Full List of 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards Winners: “Solo Leveling” Dominates, “Attack on Titan” Honored with First Global Impact Award
The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards crowned Solo Leveling as Anime of the Year, capping off a historic night where the Korean-originated series took home nine awards, including Best Action Anime, Best New Series, and Best Score. This marks a watershed moment for Korean animation, signaling its growing influence in the global anime industry.
Held at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo, the annual ceremony drew a record-breaking 51 million votes from fans across the globe. Hosted by Crunchyroll, the event honored excellence in anime across 28 categories, spotlighting both emerging talents and industry legends.
Solo Leveling Wins Big
Adapted from Chugong’s bestselling web novel, Solo Leveling not only secured the top honor but also received accolades for:
- Best New Series
- Best Action Anime
- Best Score (Hiroyuki Sawano)
- Best Main Character (Sung Jin-woo)
- Best Ending Sequence (“request” by krage)
- Best Voice Artist Performance in English, Brazilian Portuguese, and Castilian Spanish
With a 100% score on the Tomatometer and a 93% audience rating, _Solo Leveling_’s critical and commercial acclaim translated into major wins, beating industry giants like One Piece, Attack on Titan, and Demon Slayer.
Film of the Year: Look Back
Kiyotaka Oshiyama’s emotionally resonant Look Back, adapted from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one-shot manga, won Film of the Year, while Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc clinched Best Continuing Series and Best Animation.
Musical Highlights & Performances
Live performances electrified the ceremony:
- Creepy Nuts performed viral hit “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” (Best Anime Song winner)
- FLOW paid tribute to Eureka Seven with “DAYS”
- LiSA delivered a special medley including her hit “Gurenge” from Demon Slayer
Global Impact Award: Attack on Titan
In a landmark moment, Attack on Titan received the first-ever Global Impact Award, recognizing its cultural and artistic influence. Director Yuichiro Hayashi accepted the honor on behalf of studio MAPPA and the franchise’s creators following the release of Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK.
Other Major Winners
- Best Original Anime: Ninja Kamui
- Best Director: Keiichiro Saito (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
- Best Supporting Character: Fern (Frieren)
- Best Romance Anime: Blue Box
- Best Isekai Anime: Re:Zero Season 3
Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini stated, “With 51 million votes, these awards show the deep emotional connection fans have to anime celebrating not just content, but cultural identity and global storytelling power.”
Crunchyroll’s Expanding Global Reach
Crunchyroll, a key pillar in Sony Group’s anime strategy, now boasts 17 million subscribers. Alongside Aniplex and Sony Pictures, it will co-distribute upcoming projects like the Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle film trilogy and a new anime based on PlayStation’s Ghost of Tsushima.
Full List of 2025 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 – 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 Costs” Character: Anya Forger (SPY × FAMILY Season 2)
- Best Anime Song: “Otonoke” – Creepy Nuts (Dan Da Dan)
- Best Score: Solo Leveling – Hiroyuki Sawano
- Voice Performance Awards
- Japanese: Aoi Yuki (Maomao – The Apothecary Diaries)
- English: Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling)
- Arabic: Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger – SPY × FAMILY Season 2)
- Brazilian Portuguese: Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling)
- Castilian Spanish: Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo – Solo Leveling)
- French: Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino – Kaiju No. 8)
- German: Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy – One Piece)
- Hindi: Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2)
- Italian: Ilaria Pellicone (Kyomoto_ – Look Back_)
- Latin Spanish: Miguel Ángel Leal (Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters – Special 2)
