After a Record 51 Million Votes Cast, Solo Leveling is Crowned Anime of the Year, and Attack on Titan Receives the First Inaugural Global Impact Award.
Crunchyroll, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, revealed the winners of the 2025 Anime Awards during a star-studded ceremony honoring the creators, musicians, and performers of the global anime industry. The full list of honorees can be found on the Anime Awards website and below.
The Anime Awards were hosted for the third year in a row by voice actress Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira.
WINNERS ASSEMBLE
The winners were revealed by an ensemble of celebrity anime fans including GRAMMYⓇ award winning singer Kacey Musgraves; Canadian director, musician, and actor Finn Wolfhard; American actor Gaten Matarazzo; Colombian musician J Balvin; Italian singer-songwriter Damiano David; Japanese musician and actor Rina Sawayama; Brazilian pop icon Pabllo Vittar; American snowboarder Chloe Kim; American screenwriter Zak Penn; Japanese comedy duo Shohei Osada and Shun Matsuo, known as Chocolate Planet; Japanese actor and musician Dean Fujioka; Japanese actor Kanata Hongo; Japanese Academy Award winning actress Mayu Matsuoka; and Japanese model Saya Ichikawa.
The Anime Awards pre-show was co-hosted by Crunchyroll’s own Lauren Moore and Tim Lyu and featured drag star Plastique Tiara; English professional boxer Ben Whittaker; American musician d4vd; American-Chilean singer Paloma Mami; VTuber Ironmouse; and YouTuber Gigguk.
PERFORMANCES
During the awards show, global fans enjoyed electrifying performances from Creepy Nuts, the 2025 Anime Awards winning hip-hop duo, who performed “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”, the opening theme from Mashle: Magic and Muscles; legendary rock band FLOW performed “DAYS” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Eureka Seven; and LiSA, Spotify’s most streamed Japanese artist overseas in 2020, performed three songs “crossing field,” “Datte Atashino Hero,” and “gurenge,” the smash hit from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Fans can also catch a special Video on Demand performance from Creepy Nuts of the viral hit song “Otonoke,” the opening theme for Anime of the Year nominee Dan Da Dan.
During the ceremony, Attack on Titan was awarded the Anime Awards’ first Global Impact Award, which celebrates creators and works that have left a mark on the culture and history of anime. The final film Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK premiered in late 2024, marking the end of the longstanding, iconic anime. Yuichiro Hayashi from MAPPA accepted the award on behalf of the studio.
“Fans form deep emotional connections to anime. These are not just series, films or songs, but rather works of art that help define the identity of anime fans,” said Rahul Purini, President of Crunchyroll. “With an incredible 51 million votes this year, the 2025 Anime Awards are celebrating the creators in Japan who have captured the hearts of fans and are powering anime’s prominence in global pop culture.”
THE AWARDS
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are the yearly awards program celebrating anime’s creative community. This year, a record 51 million votes were cast by fans worldwide to celebrate their favorite series, films, and actors. Some of the most engaged countries were Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with Canada and Chile both first-time additions in the top 10. The 2025 Anime Awards is available to stream as Video on Demand, on Crunchyroll’s YouTube and Twitch Channels, along with SONY PICTURES CORE and the Sony Group Corp Japan and Global YouTube Channels.
Sony Music Solutions Inc., part of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Dempsey Productions supported Crunchyroll in the execution of the Anime Awards this year.
2025 Anime Awards Winners
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Anime of the Year – Solo Leveling
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Film of the Year – Look Back
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Best Original Anime – Ninja Kamui
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Best Continuing Series – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
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Best New Series – Solo Leveling
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Best Opening Sequence – Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN
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Best Ending Sequence – request – krage – Solo Leveling
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Best Action – Solo Leveling
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Best Comedy – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
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Best Drama – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
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Best Isekai Anime – Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
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Best Romance – Blue Box
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Best Slice of Life – Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
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Best Animation – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
IN DESIGN
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Best Background Art – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
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Best Character Design – DAN DA DAN
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Best Director – Keiichiro Saito – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
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Best Main Character – Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling
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Best Supporting Character – Fern – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
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“Must Protect At All Cost” Character – Anya Forger – SPY × FAMILY Season 2
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Best Anime Song – Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN
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Best Score – Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki Sawano
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Best Japanese Voice Artist Performance – Aoi Yuki (Maomao) – The Apothecary Diaries
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Best English Voice Artist Performance – Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
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Best Arabic Voice Artist Performance – Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) – SPY × FAMILY Season 2
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Best Brazilian Portuguese Voice Artist Performance – Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
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Best Castilian Spanish Voice Artist Performance – Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
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Best French Voice Artist Performance – Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino) – Kaiju No. 8
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Best German Voice Artist Performance – Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy) – ONE PIECE
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Best Hindi Voice Artist Performance – Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) – JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2
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Best Italian Voice Artist Performance – Ilaria Pellicone (Kyomoto) – Look Back
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Best Latin Spanish Voice Artist Performance – Miguel Ángel Leal (Eren Jaeger) – Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
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