The A-1 Pictures series, based on the best-selling Korean web novel by Chugong, took home 8 awards, including the coveted ‘Anime of the Year;’ 51 million fans worldwide voted on their favorites.
Leading anime destination Crunchyroll revealed winners for the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, presenting at a live ceremony on May 25 in Tokyo, Japan. The annual awards program celebrates the best and brightest in anime. This year, a record 51 million votes were cast by global fans, driving their favorites to take home top honors.
“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,” said Rahul Purini, President, Crunchyroll. “With an incredible 51 million votes this year, the 2025 Anime Awards are celebrating the creators in Japan who have captured the hearts of fans and are powering anime’s prominence in global pop culture.”
Attack on Titan was awarded the Anime Awards’ first Global Impact Award, which celebrates visionary creators and groundbreaking works that have left an indelible mark on culture, history, and the hearts of audiences around the world. The final film Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK premiered in late 2024, marking the end of the longstanding, iconic anime. Yuichiro Hayashi from MAPPA accepted the award on behalf of all the creatives who brought the series to life over the years.
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.
Anime Awards 2025 Winners are as follows:
- Anime of the Year - Solo Leveling
- Film of the Year - Look Back
- Best Original Anime - Ninja Kamui
- Best Continuing Series - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
- Best New Series - Solo Leveling
- Best Opening Sequence - Otonoke - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN
- Best Ending Sequence - request - krage - Solo Leveling
- Best Action - Solo Leveling
- Best Comedy - MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
- Best Drama - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Best Isekai Anime - Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
- Best Romance - Blue Box
- Best Slice of Life - Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
- Best Animation - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
- Best Background Art - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Best Character Design - DAN DA DAN
- Best Director - Keiichiro Saito - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- Best Main Character - Sung Jinwoo - Solo Leveling
- Best Supporting Character - Fern - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- “Must Protect At All Cost” Character - Anya Forger - SPY × FAMILY Season 2
- Best Anime Song - Otonoke - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN
- Best Score - Solo Leveling - Hiroyuki Sawano
- 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
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.
Source: Crunchyroll
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
