Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Original Anime
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The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Original Anime is a series award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its seventh edition in 2023. It is given for the best original anime series which only considered the anime that were not adapted in the source material from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
- United States
- Japan
| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Original Anime | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best original anime series of the previous year |
| Country |
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| First award | A-1 Pictures — Lycoris Recoil (2023) |
| Currently held by | MAPPA — Lazarus (2026) |
| Most nominations |
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| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
Action anime Lycoris Recoil by A-1 Pictures first won the award in 2023.[2][3] MAPPA received the most nominations (3) for an anime studio, with Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story became the only anime to be nominated multiple times.
In the latest edition in 2026, Lazarus by MAPPA won the award.[4]
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/2022 (7th) [2][3] | ||
| Lycoris Recoil | A-1 Pictures | |
| Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story | Bandai Namco Pictures | |
| Healer Girl | 3Hz | |
| The Orbital Children | Production +h | |
| Vampire in the Garden | Wit Studio | |
| Yurei Deco | Science SARU | |
| 2022/2023 (8th) [5][6] | ||
| Buddy Daddies | P.A. Works | |
| Akiba Maid War | P.A. Works | |
| Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story (season 2) | Bandai Namco Pictures | |
| Do It Yourself!! | Pine Jam | |
| The Marginal Service | Studio 3Hz | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury | Sunrise | |
| 2023/2024 (9th) [7][8] | ||
| Ninja Kamui | E&H Production | |
| Bucchigiri?! | MAPPA | |
| Girls Band Cry | Toei Animation | |
| Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night | Doga Kobo | |
| Metallic Rouge | Bones | |
| Train to the End of the World | EMT Squared | |
| 2025 (10th) [9][4] | ||
| Lazarus | MAPPA | |
| Apocalypse Hotel | CygamesPictures | |
| Digimon Beatbreak | Toei Animation | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX | Sunrise and Studio Khara | |
| Moonrise | Wit Studio | |
| Zenshu | MAPPA |
Records
Anime series
Currently, no anime has both won and nominated in different years for an award more than once.
| Franchise | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story | 0 | 2 | Season 1, Season 2 |
Studios
| Studio | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPPA | 1 | 3 | Bucchigiri?!, Lazarus, Zenshu |
| P.A. Works | 2 | Buddy Daddies, Akiba Maid War | |
| Bandai Namco Pictures | 0 | Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story (Season 1, Season 2) | |
| Studio 3Hz | Healer Girl, The Marginal Service | ||
| Sunrise | Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury | ||
| Toei Animation | Digimon Beatbreak, Girls Band Cry |