As part of a big show, Crunchyroll presented its annual anime awards today. Here you can find out all the winners for 2026.
The winners of 2026
Between April 2nd and 15th, 2026, fans worldwide were able to vote daily in a total of 32 categories – including for “Anime of the Year”, “Film of the Year” or “Best Actor” in a total of ten different languages.
With 17 nominations outside of the acting categories, “DAN DA DAN” was the most nominated anime at this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards, but ultimately only won two awards. The most awards went to “Gachiakuta”, “The Apothecary’s Diaries” and “My Hero Academia” with three wins each.
All categories are listed below. Please let us know in the comments if your favorites won out!
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Anime of the year
Winner:
- My Hero Academia – Final Season
Other nominees:
- The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2
- DAN DA DAN – Season 2
- Gachiakuta
- The summer Hikaru died
- Takopi’s Original Sin
Film of the year
Winner:
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle
Other nominees:
- 100 meters
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
- Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II — The Ashes of Rage
- The Rose of Versailles
- Scarlet
Best ongoing series
Winner:
Other nominees:
- DAN DA DAN – Season 2
- Kaiju No. 8 – Season 2
- My Hero Academia – Final Season
- Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow
- Spy x Family – Season 3
Best new series
Winner:
Other nominees:
- Clevatess
- Kaoru and Rin
- Sakamoto Days
- The summer Hikaru died
- Takopi’s Original Sin
Best Original Anime
Winner:
Other nominees:
- Apocalypse Hotel
- Digimon Beatbreak
- Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
- Moonrise
- ZENSHU
Best animation
Winner:
- Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow
Other nominees:
- DAN DA DAN – Season 2
- Gachiakuta
- My Hero Academia – Final Season
- One Piece
- Takopi’s Original Sin
Best character design
Winner:
Other nominees:
- The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2
- DAN DA DAN – Season 2
- My Dress-Up Darling – Season 2
- One Piece
- Takopi’s Original Sin
Best Direction
Winner:
- Akinori Fudesaka, Norihiro Naganuma (The Apothecary Diaries – Season 2)
Other nominees:
- 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 background art
Winner:
Other nominees:
- The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2
- CITY The Animation
- DAN DA DAN – Season 2
- Kowloon Generic Romance
- The summer Hikaru died
Best romance
Winner:
Other nominees:
- Blue box
- DAN DA DAN – Season 2
- Honey lemon soda
- My Dress-Up Darling – Season 2
- Ranma 1/2 – Season 2
Best comedy
Winner:
Other nominees:
- CITY The Animation
- My Dress-Up Darling – Season 2
- Ranma 1/2 – Season 2
- Spy x Family – Season 3
- Witch Watch
Best action
Winner:
- Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow
Other nominees:
- DAN DA DAN – Season 2
- Gachiakuta
- Kaiju No. 8 – Season 2
- My Hero Academia – Final Season
- One Piece
Best Isekai
Winner:
- Re:ZERO: Starting Life in Another World – Season 3
Other nominees:
- 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 3 -BONUS STAGE-
- ZENSHU
Best Drama
Winner:
- The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2
Other nominees:
- Anne Shirley
- Blue box
- The summer Hikaru died
- Heretic: Deadly knowledge of the movement of the earth
- Takopi’s Original Sin
Best slice of life
Winner:
- Spy x Family – Season 3
Other nominees:
- Anne Shirley
- Blue box
- CITY The Animation
- Kaoru and Rin
- My Dress-Up Darling – Season 2
Best Main Character
Winner:
- Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries – Season 2)
Other nominees:
- Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
- Momo (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
- Okarun (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
- Rudo (Gachiakuta)
- Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow)
Best Supporting Character
Winner:
- Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
Other nominees:
- Enjin (Gachiakuta)
- Jin Enjoji/Jiji (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
- Jinshi (The Apothecary Diaries – Season 2)
- Loulan/Shisui (The Apothecary Diaries – Season 2)
- Turbo Granny (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
Best “Must Be Protected” Character
Winner:
- Anya Forger (Spy x Family – Season 3)
Other nominees:
- Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
- Kaoruko Waguri (Kaoru and Rin)
- Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries – Season 2)
- Suika (Dr. STONE: Science Future)
- Takopi (Takopi’s Original Sin)
Best Anime Song
Winner:
- »IRIS OUT« by Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
Other nominees:
- »In Bloom« by Lilas Ikuta (The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2)
- »JANE DOE« by Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- “On The Way” by AiNA THE END (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
- »ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)« by LiSA (Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow)
- »Watch Me!« by YOASOBI (Witch Watch)
Best soundtrack
Winner:
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle (Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina)
Other nominees:
- The Apothecary Diaries – Season 2 (Satoru Kosaki, Kevin Penkin, Alisa Okehazama)
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (kensuke ushio)
- DAN DA DAN – Season 2 (kensuke ushio)
- Gachiakuta (Taku Iwasaki)
- Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (Hiroyuki Sawano)
Best opening
Winner:
- “On The Way” by AiNA THE END (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
Other nominees:
- »HUGs« by Paledusk (Gachiakuta)
- “Mirage” by Creepy Nuts (Call of the Night – Season 2)
- »ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)« by LiSA (Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow)
- »THE REVO« by PORNOGRAFFITTI (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
- »Watch Me!« by YOASOBI (Witch Watch)
Best ending
Winner:
- »I« by BUMP OF CHICKEN (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
Other nominees:
- »Actor« by Lilas Ikuta (Spy x Family – Season 3)
- »Beautiful Colors« by OneRepublic (Kaiju No. 8 – Season 2)
- »Doukashiteru« by WurtS (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
- »Kawaii Kaiwai« by PiKi (My Dress-Up Darling – Season 2)
- »UN-APEX« by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure (Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow)
Best Acting – Japanese
Winner:
- Aoi Yuki as Maomao (The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2)
Other nominees:
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka (The Summer Hikaru Died)
- Daiki Yamashita as Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
- Kikunosuke Toya as Denji (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Mayumi Tanaka as Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Reina Ueda as Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
Best Acting – German
Winner:
- Gerrit Schmidt-Foß as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle)
Other nominees:
- Dirk Bublies as Kogoro Mori (Detective Conan Film 28: The One-Eyed Man’s Flashback)
- Laurine Betz as Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Magdalena Höfner as Kiui Watase (Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night)
- Markus Feustel as Rudo (Gachiakuta)
- Patricia Strasburger as Nico Wakatsuki (Witch Watch)
Best Acting – English
Winner:
- Lucien Dodge as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle)
Other nominees:
- Alexis Tipton as Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Emi Lo as Maomao (The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2)
- Justin Briner as Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
- Morgan Berry as Shiori Fuyumura (SANDA)
- Paul Castro Jr. as Hikaru Indou (The Summer Hikaru Died)
Best Drama – Arabic
Winner:
- Tariq Obaid as Taro Sakamoto (Sakamoto Days)
Other nominees:
- Fatima Zakaria as Osaragi (Sakamoto Days)
- Ghada Omar as Yor Forger (Spy x Family – Season 3)
- Hamoud Abu Hassoun as Loid Forger/Child (Spy x Family – Season 3)
- Moataz El-Shazly as Heisuke Mashimo (Sakamoto Days)
- Raafat Bazo as Yuri Briar (Spy x Family – Season 3)
Best Acting – Portuguese
Winner:
- Charles Emmanuel as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle)
Other nominees:
- Bruno Sangregório as Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan: The Last Attack)
- Erick Bougleux as Zanka Nijiku (Gachiakuta)
- Fabio Lucindo as Katsuki Bakugo (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
- Gigi Patta as Maomao (The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2)
- Ursula Bezerra as Son Goku (Dragon Ball DAIMA)
Best Acting – Castilian
Winner:
- Carles Teruel as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle)
Other nominees:
- Adrián Pineda as Rudo (Gachiakuta)
- Cristina Peña as Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Joel Gómez Jiménez as Okarun (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
- Marisa Marciel as Nami (One Piece)
- Marta Barbará as Kaoruko Waguri (Kaoru and Rin)
Best Acting – French
Winner:
- Bastien Bourlé as Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
Other nominees:
- Bruno Mullenaerts as Enjin (Gachiakuta)
- Catherine Hanotiau as Nico Wakatsuki (Witch Watch)
- Clara Soares as Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Jonathan Gimbord as Hikaru (The Summer Hikaru Died)
- Véronique Augereau as Seiko (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
Best Acting – Hindi
Winner:
- Abhishek Sharma as Jinshi (The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2)
Other nominees:
- Akshita Mishra as Koyuki (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle)
- Heena Malik as Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Merlyn James as Anya Forger (Spy x Family – Season 3)
- Rajesh Shukla as Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow)
- Shilpie Pandey as Lufas Maphaahl (A Wild Last Boss Appeared!)
Best Acting – Italian
Winner:
- Mosè Singh as Denji (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
Other nominees:
- Katia Sorrentino as Momo (DAN DA DAN – Season 2)
- Leonardo Graziano as Naruto Uzumaki (Boruto: Naruto The Movie)
- Luna Fogu as Maomao (The Apothecary’s Diaries – Season 2)
- Martina Tamburello as Kikoru Shinomiya (Kaiju No. 8 – Season 2)
- Simone Lupinacci as Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia – Final Season)
Best Acting – Latin American Spanish
Winner:
- Jose Antonio Toledano as Akaza (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle)
Other nominees:
- Desireé González as Maomao (The Pharmacist’s Diaries – Season 2)
- Dion González as Rudo (Gachiakuta)
- Erika Langarica as Marin Kitagawa (My Dress-Up Darling – Season 2)
- Fernando Moctezuma as Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow)
- Jessica Ángeles as Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
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