Crunchyroll Anime Awards unveils its 2025 winners

Solo Leveling, Look Back and Dan Da Dan all walked away with major prizes from the streamer's annual gala in Tokyo last night.
May 26, 2025

Looking for another demonstration of anime’s growing global popularity? The winners of this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards were decided by a record-breaking 51 million fan votes from around the world.

While older-skewing series Solo Leveling (A-1 Pictures) scored nine wins and was a clear standout at last night’s award ceremony in Tokyo, some tween- and teen-friendly titles also got a chance to shine.

Coming-of-age movie Look Back (Studio Durian) earned the coveted award for Anime Film of the Year with its story about two school girls whose friendship formed by a shared passion for drawing is tested when tragedy strikes. 

And Science Saru’s buzzy teen series Dan Da Dan (pictured), which revolves around two high-schoolers with supernatural powers who investigate ghosts and aliens, won Best Character Design, Best Opening Sequence and Best Anime Song.

A-1 Pictures also scored a Best Comedy win with Mashle: Magic and Muscles, a teen-skewing series that follows a young student training to become a “Divine Visionary” at Easton Magic Academy. 

A full list of this year’s winners is available on the Crunchyroll website.

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