in 2023 or the grace period. Awards if necessary, will have the disclaimers.

Film of the Year

1. Oppenheimer (Universal)
2. DnD Honor Among Thieves (Paramount)
3. Avatar the Way of Water (20^th Century Studios)
4. Barbie (Warner Bros)
5. Evil Dead Rise (Warner Bros)

*Avatar Way of Water released in December 2022

Animated Film of the Year

1. Across the Spiderverse (Sony Entertainment Pictures)
2. Puss in Boots The Last Wish (Universal Pictures)
3. The Boy and the Heron (Studio Ghibli)
4. Super Mario Bros Movie (Universal Pictures)
5. TMNT Mutant Mayhem (Paramount)

*Puss in Boots released in 2022

Horror Film of the Year

1. Evil Dead Rise (Warner Bros)
2. MEGAN (Universal)
3. Cocaine Bear (Universal)
4. The Menu (Searchlight Pictures)
5. Smile (Paramount)

*The Menu released in December 2022

** Smile streaming release 2023, actual release September 2022

TV Series of the Year

1. Succession S4 (HBO)
2. Marvelous Ms Maisel S5 (Amazon Prime)
3. The Last of Us S1 (HBO)
4. Gen V (Amazon Prime)
5. The Bear S2 (Hulu)

Animated Series of the Year

1. Bad Batch S2 (Disney)
2. South Park S26 (Comedy Central)
3. Rick and Morty S6 (Adult Swim)
4. Legend of Vox Machina S2 (Amazon Prime)

*Rick and Morty S6 released late 2022

Anime Series of the Year

1. Vinland Saga S2 (MAPPA)
2. Demon Slayer S3 (Ufotable)
3. Bluelock S1 (Eight Bit)
4. My Hero Academia S6 (Bones)
5. Goblin Slayer S2 (Liden Films)

Book of the Year

1. Light Bringer (by Pierce Brown, published by Del Rey)
2. Caliban’s War (by James SA Corey, published by Orbit)
3. Words of Radiance (by Brandon Sanderson, published by TOR)
4. Legend and Lattes (by Travis Baldree, published by TOR)
5. The Shadows of the Gods (by John Gwynne, published by Orbit)

*only Light Bringer released in 2023

Comic/Manga of the Year

1. Invincible Omnibus 1 [issues 1 – 47] (by Robert Kirkman, published by Image)
2. Vinland Saga [Vol 1 – 3] (by Makoto Yukimura, published by Kodansha)
3. She Hulk: Breaking the Fourth Wall [issues 1 – 12, 1989] (by John Byrne, published by Marvel)

*all work read released before 2023

Game of the Year

1. Baldur’s Gate 3 (developed and published by Larian Studios)
2. Hogwart’s Legacy (developed by Avalanche Games, published by Warner Bros Games)
3. Resident Evil 2 [2019] (developed and published by Capcom)
4. Pentiment (developed by Obsidian Entertainment, published by Xbox)
5. Star Wars Jedi Survivor (developed by Respawn Entertainment, published by EA)

*Resident Evil 2 remake released in 2019

Multiplayer Game of the Year

1. Lethal Company (developed and published by Zeekers)
2. The Finals (developed and published by Embark Studios)
3. Street Fighter 6 (developed and published by Capcom)
4. Enlisted (developed by Darkflow Software and published by Gaijin Entertainment)
5. Caliber (developed and published by 1C Game Studios)

Ongoing Game of the Year

1. Dead by Daylight (developed and published by Behavior Interactive)
2. Deep Rock Galactic (developed by Ghost Ship Games, published by Coffee Stain Publishing)
3. Planetside 2 (developed by Rogue Planet Games, published by Daybreak Game Company)
4. World of Tanks (developed and published by Wargaming)
5. Civilization VI (developed by Firaxis Games, published by 2k)

Youtuber of the Year

1. Kings and Generals
2. Angry Joe Show
3. Dead Meat
4. UrinatingTree
5. Death Battle

Gaming Youtuber of the Year

1. Angry Joe Show
2. Bokoen1
3. videogamedunkey
4. zanny
5. Skill Up

Tabletop Youtuber of the Year

1. XP to Level 3
2. Play on Tabletop
3. The Command Zone
4. Commander at Home

History Youtuber of the Year

1. Kings and Generals
2. bluejay
3. History Matters

Sports Youtuber of the Year

1. Urinatingtree
2. Search Party
3. That’s Good Sports
4. Tom Grossi
5. Five Points Vids

Animator Youtuber of the Year

1. Death Battle
2. TerminalMontage
3. Cas van de pol
4. Pringus Mcdingus

Variety Youtuber of the Year

1. Dead Meat
2. Big Boss
3. Habitual Linecrosser
4. Bread Boys
5. Dalton Bantz