Crunchyroll Anime Awards


The Crunchyroll Anime Awards, also known simply as The Anime Awards, are awards given annually by the anime streaming service Crunchyroll to recognize the best anime of the previous year. Announced in December 2016, the awards were first presented in January 2017. Crunchyroll describes it as a "global event that recognizes the anime shows, characters, and artists that fans around the world love most."
The Anime Awards were originally held in California in the United States. In 2023, the Awards moved to the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan for the 7th ceremony and have been held there ever since. The most recent ceremony was the 9th ceremony, held on May 25, 2025, where Solo Leveling won the Anime of the Year award. The 10th ceremony is scheduled to take place on May 23, 2026.

Process

The awards have two rounds of voting. Initially, each judge will submit up to five potential candidates for each category. Six candidates that received the highest amount of nominations from this round will be included in the final list for the next round, which is a one-week public voting. Winners for each category are determined by the most amount of judge and public votes weighted in a 70:30 ratio respectively since at least the 6th edition.
For the first six editions of the awards, any anime that was produced primarily in Japan and released legally on television, cinema, or online from January to December of the previous year were eligible for nomination. The eligibility period was changed for the 7th and 8th editions, from October of the previous two years to September of the previous year. However, in December 2024, Crunchyroll announced that starting from the 10th edition onwards, the eligibility period will return to its previous format of eligibility from January to December, with the eligibility period for the 9th edition covering October 2023 to December 2024 to accommodate the change in format. Eligible nominations for non-Japanese VA Performance are based on the initial release of the dub irrespective of when the anime was originally released.
The set of categories that will be presented varies for each edition, with categories added, removed, or otherwise renamed. The 9th edition, for example, featured 32 categories.

Categories

Current

Crunchyroll announced the categories for each edition around December. The following list are the awards featured on its latest edition. Of these, only four awards are currently active in every editions since its inauguration in 2017.
These are awards uniquely given on certain editions, and are not part of the voting process. In 2023, two special awards were announced: Special Achievement Award and Presenter's Choice; however, both were not given during the ceremony.

10th edition

The 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards will be held on May 23, 2026 at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. For the fourth consecutive year, the event will be hosted by Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira. Crunchyroll announced the eligibility period will return to its previous format of eligibility from January to December 2025 for nominations for this edition. This edition will feature 32 categories from the previous ceremony. Nominees will be revealed on April 2, the first day of public voting, which will run until April 15. Yoko Takahashi is set to perform in the ceremony for the 30th anniversary tribute to Neon Genesis Evangelion, featuring its opening theme "A Cruel Angel's Thesis".

Records

Series

The following nominees received multiple nominations :
NominationsTitle
47Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
46Attack on Titan
45Jujutsu Kaisen
31Spy × Family
29My Hero Academia
25Chainsaw Man
25Ranking of Kings
22Dandadan
22Mob Psycho 100
20Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
19Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
17Oshi no Ko
16Delicious in Dungeon
16Kaiju No. 8
16Vinland Saga
14JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
13The Apothecary Diaries
13Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
13Solo Leveling
11Beastars
11Made in Abyss
11Megalo Box
11My Dress-Up Darling
11Odd Taxi
11Wonder Egg Priority
10Bocchi the Rock!
10Great Pretender
10One Piece
10Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
9The Ancient Magus' Bride
9Carole & Tuesday
9Fruits Basket
9Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
8Aggretsuko
8Hell's Paradise
8KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!
8Lycoris Recoil
8Mashle: Magic and Muscles
8Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
8The Promised Neverland
8Sarazanmai
786
7Devilman Crybaby
7March Comes in Like a Lion
7Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
7Tower of God
7Yuri on Ice
6Dorohedoro
6Dr. Stone
6Erased
6Komi Can't Communicate
6Land of the Lustrous
6Little Witch Academia
6Ranma ½
6Tokyo Revengers
6Violet Evergarden
6Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
6Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
5Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
5Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
5Dragon Ball Super
5Heavenly Delusion
5Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
5SK8 the Infinity
5Ya Boy Kongming!
5Zombie Land Saga

The following winners received multiple awards :
AwardsTitle
22Jujutsu Kaisen
19Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
17Attack on Titan
15My Hero Academia
10Spy × Family
9Solo Leveling
7Yuri on Ice
6Chainsaw Man
6Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
4Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
4Mob Psycho 100
4One Piece
4Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
3Dandadan
2Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
2Devilman Crybaby
2Dr. Stone
2Erased
2Horimiya
2JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
2Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
2Made in Abyss
2Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
2Odd Taxi
2Ranking of Kings
2That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
2The Promised Neverland
2The Rising of the Shield Hero