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Nominees for 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards revealed

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1775185302646AA26_P1_Announcement_PR_Lifecycle_10thAnniversary_16x9_WITH-DATE.png" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll</div>Anime-focused streaming service Crunchyroll announced Friday the nominees for the 10th edition of its Anime Awards, which is set to take place on May 23.&quot;This year’s slate of nominees represent nearly 50 unique series and films, all chosen by fans as the most beloved over the last year,&quot; Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini said in a statement.&quot;As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Anime Awards, we also extend our gratitude to the nominees of the past decade, which include more than 110 animation studios that produced nearly 290 unique series and films, and more than 220 voice actors who contributed their talent to beloved characters,&quot; Purini added.Below is the full list of nominees.<div>Anime of the Year </div>DAN DA DAN Season 2 Gachiakuta My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON Takopi&#x27;s Original Sin The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) The Summer Hikaru Died <div> Film of the Year </div>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 <div>Best Original Anime </div>Apocalypse Hotel DIGIMON BEATBREAK Lazarus Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Moonrise ZENSHU <div>Best Continuing Series </div>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 <div> Best New Series </div>Clevatess Gachiakuta SAKAMOTO DAYS Takopi&#x27;s Original Sin The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity The Summer Hikaru Died <div>Best Opening Sequence  </div>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 <div>Best Ending Sequence </div>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- <div>Best Action  </div>DAN DA DAN Season 2 Gachiakuta Kaiju No. 8 My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON ONE PIECE Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- <div> Best Comedy </div>CITY THE ANIMATION DAN DA DAN Season 2 My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Ranma1/2 Season2 SPY x FAMILY Season 3 WITCH WATCH <div>Best Drama </div>Anne Shirley Blue Box Orb: On the Movements of the Earth Takopi&#x27;s Original Sin The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) The Summer Hikaru Died <div>Best Isekai Anime </div>Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2 Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation — Season 1 &quot;Episode of Heartslabyul&quot; From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad&#x27;s Been Reincarnated! KONOSUBA -God&#x27;s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 -BONUS STAGE- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 ZENSHU <div>Best Romance  </div>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 <div>Best Slice of Life </div>Anne Shirley Blue Box CITY THE ANIMATION My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 SPY x FAMILY Season 3 The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity <div>Best Animation </div>DAN DA DAN Season 2 Gachiakuta My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON ONE PIECE Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- Takopi&#x27;s Original Sin <div>Best Background Art </div>CITY THE ANIMATION DAN DA DAN Season 2 Gachiakuta Kowloon Generic Romance The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) The Summer Hikaru Died <div>Best Character Design </div>DAN DA DAN Season 2 Gachiakuta My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 ONE PIECE Takopi&#x27;s Original Sin The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) <div>Best Director </div>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&#x27;s Original Sin <div> Best Main Character </div>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- <div>Best Supporting Character </div>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 <div>“Must Protect At All Cost” Character </div>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&#x27;s Original Sin <div>Best Anime Song </div>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 <div>Best Score </div>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 <div>Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) </div>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 <div>Best Voice Artist Performance (English)  </div>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 Anime fans can vote for their favorite entries until April 15 via the <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/animeawards/vote">Anime Awards Official Website</a>, <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/animeawards/">Crunchyroll </a>and, for the first time, <a href="https://myanimelist.net/crunchyroll/anime-awards/2026/">MyAnimeList</a>.The 10th Anime Awards, hosted by voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira, will take place at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo.Apart from the awards ceremony, fans can look forward to a lineup of musical performances, including Japanese singer Dean Fujioka, who will open the event with &quot;History Maker&quot; from &quot;Yuri!!! on ICE,&quot; the very first Anime Awards&#x27; Anime of the Year recipient.Rock band Pornograffitti will perform a tribute marking the 10th anniversary of the &quot;My Hero Academia&quot; anime and the show&#x27;s conclusion, while Asian Kung-Fu Generation will perform their beloved hit &quot;Haruka Kanata&quot; from &quot;Naruto.&quot;Performances also include Yoko Takahashi&#x27;s tribute to the 30th anniversary of &quot;Neon Genesis Evangelion&quot; and a series of melodic pieces by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.The Anime Awards is a premier annual program recognizing excellence among the creators, musicians, and performers who drive the worldwide passion for anime.Last year, the South Korean web novel-based anime &quot;Solo Leveling&quot; <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/5/26/-solo-leveling-is-anime-of-the-year-at-2025-crunchyroll-awards-1326">dominated </a>the Anime Awards, taking home nine honors, including Anime of the Year.

Anime-focused streaming service Crunchyroll has announced the nominees for the 10th edition of its Anime Awards, which is set to take place on May 23.

Anime-focused streaming service Crunchyroll has announced the nominees for the 10th edition of its Anime Awards, which is set to take place on May 23.