The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 were held on Sunday, May 25, 2025, and fans’ votes helped crown the most popular ones, winners this year. The awards, which take place each year, help in honoring the best anime and the people behind it. Despite tough competition this year, fans got to witness some surprise winners take big awards home. Here is a list of all the nominees and winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025.
List of all Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 winners and nominees with Solo Leveling
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards, aka the Anime Awards 2025, took place in Tokyo, Japan, at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa. Below is the list of anime that were nominated and the winners in the big categories at the 2025 awards.
Anime of the Year
- Delicious in Dungeon
- DAN DA DAN
- Solo Leveling (Winner)
- Kaiju No. 8
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Anime Film of the Year 2025
- Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain
- HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
- My Hero Academia: You’re Next
- Look Back (Winner)
- The Colors Within
- SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
Best Continuing Anime Series
- My Hero Academia Season 7
- BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
- One Piece
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (Winner)
- SPY x FAMILY Season 2
- OSHI NO KO Season 2
Best Original Anime
- Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
- BUCCHIGIRI?!
- Ninja Kamui (Winner)
- GIRLS BAND CRY
- Train to the End of the World
- Metallic Rouge
Best New Anime Series
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- DAN DA DAN
- Solo Leveling (Winner)
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Kaiju No. 8
Best Animation
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
- Delicious in Dungeon
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (Winner)
- Solo Leveling
- DAN DA DAN
- Kaiju No. 8
Best Director
- Delicious in Dungeon – Yoshihiro Miyajima
- DAN DA DAN – Fuga Yamashiro
- One Piece FAN LETTER – Megumi Ishitani
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc – Haruo Sotozaki
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Keiichiro Saito (Winner)
- The Apothecary Diaries – Norihiro Naganuma
Best Romance Anime
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
- A Sign of Affection
- Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
- Ranma 1/2
- Blue Box (Winner)
- The Dangers in My Heart Season 2
Best Comedy Anime
- MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc (Winner)
- Delicious in Dungeon
- SPY x FAMILY Season 2
- KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
- My Deer Friend Nokotan
- Ranma 1/2
Best Isekai Anime
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Season 2, Cour 2)
- KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
- Shangri-La Frontier Season 2
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 (Winner)
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3
- Suicide Squad ISEKAI
Best Action Anime
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
- BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
- WIND BREAKER
- DAN DA DAN
- Solo Leveling (Winner)
- Kaiju No. 8
Best Drama Anime
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Winner)
- A Sign of Affection
- DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
- The Apothecary Diaries
- OSHI NO KO Season 2
- Pluto
Best Slice of Life Anime
- My Deer Friend Nokotan
- Laid-Back Camp Season 3
- Mr. Villain’s Day Off
- Sound! Euphonium 3
- The Dangers in My Heart Season 2
- Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (Winner)
Best Main Character
- Solo Leveling – Sung Jinwoo (Winner)
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Frieren
- The Apothecary Diaries – Maomao
- Kaiju No. 8 – Kafka Hibino
- DAN DA DAN – Okarun
- DAN DA DAN – Momo
Moreover, Solo Leveling also bagged the awards for Best Anime Score and Best Ending Sequence. It also won for Best Voice Acting in Brazilian Portuguese, English, and Castilian Spanish.
