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Winners of 9th Crunchyroll Awards revealed

Published May 26, 2025 01:35 pm

At A Glance

  • The ceremony honored creators, musicians, and performers powering the global love of anime. 

The Korean animation “Solo Leveling” won the Anime of the Year award at the 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards held in Tokyo, Japan. 

The ceremony honored creators, musicians, and performers powering the global love of anime. 

During the ceremony, “Attack on Titan” was awarded the Anime Awards’ first Global Impact Award, which celebrates visionary creators and groundbreaking works that have left an indelible mark on culture, history, and the hearts of audiences around the world. 

The final film “Attack on Titan: The Last Attack” premiered in 2024, marking the end of the longstanding, iconic anime. Yuichiro Hayashi from MAPPA accepted the award on behalf of all the creatives who brought the series to life over the years.

“Solo Leveling,” Kakao Entertainment’s flagship IP,  won nine awards: Anime of the Year, Best New Series, Best Anime Ending Sequence, Best Action Anime, Best Main Character, Best Anime Score, Best Anime Voice Artist Performance (English,) Best Anime Voice Artist Performance (Brazilian Portuguese,) and Best Anime Voice Artist Performance (Castilian Spanish.)

 “Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart for voting (for) us for this award,” Shunsuke Nakashige, director of “Solo Leveling,” said in his acceptance speech after winning Anime of the Year. “We were able to receive this award because of the crew (who) poured their heart and soul into the project, and the fans who then watched it.”

Park Jeong-seo, head of Story Business Unit at Kakao Entertainment, said, “’Solo Leveling’ has become the first Korean anime to be nominated for and win the top award. It’s deeply meaningful to have created this historic moment highlighting the global power of Korean webtoons and web novels. As Kakao Entertainment continues to make new history with the ‘Solo Leveling’ IP, we will not stop discovering other powerful and gripping stories that can follow in its footsteps.”

The 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards ceremony was hosted by voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira, who returned for their third year in a row to celebrate anime’s biggest night. 

The winners were presenters, including Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves; Canadian director, musician, and actor Finn Wolfhard and American actor Gaten Matarazzo, both from the hit series “Stranger Things”; global superstar and anime collaborator J Balvin; Italian singer-songwriter Damiano David; musician and actor Rina Sawayama; award-winning Brazilian pop icon Pabllo Vittar; American snowboarder Chloe Kim; screenwriter Zak Penn; the comedy duo made up of Shohei Osada and Shun Matsuo Chocolate Planet; Japanese actor, musician and talent Dean Fujioka; the Japanese actor known for live-action adaptations of anime, Kanata Hongo; Japanese Academy Award winning actress Mayu Matsuoka; and Japanese model and talent Saya Ichikawa.

The pre-show, which was broadcast live from the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, was co-hosted by Crunchyroll hosts Lauren Moore and Tim Lyu and featured top global drag star Plastique Tiara; English professional boxer Ben Whittaker; American recording artist d4vd; American-Chilean singer Paloma Mami; Demon Queen VTuber Ironmouse; and Pioneering YouTube content creator Gigguk.

The performers were Creepy Nuts, the 2025 Anime Awards winning hip-hop duo who performed “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”, the opening theme from “Mashle: Magic and Muscles”; rock band Flow who performed “Days” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of “Eureka Seven”; and LiSA, Spotify’s most streamed Japanese artist overseas in 2020, who performed three songs” “crossing field,” “Datte Atashino Hero,” and “gurenge.” 

Fans can also catch a special Video on Demand performance from Creepy Nuts of the viral hit song “Otonoke,” the opening theme for Anime of the Year nominee “Dan Da Dan.”

“Fans form deep emotional connections to anime. These are not just series, films or songs, but rather works of art that help define the identity of anime fans,” said Rahul Purini, president, Crunchyroll. “With an incredible 51 million votes this year, the 2025 Anime Awards are celebrating the creators in Japan who have captured the hearts of fans and are powering anime’s prominence in global pop culture.”

This year, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards received 51 million votes from fans worldwide to celebrate their favorite series, films, and actors. 

Some of the most engaged countries were Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States

The 2025 Anime Awards will be available to stream as video-on-demand, shortly on Crunchyroll’s YouTube and Twitch Channel, along with Sony Pictures Core and the Sony Group Corp Japan and Global YouTube Channels.

Sony Music Solutions Inc., part of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Dempsey Productions supported Crunchyroll in the execution of the Anime Awards this year.

2025 Anime Awards Winners

  Anime of the Year - Solo Leveling

Film of the Year - Look Back

Best Original Anime - Ninja Kamui

Best Continuing Series - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc

Best New Series - Solo Leveling

Best Opening Sequence - Otonoke - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN

Best Ending Sequence - request - krage - Solo Leveling

Best Action - Solo Leveling

Best Comedy - MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc

Best Drama - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Best Isekai Anime - Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3

Best Romance - Blue Box

Best Slice of Life - Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!

Best Animation - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc

Best Background Art - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Best Character Design - DAN DA DAN

Best Director - Keiichiro Saito - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Best Main Character - Sung Jinwoo - Solo Leveling

Best Supporting Character - Fern - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

“Must Protect At All Cost” Character - Anya Forger - SPY × FAMILY Season 2

Best Anime Song - Otonoke - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN

Best Score - Solo Leveling - Hiroyuki Sawano

Best Japanese Voice Artist Performance - Aoi Yuki (Maomao) - The Apothecary Diaries

Best English Voice Artist Performance - Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling

Best Arabic Voice Artist Performance - Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) - SPY × FAMILY Season 2

Best Brazilian Portuguese Voice Artist Performance - Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling

Best Castilian Spanish Voice Artist Performance - Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling

Best French Voice Artist Performance - Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino) - Kaiju No. 8

Best German Voice Artist Performance - Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy) - ONE PIECE

Best Hindi Voice Artist Performance - Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) - JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2

Best Italian Voice Artist Performance - Ilaria Pellicone (Kyomoto) - Look Back

Best Latin Spanish Voice Artist Performance - Miguel Ángel Leal (Eren Jaeger) - Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2

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