Crunchyroll, the brand fueling anime fandom worldwide, has revealed the nominees for the landmark tenth iteration of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards—the largest global celebration of excellence in Japanese animation. 

The ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 23.

This year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards will host a suite of musical tributes to anime. Japanese singer DEAN FUJIOKA will open the ceremony with “History Maker,” from Yuri!!! on ICE—the very first Crunchyroll Anime Awards’ Anime of the Year recipient. Iconic rock band PORNOGRAFFITTI will perform a tribute marking the 10th anniversary of the My Hero Academia anime and the show’s conclusion. Legendary rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will perform their beloved hit “Haruka Kanata”—the second opening theme for the seminal shounen series NARUTO. Previously announced performances also include a Neon Genesis Evangelion 30th anniversary tribute by Yoko Takahashi and melodic movements by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra to accent the show.

2026 Nominees

Anime of the Year

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Takopi’s Original Sin
• The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Film of the Year

• 100 Meters
• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II — The Ashes of Rage
• Scarlet
• The Rose of Versailles

Best Original Anime

• Apocalypse Hotel
• DIGIMON BEATBREAK
• Lazarus
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
• Moonrise
• ZENSHU

Best Continuing Series

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Kaiju No. 8
• My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• ONE PIECE
• Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
• SPY x FAMILY Season 3

Best New Series

• Clevatess
• Gachiakuta
• SAKAMOTO DAYS
• Takopi’s Original Sin
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Opening Sequence 

• HUGs – Paledusk – Gachiakuta
• Mirage – Creepy Nuts – Call of the Night Season 2
• On The Way – AiNA THE END – DAN DA DAN Season 2
• ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids) — LiSA — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
• THE REVO — PORNOGRAFFITTI — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Watch Me! — YOASOBI — WITCH WATCH

Best Ending Sequence

• Actor — Lilas Ikuta — SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• Beautiful Colors — OneRepublic — Kaiju No. 8
• Doukashiteru — WurtS — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• I — BUMP OF CHICKEN — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Kawaii Kaiwai — PiKi — My Dress—Up Darling Season 2
• UN-APEX — TK from Ling Tosite Sigure — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-

Best Action 

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• Kaiju No. 8
• My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• ONE PIECE
• Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-

Best Comedy

• CITY THE ANIMATION
• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• Ranma1/2 Season2
• SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• WITCH WATCH

Best Drama

• Anne Shirley
• Blue Box
• Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
• Takopi’s Original Sin
• The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Isekai Anime

• Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2
• Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation — Season 1 “Episode of Heartslabyul”
• From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!
• KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 -BONUS STAGE-
• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
• ZENSHU

Best Romance 

• Blue Box
• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Honey Lemon Soda
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• Ranma1/2 Season2
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

Best Slice of Life

• Anne Shirley
• Blue Box
• CITY THE ANIMATION
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

Best Animation

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• ONE PIECE
• Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
• Takopi’s Original Sin

Best Background Art

• CITY THE ANIMATION
• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• Kowloon Generic Romance
• The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Character Design

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• ONE PIECE
• Takopi’s Original Sin
• The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

Best Director

• Akinori Fudesaka, Norihiro Naganuma — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Fuga Yamashiro and Abel Góngora — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Fumihiko Suganuma — Gachiakuta
• Kenji Nagasaki, Naomi Nakayama — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Ryohei Takeshita — The Summer Hikaru Died
• Shinya Iino — Takopi’s Original Sin

Best Main Character

• Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Momo — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Okarun — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Rudo — Gachiakuta
• Sung Jinwoo — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-

Best Supporting Character

• Enjin — Gachiakuta
• Jin Enjoji (Jiji) — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Jinshi — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Katsuki Bakugo — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Loulan/Shisui — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Turbo Granny — DAN DA DAN Season 2

“Must Protect At All Cost” Character

• Anya Forger — SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Kaoruko Waguri — The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
• Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Suika — Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE
• Takopi — Takopi’s Original Sin

Best Anime Song

• In Bloom — Lilas Ikuta — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• IRIS OUT — Kenshi Yonezu — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• JANE DOE — Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• On The Way — AiNA THE END — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids) — LiSA — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
• Watch Me! — YOASOBI — WITCH WATCH

Best Score

• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc — kensuke ushio
• DAN DA DAN Season 2 — kensuke ushio
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle — Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
• Gachiakuta — Taku Iwasaki
• Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- — Hiroyuki Sawano
• The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) — Satoru Kosaki, Kevin Penkin, Alisa Okehazama

Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)

• Aoi Yuki — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Chiaki Kobayashi — Yoshiki Tsujinaka — The Summer Hikaru Died
• Daiki Yamashita — Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Kikunosuke Toya — Denji — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Mayumi Tanaka — Monkey D. Luffy — ONE PIECE
• Reina Ueda — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Best Voice Artist Performance (English) 

• Alexis Tipton — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Emi Lo — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Justin Briner — Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Lucien Dodge — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Morgan Berry — Shiori Fuyumura — SANDA
• Paul Castro Jr. — Hikaru Indou — The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Voice Artist Performance (Arabic)

• Hamoud Abu Hassoun — Loid Forger (Childhood) — SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• Tariq Obaid — Taro Sakamoto — SAKAMOTO DAYS
• Moataz El—Shazly — Heisuke Mashimo — SAKAMOTO DAYS
• Raafat Bazo — Yuri Briar — SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• Fatima Zakaria — Osaragi — SAKAMOTO DAYS
• Ghada Omar — Yor Forger — SPY x FAMILY Season 3

Best Voice Artist Performance (Brazilian Portuguese )

• Bruno Sangregório — Levi Ackerman — Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK
• Charles Emmanuel — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Erick Bougleux — Zanka Nijiku — Gachiakuta
• Fabio Lucindo — Katsuki Bakugo — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Gigi Patta — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Ursula Bezerra — Son Goku — Dragon Ball DAIMA

Best Voice Artist Performance (Castilian Spanish)

• Adrián Pineda — Rudo — Gachiakuta
• Carles Teruel — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Cristina Peña — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Joel Gómez Jiménez — Okarun — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Marisa Marciel — Nami — ONE PIECE
• Marta Barbará — Kaoruko Waguri — The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

Best Voice Artist Performance (French)

• Bastien Bourlé — Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Bruno Mullenaerts — Enjin — Gachiakuta
• Catherine Hanotiau — Nico Wakatsuki — WITCH WATCH
• Clara Soares — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Jonathan Gimbord — Hikaru — The Summer Hikaru Died
• Véronique Augereau — Seiko — DAN DA DAN Season 2

Best Voice Artist Performance (German) 

• Dirk Bublies — Kogoro Mori — Detective Conan: One—eyed Flashback
• Gerrit Schmidt—Foß — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Laurine Betz — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Magdalena Höfner — Kiui Watase — Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
• Markus Feustel — Rudo — Gachiakuta
• Patricia Strasburger — Nico Wakatsuki — WITCH WATCH

Best Voice Artist Performance (Hindi)

• Abhishek Sharma — Jinshi — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Akshita Mishra — Koyuki — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Heena Malik — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Merlyn James — Anya Forger — SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• Rajesh Shukla — Sung Jinwoo — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
• Shilpie Pandey — Lufas Maphaahl — A Wild Last Boss Appeared!

Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian)

• Katia Sorrentino — Momo — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Leonardo Graziano — Naruto Uzumaki — BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE
• Luna Fogu — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Martina Tamburello — Kikoru Shinomiya — Kaiju No. 8
• Mosè Singh — Denji — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Simone Lupinacci — Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Best Voice Artist Performance (Latin Spanish)

• Desireé González — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• Dion González — Rudo — Gachiakuta
• Erika Langarica — Marin Kitagawa — My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• Fernando Moctezuma — Sung Jinwoo — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
• Jessica Ángeles — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Jose Antonio Toledano — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle