9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards
The 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards was held on May 25, 2025 at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. This edition featured 32 categories honoring anime released from September 2023 to December 2024. The ceremony was streamed live by Crunchyroll on YouTube and Twitch. Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira hosted the ceremony for the third time, including its previous edition.
A1 Pictures' Solo Leveling won nine awards including Anime of the Year, becoming the first adaptation of a manhwa to win the award. Meanwhile, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Madhouse won four including Best Director. Studio Durian's Look Back, an adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga of the same name, won Film of the Year. Other winners include Dandadan by Science SARU which received the most nominations in this edition with 22, as well as Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Spy × Family, Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece, Kaiju No. 8, The Apothecary Diaries, Ninja Kamui, Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, Blue Box, and Mashle: Magic and Muscles.
Winners and nominees
Categories for the 9th edition were revealed on December 6, 2024. Nominees were announced on April 3, 2025, in a livestream at Crunchyroll's YouTube channel. Dandadan received the most nominations with 22, followed by Frieren: Beyond Journey's End at 20, and Kaiju No. 8 and Delicious in Dungeon at 16. The four anime series were nominated for Anime of the Year, together with Solo Leveling and The Apothecary Diaries. All Anime of the Year nominees, except The Apothecary Diaries, were also nominated on the Best Animation category, together with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba; however, all Anime of the Year nominees were the new series. One Piece was nominated in the Best Continuing Series category for the third consecutive year, along with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. My Hero Academia which was also nominated in the aforementioned category, received the second Film of the Year nomination with the You're Next film, after Two Heroes which won previously in the third edition. Akira Matsushima received a nomination in Best Character Design for the third consecutive year for his work on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Kensuke Ushio was nominated again for Best Score for his work on Dandadan, along with Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Atsumi Tanezaki was nominated in the Best VA Performance (Japanese) category for the third consecutive year as Frieren.Among genre categories, Spy × Family was nominated in Best Comedy for the third consecutive year, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba for Best Action. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation was nominated for Best Isekai Anime, along with KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. Oshi no Ko was nominated again for Best Drama. For character categories, Frieren was nominated for Best Main Character and "Must Protect At All Costs" Character. Two characters from both Dandadan and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, were nominated for Best Supporting Character, while Anya Forger of Spy × Family was nominated in the "Must Protect At All Costs" Character category for the third consecutive year. Five anime songs nominated for Best Anime Song were nominated for Best Opening Sequence as well: "Abyss" by Yungblud, "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" and "Otonoke" by Creepy Nuts, "Fatal" by Gemn, and "Level" by Hiroyuki Sawano|SawanoHiroyuki: Tomorrow X Together.
Awards
Solo Leveling won nine awards including Anime of the Year, the first for a manhwa adaptation. The win was described as a massive upset by news outlets, as Frieren: Beyond Journey's End was widely expected to win the top prize; it nevertheless won four awards including the inaugural Best Background Art and its director Keiichiro Saito winning Best Director. Look Back won Film of the Year, with its director Kiyotaka Oshiyama receiving the award. Dandadan won three awards including Best Character Design, while Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won Best Continuing Series and Best Animation. Ninja Kamui won Best Original Anime. Solo Leveling, Blue Box, Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World won the genre awards for Best Action, Best Romance, Best Comedy, Best Slice of Life, Best Drama, and the inaugural Best Isekai Anime respectively. Sung Jin-woo of Solo Leveling won Best Main Character, while Fern of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End won Best Supporting Character. Anya Forger won the "Must Protect at All Costs" Character award for the third consecutive year. "Otonoke" by Creepy Nuts won Best Anime Song and Best Opening Sequence, while "Request" by Krage won Best Ending Sequence. Hiroyuki Sawano won Best Score for his work on Solo Leveling. Aoi Yūki won Best Voice Acting for her work as Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries, while Aleks Le won Best Voice Acting (English) for his work as Sung Jin-woo in Solo Leveling. Attack on Titan became the first recipient to receive the Global Impact Award, which was awarded to honor the works and visionary creatives who have produced anime series changing popular culture. Yuichiro Hayashi, The Final Seasons director, accepted the award.Anime with multiple nominations
| Wins | Anime |
| 9 | Solo Leveling |
| 4 | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End |
| 3 | Dandadan |
| 2 | Attack on Titan |
| 2 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba |
| 2 | Look Back |
| 2 | Spy × Family |
Presenters and performers
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or a short monologue:| Names | Role |
| Ironmouse | Presented "Must Protect At All Costs" Character |
| Gigguk | Presented Best New Series and Best Main Character |
| Paloma Mami | Presented Best Background Art and Best Drama |
| d4vd | Presented Best Character Design and Best Ending Sequence; tribute to the anime's influence on the entertainment industry |
| Benjamin Whittaker | Presented Best Action and Best Comedy |
| Plastique Tiara | Presented Best Supporting Character and Best Romance |
| J Balvin | Presented Best Opening Sequence |
| Dean Fujioka | Presented Best Animation |
| Saya Ichikawa | Presented Best Isekai Anime |
| Finn Wolfhard Gaten Matarazzo | Presented Best Continuing Series |
| Chocolate Planet | Presented Best Original Anime |
| Pabllo Vittar | Presented Best Anime Song |
| Mayu Matsuoka | Presented Best Slice of Life |
| Kanata Hongō | Presented Best Score |
| Zak Penn | Presented Best Director |
| Damiano David | Presented the Global Impact Award to Attack on Titan |
| Chloe Kim | Tribute to the Power of Anime |
| Rina Sawayama | Presented Film of the Year |
| Kacey Musgraves | Presented Anime of the Year |
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers:
| Names | Role | Work |
| Creepy Nuts | Performers | "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" from Mashle: Magic and Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc "Otonoke" from Dandadan |
| Flow | Performers | "Days" to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Eureka Seven |
| Lisa | Performer | "Crossing Field" from Sword Art Online "Datte Atashi no Hero" from the second season of My Hero Academia "Gurenge" from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba |