The streaming service Crunchyroll today presented the nominees for the Anime Awards 2026, ushering in the hot phase of the awards ceremony, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. We summarize.
Voting started
Particularly well-represented this year are the second season of “DAN DA DAN” with 14 nominations, the second season of “The Pharmacist’s Diaries” with 11 nominations, as well as “Gachiakuta” and the final season of “My Hero Academia,” which each received ten nominations. This means that a few favorites have already emerged who have a great chance of winning several prizes at the award ceremony.
The voting phase began at the same time as today’s announcement: fans can cast their votes every day until April 15, 2026. In addition to the official website of the Anime Awards, the anime database MyAnimeList is also included as a platform for voting for the first time.
The winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 will be honored on May 23, 2026 in Tokyo. The event, which, as in previous years, will be streamed online for free, will once again be hosted by Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira.
We will of course keep you updated as usual on the day of the award ceremony. An overview of last year’s winners can be found at this link.
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Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 Nominees
Anime of the year
- DAN DA DAN (Season 2)
- Gachiakuta
- My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
- Takopi’s Original Sin
- The Pharmacist’s 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 ongoing 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
- Kaoru and Rin
- The summer Hikaru died
Best opening
- 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
- 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)
- Ranma 1/2 (Season 2)
- SPY x FAMILY (Season 3)
- WITCH WATCH
Best Drama
- Anne Shirley
- Blue box
- Heretic – Deadly knowledge of the movement of the earth
- Takopi’s Original Sin
- The Pharmacist’s 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)
- Ranma 1/2 (Season 2)
- Kaoru and Rin
Best slice of life
- Anne Shirley
- Blue box
- CITY THE ANIMATION
- My Dress-Up Darling (Season 2)
- SPY x FAMILY (Season 3)
- Kaoru and Rin
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 Pharmacist’s 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 Pharmacist’s Diaries (Season 2)
Best Direction
- Akinori Fudesaka, Norihiro Naganuma — The Apothecary’s 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 Pharmacist’s 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’s Diaries (Season 2)
- Katsuki Bakugo — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
- Loulan/Shisui — The Apothecary’s Diaries (Season 2)
- Turbo Granny — DAN DA DAN (Season 2)
Best “Must Be Protected” Character
- Anya Forger — SPY x FAMILY (Season 2)
- Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
- Kaoruko Waguri — Kaoru and Rin
- Maomao — The Pharmacist’s Diaries (Season 2)
- Suika—Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE
- Takopi — Takopi’s Original Sin
Best Anime Song
- In Bloom — Lilas Ikuta — The Apothecary’s 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 soundtrack
- 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 Dubbing Performance (Japanese)
- Aoi Yuki — Maomao — The Apothecary’s 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 Dubbing Performance (German)
- Dirk Bublies — Kogoro Mori — Detective Conan Film 28: The Flashback of the One-Eyed Man
- 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
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