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All the Winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025

posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Solo Leveling wins 9 awards including Anime of the Year

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The Crunchyroll Anime Awards ceremony streamed worldwide on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. JST (4:00 a.m. EST) on the company's YouTube and Twitch channels. Fans cast a record 51 million votes worldwide for this year's awards. The 10 most engaged countries in this year's voting were (in alphabetical order): Brazil, Canada, Chile, , , India, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The show opened with Mashle: Magic and Muscles 2nd season's opening song "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born."

Mayu Matsuoka, Saya Ichikawa, Pabllo Vittar, Ben Whittaker, Damiano David, Ironmouse, d4vd, Rina Sawayama, Chloe Kim, Plastique Tiara, Paloma Mami, and Gigguk.

Solo Leveling ultimately dominated this year's awards show, winning Anime of the Year and eight other awards: Best New Series, Best Ending Sequence, Best Action, Best Main Character, Best Score, and three Best Voice Artist Performance awards (English, Brazilian Portuguese, and Castilian).

This year's event also Attack on Titan anime. The award celebrates “visionary creators and groundbreaking works that have left an indelible mark on culture, history and the hearts of audiences around the world.”

A full list of categories and winners follows below:

Anime of the Year

Film of the Year

Best Original Anime

Best Continuing Series

Best New Series

  • DAN DA DAN
  • Delicious in Dungeon
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
  • Kaiju No. 8
  • Solo Leveling - Winner
  • 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 KoSeason 2
  • "LEveL" - SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Solo Leveling
  • "Otonoke" - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN - Winner
  • "UUUUUS!" - Hiroshi Kitadani - ONE PIECE

Best Ending Sequence

Best Action

  • Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict
  • DAN DA DAN
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
  • Kaiju No. 8
  • Solo Leveling - Winner
  • WIND BREAKER

Best Comedy

Best Isekai Anime

Best Drama

  • A Sign of Affection
  • DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - Winner
  • Oshi no Ko Season 2
  • Pluto
  • The Apothecary Diaries

Best Romance

Best Slice of Life

Best Animation

  • DAN DA DAN
  • Delicious in Dungeon
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc - Winner
  • 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
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - Winner
  • Pluto
  • The Apothecary Diaries

Best Character Design

  • DAN DA DAN - Winner
  • Delicious in Dungeon
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
  • Kaiju No. 8
  • The Apothecary Diaries

Best Director

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
  • Sung Jinwoo - Solo Leveling - Winner

Best ing Character

  • Fern - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - Winner
  • 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 Costs” Character

  • Anya Forger – Spy×Family Season 2 - Winner
  • 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

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
  • "Otonoke" - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN - Winner
  • "The Brave" - YOASOBI - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Best Score

Best Voice Artist Performance - Japanese

Best Voice Artist Performance - English

Best Voice Artist Performance - Arabic

  • Basil Al-Rifai (Loid Forger) - SPY × FAMILY Season 2
  • Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) - SPY × FAMILY Season 2 - Winner
  • BLUE LOCK 2nd Season
  • Lama AlSayyagh (Marcille) - Delicious in Dungeon
  • Mohammed Sami (Rin) - BLUE LOCK 2nd Season
  • Nawar AlMahairi (Laios) - Delicious in Dungeon

Best Voice Artist Performance - Brazilian Portuguese

Best Voice Artist Performance - Castilian

Best Voice Artist Performance - French

Best Voice Artist Performance - German

Best Voice Artist Performance - Hindi

  • Abhishek Sharma (Einar) - Vinland Saga SEASON 2
  • Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 - Winner
  • Natasha John (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
  • Rajesh Shukla (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling
  • Ranjit R Tiwari (Yoichi Isagi) - BLUE LOCK 2nd Season
  • Rushikesh Phunse (Kafka Hibino) - Kaiju No. 8

Best Voice Artist Performance - Italian

Best Voice Artist Performance - Latin Spanish

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 won Anime of the Year last year.

Source: Crunchyroll Anime Awards livestream


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