2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards announces nominees and celebrity presenters

The anime of the year contenders include Apothecary Diaries, Solo Leveling, Frieren, and more.

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is taking off, and the nominees have been announced! Fans can now vote for their favourite titles, characters, opening and ending themes, and even voice actors. Voting will be open from 4-15 April.

The results of the 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards will be announced on Sunday, 25 May. The ceremony will be streamed live from Tokyo and superstars such as Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Materazzo from Stranger Things, Damiano David from the band Måneskin, and Olympic Snowboarder Chloe Kim will be presenting the awards.

2025 Crunchyroll Anime Award nominees

Many nominees across 28 categories have been announced so far, but here are the nominees for the major categories.

Anime of the Year

DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Kaiju No. 8
Solo Leveling
The Apothecary Diaries

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 Original Anime

BUCCHIGIRI?!
GIRLS BAND CRY
Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
Metallic Rouge
Ninja Kamui
Train to the End of the World

Best Continuing Series

BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Conflict
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
My Hero Academia Season 7
ONE PIECE
【OSHI NO KO】Season 2
SPY × FAMILY Season 2

Best New Series

DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kaiju No. 8
Solo Leveling
The Apothecary Diaries

Best Animation

DAN DA DAN
Delicious in Dungeon
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kaiju No. 8
Solo Leveling

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 Supporting Character

Fern - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Himmel - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Jinshi - The Apothecary Diaries
Seiko - DAN DA DAN
Senshi - Delicious in Dungeon
Turbo Granny - DAN DA DAN

Best Japanese Voice Artist Performance

Aoi Yuki (Maomao) - The Apothecary Diaries
Atsumi Tanezaki (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kenichi Suzumura (Bravern) - Brave Bang Bravern!
Shion Wakayama (Momo) - DAN DA DAN
Sayaka Sembongi (Marcille) - Delicious in Dungeon
Natsuki Hanae (Okarun) - DAN DA DAN

Best English Voice Artist Performance

AJ Beckles (Okarun) - DAN DA DAN
Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling
Jessie James Grelle (Armin Arlelt) - Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2
Mallorie Rodak (Frieren) - Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Sarah Natochenny (Alya) - Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
SungWon Cho (Senshi) - Delicious in Dungeon

You can check out the other categories and nominees for the awards on the official Crunchyroll website. Fans from the Philippines, Singapore, and many other countries can now vote for their favourite anime series and help them win! Make sure your vote counts!

The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards will be completely star-studded

From an experienced panel of judges to celebrity presenters, Crunchyroll is going all out for the 9th Anime Awards. Here is a list of all the celebrities who will present the different awards on 25 May: