The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 was held on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. The event saw many stars who came to express their love for the popular genre. Celebrities like Olympic boxer Ben Whittaker, D4vD, Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo, and Grammy Award-winning artist Kacey Musgraves were seen at the awards.
The award ceremony garnered considerable attention, as the accumulated votes surpassed last year‘s total of 30 million. It was a big night for anime like Demon Slayer and Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, as they were both nominated for multiple categories. However, Solo Leveling carried the most coveted award of the night and won numerous categories. It was also a big day for Attack on Titan as the anime picked up the Global Impact Award.
The star-studded event saw some of the grandest wins for some anime shows. Below is the list of anime who won in their respective categories, via Crunchyroll:
Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 Winners
- Anime of the Year: Solo Leveling
- Best Continuing Series: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
- Best New Anime Series: Solo Leveling
- Best Animation: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
- Best Character Design: DAN DA DAN
- Best Director: Keiichiro Saito (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
- Global Impact Award: Attack on Titan
- Best Anime Film: Look Back
- Best Original Anime: Ninja Kamui
- Best Background Art: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- Best Isekai Anime: Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
- Best Art Direction: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Best Romance Anime: Blue Box
- Best Comedy Anime: MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
- Best Action Anime: Solo Leveling
- Best Fantasy Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Best Drama Anime: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- Best Slice of Life Anime: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
- Best Main Anime Character: Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Best Supporting Anime Character: Fern (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
- “Must Protect At All Costs” Anime Character: Anya Forger (SPY x FAMILY Season 2)
- Best Anime Song: “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts (DAN DA DAN)
- Best Anime Score: Solo Leveling (Hiroyuki Sawano)
- Best Anime Opening Sequence: “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts (DAN DA DAN)
- Best Anime Ending Sequence: “request” by Krage (Solo Leveling)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – Japanese: Aoi Yuki as Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – English: Aleks Le as Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – Castilian Spanish: Masumi Mutsuda as Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – Latin Spanish: Miguel Ángel Leal as Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – Brazilian Portuguese: Charles Emmanuel as Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – German: Daniel Schlauch as Monkey D. Luffy (ONE PIECE)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – Hindi: Lohit Sharma as Satoru Gojo (JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – Arabic: Hiba Snobar as Anya Forger (SPY x FAMILY Season 2)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – French: Adrien Antoine as Kafka Hibino (Kaiju No. 8)
- Best Anime Voice Artist Performance – Italian: Ilaria Pellicone as Kyomoto (Look Back)
