Crunchyroll Anime Award for Film of the Year

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Crunchyroll Anime Award for Film of the Year
Awarded forBest anime film of the previous year
Country
  • United States
  • Japan
First award CoMix Wave Films — Your Name (2018)
Currently held byStudio Durian — Look Back (2025)
Most wins
Most nominations
Website Crunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Film of the Year is one of the two highest awards given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best anime film from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting. [1]

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Makoto Shinkai and CoMix Wave Films's Your Name first won the award in 2018, which also awarded Suzume for the second time in 2023, the first film director and animation studio to win twice. [2] [3] Toei Animation holds the record for the most nominations—also the most nominations without a win—for films with four. Bones's My Hero Academia , together with Shinkai's Disaster trilogy, [4] have the most nominations for a film franchise with two.

Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu's Mirai is the first (and so far, only) film ever to rarely received nominations of Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Crunchyroll Anime Award for Film of the Year at the same time. [2] [5] For his direction of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 , Sunghoo Park is the first non-Japanese to win the award in 2022.

In the latest edition in 2025, Kiyotaka Oshiyama and Studio Durian's Look Back won the award, the first independent film to do so. [6]

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

YearAnimeDirector(s)Studio(s)
2017
(2nd) [7]
Your Name Makoto Shinkai CoMix Wave Films
A Silent Voice Naoko Yamada Kyoto Animation
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower Tomonori Sudō Ufotable
Girls und Panzer der Film Tsutomu Mizushima Actas
In This Corner of the World Sunao Katabuchi MAPPA
Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen Shaft
2018
(3rd) [2]
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Kenji Nagasaki Bones
Fireworks
Shaft
Liz and the Blue Bird Naoko YamadaKyoto Animation
Mazinger Z: Infinity Junji Shimizu Toei Animation
Mirai Mamoru Hosoda Studio Chizu
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl Masaaki Yuasa Science SARU

2020s

YearAnimeDirector(s)Studio(s)
2021
(6th) [8] [9]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Haruo Sotozaki Ufotable
Belle Mamoru Hosoda Studio Chizu
Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time Khara
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Kotaro Tamura Bones
Shirobako: The Movie Tsutomu Mizushima P.A. Works
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop Kyōhei Ishiguro Signal.MD and Sublimation
2021/2022
(7th) [10] [11]
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Sunghoo Park MAPPA
Bubble Tetsurō Araki Wit Studio
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Tetsuro Kodama Toei Animation
Inu-Oh Masaaki Yuasa Science SARU
One Piece Film: Red Gorō Taniguchi Toei Animation
The Deer King Production I.G
2022/2023
(8th) [12] [3]
Suzume Makoto Shinkai CoMix Wave Films
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King Ayataka Tanemura Pierrot
Blue Giant Yuzuru Tachikawa NUT
The First Slam Dunk Takehiko Inoue Toei Animation and DandeLion Animation Studio
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends Mamoru Hatakeyama A-1 Pictures
Psycho-Pass Providence Naoyoshi Shiotani Production I.G
2023/2024
(9th) [13] [6]
Look Back Kiyotaka OshiyamaStudio Durian
Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle Susumu MitsunakaProduction I.G
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain Kenji Nakamura EOTA
My Hero Academia: You're Next Tensai Okamura Bones
Spy × Family Code: White Takashi KatagiriWit Studio and CloverWorks
The Colors Within Naoko Yamada Science SARU

Records

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CoMix Wave Films received the most wins for an animation studio with two.
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Toei Animation received the most nominations—also the most nominations without a win—with four.

Studios

StudioWinsNominationsFilms
CoMix Wave Films 2 Disaster trilogy ( Your Name and Suzume )
Bones 13 My Hero Academia: Two Heroes , Josee, the Tiger and the Fish , My Hero Academia: You're Next
MAPPA 2 In This Corner of the World , Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Ufotable Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower , Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
Toei Animation 04 Mazinger Z: Infinity , Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero One Piece Film: Red , The First Slam Dunk
Production I.G 3 The Deer King , Psycho-Pass Providence , Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle
Science SARU Night Is Short, Walk On Girl , Inu-Oh , The Colors Within
Kyoto Animation 2 A Silent Voice , Liz and the Blue Bird
Shaft Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen , Fireworks
Studio Chizu Mirai , Belle
Wit Studio Bubble , Spy × Family Code: White

Directors

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Makoto Shinkai received the most wins for a film director with two.
FranchiseWinsNominationsFilms
Makoto Shinkai 2 Your Name , Suzume
Naoko Yamada 03 A Silent Voice , Liz and the Blue Bird , The Colors Within
Mamoru Hosoda 2 Mirai , Belle
Akiyuki Shinbo Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen , Fireworks
Masaaki Yuasa Night Is Short, Walk On Girl , Inu-Oh

Franchises

FranchiseWinsNominationsFilms
Disaster trilogy 2 Your Name , Suzume
My Hero Academia 12 My Hero Academia: Two Heroes , My Hero Academia: You're Next

Notes

  1. ↑ Chief Director (総監督).
  2. ↑ Chief Director (総監督).
  3. ↑ Assistant Director (副監督). See the Shaft director credits legend.

References

  1. ↑ "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Schley, Matt (February 17, 2019). "Devilman Crybaby Wins Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Otaku USA Magazine . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Desowitz, Bill (2023-04-13). "Makoto Shinkai Gets Personal in Completing His Anime Disaster Trilogy with 'Suzume'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
  5. ↑ "91st Oscars® nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ Jones, Jordan (February 25, 2018). "Crunchyroll's 2017 Anime Awards Recap and Winners". Geeks of Color. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  8. ↑ Schneider, Michael (January 18, 2022). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Nominations Include '86 Eighty-Six,' 'Jujutsu Kaisen,' 'Oddtaxi' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  9. ↑ Goslin, Austen (February 9, 2022). "Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 wins top prize at Crunchyroll's Anime Awards". Polygon . Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  10. ↑ Eisenbeis, Richard (March 4, 2023). "All the Winners of the 7th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  11. ↑ Patches, Matt (March 4, 2023). "Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year". Polygon . Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 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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