The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Romance is a genre-specific award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its sixth edition in 2022. It is given for the best romance anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.
Horimiya by CloverWorks first won the award in 2022. In the latest edition in 2026, The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity by CloverWorks 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.
2020s Year Anime Studio(s) 2021(6th) Horimiya CloverWorks Beastars (season 2) Orange Fruits Basket The Final Season (season 3) TMS Entertainment Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro Telecom Animation Film Komi Can't Communicate OLM The Duke of Death and His Maid J.C.Staff 2021/2022(7th) Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic (season 3)| A-1 Pictures|- | Call of the Night | Liden Films |- | Komi Can't Communicate (season 2) | OLM |- | Love After World Domination | Project No.9 |- | My Dress-Up Darling | CloverWorks |- | Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie | Doga Kobo |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2022/2023(8th) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Horimiya: The Missing Pieces CloverWorks Insomniacs After School Liden Films My Happy Marriage Kinema Citrus My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 Madhouse Skip and Loafer P.A. Works Tomo-chan Is a Girl! Lay-duce 2023/2024(9th) Blue Box Telecom Animation Film A Sign of Affection Ajiado Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! A-1 Pictures Ranma ½ MAPPA Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Science SARU The Dangers in My Heart (season 2) Shin-Ei Animation 2025(10th) The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity CloverWorks Blue Box Telecom Animation Film Dandadan (season 2) Science SARU Honey Lemon Soda J.C.Staff My Dress-Up Darling (season 2) CloverWorks Ranma ½ (season 2) MAPPA
Records Anime series
FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasonsHorimiya2Season 1, The Missing PiecesBlue Box12Season 1, Season 1 cour 2Komi Can't Communicate0Season 1, Season 2My Dress-Up Darling Ranma ½
Studios
CloverWorks received the most wins (3) and nominations (5). Horimiya tying with Blue Box, Komi Can't Communicate, My Dress-Up Darling, and Ranma ½ for the most nominations with 2, as well as having the most wins with 2 for an anime series. The remaining studios (A-1 Pictures and Telecom Animation Film) received a single award.
J.C.Staff, Liden Films, MAPPA, OLM, and Science SARU received the most nominations for an anime studio without a single win with 2. Komi Can't Communicate, My Dress-Up Darling, and Ranma ½ also did not win a single award. StudioWinsNominationsSeasonsCloverWorks35Horimiya (Season 1, The Missing Pieces), My Dress-Up Darling (Season 1, Season 2), The Fragrant Flower Blooms with DignityTelecom Animation Film13Blue Box (Season 1, Season 1 cour 2), Don't Toy with Me, Miss NagatoroA-1 Pictures2Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (Ultra Romantic), Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!J.C.Staff0Honey Lemon Soda, The Duke of Death and His MaidLiden FilmsCall of the Night, Insomniacs After SchoolMAPPARanma ½ (Season 1, Season 2)OLMKomi Can't Communicate (Season 1, Season 2)Science SARUDandadan (Season 2), Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
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