Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Ending Sequence | |
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Awarded for | Best ending sequence of the previous year |
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First award | "You Only Live Once" by Wataru Hatano — Yuri on Ice (2017) |
Currently held by | "Request" by Krage, storyboard and direction by Hiromu Ōshiro — Solo Leveling (2025) |
Most wins |
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Most nominations |
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Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Ending Sequence is a music and sequence award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best ending sequence in an anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting. [1]
The ending sequence "You Only Live Once" composed by Wataru Hatano in Yuri on Ice first won the award in 2017. [2] In the latest edition in 2025, "Request" composed by Krage in Solo Leveling won the award. [3]
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.
Year | Sequence | Anime | Recipient(s) |
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2020 (5th) [10] | |||
"Lost in Paradise" | Jujutsu Kaisen | ALI feat. Aklo | |
"D.D.D.D" | Dorohedoro | (K)NoW_NAME) | |
"The Great Pretender" | Great Pretender | Freddie Mercury (posthumous nomination) | |
"Last Dance" | In/Spectre | Mamoru Miyano | |
"Night Running" | BNA: Brand New Animal | Shin Sakura feat. AAAMY | |
"Welcome My Friend" | The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited | OKAMOTO'S | |
2021 (6th) [11] [12] | |||
"Shirogane" | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (season 2) | LiSA, storyboard and direction by Tomonori Sudō | |
"Ganbare! Kumoko-san no Theme" | So I'm a Spider, So What? | Aoi Yūki, storyboard and direction by Shin Itagaki | |
"Infinity" | SK8 the Infinity | Yuuri, storyboard by Hiroko Utsumi, direction by Akemi Hayashi | |
"Nai Nai" | Shadows House | Reona, storyboard and direction by Tomohisa Taguchi | |
"Shogeki" | Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 (season 4) | Yuko Ando | |
"Yasashii Suisei" | Beastars (season 2) | Yoasobi | |
2021/2022 (7th) [13] [14] | |||
"Comedy" | Spy × Family | Gen Hoshino, direction and storyboard by Atsushi Nishigori | |
"Akuma no Ko" | Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) | Ai Higuchi, direction and storyboard by Paraco Shinohara | |
"Heart wa Oteage" | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic (season 3) | Airi Suzuki, direction and storyboard by Nichika Ono | |
"Koi no Yukue" | My Dress-Up Darling | Akari Akase, direction and storyboard by Futata | |
"Koshaberi Biyori" | Komi Can't Communicate (season 2) | Fantastic Youth, direction and storyboard by Kōki Fujimoto | |
"Yofukashi no Uta" | Call of the Night | Creepy Nuts, direction by Haruka Segawa, storyboard by Tomoyuki Itamura | |
2022/2023 (8th) [15] [16] | |||
"Akari" | Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) | Soushi Sakiyama, storyboard and direction by Yojiro Arai | |
"Color" | Spy × Family (season 1 cour 2) | Yama, storyboard and direction by Takayuki Hirao | |
"Happiness of the Dead" | Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | Shiyui, storyboard and direction by Hanako Ueda | |
"Hawatari Nioku Centi" | Chainsaw Man | Maximum the Hormone, storyboard and direction by Yuki Kamiya | |
"Koi Kogare" | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3) | Milet and Man with a Mission, storyboard and direction by Yuki Shimizu | |
"Mephisto" | Oshi no Ko | Queen Bee, storyboard and direction by Naoya Nakayama | |
2023/2024 (9th) [17] [3] | |||
"Request" | Solo Leveling | Krage, storyboard and direction by Hiromu Ōshiro | |
"Anta Nante" | Ranma ½ | Riria., storyboard by Minami Kitamura, direction by Minami Kitamura and Fumiyuki Uehara | |
"Burning" | Oshi no Ko (season 2) | Hitsujibungaku, storyboard and direction by Naoya Nakayama | |
"Kamakura Style" | The Elusive Samurai | BotchiBoromaru, storyboard and direction by Yuki Yonemuri | |
"Nobody" | Kaiju No. 8 | OneRepublic, storyboard and direction by Toya Ooshima | |
"Taidada" | Dandadan | Zutomayo, storyboard by Moko-chan, direction by Moko-chan and Nick McKergow |
Franchise | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
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Jujutsu Kaisen | 2 | Season 1 , Season 2 | |
Attack on Titan | 1 | 3 | Season 3 , The Final Season Part 1 , The Final Season Part 2 |
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 2 | Mugen Train Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc | |
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War | Season 1 , Ultra Romantic | ||
Spy × Family | Season 1 cour 1 , Season 1 cour 2 | ||
Oshi no Ko | 0 | 2 | Season 1, Season 2 |
Currently, no artist has both won and nominated in different years for an award more than once. The following artists that has the most nominations without a win below:
Artist | Wins | Nominations | Anime |
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Aimer | 0 | 3 | After the Rain , Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress , Vinland Saga |
The Pillows | 2 | FLCL Progressive (Season 2), FLCL Alternative (Season 3) |