Crunchyroll revealed the winners of the 2025 Anime Awards during a live ceremony held in Tokyo, celebrating outstanding achievements in the anime industry. According to Crunchyroll, the event, now in its ninth year, saw a record-breaking 51 million votes. The awards included various categories, from production and performance to voice acting and music. While the ceremony has 2025 in its name, the nominations are all from anime that released in 2024.
2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards – Full List of Winners
- Anime of the Year: Solo Leveling
- Film of the Year: Look Back
- Best Original Anime: Ninja Kamui
- Best Continuing Series: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc
- Best New Series: Solo Leveling
- Best Opening Sequence: “Otonoke” – Creepy Nuts (Dan Da Dan)
- Best Ending Sequence: “request” – krage (Solo Leveling)
- Best Action: Solo Leveling
- Best Comedy: Mashle: Magic and Muscles – The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
- Best Drama: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- Best Isekai Anime: Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
- Best Romance: Blue Box
- Best Slice of Life: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
- Best Animation: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Hashira Training Arc
- Best Background Art: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- Best Character Design: Dan Da Dan
- Best Director: Keiichiro Saito (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
- Best Main Character: Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Best Supporting Character: Fern (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
- “Must Protect At All Cost” Character: Anya Forger (SPY × FAMILY Season 2)
- Best Anime Song: “Otonoke” – Creepy Nuts (Dan Da Dan)
- Best Score: Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki Sawano
- 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
Special Recognition
- Global Impact Award: Attack on Titan
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The Anime Awards pre-show, which was broadcast live from the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, was co-hosted by Crunchyroll hosts Lauren Moore and Tim Lyu and featured Plastique Tiara, English professional boxer Ben Whittaker; American recording artist d4vd; American-Chilean singer Paloma Mami, Demon Queen VTuber Ironmouse; and YouTuber Gigguk.
The full ceremony, including performances and appearances from global talent, is available for streaming via Crunchyroll’s YouTube and Twitch channels, as well as on Sony’s platforms.
The event was organized in partnership with Sony Music Solutions Inc. and Dempsey Productions.
In our own 2024 Anime of the Year Awards, The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 took a narrow win over Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, while Solo Leveling ranked 17th.
Source: Press Release
Featured image:
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ©Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe/Shogakukan/”Frieren” Project
DAN DA DAN ©Yukinobu Tatsu/SHUEISHA, DANDADAN Production Committee
Solo Leveling © Solo Leveling Animation Partners
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