Crunchyroll Reveals 2025 Anime Awards Winners: Full List

Crunchyroll, the global brand fueling anime fandom, revealed the winners of the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards during a live ceremony held at Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo on Sunday (May 25). Creepy Nuts won best anime song for 'Otonoke,' the opening theme from anime of the year nominee DAN DA DAN. Hiroyuki Sawano won best score for Solo Leveling, which won anime of the year.
The ninth annual Anime Awards was co-hosted for the third year in a row by voice actress Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira. The winners were revealed by celebrity anime fan presenters, including Grammy-winning singer Kacey Musgraves; Canadian director, musician, and actor Finn Wolfhard and American actor Gaten Matarazzo, both from the hit series Stranger Things; global superstar and anime collaborator J Balvin; Italian singer-songwriter Damiano David; musician and actor Rina Sawayama; Brazilian pop icon Pabllo Vittar; American snowboarder Chloe Kim; and screenwriter Zak Penn.
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During the awards show, fans enjoyed 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. Rock band FLOW performed 'DAYS' to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Eureka Seven; and LiSA, Spotify's most streamed Japanese artist globally in 2020, performed three songs — 'crossing field,' 'Datte Atashino Hero,' and 'gurenge,' the hit from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
During the ceremony, Attack on Titan was awarded the Anime Awards' first global impact award. The final film Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK premiered in late 2024, marking the end of the longstanding anime. Yuichiro Hayashi from MAPPA accepted the award on behalf of all the creatives who brought the series to life over the years.
This year, a record 51 million votes were cast by fans worldwide to celebrate their favorite series, films, and actors. The 2025 Anime Awards will be available to stream as video-on-demand shortly on Crunchyroll's YouTube and Twitch Channels, along with SONY PICTURES CORE and the Sony Group Corp Japan and Global YouTube Channels.
'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,' Rahul Purini, president of Crunchyroll, said in a statement.
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.
Here's a complete list of 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards nominees and winners.
DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kaiju No. 8
WINNER: Solo Leveling
The Apothecary Diaries
Abyss – Yungblud – Kaiju No. 8
Bling-Bang-Bang-Born – Creepy Nuts – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
Fatal – GEMN -【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
LEveL – SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Solo Leveling
WINNER: Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN
The Brave – YOASOBI – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict- Shiro Sagisu
DAN DA DAN – kensuke ushio
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc – Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – Evan Call
Look Back – Haruka Nakamura
WINNER: Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki Sawano
HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
WINNER: Look Back
Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain
My Hero Academia: You're Next
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
The Colors Within
BUCCHIGIRI?!
GIRLS BAND CRY
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Metallic Rouge
WINNER: Ninja Kamui
Train to the End of the World
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
WINNER: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia Season 7
ONE PIECE
【OSHI NO KO】【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
SPY × FAMILY, SPY × FAMILY Season 2
DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kaiju No. 8
WINNER: Solo Leveling
The Apothecary Diaries
Abyss – Yungblud – Kaiju No. 8
Bling-Bang-Bang-Born – Creepy Nuts – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
Fatal – GEMN – 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
LEveL – SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Solo Leveling
WINNER: Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN
UUUUUS! – Hiroshi Kitadani – ONE PIECE
Antanante – riria. – Ranma1/2
Burning – Hitsujibungaku – 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
KAMAKURA STYLE – BotchiBoromaru – The Elusive Samurai
Nobody – OneRepublic – Kaiju No. 8
WINNER: request – krage – Solo Leveling
TAIDADA – ZUTOMAYO – DAN DA DAN
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
DAN DA DAN
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Kaiju No. 8
WINNER: Solo Leveling
WIND BREAKER
Delicious in Dungeon
KONOSUBA -God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
WINNER: MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
My Deer Friend Nokotan
Ranma1/2
SPY × FAMILY Season 2
A Sign of Affection
DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
WINNER: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
Pluto
The Apothecary Diaries
KONOSUBA -God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (season 2, Cour 2)
WINNER: Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2
Suicide Squad ISEKAI
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3
A Sign of Affection
WINNER: Blue Box
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
Ranma1/2
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Dangers in My Heart Season 2
Laid-Back Camp Season 3
WINNER: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
Mr. Villain's Day Off
My Deer Friend Nokotan
Sound! Euphonium 3
The Dangers in My Heart Season 2
DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
WINNER: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kaiju No. 8
Solo Leveling
DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
WINNER: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Pluto
The Apothecary Diaries
WINNER: DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kaiju No. 8
The Apothecary Diaries
Fuga Yamashiro – DAN DA DAN
Haruo Sotozaki – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
WINNER: Keiichiro Saito – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Megumi Ishitani – ONE PIECE FAN LETTER
Norihiro Naganuma – The Apothecary Diaries
Yoshihiro Miyajima – Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kafka Hibino – Kaiju No. 8
Okarun – DAN DA DAN
Maomao – The Apothecary Diaries
Momo – DAN DA DAN
WINNER: Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling
WINNER: Fern – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Himmel – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Jinshi – The Apothecary Diaries
Seiko – DAN DA DAN
Senshi – Delicious in Dungeon
Turbo Granny – DAN DA DAN
WINNER: Anya Forger – SPY × FAMILY Season 2
Frieren – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Okarun- DAN DA DAN
Senshi – Delicious in Dungeon
Tokiyuki Hojo – The Elusive Samurai
Yuki Itose – A Sign of Affection
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
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