‘My Hero Academia Final Season’
“My Hero Academia Final Season” won the top prize for Anime of the Year at the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, held on Saturday, May 23 in Tokyo.
Voice actress Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira returned to host the event for the fourth year in a row; Guest presenters included The Weeknd, who announced the anime of the year category. Other presenters included actor Asuka Saito, K-pop artist BamBam, cosplayer Enako, actor Kasumi Arimura; comedy duo Mitorizu, actor Nanase Nishino, Brazilian esports and gaming host Nyvi Estephan, pan-Indian star Rashmika Mandanna; the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA; K-pop singer and dancer TEN, actor Winston Duke and artist Young Miko.
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, arranged by Kazunori Miyake and conducted by Hirofumi Kurita, opened the evening. Other performances included Dean Fujioka, Yoko Takahashi, Pornograffitti and Asian Kung-Fu Generation.
Also at the event, director Tatsuya Nagamine was honored with the Global Impact Award for his work on projects such as ‘Ojamajo Doremi’, ‘PreCure’, ‘Dragon Ball Super’ and ‘One Piece’. Animator Masayuki Sato (“Happiness Charge PreCure!”, “One Piece”) accepted the award on behalf of Nagamine-san.
2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards Winners
- Anime of the year – “My Hero Academia Final Season”
- Movie of the year – “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
- Best Original Anime – “Lazarus”
- Best sequel series – “One piece””
- Best new series – Gachiakuta
- Best opening scene – On the Road – AiNA THE END – “Dan Da Dan Season 2”
- Best ending sequence – I – KIPBUMP – “My hero Academia last season”
- Best action – “Solo Leveling Season 2 – Rise from the Shadows”
- Best comedy – “Dan Da Dan Season 2”
- Best Drama – “The Pharmacist Diaries (Season 2)”
- Best Isekai anime – “Re:ZERO – Starting a Life in Another World – Season 3”
- Best romance – “The fragrant flower blooms with dignity”
- Best slice of life – “Spy x Family Season 3”
- Best animation – “Solo Leveling Season 2 – Rise from the Shadows”
- Best background art – “Gachiakuta”
- Best character design – “Gachiakuta”
- Best director – Akinori Fudesaka, Norihiro Naganuma — “The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)”
- Dear main character – Maomao — “The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)”
- Best Supporting Character – Katsuki Bakugo – “My Hero Academia Final Season”
- Character ‘Must protect at all costs’ – Anya Forger – “Spy x Family Season 3”
- Best anime song – IRIS OUT – Kenshi Yonezu – “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc”
- Best score – “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” – Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) – Aoi Yuki – Maomao – “The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)”
- Best Voice Artist Performance (English) – Lucien Dodge — aka Kaza — “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Arabic) – Tariq Obaid – Taro Sakamoto – “Sakamoto Days”
- Best Performance by Voice Artist (Brazilian Portuguese) – Charles Emmanuel — aka Kaza — “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Castilian Spanish) – Carles Teruel — aka Kaza — “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
- Best Voice Artist Performance (French) – Bastien Bourlé – Izuku Midoriya – “My hero Academia last season”
- Best Voice Artist Performance (German) – Gerrit Schmidt—Foß — Akaza — “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Hindi) – Abhishek Sharma – Jinshi – “The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)”
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian) – Mosè Singh – Denji – Chainsaw Man – The film: Reze Arc
- Best Voice Artist Performance (Latin-Spanish) – Jose Antonio Toledano — aka Kaza — “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle”
According to Crunchyroll, 73 million fan votes were cast worldwide for the Anime Awards, a new record. The most involved countries this year were Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico and the United States.
The 10th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards will soon be available to stream on Crunchyroll and the Crunchyroll YouTube channel, along with the Sony Group Corp Global and Japan YouTube channels.
