Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year is one of the two highest awards given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.^[1]

Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year
Awarded for	Best anime series of the previous year
Country	United States Japan
First award	MAPPA — Yuri on Ice (2017)
Currently held by	A-1 Pictures — Solo Leveling (2025)
Most wins	Studio: MAPPA (4) Franchise: Jujutsu Kaisen (2)
Most nominations	Studio: MAPPA (10) Franchise: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba / Jujutsu Kaisen (3)
Website	Crunchyroll Anime Awards

Yaoi sports anime Yuri on Ice by MAPPA first won the award in 2017.^[2] Jujutsu Kaisen by MAPPA won the award in 2021, making MAPPA the first studio to win the award multiple times.^[3] In the 8th edition, the award was won by the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen, which also became the first anime to win the top prize twice.^[4] Studio Trigger and CD Projekt's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners won the award in 2023, making CD Projekt and Edgerunners the first video game studio and anime based on a video game respectively to win.

MAPPA received ten nominations and four wins for the award, the most of any studio to date. Wit Studio and Bones followed, with six and five nominations for the award respectively, the former did not win a single award.

In the latest edition in 2025, the award was won by Solo Leveling by A-1 Pictures, the first anime series to be based on manhwa to win.^[5]

Winners and nominees

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.

2010s

Year	Anime	Studio(s)
2016 (1st) [6][2]
	Yuri on Ice	MAPPA
	Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju	Studio Deen
	Erased	A-1 Pictures
	Joker Game	Production I.G
	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress	Wit Studio
	Mob Psycho 100	Bones
	My Hero Academia
	Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World	White Fox
2017 (2nd) [7]
	Made in Abyss	Kinema Citrus
	Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (season 2)	Studio Deen
	Land of the Lustrous	Orange
	Little Witch Academia	Studio Trigger
	March Comes in Like a Lion (season 2)	Shaft
	My Hero Academia (season 2)	Bones
2018 (3rd) [8]
	Devilman Crybaby	Science SARU
	A Place Further than the Universe	Madhouse
	Hinamatsuri	Feel
	Megalo Box	TMS Entertainment
	Violet Evergarden	Kyoto Animation
	Zombie Land Saga	MAPPA
2019 (4th) [9][10]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Ufotable
	Carole & Tuesday	Bones
	Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2)
	O Maidens in Your Savage Season	Lay-duce
	The Promised Neverland	CloverWorks
	Vinland Saga	Wit Studio

2020s

Year	Anime	Studio(s)
2020 (5th) [3]
	Jujutsu Kaisen	MAPPA
	Appare-Ranman!	P.A.Works
	Beastars	Orange
	Dorohedoro	MAPPA
	Great Pretender	Wit Studio
	Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!	Science SARU
2021 (6th) [11][12]
	Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 (season 4)	MAPPA
	86	A-1 Pictures
	Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2)	MAPPA
	Odd Taxi	OLM and P.I.C.S.
	Ranking of Kings	Wit Studio
	Sonny Boy	Madhouse
2021/2022 (7th) [13][14]
	Cyberpunk: Edgerunners	Studio Trigger and CD Projekt
	Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2)	MAPPA
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2)	Ufotable
	Lycoris Recoil	A-1 Pictures
	Ranking of Kings (cour 2)	Wit Studio
	Spy × Family	Wit Studio and CloverWorks
2022/2023 (8th) [15][4]
	Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2)	MAPPA
	Bocchi the Rock!	CloverWorks
	Chainsaw Man	MAPPA
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3)	Ufotable
	Oshi no Ko	Doga Kobo
	Vinland Saga (season 2)	MAPPA
2023/2024 (9th) [16][5]
	Solo Leveling	A-1 Pictures
	Dandadan	Science SARU
	Delicious in Dungeon	Studio Trigger
	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	Madhouse
	Kaiju No. 8	Production I.G
	The Apothecary Diaries	Toho Animation Studio and OLM

Records

Anime series

Franchise	Wins	Nominations	Seasons
Jujutsu Kaisen	2	3	Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	1		Unwavering Resolve Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc
Attack on Titan		2	The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2
Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju	0		Season 1, Season 2
Mob Psycho 100			Season 1, Season 2
My Hero Academia			Season 1, Season 2
Ranking of Kings			Cour 1, Cour 2
Vinland Saga			Season 1, Season 2

Studios

As of 2023, MAPPA is the only studio to receive multiple wins for the award. They were also nominated ten times, the most of any studio to date.

As of 2024, 56 nominations have been given to 25 different studios, of which there are 4 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 60 nominees so far. Only Bones, Wit Studio, and MAPPA, have received multiple nominations in one year, with MAPPA done it thrice in 2020, 2021, and 2023, while Bones did the same twice in 2016 and 2019.

MAPPA received the most wins (4) and nominations (10) for an anime studio, with Jujutsu Kaisen became the only anime to win multiple awards.

Studio	Wins	Nominations	Seasons
MAPPA	4	10	Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2), Chainsaw Man, Dorohedoro, Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2), Vinland Saga (Season 2), Yuri on Ice, Zombie Land Saga
A-1 Pictures	1	4	86, Erased, Lycoris Recoil, Solo Leveling
Science SARU		3	Dandadan, Devilman Crybaby, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Studio Trigger			Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Delicious in Dungeon, Little Witch Academia,
Ufotable			Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Unwavering Resolve Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc)
Wit Studio	0	6	Great Pretender, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Ranking of Kings (Cour 1, Cour 2), Spy × Family, Vinland Saga (Season 1)
Bones		5	Carole & Tuesday, Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1, Season 2), My Hero Academia (Season 1, Season 2)
CloverWorks		3	Bocchi the Rock!, The Promised Neverland, Spy × Family
Madhouse			Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, A Place Further than the Universe, Sonny Boy
Production I.G		2	Joker Game, Kaiju No. 8
OLM			The Apothecary Diaries, Odd Taxi
Orange			Beastars, Land of the Lustrous
Studio Deen			Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (Season 1, Season 2)