The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held in Tokyo on Sunday night, crowning ‘Anime of the Year,‘ ‘Film of the Year,‘ ‘Best English Voice Actor,‘ ‘Best Opening Sequence,‘ and more. It was a record-breaking year with over 51 million votes cast to pick the winners, the most of any year so far.

The show featured stars and musicians alike on stage, with renowned voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira both returning to host for their third year. They were joined at times by J Balvin, Rina Sawayama, Kacey Musgraves and more. Musicians Creepy Nuts, FLOW, and LiSA performed during the show.

The breakout anime of the year was Solo Leveling, which picked up nine awards, Best Anime, Best New Series, Best Action and more. Demon Slayer continues to be a hit, picking up the award for Best Continuing Series, as well as the Best Animation. And unsurprisingly, the music of Dan Da Dan from Creepy Nuts won the Best Opening Sequence and Best Anime Song.

A new award was introduced this year, the ‘Global Impact Award,‘ which celebrates visionary creators and groundbreaking works that have left an indelible mark on culture, history, and the hearts of audiences worldwide. Attack on Titan won the inaugural year for this new award.

If you want to check out the awards yourself, you can check out the full show on YouTube in the video below.

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Here are the winners from the 2025 Crunchyroll Awards:

  • 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