Solo Leveling Takes the Crown at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 are here, and we finally have the list of winners crowned during this year's ceremony.

In case you are new here, Crunchyroll, the leading anime on-demand streaming service, has hosted the Anime Awards annually since 2017. Launched with the desire to “recognize and celebrate anime’s finest series, films, and the talented people who make them,” the Anime Awards have been getting bigger and better each year — and 2025 is no exception.

This year, Crunchyroll is introducing three new categories to the awards: Best Background Art, Best Isekai, and Best Hindi Voice Artist, for a total of 32 categories. You might have noticed the Awards are happening a bit later this year, shifting its traditional March slot to May, and that, of course, is also due to some new changes. Cue: An updated eligibility period.

For the first time and exclusively for the 2025 Anime Awards, Crunchyroll has expanded the eligibility period of nominees to include titles released from October 1, 2023, to December 31, 2024, to ensure “no anime goes uncelebrated.” Going forward, eligibility periods will be even more precise to fans, extending from January 1 to December 31.

Ahead of the ceremony, Crunchyroll announced Attack on Titan would be honored with the Global Impact Award for its decade-long streak and contribution to the anime industry. The award was presented to Attack on Titan: The Last Attack director Yuichiro Hayashi by Damiano David.

If you tuned in for last year's festivities, you'd know Jujutsu Kaisen (Megan Thee Stallion's favorite) swept the awards with 11 wins. If you want to see who takes the crown this year, keep reading for everything you need to know about the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025.

After much anticipation, Crunchyroll unveiled the list of nominees for the 2025 Anime Awards on April 3. See the full list of winners and nominees below:

• DAN DA DAN
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
• Kaiju No. 8
• WINNER: Solo Leveling
• The Apothecary Diaries

• 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

• 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 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

• BUCCHIGIRI?!
• GIRLS BAND CRY
• Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
• Metallic Rouge
• WINNER: Ninja Kamui
• Train to the End of the World

• 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

• 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

• DAN DA DAN
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
• WINNER: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Pluto
• The Apothecary Diaries

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
• DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
• WINNER: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
• Oshi no Ko Season 2
• Pluto
• The Apothecary Diaries

• 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

• 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

• “Abyss” by Yungblud from Kaiju No. 8
• “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” by Creepy Nuts from MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
• “Fatal” by GEMN from Oshi no Ko Season 2
• “LEveL" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] and TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) from Solo Leveling
• WINNER: “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts from DAN DA DAN
• “The Brave” by YOASOBI from 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

• “Abyss” by Yungblud from Kaiju No. 8
• “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” by Creepy Nuts from MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
• “Fatal” by GEMN from Oshi no Ko Season 2
• “LEveL" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] and TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) from Solo Leveling
• WINNER: “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts from DAN DA DAN
• “UUUUUS!” by Hiroshi Kitadani from One Piece

• “Antanante” by riria from Ranma1/2
• “Burning” by Hitsujibungaku from Oshi no Ko Season 2
• “KAMAKURA STYLE” by BotchiBoromaru from The Elusive Samurai
• “Nobody” by OneRepublic from Kaiju No. 8
• WINNER: "request" by krage from Solo Leveling
• “TAIDADA” by ZUTOMAYO from DAN DA DAN

You can check out the full list of nominees, including individual voice artist performances here.

The 2025 Anime Awards are taking place in Tokyo, Japan, for the third consecutive year. The ceremony took place at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa on May 25, 2025.

Much like previous years, the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards were livestreamed so fans from all around the world could tune in via YouTube and Twitch. The Anime Awards ceremony started at 6 p.m. JST, with the pre-show preceding at 5 p.m. JST.

Here's how timings translated depending on where you are in the world:

Voting for the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards is closed. Voting opened from April 3 at 9:00 AM (PT) and remained open until April 14 at 11:59 PM (PT). Users could vote once per day for a winner in each category. This year, Crunchyroll let fans resubmit their ballot with all the same votes in one click.

Fan voting constitutes the second and final round of voting for the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Previously, a panel of judges from the anime industry voted to pick the six nominees in each category.

Drag pop icon Brazilian superstar Pabllo Vittar was the Anime Awards' first celebrity presenter this year, while Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira returned as hosts. Kenichiro Yoshida, Sony Group Corporation chairman and CEO, was in charge of the ceremony's opening remarks.

Additional international celebrity presenters included Stranger Things stars Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo, Olympic gold medalist Chloe Kim, boxer Ben Whittaker, Damiano David from Måneskin, d4vd, Rina Sawayama, Paloma Mami, Plastique Tiara, VTuber Ironmouse, YouTuber Gigguk, singers Kacey Musgraves and J Balvin, as well as screenwriter Zak Penn.

Japanese talent like comedy duo Chocolate Planet, Dean Fujioka, Kanata Hongo, Mayu Matsuoka, and Saya Ichikawa also attended.

Crunchyroll confirmed that LiSA (Demon Slayer), FLOW (Naruto), and Creepy Nuts (DAN DA DAN) would also serve as performers during this year's ceremony.

This post will continue to be updated as news about the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards breaks.