The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year is the final award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.
Yaoi sports anime Yuri on Ice by MAPPA first won the award in 2017. Jujutsu Kaisen by MAPPA won the award in 2021, making MAPPA the first studio to win the award multiple times. In the 8th edition, the award was won by the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen, which also became the first anime to win the top prize twice.
MAPPA received ten nominations and four wins for the award, the most of any studio to date. Bones Film and Wit Studio followed, with seven and six nominations for the award respectively, with Wit Studio being the studio with the most nominations without a single win.
Aside from manga, Studio Trigger and CD Projekt's Cyberpunk: Edgerunners won the award in 2023, making CD Projekt and Edgerunners the first video game studio and anime based on a video game respectively to win. A-1 Pictures's Solo Leveling won the award in 2025, the first series to be based on manhwa to win.
In the latest edition in 2026, the award was won by the eighth and final season of My Hero Academia by Bones Film, the first concluding season of an anime series to win.
Winners and nominees In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
2010s Year Anime Studio(s) 2016(1st) Yuri on Ice MAPPA Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Studio Deen Erased A-1 Pictures Joker Game Production I.G Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Wit Studio Mob Psycho 100 Bones My Hero Academia Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World White Fox 2017(2nd) Made in Abyss Kinema Citrus Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (season 2) Studio Deen Land of the Lustrous Orange Little Witch Academia Studio Trigger March Comes In like a Lion (season 2) Shaft My Hero Academia (season 2) Bones 2018(3rd) Devilman Crybaby Science SARU A Place Further than the Universe Madhouse Hinamatsuri Feel Megalo Box TMS Entertainment Violet Evergarden Kyoto Animation Zombie Land Saga MAPPA 2019(4th) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Ufotable Carole & Tuesday Bones Mob Psycho 100 II (season 2) O Maidens in Your Savage Season Lay-duce The Promised Neverland CloverWorks Vinland Saga Wit Studio
2020s Year Anime Studio(s) 2020(5th) Jujutsu Kaisen MAPPA Appare-Ranman! P.A. Works Beastars Orange Dorohedoro MAPPA Great Pretender Wit Studio Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Science SARU 2021(6th) Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 (season 4)| MAPPA|- | 86 | A-1 Pictures |- | Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) | MAPPA |- | Odd Taxi | OLM and P.I.C.S. |- | Ranking of Kings | Wit Studio |- | Sonny Boy | Madhouse |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2021/2022(7th) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Studio Trigger and CD Projekt Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) MAPPA Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2) Ufotable Lycoris Recoil A-1 Pictures Ranking of Kings (cour 2) Wit Studio Spy × Family Wit Studio and CloverWorks 2022/2023(8th) Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2)| MAPPA|- | Bocchi the Rock! | CloverWorks |- | Chainsaw Man | MAPPA |- | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3) | Ufotable |- | Oshi no Ko | Doga Kobo |- | Vinland Saga (season 2) | MAPPA |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2023/2024(9th) |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Solo Leveling A-1 Pictures Dandadan Science SARU Delicious in Dungeon Studio Trigger Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Madhouse Kaiju No. 8 Production I.G The Apothecary Diaries Toho Animation Studio and OLM 2025(10th) My Hero Academia: Final Season (season 8) Bones Film Dandadan (season 2) Science SARU Gachiakuta Bones Film Takopi's Original Sin Enishiya The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) Toho Animation Studio and OLM The Summer Hikaru Died CygamesPictures
Records Anime series FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasonsJujutsu Kaisen23Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba1Unwavering Resolve Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village ArcMy Hero AcademiaSeason 1, Season 2, Final SeasonAttack on Titan2The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2Dandadan0Season 1, Season 2Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo ShinjuSeason 1, Season 2Mob Psycho 100Season 1, Season 2Ranking of KingsCour 1, Cour 2The Apothecary DiariesSeason 1, Season 2Vinland SagaSeason 1, Season 2
Studios
As of 2025, 62 nominations have been given to 25 different studios, of which there are 5 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 60 nominees so far. Only Bones Film, Wit Studio, and MAPPA have received multiple nominations in one year, with MAPPA winning thrice in 2020, 2021, and 2023, while Bones Film did the same thrice in 2016, 2019 and 2025.
MAPPA received the most wins (4) and nominations (10) for an anime studio, with Jujutsu Kaisen became the only anime to win multiple awards. StudioWinsNominationsSeasonsMAPPA410Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2), Chainsaw Man, Dorohedoro, Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2), Vinland Saga (Season 2), Yuri on Ice, Zombie Land SagaBones Film17Carole & Tuesday, Gachiakuta, Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1, Season 2), My Hero Academia (Season 1, Season 2, Final Season)A-1 Pictures486, Erased, Lycoris Recoil, Solo LevelingScience SARUDandadan (Season 1, Season 2), Devilman Crybaby, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Studio Trigger3Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Delicious in Dungeon, Little Witch Academia, UfotableDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Unwavering Resolve Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc)Wit Studio06Great Pretender, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Ranking of Kings (Cour 1, Cour 2), Spy × Family, Vinland Saga (Season 1)CloverWorks3Bocchi the Rock!, The Promised Neverland, Spy × FamilyMadhouseFrieren: Beyond Journey's End, A Place Further than the Universe, Sonny BoyOLMThe Apothecary Diaries (Season 1, Season 2), Odd TaxiProduction I.G2Joker Game, Kaiju No. 8OrangeBeastars, Land of the LustrousStudio DeenDescending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (Season 1, Season 2)Toho Animation StudioThe Apothecary Diaries (Season 1, Season 2)
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