Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year

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Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year
Awarded forBest anime series of the previous year
Country
  • United States
  • Japan
First award MAPPA — Yuri on Ice (2017)
Currently held by A-1 Pictures — Solo Leveling (2025)
Most wins
Most nominations
Website Crunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year is one of the two highest awards given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting. [1]

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Yaoi sports anime Yuri on Ice by MAPPA first won the award in 2017. [2] Jujutsu Kaisen by MAPPA won the award in 2021, making MAPPA the first studio to win the award multiple times. [3] In the 8th edition, the award was won by the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen, which also became the first anime to win the top prize twice. [4] Studio Trigger and CD Projekt's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners won the award in 2023, making CD Projekt and Edgerunners the first video game studio and anime based on a video game respectively to win.

MAPPA received ten nominations and four wins for the award, the most of any studio to date. Wit Studio and Bones followed, with six and five nominations for the award respectively, the former did not win a single award.

In the latest edition in 2025, the award was won by Solo Leveling by A-1 Pictures, the first anime series to be based on manhwa to win. [5]

Winners and nominees

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.

2010s

YearAnimeStudio(s)
2016
(1st)
[6] [2]
Yuri on Ice MAPPA
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Studio Deen
Erased A-1 Pictures
Joker Game Production I.G
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Wit Studio
Mob Psycho 100 Bones
My Hero Academia
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World White Fox
2017
(2nd)
[7]
Made in Abyss Kinema Citrus
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (season 2)Studio Deen
Land of the Lustrous Orange
Little Witch Academia Studio Trigger
March Comes in Like a Lion (season 2) Shaft
My Hero Academia (season 2)Bones
2018
(3rd)
[8]
Devilman Crybaby Science SARU
A Place Further than the Universe Madhouse
Hinamatsuri Feel
Megalo Box TMS Entertainment
Violet Evergarden Kyoto Animation
Zombie Land Saga MAPPA
2019
(4th)
[9] [10]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Ufotable
Carole & Tuesday Bones
Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
O Maidens in Your Savage Season Lay-duce
The Promised Neverland CloverWorks
Vinland Saga Wit Studio

2020s

YearAnimeStudio(s)
2020
(5th)
[3]
Jujutsu Kaisen MAPPA
Appare-Ranman! P.A. Works
Beastars Orange
Dorohedoro MAPPA
Great Pretender Wit Studio
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Science SARU
2021
(6th)
[11] [12]
Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 (season 4)MAPPA
86 A-1 Pictures
Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)MAPPA
Odd Taxi OLM and P.I.C.S.
Ranking of Kings Wit Studio
Sonny Boy Madhouse
2021/2022
(7th)
[13] [14]
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Studio Trigger and CD Projekt
Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2)MAPPA
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2)Ufotable
Lycoris Recoil A-1 Pictures
Ranking of Kings (cour 2)Wit Studio
Spy × Family Wit Studio and CloverWorks
2022/2023
(8th)
[15] [4]
Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2)MAPPA
Bocchi the Rock! CloverWorks
Chainsaw Man MAPPA
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3)Ufotable
Oshi no Ko Doga Kobo
Vinland Saga (season 2)MAPPA
2023/2024
(9th)
[16] [5]
Solo Leveling A-1 Pictures
Dandadan Science SARU
Delicious in Dungeon Studio Trigger
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Madhouse
Kaiju No. 8 Production I.G
The Apothecary Diaries Toho Animation Studio and OLM

Records

Anime series

FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasons
Jujutsu Kaisen 23 Season 1 cour 1 , Season 1 cour 2, Season 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 1 Unwavering Resolve Arc , Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc
Attack on Titan 2 The Final Season Part 1 , The Final Season Part 2
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 0Season 1, Season 2
Mob Psycho 100 Season 1, Season 2
My Hero Academia Season 1, Season 2
Ranking of Kings Cour 1, Cour 2
Vinland Saga Season 1, Season 2

Studios

As of 2023, MAPPA is the only studio to receive multiple wins for the award. They were also nominated ten times, the most of any studio to date. MAPPA Logo.svg
As of 2023, MAPPA is the only studio to receive multiple wins for the award. They were also nominated ten times, the most of any studio to date.

As of 2024, 56 nominations have been given to 25 different studios, of which there are 4 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 60 nominees so far. Only Bones, Wit Studio, and MAPPA, have received multiple nominations in one year, with MAPPA done it thrice in 2020, 2021, and 2023, while Bones did the same twice in 2016 and 2019.

MAPPA received the most wins (4) and nominations (10) for an anime studio, with Jujutsu Kaisen became the only anime to win multiple awards.

StudioWinsNominationsSeasons
MAPPA 410 Attack on Titan ( The Final Season Part 1 , The Final Season Part 2), Chainsaw Man , Dorohedoro , Jujutsu Kaisen ( Season 1 cour 1 , Season 1 cour 2, Season 2 ), Vinland Saga (Season 2), Yuri on Ice , Zombie Land Saga
A-1 Pictures 14 86 , Erased , Lycoris Recoil , Solo Leveling
Science SARU 3 Dandadan , Devilman Crybaby , Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Studio Trigger Cyberpunk: Edgerunners , Delicious in Dungeon , Little Witch Academia ,
Ufotable Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ( Unwavering Resolve Arc , Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc)
Wit Studio 06 Great Pretender , Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress , Ranking of Kings (Cour 1, Cour 2), Spy × Family , Vinland Saga (Season 1)
Bones 5 Carole & Tuesday , Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1, Season 2), My Hero Academia (Season 1, Season 2)
CloverWorks 3 Bocchi the Rock! , The Promised Neverland , Spy × Family
Madhouse Frieren: Beyond Journey's End , A Place Further than the Universe , Sonny Boy
Production I.G 2 Joker Game , Kaiju No. 8
OLM The Apothecary Diaries , Odd Taxi
Orange Beastars , Land of the Lustrous
Studio Deen Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (Season 1, Season 2)

References

  1. ↑ "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Yuri!!! on ICE Wins Anime of the Year in Crunchyroll's First-Ever Anime Awards". GlobeNewswire . January 30, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Luster, Joseph (February 19, 2021). "Rewatch the 2021 Anime Awards Here (and Find Out Who Won!)". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on February 20, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Hazra, Adriana (March 2, 2024). "All the Winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Grein, Paul (May 25, 2025). "Crunchyroll Reveals 2025 Anime Awards Winners: Full List". Billboard . Tokyo. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
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  8. ↑ Schley, Matt (February 17, 2019). "Devilman Crybaby Wins Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Otaku USA Magazine . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  9. ↑ Orsini, Lauren (January 10, 2020). "Here Are All The Nominees For The 2019 Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Forbes . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  10. ↑ Ramée, Jordan (February 15, 2020). "Every Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020 Winner, Including Anime Of The Year". GameSpot . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  11. ↑ Schneider, Michael (January 18, 2022). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Nominations Include '86 Eighty-Six,' 'Jujutsu Kaisen,' 'Oddtaxi' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
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  14. ↑ Patches, Matt (March 4, 2023). "Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year". Polygon . Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  15. ↑ Mateo, Alex (January 17, 2024). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2024 Nominees". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  16. ↑ Pedersen, Erik (April 3, 2025). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominations Revealed". Deadline . Archived from the original on April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
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