'Solo Leveling' emerges as biggest winner at anime awards

Solo Leveling (pic), a fantasy anime that tells the story of Sung Jin-woo living in an alternate reality threatened by supernatural events and monsters, is the biggest winner of the ninth Crunchyroll Anime Awards with nine plums, including Anime of the Year.
Other anime recognised at the ceremony were Dan Da Dan, Demon Slayer , and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End , as well as Attack On Titan which received the award for Global Impact.
Hosted by Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira, the Anime Awards held on Sunday, May 25 in Tokyo, featured a stacked lineup of celebrity anime fans, including Rina Sawayama, RuPaul's Drag Race alum Plastique Tiara, Kacey Musgraves and d4vd, to name a few.

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