Crunchyroll Anime Awards: My Hero Academia, One Piece, and Gachiakuta Steal the Show — Full Winners List Revealed
Fan favorites ruled the 10th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, with My Hero Academia, One Piece, Spy X Family, Lazarus, and breakout Gachiakuta racking up wins. Hit the full winners list for all the champs and surprise upsets from anime’s big night.
It’s awards season in anime land, and Crunchyroll’s done their tenth annual shake-up of the trophy cabinet. If you’re an anime obsessive — or even just a casual lurker on the streaming site — you might have seen the hype. Over 73 million votes from Crunchyroll subscribers landed across a whole swag of categories, and they went all out with the ceremony. (Yes, that really was The Weeknd himself announcing Anime of the Year.) Let’s be honest, these awards aren’t exactly the BAFTAs, but if you’re passionate about anime, it’s the big one.
Crunchyroll Throws a Birthday Bash for Anime
So, here’s the scene: tenth anniversary, meaning a decade of shouting about the best and worst the industry’s been dishing out — and this year’s event had the pomp to match. Returning once again were hosts Sally Amaki (voice actor, meme icon) and Jon Kabira (radio and telly man with an impossibly smooth delivery), both now old hands at keeping the evening rollicking along.
The event itself went properly global, with the list of celebrity presenters reading more like a time-travelling pub quiz: actors Asuka Saito, Kasumi Arimura, Nanase Nishino; K-pop stars BamBam and TEN; cosplayer Enako; esports host Nyvi Estephan; India’s Rashmika Mandanna; Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA (sure, why not); Black Panther’s Winston Duke; and rapper Young Miko. Bit of a flex, if I’m honest — but at least the enthusiasm was genuine.
Who Actually Won?
Right, on to the bit you probably care about. Here’s the full run-down — and fair warning, if you’re not caught up with some of these shows, consider this your nudge.
- Anime of the Year: My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON — Big surprise? Not really. The Weeknd did the honours himself here, so that’s a nice headline for Crunchyroll.
- Film of the Year: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle — The Demon Slayer machine rolls on, and there’s not much slowing it down.
- Best Original Anime: Lazarus — Not based on a manga, not a spin-off... you get the idea.
- Best Continuing Series: ONE PIECE — Did you expect anybody else?
- Best New Series: Gachiakuta
- Best Opening Sequence: On The Way by AiNA THE END (DAN DA DAN Season 2)
- Best Ending Sequence: I by BUMP OF CHICKEN (My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON)
- Best Action: Solo Leveling Season 2 - Arise from the Shadow -
- Best Comedy: DAN DA DAN Season 2
- Best Drama: The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
- Best Isekai Anime: Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World - Season 3
- Best Romance: The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
- Best Slice of Life: SPY x FAMILY Season 3
- Best Animation: Solo Leveling (Season 2, again)
- Best Background Art: Gachiakuta
- Best Character Design: Gachiakuta
- Best Director: Akinori Fudesaka, Norihiro Naganuma (The Apothecary Diaries, Season 2)
- Best Main Character: Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries, Season 2)
- Best Supporting Character: Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON)
- Must Protect At All Cost Character: Anya Forger (SPY x FAMILY Season 3)
- Best Anime Song: IRIS OUT by Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Best Score: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina)
- Best Voice Artist Performances:
- Japanese: Aoi Yuki as Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries, Season 2)
- English: Lucien Dodge as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle)
- Arabic: Tariq Obaid as Taro Sakamoto (SAKAMOTO DAYS)
- Brazilian Portuguese: Charles Emmanuel as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle)
- Castilian Spanish: Carles Teruel as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle)
- French: Bastien Bourlé as Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON)
- German: Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle)
- Hindi: Abhishek Sharma as Jinshi (The Apothecary Diaries, Season 2)
- Italian: Mosè Singh as Denji (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Latin Spanish: Jose Antonio Toledano as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle)
What Stood Out?
Now, I know what you’re asking: any actual surprises in that lot? Well, My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON walking off with the big gong didn’t exactly have my jaw on the floor, but the sheer international flavour on the voice actor categories was impressive. Anime is properly worldwide these days, and Crunchyroll’s really leaning into that.
New faces like Gachiakuta managed to bag a few, which is good to see. And personally, I think Demon Slayer is collecting trophies faster than Tanjiro collects new friends — but who’s counting?
Final thoughts
All told, Crunchyroll’s tenth Anime Awards pulled out every stop it could. The winners were a bit predictable at the top end, but the spread further down the list shows just how sprawling—and occasionally bizarre—the anime landscape can be. And you know what? With presenters like RZA on board, any sense of 'business as usual' goes out the window.
'We received more than 73 million votes this year,' Crunchyroll said, 'which shows just how passionate fans are about this medium—and how global anime culture has become.'