Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Isekai Anime

Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Isekai Anime
Awarded for	Best isekai anime series of the previous year
Country	United States Japan
First award	CloverWorks — The Promised Neverland (2020)
Currently held by	White Fox — Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Season 3 (2025)
Most wins	Studio: Ufotable / White Fox (2) Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba / Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (2)
Most nominations	Studio: Wit Studio (5) Anime: Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (4)
Website	Crunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Isekai Anime, formerly known as Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Fantasy, is a genre-specific award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its fourth edition in 2020. Originally given for best fantasy anime series, it was eventually removed or renamed starting in its ninth edition in 2025 (partially due to confusion over anime genres between fantasy and isekai). ^[1] It is given for the best fantasy and isekai anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting. ^[2]

The Promised Neverland by CloverWorks first won the award in 2020. ^[3] Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation , Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime were the only three anime series to received nominations altogether in both categories, the latter two also were the previous respective winners of the Best Fantasy genre.

In the latest edition in 2025, the third season of Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World by White Fox won the award. ^[1]

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

Best Fantasy

Year	Anime	Studio(s)
2019 (4th) [4] [5]
	The Promised Neverland	CloverWorks
	Ascendance of a Bookworm	Ajiado
	Astra Lost in Space	Lerche
	Attack on Titan (season 3)	Wit Studio
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Ufotable
	Sarazanmai	MAPPA / Lapin Track

2020s

Year	Anime	Studio(s)
2020 (5th) [6]
	Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (season 2)	White Fox
	Ascendance of a Bookworm (season 2)	Ajiado
	Deca-Dence	NUT
	Dorohedoro	MAPPA
	Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai	Toei Animation
	Tower of God	Telecom Animation Film
2021 (6th) [7] [8]
	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (season 2)	Eight Bit
	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (season 1 cour 1)	Studio Bind
	Ranking of Kings	Wit Studio
	The Case Study of Vanitas	Bones
	To Your Eternity	Brain's Base
	Wonder Egg Priority	CloverWorks
2021/2022 (7th) [9] [10]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2)	Ufotable
	Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun (season 2)	Kinema Citrus
	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (cour 2)	Studio Bind
	Overlord (season 4)	Madhouse
	Ranking of Kings (cour 2)	Wit Studio
	The Case Study of Vanitas (cour 2)	Bones
2022/2023 (8th) [11] [12]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3)	Ufotable
	Hell's Paradise	MAPPA
	Mashle: Magic and Muscles	A-1 Pictures
	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (season 2)	Studio Bind
	Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage	Wit Studio
	The Ancient Magus' Bride (season 2)	Studio Kafka

Best Isekai Anime

Year	Anime	Studio(s)
2023/2024 (9th) [13] [1]
	Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (season 3)	White Fox
	KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! (season 3)	Drive
	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (season 2 cour 2)	Studio Bind
	Shangri-La Frontier (season 2)	C2C
	Suicide Squad Isekai	Wit Studio
	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (season 3)	Eight Bit

Records

Anime series

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World holds the record for the most wins in an anime series.

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation holds the record for the most nominations–and also the most nominations without a win in an anime series.

Franchise	Wins	Nominations	Seasons
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	2	3	Unwavering Resolve Arc , Entertainment District Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World		2	Season 2 , Season 3
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	1		Season 2 , Season 3
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation	0	4	Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2 cour 1, Season 2 cour 2
Ranking of Kings		3	Cour 1, Cour 2, The Treasure Chest of Courage
The Case Study of Vanitas		2	Cour 1, Cour 2

Studios

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

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

Ufotable and White Fox were tied for the most wins in an anime studio with 2, with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World were the only anime series to win multiple awards. The remaining studios (CloverWorks and Eight Bit) received a single award.

Wit Studio received the most nominations for an anime studio without a single win with 5. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation received four nominations, but did not win a single award.

Studio	Wins	Nominations	Seasons
Ufotable	2	3	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ( Unwavering Resolve Arc , Entertainment District Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc )
White Fox		2	Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World ( Season 2 , Season 3 )
CloverWorks	1		The Promised Neverland , Wonder Egg Priority
Eight Bit			That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ( Season 2 , Season 3)
Wit Studio	0	5	Attack on Titan (Season 3), Ranking of Kings (Cour 1, Cour 2, The Treasure Chest of Courage), Suicide Squad Isekai
Studio Bind		4	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2 cour 1, Season 2 cour 2)
MAPPA		3	Dorohedoro , Hell's Paradise , Sarazanmai
Ajiado		2	Ascendance of a Bookworm (Season 1, Season 2)
Bones			The Case Study of Vanitas (Cour 1, Cour 2)

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