Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 Winners: Solo Leveling is Anime of the Year
According to cinemadrame news agency, the winners of the 9th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards were announced. The ceremony, hosted by voice actress Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira, took place in Tokyo, with awards presented by celebrities such as Finn Wolfhard, Kacey Musgraves, Gaten Matarazzo, and Rina Sawayama. This year, the anime “Solo Leveling” won awards in nine categories, including “Anime of the Year.”
Rahul Purini, president of Crunchyroll, expressed gratitude to fans who have “deep feelings for anime,” stating: “With 51 million votes, the 2025 Anime Awards celebrate the Japanese creators who captured the hearts of fans and reinforced the importance of anime in global pop culture.”
Crunchyroll 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 and 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 Direction: 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 Costs” Character: Anya Forger – SPY × FAMILY Season 2
- Best Anime Song: Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN
- Best Soundtrack: Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki Sawano
- Best Japanese Voice Acting: Aoi Yuki (Maomao) – The Apothecary Diaries
- Best English Voice Acting: Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
- Best Arabic Voice Acting: Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) – SPY × FAMILY Season 2
- Best Portuguese Voice Acting: Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
- Best Spanish Voice Acting: Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo Leveling
- Best French Voice Acting: Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino) – Kaiju No. 8
- Best German Voice Acting: Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy) – ONE PIECE
- Best Hindi Voice Acting: Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) – JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2
- Best Italian Voice Acting: Ilaria Pellicone (Kyomoto) – Look Back
- Best Latin American Spanish Voice Acting: Miguel Ángel Leal (Eren Jaeger) – Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
