Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025: Complete winners list and highlights

The global anime community's premier celebration, the 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 was hosted at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. Distinguished guests from various entertainment sectors worldwide have gathered to present the awards. Here is the comprehensive list of winners across all categories.
Solo Leveling dominated multiple categories, securing both Anime of the Year and Best New Series honours. Look Back claimed the Anime Film of the Year, whilst Ninja Kamui earned recognition as Best Original Anime. Ufotable's work on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc received the Best Animation award.
Notable achievements include Dandadan's victory in Best Character Design, and Keiichiro Saito's direction of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End earning Best Director. The musical categories saw Solo Leveling's score by Hiroyuki Sawano and Creepy Nuts' "Otonoke" from Dandadan receiving top honours.In performance categories, Aoi Yuki earned Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) for The Apothecary Diaries, whilst Aleks Le won the English category for Solo Leveling. Genre-specific awards went to Blue Box (Romance), Mashle: Magic and Muscles (Comedy), Solo Leveling (Action), and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Drama).Here's the full category wise list:
Dandadan
Kaiju No.8
Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
The Apothecary Diaries
Solo Leveling – WINNER Dandadan
Kaiju No.8
Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
The Apothecary Diaries
Solo Leveling – WINNER Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle
Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain
My Hero Academia: You're Next
Spy x Family Code: White
The Colors Within
Look Back – WINNER Bucchigiri?!
Girls Band Cry
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Metallic Rouge
Train to the End of the World
Ninja Kamui – WINNER Dandadan – Science SARU
Kaiju No.8 – Production I.G
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – Madhouse
Delicious in Dungeon – Trigger Studios
Solo Leveling – A-1 Pictures
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc – Ufotable – WINNER Delicious in Dungeon
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kaiju No.8
The Apothecary Diaries
Dandadan – WINNER Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
My Hero Academia Season 7
One Piece
Oshi no Ko Season 2
Spy x Family Season 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc – WINNER Fuga Yamashiro (Science SARU) – Dandadan
Haruo Sotozaki (Ufotable) – Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc
Megumi Ishitani (Toei Animation) – One Piece Fan Letter
Norihiro Naganuma (Toho Animation) – The Apothecary Diaries
Yoshihiro Miyajima (Trigger) – Delicious in Dungeon
Keiichiro Saito (Madhouse) – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – WINNER Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
Dandadan
Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Look Back
Solo Leveling (Hiroyuki Sawano) – WINNER Abyss – YUNGBLUD ( Kaiju No.8 )
) Bling-Bang-Bang-Born – Creepy Nuts ( Mashle )
) Fatal – GEMN ( Oshi no Ko S2 )
) LEveL – Sawano Hiroyuki [nZk] feat. TXT ( Solo Leveling )
) The Brave – YOASOBI ( Frieren )
) Otonoke – Creepy Nuts ( Dandadan ) – WINNER Dandadan
Delicious in Dungeon
Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc
Pluto
The Apothecary Diaries
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – WINNER A Sign of Affection
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
Ranma ½
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Dangers in My Heart Season 2
Blue Box – WINNER Delicious in Dungeon
Konosuba – Season 3
My Deer Friend Nokotan
Ranma ½
Spy x Family Season 2
Mashle – WINNER Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
Dandadan
Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc
Kaiju No.8
Wind Breaker
Solo Leveling – WINNER Laid-Back Camp Season 3
Mr. Villain's Day Off
My Deer Friend Nokotan
Sound! Euphonium 3
The Dangers in My Heart Season 2
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! – WINNER Konosuba – Season 3
Mushoku Tensei – Season 2 Cour 2
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2
Suicide Squad Isekai
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3
Re:Zero – Season 3 – WINNER A Sign of Affection
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction
Oshi no Ko Season 2
Pluto
The Apothecary Diaries
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – WINNER Frieren ( Frieren )
) Kafka Hibino ( Kaiju No.8 )
) Momo ( Dandadan )
) Okarun ( Dandadan )
) Maomao ( The Apothecary Diaries )
) Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling – WINNER Himmel ( Frieren )
) Jinshi ( The Apothecary Diaries )
) Seiko ( Dandadan )
) Senshi ( Delicious in Dungeon )
) Turbo Granny ( Dandadan )
) Fern – Frieren – WINNER Frieren ( Frieren )
) Okarun ( Dandadan )
) Senshi ( Delicious in Dungeon )
) Tokiyuki Hojo ( The Elusive Samurai )
) Yuki Itose ( A Sign of Affection )
) Anya Forger – Spy x Family Season 2 – WINNER Abyss – YUNGBLUD ( Kaiju No.8 )
) Bling-Bang-Bang-Born – Creepy Nuts ( Mashle )
) Fatal – GEMN ( Oshi no Ko S2 )
) LEveL – Sawano Hiroyuki [nZk] feat. TXT ( Solo Leveling )
) UUUUUS! – Hiroshi Kitadani ( One Piece )
) Otonoke – Creepy Nuts ( Dandadan ) – WINNER Antanante – riria ( Ranma ½ )
) Burning – Hitsujibungaku ( Oshi no Ko S2 )
) KAMAKURA STYLE – BotchiBoromaru ( The Elusive Samurai )
) Nobody – One Republic ( Kaiju No.8 )
) Taidada – ZUTOMAYO ( Dandadan )
) Request – Krage ( Solo Leveling ) – WINNER Atsumi Tanezaki – Frieren
Kenichi Suzumura – Bravern!
Shion Wakayama – Momo (Dandadan)
Sayaka Sembongi – Mercilee (Delicious in Dungeon)
Natsuki Hanae – Okarun (Dandadan)
Aoi Yuki – Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries) – WINNER AJ Beckles – Okarun (Dandadan)
Jessie James Grelle – Armin (Attack on Titan Final Season)
Sarah Natochenny – Alya (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian)
SungWon Cho – Senshi (Delicious in Dungeon)
Aleks Le – Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling) – WINNER

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