Crunchyroll, the global brand fueling anime fandom, revealed the winners of the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards during a live ceremony held at Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo on Sunday (May 25).  Creepy Nuts won best anime song for “Otonoke,” the opening theme from anime of the year nominee DAN DA DAN. Hiroyuki Sawano won best score for Solo Leveling, which won anime of the year.

The ninth annual Anime Awards was co-hosted for the third year in a row by voice actress Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira. The winners were revealed by celebrity anime fan presenters, including Grammy-winning singer Kacey Musgraves; Canadian director, musician, and actor Finn Wolfhard and American actor Gaten Matarazzo, both from the hit series Stranger Things; global superstar and anime collaborator J Balvin; Italian singer-songwriter Damiano David; musician and actor Rina Sawayama; Brazilian pop icon Pabllo Vittar; American snowboarder Chloe Kim; and screenwriter Zak Penn.

During the awards show, fans enjoyed performances from Creepy Nuts, the 2025 Anime Awards winning hip-hop duo, who performed “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” the opening theme from Mashle: Magic and Muscles. Rock band FLOW performed “DAYS” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Eureka Seven; and LiSA, Spotify’s most streamed Japanese artist globally in 2020, performed three songs — “crossing field,” “Datte Atashino Hero,” and “gurenge,” the hit from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

During the ceremony, Attack on Titan was awarded the Anime Awards’ first global impact award. The final film Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK premiered in late 2024, marking the end of the longstanding anime. Yuichiro Hayashi from MAPPA accepted the award on behalf of all the creatives who brought the series to life over the years.

This year, a record 51 million votes were cast by fans worldwide to celebrate their favorite series, films, and actors. The 2025 Anime Awards will be available to stream as video-on-demand shortly on Crunchyroll’s YouTube and Twitch Channels, along with SONY PICTURES CORE and the Sony Group Corp Japan and Global YouTube Channels.

“Fans form deep emotional connections to anime. These are not just series, films or songs, but rather works of art that help define the identity of anime fans,” Rahul Purini, president of Crunchyroll, said in a statement.

Sony Music Solutions Inc., part of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Dempsey Productions supported Crunchyroll in the execution of the Anime Awards this year.

Here’s a complete list of 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards nominees and winners.

Anime of the Year

        DAN DA DAN

        Delicious in Dungeon

        Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

        Kaiju No. 8

        WINNER: Solo Leveling

        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

        WINNER: Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN

        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

        WINNER: Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki Sawano

Film of the Year

        HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle

        WINNER: Look Back

        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

        WINNER: Ninja Kamui

        Train to the End of the World

Best Continuing Series

        BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict

        WINNER: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc

        My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia Season 7

        ONE PIECE

        【OSHI NO KO】【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

        WINNER: Solo Leveling

        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

       WINNER: Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN

        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

       WINNER: request – krage – Solo Leveling

        TAIDADA – ZUTOMAYO – DAN DA DAN

Best Action

        BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict

        DAN DA DAN

        Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc

        Kaiju No. 8

        WINNER: Solo Leveling

        WIND BREAKER

Best Comedy

        Delicious in Dungeon

        KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3

       WINNER:  MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc

        My Deer Friend Nokotan

        Ranma1/2

        SPY × FAMILY Season 2

Best Drama

        A Sign of Affection

        DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION

        WINNER: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

        【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)

       WINNER:  Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3

        Shangri-La Frontier Season 2

        Suicide Squad ISEKAI

        That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3

Best Romance

        A Sign of Affection

        WINNER: Blue Box

        Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!

        Ranma1/2

        Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

        The Dangers in My Heart Season 2

Best Slice of Life

        Laid-Back Camp Season 3

       WINNER: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!

        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

        WINNER: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc

        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

        WINNER: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

        Pluto

        The Apothecary Diaries

Best Character Design

       WINNER: DAN DA DAN

        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

       WINNER:  Keiichiro Saito – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

        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

        WINNER: Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling

Best Supporting Character

        WINNER: Fern – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

        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

       WINNER:  Anya Forger – SPY × FAMILY Season 2

        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

WINNERS IN OTHER CATEGORIES

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