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'Solo Leveling' is Anime of the Year at 2025 Crunchyroll Awards

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1748236781239image002.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Photo courtesy of Crunchyroll</div>The South Korean web novel-based anime &quot;Solo Leveling&quot; dominated the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, taking home nine honors, including Anime of the Year.The series also earned accolades for Best New Series, Best Ending Sequence, Best Action Anime, Best Main Character and Best Score. In addition, it swept three awards for Best Voice Performance in English, Brazilian Portuguese, and Castilian Spanish.&quot;Solo Leveling&quot; follows Sung Jin-woo, a once-weak monster hunter who gains access to a mysterious program that allows him to grow stronger with each battle.Organized by Crunchyroll, an anime streaming service, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards is an annual awards prgraom celebrating anime&#x27;s creative community.&quot;Fans form deep emotional connections to anime. These are not just series, films or songs, but rather works of art that help define the identity of anime fans,&quot; Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini said.&quot;With an incredible 51 million votes this year, the 2025 Anime Awards are celebrating the creators in Japan who have captured the hearts of fans and are powering anime’s prominence in global pop culture,&quot; Purini added.Below is the full list of winners:• Anime of the Year - Solo Leveling • Film of the Year - Look Back • Best Original Anime - Ninja Kamui • Best Continuing Series - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc• Best New Series - Solo Leveling• Best Opening Sequence - Otonoke - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN• Best Ending Sequence - request - krage - Solo Leveling• Best Action - Solo Leveling• Best Comedy - MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc• Best Drama - Frieren: Beyond Journey&#x27;s End• Best Isekai Anime - Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3• Best Romance  - Blue Box• Best Slice of Life - Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!• Best Animation - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc• Best Background Art - Frieren: Beyond Journey&#x27;s End• Best Character Design - DAN DA DAN• Best Director - Keiichiro Saito - Frieren: Beyond Journey&#x27;s End• Best Main Character - Sung Jinwoo - Solo Leveling• Best Supporting Character - Fern - Frieren: Beyond Journey&#x27;s End• “Must Protect At All Cost” Character - Anya Forger - SPY × FAMILY Season 2• Best Anime Song - Otonoke - Creepy Nuts - DAN DA DAN• Best Score - Solo Leveling - Hiroyuki Sawano• Best Japanese Voice Artist Performance - Aoi Yuki (Maomao) - The Apothecary Diaries• Best English Voice Artist Performance - Aleks Le (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling• Best Arabic Voice Artist Performance - Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) - SPY × FAMILY Season 2• Best Brazilian Portuguese Voice Artist Performance - Charles Emmanuel (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling• Best Castilian Spanish Voice Artist Performance - Masumi Mutsuda (Sung Jinwoo) - Solo Leveling•  Best French Voice Artist Performance - Adrien Antoine (Kafka Hibino) - Kaiju No. 8• Best German Voice Artist Performance - Daniel Schlauch (Monkey D. Luffy)  - ONE PIECE• Best Hindi Voice Artist Performance - Lohit Sharma (Satoru Gojo) - JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2• Best Italian Voice Artist Performance  - Ilaria Pellicone (Kyomoto) - Look Back• Best Latin Spanish Voice Artist Performance - Miguel Ángel Leal (Eren Jaeger) - Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 2

The South Korean web novel-based anime 'Solo Leveling' dominated the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, taking home nine honors, including Anime of the Year.

The South Korean web novel-based anime 'Solo Leveling' dominated the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, taking home nine honors, including Anime of the Year.