The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Animation is an animation award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best animation in anime films and 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. Ufotable and its anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba hold the record for the most wins with 4 in consecutive years (2022–2025), the most of any animation studios and anime series to date. MAPPA holds the record for the most nominations with 9, while Wit Studio also holds the record for the most nominations without a single win with 7.
In the latest edition in 2026, the second season's Arise from the Shadow of Solo Leveling by A-1 Pictures won the award.
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 Flip Flappers Studio 3Hz Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Wit Studio Mob Psycho 100 Bones Most Popular "Other": Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World White Fox 2017(2nd) My Hero Academia (season 2)| Bones|- | A Silent Voice | Kyoto Animation |- | Land of the Lustrous | Orange |- | Little Witch Academia | Studio Trigger |- | March Comes in Like a Lion (season 2) | Shaft |- | Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid | Kyoto Animation |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2018(3rd) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Violet Evergarden Kyoto Animation A Place Further than the Universe Madhouse Bloom Into You Troyca Devilman Crybaby Science SARU Megalo Box TMS Entertainment My Hero Academia (season 3) Bones 2019(4th) Mob Psycho 100 (season 2) Bones Attack on Titan (season 3) Wit Studio Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Ufotable Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia CloverWorks Sarazanmai MAPPA and Lapin Track Vinland Saga Wit Studio
2020s Year Anime Studio(s) 2020(5th) Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Science SARU Beastars Orange Great Pretender Wit Studio Jujutsu Kaisen MAPPA Princess Connect! Re:Dive CygamesPictures The God of High School MAPPA 2021(6th) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (season 2) Ufotable Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) MAPPA Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S Kyoto Animation Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Studio Bind Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song Wit Studio Wonder Egg Priority CloverWorks 2021/2022(7th) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2) Ufotable Akebi's Sailor Uniform CloverWorks Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) MAPPA Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Studio Trigger and CD Projekt Ranking of Kings (cour 2) Wit Studio Spy × Family Wit Studio and CloverWorks 2022/2023(8th) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3) Ufotable Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3) MAPPA Chainsaw Man Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) Mob Psycho 100 (season 3) Bones Trigun Stampede Orange 2023/2024(9th) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4) Ufotable Dandadan Science SARU Delicious in Dungeon Studio Trigger Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Madhouse Kaiju No. 8 Production I.G Solo Leveling A-1 Pictures 2025(10th) Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (season 2) A-1 Pictures Dandadan (season 2) Science SARU GachiakutaBones Film My Hero Academia: Final Season (season 8) One Piece Toei Animation Takopi's Original Sin Enishiya
Records As of 2026, 10 wins out of 59 nominations have been given to 43 anime series and 1 anime film.
Anime films and series
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba received the most wins (4; consecutive) and nominations (5) for an anime series. In addition of other series, Mob Psycho 100, My Hero Academia, and Solo Leveling received nominations more than once, winning 1. Single-cour anime series (or miniseries) Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Violet Evergarden, and Yuri on Ice also received wins, with the latter became the only original anime series to do so.
Only 6 anime series separately produced by MAPPA received the most nominations with 9, with Jujutsu Kaisen, together with Attack on Titan, received the most nominations without a single win with 3. Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice is the only anime film to be nominated in that category.
FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasonsDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba45Unwavering Resolve Arc, Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training ArcMob Psycho 10013Season 1, Season 2, Season 3My Hero AcademiaSeason 2, Season 3, Final SeasonSolo Leveling2Season 1, Arise from the ShadowAttack on Titan03Season 3, The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1Jujutsu KaisenSeason 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2Dandadan2Season 1, Season 2Miss Kobayashi's Dragon MaidSeason 1, S
Studios
Ufotable received the most wins (4; consecutive) for an anime studio, with its only nominated production Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba receiving the most. Bones Film also received 2 wins out of 7 nominations; both the second seasons of Mob Psycho 100 and My Hero Academia received wins for the studio. The remaining studios (A-1 Pictures, Kyoto Animation, MAPPA, and Science SARU) received 1 for their single-cour anime series.
MAPPA received the most nominations (9) for an anime studio, with Jujutsu Kaisen received the most but did not win a single award. Wit Studio also holds the record for the most nominations without a single win with 7. StudioWinsNominationsSeasonsUfotable45Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Unwavering Resolve Arc, Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc)Bones Film27Gachiakuta, Mob Psycho 100 (Season 1, Season 2, Season 3), My Hero Academia (Season 2, Season 3, Final Season)MAPPA19Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Chainsaw Man, The God of High School, Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2), Sarazanmai, Yuri on IceKyoto Animation4A Silent Voice, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (Season 1, S), Violet EvergardenScience SARUDandadan (Season 1, Season 2), Devilman Crybaby, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!A-1 Pictures2 Solo Leveling (Season 1, Arise from the Shadow)Wit Studio07Attack on Titan (Season 3), Great Pretender, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Ranking of Kings (cour 2), Spy × Family, Vinland Saga, Vivy: Fluorite Eye's SongCloverWorks4Akebi's Sailor Uniform, Fate/Grand Order – Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, Spy × Family, Wonder Egg PriorityOrange3Beastars, Land of the Lustrous, Trigun StampedeStudio TriggerCyberpunk: Edgerunners, Delicious in Dungeon, Little Witch Academia
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