Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 Winners List

Hollywood’s awards season may be over, but the celebration for the anime community around the world, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025, is now underway. The 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards is currently taking place at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. Team Crunchyroll has brought in a variety of stars from various industries worldwide to announce the winners today. If you are waiting to see which of your beloved series, songs, and voice actors will receive the anime awards, we have got you covered with the complete list of Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 winners right here.

Anime of the Year

• Dandadan
• Kaiju No.8
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Solo Leveling – WINNER
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• The Apothecary Diaries

Best New Series

• Dandadan
• Kaiju No.8
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Solo Leveling – WINNER
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• The Apothecary Diaries

Anime 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 Animation

• Dandadan by Science SARU
• Kaiju No.8 by Production I.G
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Madhouse
• Delicious in Dungeon by Trigger Studios
• Solo Leveling by A-1 Pictures
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc by Ufotable – WINNER

Best Character Design

• Dandadan – WINNER
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Kaiju No.8
• The Apothecary Diaries

Best Continuing Series

• Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc – WINNER
• My Hero Academia Season 7
• One Piece
• Oshi no Ko Season 2
• Spy x Family Season 2

Best Director

• Fuga Yamashiro (Science SARU) – Dandadan
• Haruo Sotozaki (Ufotable) – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Keiichiro Saito (Madhouse) – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – WINNER
• Megumi Ishitani (Toei Animation) – One Piece Fan Letter
• Norihiro Naganuma (Toho Animation) – The Apothecary Diaries
• Yoshihiro Miyajima (Trigger) – Delicious in Dungeon

Best Score

• Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
• Dandadan
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Look Back
• Solo Leveling (Hiroyuki Sawano) – WINNER

Best Anime Song

• Abyss by YUNGBLUD – Kaiju No.8
• Bling-Bang-Bang-Born by Creepy Nuts – Mashle: Magic and Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
• Fatal by GEMN – Oshi no Ko Season 2
• LEveL by Sawano Hiroyuki [nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Solo Leveling
• Otonoke by Creepy Nuts – Dandadan – WINNER
• The Brave by YOASOBI – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Best Background Art

• Dandadan
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – WINNER
• Pluto
• The Apothecary Diaries

Best Romance

• 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 Comedy

• Delicious in Dungeon
• Konosuba – God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Season 3
• Mashle: Magic and Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc – WINNER
• My Deer Friend Nokotan
• Ranma1/2
• Spy x Family Season 2

Best Action

• Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
• Dandadan
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• Kaiju No. 8
• Solo Leveling – WINNER
• Wind Breaker

Best Slice of Life

• 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 Isekai Anime

• Konosuba – God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Season 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 Drama

• A Sign of Affection
• Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – WINNER
• Oshi no Ko Season 2
• Pluto
• The Apothecary Diaries

Best Main Character

• Frieren – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Kafka Hibino – Kaiju No. 8
• Momo – Dandadan
• Okarun – Dandadan
• Maomao – The Apothecary Diaries
• 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 – Dandadan
• Senshi – Delicious in Dungeon
• Turbo Granny – Dandadan

“Must Protect At All Costs” Character

• Anya Forger – Spy x Family Season 2 – WINNER
• Frieren – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Okarun – Dandadan
• Senshi – Delicious in Dungeon
• Tokiyuki Hojo – The Elusive Samurai
• Yuki Itose – A Sign of Affection

Best Opening Sequence

• Abyss by YUNGBLUD – Kaiju No.8
• Bling-Bang-Bang-Born by Creepy Nuts – Mashle: Magic and MusclesThe Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
• Fatal by GEMN – Oshi no Ko Season 2
• LEveL by Sawano Hiroyuki [nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Solo Leveling
• Otonoke by Creepy Nuts – Dandadan – WINNER
• UUUUUS! by Hiroshi Kitadani – One Piece

Best Ending Sequence

• Antanante by riria – Ranma1/2
• Burning by Hitsujibungaku – Oshi no Ko Season 2
• KAMAKURA STYLE by BotchiBoromaru – The Elusive Samurai
• Nobody by One Republic – Kaiju No.8
• Request by Krage – Solo Leveling – WINNER
• Taidada by ZUTOMAYO – Dandadan

Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)

• Aoi Yuki as Maomao – The Apothecary Diaries – WINNER
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Kenichi Suzumura as Bravern – Brave Bang Bravern!
• Shion Wakayama as Momo – Dandadan
• Sayaka Sembongi as Mercilee – Delicious in Dungeon
• Natsuki Hanae as Okarun – Dandadan

Best Voice Artist Performance (English)

• AJ Beckles as Okarun – Dandadan
• Aleks Le as Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling – WINNER
• Jessie James Grelle as Armin Arlelt – Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 2
• Sarah Natochenny as Alya – Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
• SungWon Cho as Senshi – Delicious in Dungeon

That’s a wrap to the 9th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards. This was another remarkable ceremony organized by Crunchyroll. Having said that, are you satisfied with the winners in each category? Let us know if your favorite VA or anime took home an award tonight in the comments below.