10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards

Nominees were announced on April 2, 2026, in a livestream at Crunchyroll's YouTube channel. For the second consecutive year, Dandadan received the most nominations with 20, followed by The Apothecary Diaries at 17, Gachiakuta at 16, and My Hero Academia at 15.^[3] The four anime series were nominated for Anime of the Year, together with Takopi's Original Sin and The Summer Hikaru Died. All Anime of the Year nominees, except The Apothecary Diaries and The Summer Hikaru Died, were also nominated on the Best Animation category, together with One Piece and Solo Leveling. One Piece was nominated in the Best Continuing Series category for the fourth consecutive year. Naoyuki Onda [ja] and Yukiko Nakatani [ja] received their second nomination in Best Character Design for their respective work on Dandadan and The Apothecary Diaries; the two series were also nominated again in Best Background Art, while Fūga Yamashiro and Norihiro Naganuma received a second consecutive nomination in Best Director, respectively. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc also received the most nominations for a film with 13; Kensuke Ushio was nominated for the second consecutive year in the Best Score category together with his other work Dandadan, along with Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle and Hiroyuki Sawano for Solo Leveling. Ushio also became the first composer to be nominated twice for the same category in the same year. Aoi Yūki was nominated again in the Best VA Performance (Japanese) category as Maomao.

Among genre categories, Spy × Family was nominated in Best Comedy for the fourth consecutive year, while Dandadan, Kaiju No. 8, and Solo Leveling were nominated in Best Action for the second consecutive year. Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World and KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! were nominated again in Best Isekai Anime. Blue Box and The Apothecary Diaries were nominated again in Best Romance and Best Drama respectively. For character categories, Izuku Midoriya and Maomao were nominated for Best Main Character and "Must Protect at All Costs" Character. Two characters from both Dandadan (Jin Enjoji and Turbo Granny) and The Apothecary Diaries (Jinshi and Loulan/Shisui), were nominated for Best Supporting Character, while Anya Forger was nominated in the "Must Protect at All Costs" Character category for the fourth consecutive year. Two anime songs nominated for Best Anime Song were nominated for Best Opening Sequence as well: "On the Way" by Aina the End and "Reawaker" by LiSA feat. Felix of Stray Kids. Both the opening and ending themes for Dandadan, Solo Leveling, and My Hero Academia were nominated in their respective categories. Lilas Ikuta received a nomination for Best Anime Song and Best Ending Sequence categories in the same year, while Kenshi Yonezu received two nominations in Best Anime Song for Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc.

Crunchyroll announced the presenters of the awards for the ceremony on April 2, April 9, and May 14.^[5][6][7]

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers:^[1][5]

Crunchyroll announced the eligibility period would return to its previous format of eligibility from January to December 2025 for nominations for this edition. This edition featured 32 categories from the previous ceremony. Nominees were revealed on the first day of public voting, April 2. Voting closed on April 15.^[1][4] Presenters for the ceremony on May 23 was announced on April 2, and included presenters such as Tobagonian actor Winston Duke, rapper, producer, and filmmaker RZA, and musician Hannah Bahng, with Sony Group Corporation CEO and President Hiroki Totoki set to give opening remarks. Yoko Takahashi performed in the ceremony for the 30th anniversary tribute to Neon Genesis Evangelion, featuring its opening theme "A Cruel Angel's Thesis".^[1][5] In celebration of the awards, Crunchyroll also announced their partnership with Museum of the Moving Image. In addition to a gallery screening program titled "Anime's Ascendant Decade" set to be held from May 15 to October 12, which includes the full episodes of anime that were either nominated or won from the first edition onwards, the museum's grand Redstone Theater hosted a free live watch party in the same day where the awards was held.^[8]