Voting Now Open For 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards – Popgeeks

Have a particular favorite anime that came out within the last year? Now’s the time to show it some love. Crunchyroll has just opened the voting booths for their 2025 Anime Awards, which are fan-chosen. You can see the full list of nominees below, but before we get to that, we also know who will be attending the awards…

Mike Wheeler is back and this time he’s brought his goofy friend in the hat. Finn Wolfhard will be attending his second Anime Awards, and now Gaten Matarazzo will be attending his first. They’ll be joined by a large lineup of talent from all over the world, from Japanese actors Dean Fujioka, Kanata Hongo and Maya Matsuoka, to English professional boxer Ben Whittaker, to Italian singer-songwriter Damiano David, to snowboarder Chloe Kim. Voice actress Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira will serve as hosts. Also President and CEO of Sony Group Corporation Hiroki Totoki will deliver opening remarks, because he owns the company.

“The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are one of the most important times of year for fans because we hear directly from them on what anime they love and get to honor the creative community behind that love,” said Rahul Purini, President of Crunchyroll. “Anime continues to deeply resonate emotionally with fans, and anime’s biggest night of the year is sure to invoke a lot of joy and pride amongst the anime community—fans and creators alike. This year’s nominees represent more than 50 series and films developed by more than 35 talented studios.”

Follow this link to cast your vote in the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which will be held Sunday, May 25. But voting closes April 14!

2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominees 

• Film of the Year

  • HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle

  • Look Back

  • Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain

  • My Hero Academia: You’re Next

  • SPY x FAMILY CODE: White

  • The Colors Within

• Best Continuing Series

  • BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc

  • My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia Season 7

  • ONE PIECE

  • 【OSHI NO KO】【OSHI NO KO】Season 2

  • SPY × FAMILY, SPY × FAMILY Season 2

• Best Opening Sequence

  • Abyss – Yungblud – Kaiju No. 8

  • Bling-Bang-Bang-Born – Creepy Nuts – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc

  • Fatal – GEMN – 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2

  • LEveL – SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Solo Leveling

  • Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN

  • UUUUUS! – Hiroshi Kitadani – ONE PIECE

• Best Ending Sequence

  • Antanante – riria. – Ranma1/2

  • Burning – Hitsujibungaku – 【OSHI NO KO】Season 2

  • KAMAKURA STYLE – BotchiBoromaru – The Elusive Samurai

  • Nobody – OneRepublic – Kaiju No. 8

  • request – krage – Solo Leveling

  • TAIDADA – ZUTOMAYO – DAN DA DAN

• Best Isekai Anime

  • KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3

  • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (season 2, Cour 2)

  • Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3

  • Shangri-La Frontier Season 2

  • Suicide Squad ISEKAI

  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3

• Best Director

  • Fuga Yamashiro – DAN DA DAN

  • Haruo Sotozaki – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc

  • Keiichiro Saito – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

  • Megumi Ishitani – ONE PIECE FAN LETTER

  • Norihiro Naganuma – The Apothecary Diaries

  • Yoshihiro Miyajima – Delicious in Dungeon

• Best Main Character

  • Frieren – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

  • Kafka Hibino – Kaiju No. 8

  • Okarun – DAN DA DAN

  • Maomao – The Apothecary Diaries

  • Momo – DAN DA DAN

  • Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling

• Best Anime Song

  • Abyss – Yungblud – Kaiju No. 8

  • Bling-Bang-Bang-Born – Creepy Nuts – MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc

  • Fatal – GEMN -【OSHI NO KO】Season 2

  • LEveL – SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: TOMORROW X TOGETHER – Solo Leveling

  • Otonoke – Creepy Nuts – DAN DA DAN

  • The Brave – YOASOBI – Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

• Best Score

  • BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict- Shiro Sagisu

  • DAN DA DAN – kensuke ushio

  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc – Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina

  • Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Evan Call

  • Look Back – Haruka Nakamura

  • Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki Sawano