Anime’s biggest night returned in spectacular fashion as Crunchyroll revealed the winners of the 2025 Anime Awards during a star-studded ceremony in Tokyo, with a record-breaking 51 million votes cast by fans across the globe.
Held at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, the 9th annual Anime Awards celebrated the creators, musicians, and performers behind the world’s most beloved anime. Hosted for the third consecutive year by voice actress Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira, the event featured a dazzling lineup of celebrity presenters including GRAMMY winner Kacey Musgraves, Stranger Things stars Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo, global reggaeton icon J Balvin, Damiano David of Måneskin, Rina Sawayama, Pabllo Vittar, Chloe Kim, and Japanese stars Dean Fujioka, Mayu Matsuoka, Kanata Hongo, and Saya Ichikawa.
The awards ceremony featured showstopping performances, including viral hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts performing their Anime Awards-winning track “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” from Mashle: Magic and Muscles, and iconic rock band FLOW delivering “DAYS” in celebration of Eureka Seven’s 20th anniversary. Fan-favorite LiSA also took to the stage with a trio of hits, including “Gurenge” from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. A special on-demand performance of “Otonoke”, theme song of Anime of the Year nominee Dan Da Dan, will be available soon.
One of the night’s most emotional moments came when Attack on Titan was honored with the first-ever Global Impact Award, celebrating its profound influence on global pop culture. Director Yuichiro Hayashi from MAPPA accepted the award, recognizing the entire creative team behind the landmark anime, which concluded with Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK in late 2024.
The pre-show was co-hosted by Crunchyroll’s Lauren Moore and Tim Lyu, and featured appearances from drag sensation Plastique Tiara, boxer Ben Whittaker, artists d4vd and Paloma Mami, VTuber Ironmouse, and legendary anime YouTuber Gigguk.
This year’s fan vote saw enthusiastic participation from across the globe, with top-voting countries including Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Notably, Canada and Chile entered the top ten for the first time.
The full list of winners is available on the Anime Awards official website, and the ceremony will be streamed as video-on-demand on Crunchyroll’s YouTube and Twitch channels, as well as SONY PICTURES CORE and Sony Group’s global and Japan-based YouTube channels.
The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards was produced with support from Sony Music Solutions Inc. and Dempsey Productions.
2025 Anime Awards 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, 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
