The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series is a series award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best ongoing anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.
Coming-of-age romantic anime March Comes In like a Lion by Shaft first won the award in 2017. Toei Animation's flagship series One Piece won the award in 2023 and 2024, making both the first anime studio and series to win the award multiple times, consecutively. Toei Animation also received the most wins (4) and nominations (7) for an anime studio, along with One Piece also received the most.
In the latest edition in 2026, One Piece by Toei Animation won the award for the third time.
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) 2017(2nd) March Comes In like a Lion Shaft All Out!! Madhouse/TMS Entertainment Case Closed TMS Entertainment Dragon Ball Super Toei Animation Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Sunrise Naruto: Shippuden Pierrot 2018(3rd) Dragon Ball Super Toei Animation The Ancient Magus' Bride Wit Studio Black Clover Pierrot Boruto: Naruto Next Generations March Comes In like a Lion Shaft One Piece Toei Animation
2020s Year Anime Studio(s) 2021/2022(7th) One Piece Toei Animation Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) MAPPA Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2) Ufotable JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (season 5) David Production Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic (season 3) A-1 Pictures Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun (season 2) Kinema Citrus 2022/2023(8th) One Piece Toei Animation Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3) MAPPA Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3) Ufotable Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) MAPPA Spy × Family (season 1 cour 2) Wit Studio and CloverWorks Vinland Saga (season 2) MAPPA 2023/2024(9th) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4)| Ufotable|- | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict | Pierrot Films |- | My Hero Academia (season 7) | Bones |- | One Piece | Toei Animation |- | Oshi no Ko (season 2) | Doga Kobo |- | Spy × Family (season 2) | Wit Studio and CloverWorks |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2025(10th) |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | One Piece Toei Animation Dandadan (season 2) Science SARU Kaiju No. 8 (season 2) Production I.G My Hero Academia: Final Season (season 8) Bones Film Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (season 2) A-1 Pictures Spy × Family (season 3) Wit Studio and CloverWorks
Records Anime series FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasonsOne Piece35—Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba13Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training ArcDragon Ball Super2—March Comes In like a LionSeason 1, Season 2Spy × Family03Season 1 cour 2, Season 2, Season 3Attack on Titan2The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1My Hero AcademiaSeason 7, Final Season
Studios
As of 2025, 36 nominations have been given to 18 different studios, of which there are 4 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 40 nominees so far. Only TMS Entertainment, Pierrot, Toei Animation, and MAPPA, have received multiple nominations in one year. MAPPA has the most nominations for a single year with three in 2023.
Toei Animation received the most wins (4) and nominations (7) for an anime studio, with One Piece became the only anime to win multiple awards. StudioWinsNominationsSeasonsToei Animation47Dragon Ball Super, One PieceUfotable13Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc)Shaft2March Comes In like a Lion (Season 1, Season 2)MAPPA04Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 2), Vinland Saga (Season 2)PierrotBlack Clover, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (The Conflict), Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Naruto: ShippudenWit StudioThe Ancient Magus' Bride, Spy × Family (Season 1 cour 2, Season 2, Season 3)CloverWorks3Spy × Family (Season 1 cour 2, Season 2, Season 3)TMS EntertainmentAll Out!!, Case ClosedA-1 Pictures2Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (Ultra Romantic), Solo Leveling (Arise from the Shadow)Bones FilmMy Hero Academia (Season 7, Final Season)
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