Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series


The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series is a series award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best ongoing anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.
Coming-of-age romantic anime March Comes in Like a Lion by Shaft first won the award in 2017. Toei Animation's flagship series One Piece won the award in 2023 and 2024, making both the first anime studio and series to win the award multiple times, consecutively. Toei Animation also received the most wins and nominations for an anime studio, along with One Piece also received the most.
In the latest edition in 2025, the fourth season's Hashira Training Arc of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Ufotable won the award.

Winners and nominees

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.

Records

Studios

As of 2024, 30 nominations have been given to 16 different studios, of which there are 3 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 33 nominees so far. Only TMS Entertainment, Pierrot, Toei Animation, and MAPPA, have received multiple nominations in one year. MAPPA has the most nominations for a single year with three in 2023.
Toei Animation received the most wins and nominations for an anime studio, with One Piece became the only anime to win multiple awards.
StudioWinsNominationsSeasons
Toei Animation36Dragon Ball Super, One Piece
Shaft12March Comes in Like a Lion
Ufotable13Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
MAPPA04Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Vinland Saga
Pierrot04Black Clover, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Naruto Shippuden
Wit Studio03The Ancient Magus' Bride, Spy × Family
CloverWorks02Spy × Family
TMS Entertainment02All Out!!, Case Closed