‘Solo Leveling’ Crowned Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Awards 2025
The popular series also dominated the Best New Series, Best Action, Best Main Character, Best Score and Best Ending Sequence categories.
Summary
- Crunchyroll hosted the Anime Awards 2025 over the weekend in Tokyo
- Solo Leveling won Anime of the Year, alongside multiple accolades
- Attack on Titan received the first Global Impact Award, celebrated with live performances
Over the weekend, the Crunchyroll‘s 2025 Anime Awards celebrated anime’s global influence with a record-breaking 51 million fan votes and star-studded presentations by Kacey Musgraves, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo and J Balvin. The biggest honor of the night, Anime of the Year, went to Solo Leveling, recognizing its widespread. The series also swept a number of accolades, including Best New Series, Best Action, Best Main Character, Best Score and Best Ending Sequence.
Meanwhile, critically acclaimed Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End took home Best Drama, Best Director and Best Background Art, cementing its status as a favorite among critics and industry insiders. DAN DA DAN, while missing out on its top-category hopes, still claimed Best Character Design, Best Opening Sequence and Best Anime Song. Additionally, Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK received the first-ever Global Impact Award, honoring its profound influence on anime culture and storytelling.
Fans were treated to electrifying performances, including Creepy Nuts, who delivered B”ling-Bang-Bang-Born” from Mashle: Magic and Muscles, and FLOW, who commemorated Eureka Seven’s 20th anniversary with “DAYS.” LiSA, one of anime’s most celebrated artists, performed a selection of hits, including “gurenge”, the iconic theme from Demon Slayer. The event, held at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, reaffirmed anime’s presence in mainstream entertainment, with Sony Music Solutions Inc. and Dempsey Productions partnering with Crunchyroll to execute the celebration.
Check out the full list of winners below:
Anime of the Year
Solo LevelingFilm of the Year
Look BackBest Original Anime
Ninja KamuiBest Continuing Series
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training ArcBest New Series
Solo LevelingBest Opening Sequence
“Otonoke” – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DANBest Ending Sequence
“request” – krage – Solo LevelingBest Action
Solo LevelingBest Comedy
MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam ArcBest Drama
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndBest Isekai Anime
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World Season 3Best Romance
Blue BoxBest Slice of Life
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!Best Animation
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training ArcBest Background Art
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndBest Character Design
DAN DA DANBest Director
Keiichiro Saito – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndBest Main Character
Sung Jinwoo – Solo LevelingBest Supporting Character
Fern – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End“Must Protect At All Cost” Character
Anya Forger – SPY × FAMILY Season 2Best Anime Song
“Otonoke” – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DANBest Score
Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki SawanoBest Japanese Voice Artist Performance
Aoi Yuki (Maomao) – The Apothecary DiariesBest English Voice Artist Performance
Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo LevelingBest Arabic Voice Artist Performance
Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) – SPY × FAMILY Season 2Best Brazilian Portuguese Voice Artist Performance
Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo LevelingBest Castilian Spanish Voice Artist Performance
Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo) – Solo LevelingBest French Voice Artist Performance
Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino) – Kaiju No. 8Best German Voice Artist Performance
Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy) – ONE PIECEBest Hindi Voice Artist Performance
Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2Best Italian Voice Artist Performance
Ilaria Pellicone (Kyomoto) – Look BackBest Latin Spanish Voice Artist Performance
Miguel Ángel Leal (Eren Jaeger) – Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
