Crunchyroll revealed the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards winners during a star-studded live ceremony. A record 51 million votes were cast by fans worldwide!

Renowned voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira hosted the 9th annual Anime Awards. They returned for their third year to celebrate anime’s biggest night. A global slate of celebrity anime fan presenters revealed the winners. These included:

• Japanese model and talent Saya Ichikawa
• GRAMMYⓇ award winning singer Kacey Musgraves
• Canadian director, musician, and actor Finn Wolfhard and American actor Gaten Matarazzo, both from the hit series “Stranger Things”
• Global superstar and anime collaborator J Balvin
• Italian singer-songwriter Damiano David
• Musician and actor Rina Sawayama
• Award-winning Brazilian pop icon Pabllo Vittar
• American snowboarder Chloe Kim
• Screenwriter Zak Penn
• The comedy duo made up of Shohei Osada and Shun Matsuo Chocolate Planet
• Japanese actor, musicianm and talent Dean Fujioka
• The Japanese actor known for live-action adaptations of anime, Kanata Hongo
• Japanese Academy Award-winning actress Mayu Matsuoka

Winners of the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards

During the ceremony, “Attack on Titan” was awarded the Anime Awards’ first Global Impact Award. This award 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.

“Solo Leveling” won numerous awards this year, including Anime of the Year, Best New Series, Best Action, and Best Main Character. Also, Aleks Le won the Best English Performing Artist award for his role as Sung Jiwoo, the protagonist of “Solo Leveling.”

• 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” by Creepy Nuts – “DAN DA DAN”
• Best Ending Sequence – “request” by 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” by Creepy Nuts – “DAN DA DAN”
• Best Score – “Solo Leveling” – Hiroyuki Sawano

Best Voice Artist Performances

• 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”

Celebrating Anime and the Community

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is the yearly awards program celebrating anime’s creative community. Rahul Purini, President, Crunchyroll, said:

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. 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.

The 2025 Anime Awards will be available to stream as video-on-demand on Crunchyroll’s YouTube and Twitch Channels, along with SONY PICTURES CORE and the Sony Group Corp Japan and Global YouTube Channels.