Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Animation

Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Animation
Awarded for	Best animation in anime films and series of the previous year
Country	United States Japan
First award	MAPPA — Yuri on Ice (2017)
Currently held by	Ufotable — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (2025)
Most wins	Studio: Ufotable (4) Franchise: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (4)
Most nominations	Studio: MAPPA (9) Franchise: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (5)
Website	Crunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Animation is an animation award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best animation in anime films and series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting. ^[1]

Yaoi sports anime Yuri on Ice by MAPPA first won the award in 2017. ^[2] Ufotable and its anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba hold the record for the most wins with 4 in consecutive years (2022–2025), the most of any animation studios and anime series to date. MAPPA holds the record for the most nominations with 9, while Wit Studio also holds the record for the most nominations without a single win with 7.

In the latest edition in 2025, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won the award again in four consecutive years. ^[3]

Winners

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

Year	Anime	Studio(s)
2016 (1st) [4] [2]
	Yuri on Ice	MAPPA
	Flip Flappers	Studio 3Hz
	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress	Wit Studio
	Mob Psycho 100	Bones
	Most Popular "Other": Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World	White Fox
2017 (2nd) [5]
	My Hero Academia (season 2)	Bones
	A Silent Voice	Kyoto Animation
	Land of the Lustrous	Orange
	Little Witch Academia	Studio Trigger
	March Comes in Like a Lion (season 2)	Shaft
	Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	Kyoto Animation
2018 (3rd) [6]
	Violet Evergarden	Kyoto Animation
	A Place Further than the Universe	Madhouse
	Bloom Into You	Troyca
	Devilman Crybaby	Science SARU
	Megalo Box	TMS Entertainment
	My Hero Academia (season 3)	Bones
2019 (4th) [7] [8]
	Mob Psycho 100 (season 2)	Bones
	Attack on Titan (season 3)	Wit Studio
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Ufotable
	Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia	CloverWorks
	Sarazanmai	MAPPA and Lapin Track
	Vinland Saga	Wit Studio

2020s

Year	Anime	Studio(s)
2020 (5th) [9]
	Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!	Science SARU
	Beastars	Orange
	Great Pretender	Wit Studio
	Jujutsu Kaisen	MAPPA
	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	CygamesPictures
	The God of High School	MAPPA
2021 (6th) [10] [11]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (season 2)	Ufotable
	Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)	MAPPA
	Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S	Kyoto Animation
	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation	Studio Bind
	Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song	Wit Studio
	Wonder Egg Priority	CloverWorks
2021/2022 (7th) [12] [13]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2)	Ufotable
	Akebi's Sailor Uniform	CloverWorks
	Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2)	MAPPA
	Cyberpunk: Edgerunners	Studio Trigger and CD Projekt
	Ranking of Kings (cour 2)	Wit Studio
	Spy × Family	Wit Studio and CloverWorks
2022/2023 (8th) [14] [15]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3)	Ufotable
	Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3)	MAPPA
	Chainsaw Man
	Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2)
	Mob Psycho 100 (season 3)	Bones
	Trigun Stampede	Orange
2023/2024 (9th) [16] [3]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4)	Ufotable
	Dandadan	Science SARU
	Delicious in Dungeon	Studio Trigger
	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	Madhouse
	Kaiju No. 8	Production I.G
	Solo Leveling	A-1 Pictures

Records

As of 2025, 9 wins out of 53 nominations have been given to 34 anime series and 1 anime film.

Anime films and series

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba holds the record for an anime series.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba received the most wins (4; consecutive) and nominations (5) for an anime series. In addition of other series, Mob Psycho 100 and My Hero Academia received nominations more than once, winning 1. Single-cour anime series (or miniseries) Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! , Violet Evergarden , and Yuri on Ice also received wins, with the latter became the only original anime series to do so.

Only 6 anime series separately produced by MAPPA received the most nominations with 9, with Jujutsu Kaisen , together with Attack on Titan , received the most nominations without a single win with 3. Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice is the only anime film to be nominated in that category.

Franchise	Wins	Nominations	Seasons
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	4	5	Unwavering Resolve Arc , Mugen Train Arc , Entertainment District Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc , Hashira Training Arc
Mob Psycho 100	1	3	Season 1, Season 2, Season 3
My Hero Academia		2	Season 2 , Season 3
Attack on Titan	0	3	Season 3, The Final Season Part 2 , The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
Jujutsu Kaisen			Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid		2	Season 1, S

Studios

Ufotable holds the record for the most wins in an anime studio.

MAPPA holds the record for the most nominations in an anime studio.

Wit Studio holds the record for the most nominations without a win in an anime studio.

Ufotable received the most wins (4; consecutive) for an anime studio, with its only production that nominated Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba received the most. Bones also receive 2 wins out of 5 nominations; both second-season of Mob Psycho 100 and My Hero Academia received wins for a studio. The remaining studios (Kyoto Animation, MAPPA, and Science SARU) received 1 was single-cour anime series.

MAPPA received the most nominations (9) for an anime studio, with Jujutsu Kaisen received the most but did not win a single award. Wit Studio also holds the record for the most nominations without a single win with 7.

Studio	Wins	Nominations	Seasons
Ufotable	4	5	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ( Unwavering Resolve Arc , Mugen Train Arc , Entertainment District Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc , Hashira Training Arc )
Bones	2		Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1, Season 2, Season 3), My Hero Academia ( Season 2 , Season 3)
MAPPA	1	9	Attack on Titan ( The Final Season Part 2 , The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Chainsaw Man , The God of High School , Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2), Sarazanmai , Yuri on Ice
Kyoto Animation		4	A Silent Voice , Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (Season 1, S), Violet Evergarden
Science SARU		3	Dandadan , Devilman Crybaby , Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Wit Studio	0	7	Attack on Titan (Season 3), Great Pretender , Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress , Ranking of Kings (cour 2), Spy × Family , Vinland Saga , Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
CloverWorks		4	Akebi's Sailor Uniform , Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia , Spy × Family , Wonder Egg Priority
Orange		3	Beastars , Land of the Lustrous , Trigun Stampede
Studio Trigger			Cyberpunk: Edgerunners , Delicious in Dungeon , Little Witch Academia

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