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2025 Crunchyroll Anime Award Nominees: see full list
“My Hero Academia: You’re Next”, “The Apothecary Diaries” and “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain” belong to the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 nominees, while Finn Wolfhard and Rina Sawayama belong to presenters planned.
Crunchyroll revealed its nominees in 32 different categories, which represent 50 series and films developed by more than 35 studios. Nominees for Anime of the Year include “Dan Da Da Dan”, “Delicious in Dungeon”, “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”, “Kaiju No. 8”, “Solo Nivelling” and “The Apothecary Diaries” while Film of the Year “Haikyu !! De Dumpster Battle ‘,’ Monone the Piltom ” Monone the Piltom ” Monon Academy ” My Hero Academe, ” Monon Academy ” My Hero Academe, ” My Hero Academe, ” My Hero Academe, ” My Hero Academe: Wito Acade. ”
“The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are one of the most important times of the year for fans because we hear directly from them about what anime they love and honor the creative community behind that love,” said Crunchyroll’s President Rahul Purini in a statement. “Anime continues to resonate emotionally deeply with fans, and Anime’s biggest evening of the year will certainly evoke a lot of joy and pride at the anime community – both fans and makers.”
The award ceremony is set in Tokyo before 25 May and fans can vote every day until 14 April. View the full list of nominees below.
- Anime of the year
- “Then da then”
- “Delicious in Dungeon”
- “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”
- “Kaiju No. 8”
- “Solo leveling”
- “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Film of the Year
- “Haikyu !! The Dumpster struggle”
- “Look back”
- “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain”
- “My Hero Academia: you’re the next”
- “Spy x Family Code: White”
- “The colors inside”
- Best original anime
- “Bucchigiri?!”
- “Girls Band Cry”
- “Jellyfish can’t swim in the night”
- “Metallic Rouge”
- “Ninja Kamui”
- “Train to the end of the world”
- Best continuous series
- “Bleach: Millennial Blood War”-the conflict
- “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
- Best new series
- “Then da then”
- “Delicious in Dungeon”
- “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”
- “Kaiju No. 8”
- “Solo leveling”
- “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Best opening series
- Abyss – Yungblud – “Kaiju No. 8”
- Bling-Bang-Bang-Born-Corruggle Nuts- “Mashle: Magic and Spuses the Divine Visionary Candidate Exam-Boog”
- Fatal – gem – “【【【oshi no ko】 season 2”
- Level – Sawanohiroyuki[nZk]: “Tomorrow X Samen – Solo -Diveling”
- Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – “Dan da then”
- Uuuuus! – Hiroshi Kitadani – “One piece”
- Best End Series
- Antanante – Riria. – “Ranma1/2”
- Burning – Hitsujibungaku – “【【Oshi no ko】” Season 2
- Kamakura Style – Botchiboromaru – “The elusive Samurai”
- Nobody – Onerepublic – “Kaiju No. 8”
- Request – Krage – “Solo leveling”
- Taidada – Zutomayo – “Dan da then”
- Best Action
- “Bleach: millennial blood war-the conflict”
- “Then da then”
- “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Hashira Training ARC”
- “Kaiju No. 8”
- “Solo leveling”
- “Wind breaker”
- Best comedy
- “Delicious in Dungeon”
- “Konosuba – God’s blessing on this beautiful world! 3”
- “Mashle: Magic and muscles The Divine Visionary candidate -Examboog”
- “My deer friend Nokotan”
- “Ranma1/2”
- “Spy × Family” season 2
- Dear drama
- “A sign of affection”
- “Dead Dead Demons Dededed Destruction”
- “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”
- “【Oshi no ko 】】” Season 2
- “Pluto”
- “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Best Isekai Anime
- “Konosuba god’s blessing about this beautiful world!” 3
- “Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation” season 2, Cour 2
- “Re: Zero – Start in another world” season 3
- “Shangri-La Frontier” season 2
- “Suicide Squad Isekai”
- “That time I was reincarnated as a mucus season” 3
- Romance
- “A sign of affection”
- “Blue Box”
- “Makeine: Too many losing heroines!”
- “Ranma1/2”
- “Scott Pilgrim leaves”
- “The dangers in my heart” season 2
- Best piece of life
- “Laid-Back Camp” season 3
- “Makeine: Too many losing heroines!”
- “Mr. Villain’s Day Off”
- “My deer friend Nokotan”
- “Sound! Euphonium” 3
- “The dangers in my heart” season 2
- Best animation
- “Then da then”
- “Delicious in Dungeon”
- “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Hashira Training ARC”
- “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”
- “Kaiju No. 8”
- “Solo leveling”
- Best background art
- “Then da then”
- “Delicious in Dungeon”
- “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Hashira Training ARC”
- “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”
- “Pluto”
- “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Best character design
- “Then da then”
- “Delicious in Dungeon”
- “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Hashira Training ARC”
- “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”
- “Kaiju No. 8”
- “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Best director
- Fuga Yamashiro – “Dan Dan then”
- Haruo Sotozaki – “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Hashira Training ARC”
- Keiichiro Saito – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Megumi Ishitani – “One piece of fan letter”
- Norihiro Naganuma – “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Yoshihiro Miyajima – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Destiny
- Friens – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Kafka Hibino – “Kaiju No. 8”
- Okarun – “Dan then”
- Maomao – “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Momo – “Dan then”
- Sung Jinwoo – “Solo leveling”
- Best supporting character
- Fern – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Himmel – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Jinshi – “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Seiko – “Dan da then”
- Senshi – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Turbo Granny – “Dan Dan then”
- “Must protect what it costs” Character
- Anya Foror – “Spy × Family” season 2
- Friens – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Okarun- “then da then”
- Senshi – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Tokiyuki Hojo – “The elusive Samurai”
- Yuki Itose – “A sign of affection”
- Best anime number
- Abyss – Yungblud – “Kaiju No. 8”
- Bling-Bang-Bang-Born-Corruggle Nuts- “Mashle: Magic and Spuses the Divine Visionary Candidate Exam-Boog”
- Fatal – gem – “【【【oshi no ko 】】” season 2
- Level – Sawanohiroyuki[nZk]: Tomorrow x together – “solo leveling”
- Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – “Dan da then”
- The Brave – Yoasobi – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Best score
- “Bleach: Millennial Blood War”-The Conflict Shiro Sagisu
- “Then da then” – kensuke ushio
- “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Hashira Training Arc” – Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
- “French: Beyond Journey’s End” – Evan Call
- “Look back” – Haruka Nakamura
- “Solo leveling” – Hiroyuki Sawano
- Best Japanese voice artist version
- Aoi Yuki (Maomao) – “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Atsumi Tanezaki (French) – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Kenichi Suzumura (Bravers) – “Brave Bang Bravers!”
- Shion Wakayama (Momo) – “Dan da then”
- Sayaka Sembongi (Marcille) – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Natsuki Hanae (Okarun) – “Dan da then”
- Best English voice artist version
- AJ Beckles (Okarun) – “Dan da then”
- Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) – “Solo leveling”
- Jessie James Grelle (Armin Arlelt) – “Attack on Titan Final Season the Final Chapters” Special 2 2
- Mallorie Rodak (French) – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Sarah Natochenny (Alya) – “Alya sometimes hides her feelings in Russian”
- Sungwon Cho (Senshi) – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Best Arabic voice artist version
- Basil al-Rifai (LOD FORGER)-“Spy × Family” season 2
- Hiba Snobar (Anya Foror) – “Spy × Family” season 2
- Julien Chaaya (Isagi) – “Blue Lock” 2nd season
- Lama Alsayyagh (Marcille) – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Mohammed Sami (Rin) – “Blue Lock” 2nd season
- Nawar Almahairi (Laiios) – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Best Brazilian Portuguese Voice Artist Performance
- Bruna Laynes (Marcille) – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Celso Henrique (Sunraku)-“Shangri-La Frontier” season 1
- Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo) – “Solo leveling”
- Gigi Patta (Maomao) – “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Heitor Assali (Reno Ichikawa) – “Kaiju no. 8”
- Pedro Azevedo (Dot Barrett) – “Mashle: Magic and muscles The Divine Visionary candidate – Examboog”
- Best Castilian Spanish voice artist version
- Ainhoa Maiquez (Miyo Saimori) – “My happy marriage”
- Clara Schwarze (Akane Tendo) – “Ranma1/2”
- Jorge Peña (Senshi) – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Mario Ballart (Kafka Hibino) – “Kaiju no. 8”
- Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo) – “Solo leveling”
- Sandra Villa (Frieren) – “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Best French voice artist version
- Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino) – “Kaiju No. 8”
- Audrey Sablé (Naomi Orthmann) – “Metallic Rouge”
- Jayelia Cadou (Momo) – “Dan da then”
- Julien Allouf (Jinshi) – “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Marie Nonnermacher (French) – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Martin Faliu (Ranma Saotome) – “Ranma1/2”
- Best German voice artist version
- Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy) – “One piece”
- Felix Kamin (Kafka Hibino) – “Kaiju no. 8”
- Florian Knorn (Ranma Saotome) – “Ranma1/2”
- Franciska Friede (Momo) – “Dan da then”
- Jörg Hengstler (Kogoro Mori) – “Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine”
- Magdalena Höfner (Marcille) – “Delicious in Dungeon”
- Best Hindi Voice Artist Performance
- Abhishek Sharma (Einar) – “Vinland Saga” season 2
- Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) – “Jujutsu Kaisen” season 2
- Natasha John (French) – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Rajesh Shukla (Sung Jinwoo) – “Solo leveling”
- Ranjit R Tiwari (Yoichi Isagi) – “Blue Lock” 2nd season
- Rushikesh Phunse (Kafka Hibino) – “Kaiju No. 8”
- Best Italian voice artist version
- Alessandro Pili (Kenma Kozume) – “Haikyu !! The Dumpster struggle”
- Andrea Oldani (Jinshi) – “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Iharia Pellicone (Kyomoto) – “Look back”
- Katia Sorrentino (Neia Baraja) – “Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom”
- Martina Felli (French) – “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Mattia Bressan (Kafka Hibino) – “Kaiju no. 8”
- Best Latin Spanish voice artist version
- Alicia Vélez (Momo) – “Dan da then”
- Desireé González (Maomao) – “The Apothecary Diaries”
- Erika Ugalde (French) – “French: Beyond Journey’s End”
- Luis Leonardo Suárez (Muzan Kibutsuji) – “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Hashira Training Arc”
- Miguel Ángel Leal (EREN JAEGER) – “Attack on Titan Final Season the Final Chapters” Special 2 2
- Omar Sánchez (Kafka Hibino) – “Kaiju no. 8”
