Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025: List of All Winners & Losers
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards have been in existence since 2016. The Crunchyroll Awards are given out for excellence in anime in 32 categories. They include Film of the Year, Anime of the Year, Best Song, and Best Continuing Series, to name a few. It was held in Tokyo at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa this year. Who are the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 Winners?
Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025: Full List
Anime of the Year:
DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Kaiju No. 8
Solo Leveling — WINNER
The Apothecary Diaries
Best Anime Song:
Abyss – Yungblud – Kaiju No. 8
Bling-Bang-Bang-Born – Creepy Nuts – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
Fatal – GEMN – OSHI NO KO: Season 2
LEVEL – SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Solo Leveling
Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN — WINNER
The Brave – YOASOBI – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Best Score:
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict- Shiro Sagisu
DAN DA DAN – kensuke ushio
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc – Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Evan Call
Look Back – Haruka Nakamura
Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki Sawano — WINNER
Film of the Year:
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
Look Back — WINNER
Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain
My Hero Academia: You’re Next
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
The Colors Within
Best Original Anime:
BUCCHIGIRI?!
GIRLS BAND CRY
Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
Metallic Rouge
Ninja Kamui — WINNER
Train to the End of the World
Best Continuing Series:
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc — WINNER
My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia Season 7
ONE PIECE
OSHI NO KO: Season 2
SPY × FAMILY, SPY × FAMILY Season 2
Best New Series:
DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Kaiju No. 8
Solo Leveling — WINNER
The Apothecary Diaries
Best Opening Sequence:
“Abyss” – Yungblud (Kaiju No. 8)
“Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” – Creepy Nuts (MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc)
“Fatal” – GEMN – (OSHI NO KO: Season 2)
“LEveL” – SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER (Solo Leveling)
“Otonoke” – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN — WINNER
“UUUUUS!” – Hiroshi Kitadani – ONE PIECE
Best Ending Sequence:
“Antanante” – riria. (Ranma1/2)
“Burning” – Hitsujibungaku – (OSHI NO KO: Season 2)
“KAMAKURA STYLE” – BotchiBoromaru (The Elusive Samurai)
“Nobody” – OneRepublic (Kaiju No. 8)
“request” – krage (Solo Leveling) — WINNER
“TAIDADA” – ZUTOMAYO – (DAN DA DAN)
Best Action Anime:
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
DAN DA DAN
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Kaiju No. 8
Solo Leveling — WINNER
WIND BREAKER
Best Comedy Anime:
Delicious in Dungeon
KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc — WINNER
My Deer Friend Nokotan
Ranma1/2
SPY × FAMILY Season 2
Best Drama Anime:
A Sign of Affection
DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End — WINNER
OSHI NO KO: Season 2
Pluto
The Apothecary Diaries
Best Isekai Anime:
KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation: season 2, Cour 2
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-: Season 3 — WINNER
Shangri-La Frontier: Season 2
Suicide Squad ISEKAI
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Season 3
Best Romance Anime:
A Sign of Affection
Blue Box — WINNER
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
Ranma1/2
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Dangers in My Heart: Season 2
Best Slice of Life Anime:
Laid-Back Camp: Season 3
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! — WINNER
Mr. Villain’s Day Off
My Deer Friend Nokotan
Sound! Euphonium 3
The Dangers in My Heart: Season 2
Best Animation:
DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc — WINNER
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Kaiju No. 8
Solo Leveling
Best Background Art:
DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End — WINNER
Pluto
The Apothecary Diaries
Best Character Design:
DAN DA DAN — WINNER
Delicious in Dungeon
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Kaiju No. 8
The Apothecary Diaries
Best Director:
Fuga Yamashiro – DAN DA DAN
Haruo Sotozaki – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Keiichiro Saito – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End — WINNER
Megumi Ishitani – ONE PIECE FAN LETTER
Norihiro Naganuma – The Apothecary Diaries
Yoshihiro Miyajima – Delicious in Dungeon
Best Main Character:
Frieren – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Kafka Hibino – Kaiju No. 8
Okarun – DAN DA DAN
Maomao – The Apothecary Diaries
Momo – DAN DA DAN
Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling — WINNER
Best Supporting Character:
Fern – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End — WINNER
Himmel – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Jinshi – The Apothecary Diaries
Seiko – DAN DA DAN
Senshi – Delicious in Dungeon
Turbo Granny – DAN DA DAN
“Must Protect at All Cost” Character:
Anya Forger – SPY × FAMILY: Season 2 — WINNER
Frieren – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Okarun – DAN DA DAN
Senshi – Delicious in Dungeon
Tokiyuki Hojo – The Elusive Samurai
Yuki Itose – A Sign of Affection
Awards for Voice Artistry:
Best Japanese Voice Artist Performance: Aoi Yuki (Maomao) – The Apothecary Diaries
Best English Voice Artist Performance: Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
Best Arabic Voice Artist Performance: Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) – SPY × FAMILY Season 2
Best Brazilian Portuguese Voice Artist Performance: Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
Best Castilian Spanish Voice Artist Performance: Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
Best French Voice Artist Performance: Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino) – Kaiju No. 8
Best German Voice Artist Performance: Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy) – ONE PIECE
Best Hindi Voice Artist Performance: Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) – JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2
Best Italian Voice Artist Performance: Ilaria Pellicone (Kyomoto) – Look Back
Best Latin Spanish Voice Artist Performance: Miguel Ángel Leal (Eren Jaeger) – Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
A Few Final Thoughts
The voting process began in early April, and winners were determined just before the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards ceremony. As you can see, Solo Leveling did very well. There were many fantastic nominees this year, and it’s very exciting to see all the incredible talent that goes into the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
