Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series

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Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series
Awarded forBest ongoing anime series of the previous year
Country
  • United States
  • Japan
First award Shaft — March Comes in Like a Lion (2018)
Currently held by Ufotable — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (2025)
Most wins
Most nominations
  • Studio: Toei Animation (6)
  • Anime: One Piece (4)
Website Crunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series is a series award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best ongoing anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting. [1]

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Coming-of-age romantic anime March Comes in Like a Lion by Shaft first won the award in 2017. [2] Toei Animation's flagship series One Piece won the award in 2023 and 2024, making both the first anime studio and series to win the award multiple times, consecutively. Toei Animation also received the most wins (3) and nominations (6) for an anime studio, along with One Piece also received the most.

In the latest edition in 2025, the fourth season's Hashira Training Arc of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Ufotable 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)
2017
(2nd)
[4]
March Comes in Like a Lion Shaft
All Out!! Madhouse/TMS Entertainment
Case Closed TMS Entertainment
Dragon Ball Super Toei Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Sunrise
Naruto Shippuden Pierrot
2018
(3rd)
[5]
Dragon Ball SuperToei Animation
The Ancient Magus' Bride Wit Studio
Black Clover Pierrot
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
March Comes in Like a LionShaft
One Piece Toei Animation

2020s

YearAnimeStudio(s)
2021/2022
(7th)
[6] [7]
One PieceToei Animation
Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) MAPPA
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2) Ufotable
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (season 5) David Production
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic (season 3) A-1 Pictures
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun (season 2) Kinema Citrus
2022/2023
(8th)
[8] [9]
One PieceToei Animation
Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3)MAPPA
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3)Ufotable
Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2)MAPPA
Spy × Family (season 1 cour 2) Wit Studio and CloverWorks
Vinland Saga (season 2)MAPPA
2023/2024
(9th)
[10] [3]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4)Ufotable
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict Pierrot Films
My Hero Academia (season 7) Bones
One PieceToei Animation
Oshi no Ko (season 2) Doga Kobo
Spy × Family (season 2)Wit Studio and CloverWorks

Records

Anime series

FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasons
One Piece 24—
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 13 Entertainment District Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc , Hashira Training Arc
Dragon Ball Super 2—
March Comes in Like a Lion Season 1, Season 2
Attack on Titan 0 The Final Season Part 2 , The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
Spy × Family Season 1 cour 2, Season 2

Studios

As of 2024, Toei Animation is the only studio to receive multiple wins for the award. They were also nominated six times, the most of any studio to date. Toei Animation logo.svg
As of 2024, Toei Animation is the only studio to receive multiple wins for the award. They were also nominated six times, the most of any studio to date.

As of 2024, 30 nominations have been given to 16 different studios, of which there are 3 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 33 nominees so far. Only TMS Entertainment, Pierrot, Toei Animation, and MAPPA, have received multiple nominations in one year. MAPPA has the most nominations for a single year with three in 2023.

Toei Animation received the most wins (3) and nominations (6) for an anime studio, with One Piece became the only anime to win multiple awards.

StudioWinsNominationsSeasons
Toei Animation 36 Dragon Ball Super , One Piece
Shaft 12 March Comes in Like a Lion (Season 1, Season 2)
Ufotable 3 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ( Entertainment District Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc , Hashira Training Arc )
MAPPA 04 Attack on Titan ( The Final Season Part 2 , The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 2), Vinland Saga (Season 2)
Pierrot Black Clover , Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War ( The Conflict ), Boruto: Naruto Next Generations , Naruto Shippuden
Wit Studio 3 The Ancient Magus' Bride , Spy × Family (Season 1 cour 2, Season 2)
CloverWorks 2Spy × Family (Season 1 cour 2, Season 2)
TMS Entertainment All Out!! , Case Closed

References

  1. ↑ "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  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 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.
  4. ↑ Jones, Jordan (February 25, 2018). "Crunchyroll's 2017 Anime Awards Recap and Winners". Geeks of Color. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ Schley, Matt (February 17, 2019). "Devilman Crybaby Wins Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Otaku USA Magazine . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  6. ↑ Eisenbeis, Richard (March 4, 2023). "All the Winners of the 7th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  7. ↑ Patches, Matt (March 4, 2023). "Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year". Polygon . Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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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