Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Comedy

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Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Comedy
Awarded forBest comedy anime series of the previous year
Country
  • United States
  • Japan
First award Studio Deen Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (2017)
Currently held by A-1 Pictures Mashle: Magic and Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc (2025)
Most wins
Most nominations
Website Crunchyroll Anime Awards

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

Contents

Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto by Studio Deen first won the award in 2017. [2] In the latest edition in 2025, Mashle: Magic and Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc by A-1 Pictures won the award. [3]

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)
[4] [2]
Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto Studio Deen
Keijo Xebec
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Studio Deen
Space Patrol Luluco Studio Trigger
Most Popular "Other": Nanbaka Satelight
2017
(2nd)
[5]
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Kyoto Animation
Gamers! Pine Jam
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! (season 2)Studio Deen
Little Witch Academia Studio Trigger
Mr. Osomatsu (season 2) Pierrot
Tsuredure Children Studio Gokumi
2019
(4th)
[6] [7]
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War A-1 Pictures
Aggretsuko (season 2)Fanworks
How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? Doga Kobo
Isekai Quartet Studio Puyukai
My Roommate Is a Cat Zero-G
Sarazanmai MAPPA / Lapin Track

2020s

YearAnimeStudio(s)
2020
(5th)
[8]
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (season 2) A-1 Pictures
Kakushigoto: My Dad's Secret Ambition Ajiado
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Science SARU
The Misfit of Demon King Academy Silver Link
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Doga Kobo
2021
(6th)
[9] [10]
Komi Can't Communicate OLM
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro Telecom Animation Film
Heaven's Design Team Asahi Production
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan Studio Blanc
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S (season 2) Kyoto Animation
Odd Taxi OLM and P.I.C.S.
2021/2022
(7th)
[11] [12]
Spy × Family Wit Studio and CloverWorks
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic (season 3)A-1 Pictures
Kotaro Lives Alone Liden Films
My Dress-Up Darling CloverWorks
Uncle from Another World Atelier Pontdarc
Ya Boy Kongming! P.A. Works
2022/2023
(8th)
[13] [14]
Spy × Family (season 1 cour 2)Wit Studio and CloverWorks
Bocchi the Rock! CloverWorks
Buddy Daddies P.A. Works
Mashle: Magic and Muscles A-1 Pictures
Urusei Yatsura David Production
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Bug Films
2023/2024
(9th)
[15] [3]
Mashle: Magic and Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc (season 2)A-1 Pictures
Delicious in Dungeon Studio Trigger
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! (season 3) Drive
My Deer Friend Nokotan Wit Studio
Ranma ½ MAPPA
Spy × Family (season 2)Wit Studio and CloverWorks

Records

Anime series

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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and Spy × Family holds the record for the most wins and nominations in an anime series.
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KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! also holds the record for the most nominations–and the most nominations without a win in an anime series.
FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasons
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 23 Season 1 , Love Is War? , Ultra Romantic
Spy × Family Season 1 cour 1 , Season 1 cour 2, Season 2
Mashle: Magic and Muscles 12Season 1, The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Season 1, S
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 03 Season 1, Season 2, Season 3

Studios

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A-1 Pictures holds the record for the most wins, as well as being the most-nominated studio along with CloverWorks.
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Studio Trigger holds the record for the most nominations without a win in an anime studio.

A-1 Pictures received the most wins with 3, followed by CloverWorks and Wit Studio with 2. It also has the most nominations along with CloverWorks with 5. Both Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and Spy × Family were tied for the most nominations (3) and wins (2). The remaining studios (Kyoto Animation, OLM and Studio Deen) received 1 was single-cour anime series.

Studio Trigger received the most nominations for an anime studio without a single win with 3. KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! received three nominations, but also did not win a single award.

StudioWinsNominationsSeasons
A-1 Pictures 35 Kaguya-sama: Love Is War ( Season 1 , Love Is War? , Ultra Romantic ), Mashle: Magic and Muscles (Season 1, The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc)
CloverWorks 2 Bocchi the Rock! , My Dress-Up Darling , Spy × Family ( Season 1 cour 1 , Season 1 cour 2, Season 2)
Wit Studio 4 My Deer Friend Nokotan , Spy × Family (Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2)
Studio Deen 13 Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto , KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! (Season 1, Season 2)
Kyoto Animation 2 Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (Season 1, S)
OLM Komi Can't Communicate , Odd Taxi
Studio Trigger 03 Delicious in Dungeon , Little Witch Academia , Space Patrol Luluco
Doga Kobo 2 How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? , Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
MAPPA Ranma ½ , Sarazanmai
P.A. Works Buddy Daddies , Ya Boy Kongming!
Silver Link The Misfit of Demon King Academy , My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

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