“Solo Leveling Was The Big Winner Sunday Night at the 2025 Crunchyrol Anime Awards, Taking Home Anime of the Year, Best Action, Best New Series, And Multiple Performance An Music Honors Honors. Together Anime’s MOST PASSIONATE GLOBAL FANS. Held at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo, The Annual”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
In the foature film category, Look backThe Emotion Adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimo’s One-Shoot Manga, Earned Film of the Year, While Fan-Favorite Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Added to Its Legacy with Best Continuing Series and Best Animation. The genre-defying Dan Da Dan Piced Up Several Creative Awards, Including Best Opening Sequence, Best Anime Song, and Best Character Design.
Hosted for the Third Year in A Row by voice Actress Sally Amaki and Enterner Jon Kabira, This Year’s Show Again Welcomeda A Dierse Slate of Celebrity Presenters, Further Underlining Appearances Included Grammy Winner Kacey Musgraves, Stranger Things Stars Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo, Latin Music Icon J Balvin, Japanese Actor Kanata Hongo, and Japanese Academy Award-Winner Mayu Matsuoka. Also on Hand Were Singer Rina Sawayama, Brazilian Pop Star Pabllo Vittar, Model Saya Ichikawa, and Actors Dean Fujioka and Damiano David of Måneskin Fame.
Kacey Musgraves on the Orange Carpet at the 2025 Crunchyrol Anime Awards in Tokyo.
The Night’s Most Poignant Came of WHEN Attack on Titan Was Awarded Crunchyrol’s First-iter Global Impact Award, A New Honor Recognizing A Franchise’s Profound Influence on Anime and Global Pop Culture. Director Yuichiiro Hayashi Acceptted the Award on Behalf of Studio Mappa and the Series’ Many Creates, Following the Release of Attack on Titan: The Last Attack In Late 2024, whoCludd the Long-Running Saga.
Fans Were Also Treated to Live Performances from Anime Music’s Biggest Acts, Including Creeepy Nuts with Viral Hit “Bing-Bang-Born” from Mashle: Magic and MusclesJapanese rock legends flow with “days” in Honor of Eureka Sevenand a Three-sang medley by j-Pop Star Lisa, Including Her Demon Slayer anthem “gureNge.”
“FANS FORM DEEPMOPM PUNCTAL CONNESUATIONS to ANIME. THESE Are Not Just Series, Films or Songs, But Racher Works of Art that Help Define The Identity of Anime Fans,” SAID RAL PURINA “WITH An INCREDIBLE 51 MILLION VOTES THIS YEAR, The 2025 Anime Awards Are Celebringing the Create in Japan Who Have CAPTUED OF THE HEARTS OF FANS AND ARE POWERING AMEERING AMERE
Crunchyroll Partned with Sony Music Solutions Inc. And Dempsey Productions to Deliver The High-Energy Show, Which Will Be Available To Stream Via Crunchyrol’s YouTube and Twitch Channels, As Well As Sony Pictures and Other.
Sony Group Has Identified Anime as A Key Pillar of It Growth Strategy, with Crunchyrol Sitting at the Center of Its Holdings in the Sector. On Sony’s MOST RECENT EARNINGS Call in May, The Conglomerate Revealed that Crunchyrol Now Counts 17 Million Subscribers Worldwide. Crunchyroll, Aniplex and Sony Pictures Will Collaborate Later This Year On the North American and International Release of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castlea tribogy of films that conCLUDES WHAT IS Currently the World’s Mist Bankable Anime Franchise. Crunchyrol and Aniplex Are Also Co-Playing and Anime Series Based on the Blockbuster Samurai Adventure PlayStation Game Ghost of tsushima.
Full List of 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards Winners
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 – 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 Lozing 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 Costs” Character: Anya Forger (Spy × Family Season 2)
BEST ANIME SONG: “OTONOKE” – Creepy Nuts (Dan Da Dan)
Best Score: Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki sawano
Voice Performance Awards
Japanese: aoi yuki (maomao – The Apotthecal Diaries)
English: Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling)
Arabic: Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger – Spy × Family Season 2)
Brazilian Portuguese: Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling)
Castilian Spanish: Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling)
French: Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino – Kaiju no. 8)
German: Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy – One Piece)
Hindi: Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo – Jujutsu kaisen Season 2)
Italian: Ilaria Pelicone (Kyomoto – Look Back)
Latin Spanish: Miguel ángel Leal (eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters – Special 2)