List of Crunchyroll Anime Award records

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MAPPA (animation studio of Yuri on Ice, Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man), holds several records of wins and nominations in a studio, most notably winning the Anime of the Year four times out of ten nominations.

This list of Crunchyroll Anime Award records is current as of the 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which took place on May 25, 2025.

Anime series

  • Each anime series's seasons have numbers of wins and nominations (win-nom). For example, "anime-title-season-1" (6 [wins]-12 [nominations]).
  • Feature films are not included on the list. However, there is another list on the anime series below.
  • Only anime series with 16 nominations above included on the list.
Nominations Winners Title Seasons
47 19 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
46 17 Attack on Titan
45 22 Jujutsu Kaisen
44 15 My Hero Academia
42 3 Dandadan
  • Season 1 (3–22)
  • Season 2 (0–20)
40 10 Spy × Family
30 1 The Apothecary Diaries
  • Season 1 (1–13)
  • Season 2 (0–17)
25 6 Chainsaw Man
  • Season 1 (6–25)
2 Ranking of Kings
  • Season 1 cour 1 (1–6)
  • Season 1 cour 2 (1–17)
  • The Treasure Chest of Courage (0–2)
23 9 Solo Leveling
22 4 Mob Psycho 100
  • Season 1 (2–8)
  • Season 2 (2–7)
  • Season 3 (0–7)
20 4 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
  • Season 1 (4–20)
1 Kaiju No. 8
  • Season 1 (1–16)
  • Season 2 (0–4)
19 5 Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
17 1 Oshi no Ko
  • Season 1 (1–12)
  • Season 2 (0–5)
0 My Dress-Up Darling
  • Season 1 (0–11)
  • Season 2 (0–6)
16 1 Vinland Saga
0 Delicious in Dungeon
  • Season 1 (0–16)
Gachiakuta

Films

  • BOLD indicates the winner.
Nominations Winners Title Categories
13 0 Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
8 0 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle
6 1 Suzume
4 3 Jujutsu Kaisen 0
0 One Piece Film: Red
3 3 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
2 Look Back
  • 9th edition:
    • Film of the Year
    • Best Score
    • Best VA Performance (Italian)
0 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
  • 6th edition:
    • Film of the Year
    • Best VA Performance (Castillian)
    • Best VA Performance (Spanish)

Consecutive wins in a single category

Record Name Category Year Achieved
4 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Best Animation 2022–2025
3 Anya Forger "Must Protect At All Costs" Character 2023–2025
2 Izuku "Deku" Midoriya Best Protagonist 2017–2018
My Hero Academia Best Antagonist[k] 2018–2019
Best Boy[l]
MAPPA Anime of the Year 2020–2021
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Best Comedy
Eren Yeager Best Main Character[m] 2022–2023
Yuki Kaji Best VA Performance (Japanese)
Attack on Titan Best Opening Sequence
Best Drama 2023–2024
Best Score
Spy x Family Best Comedy
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Best Fantasy

Firsts

Inauguration

Major categories

Record Title Edition(s)
Anime of the Year Yuri on Ice 1st edition
Best Action Mob Psycho 100
Best Comedy Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
Best Drama Erased
Film of the Year Your Name 2nd edition
Best CGI Land of the Lustrous
Best Continuing Series March Comes in Like a Lion
Best Manga My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
Best Slice of Life Girls' Last Tour
Best Isekai Anime[n] The Promised Neverland 4th edition
Best Romance Horimiya 6th edition
Best New Series Spy × Family 7th edition
Best Original Anime Lycoris Recoil

Character categories

Record Name Title Edition(s)
Best Protagonist Izuku "Deku" Midoriya My Hero Academia 1st edition
Best Antagonist Gaku Yashiro Erased
Best Boy Yuri Katsuki Yuri on Ice
Best Girl Rem Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
Best Couple Yuri and Victor Yuri on Ice
Best Main Character Eren Jaeger Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 7th edition
Best Supporting Character Anya Forger Spy × Family
"Must Protect At All Costs" Character

Craft categories

Record Name Title Edition(s)
Best Animation MAPPA Yuri on Ice 1st edition
Best Background Art[o] Koji Eto Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc 2nd edition
Best Character Design Takahiro Kishida JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind 3rd edition
Best Director Masaaki Yuasa Devilman Crybaby
Best Score Kevin Penkin Made in Abyss 7th edition
Best Anime Song "The Rumbling" by SiM Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2
Best Cinematography Teppei Ito Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) 8th edition

Sequence categories

Record Sequence Title Edition(s)
Best Fight Scene Shigeo vs. Koyama Mob Psycho 100 1st edition
Best Opening Sequence "History Maker" by Dean Fujioka Yuri on Ice
Best Ending Sequence "You Only Live Once" by Wataru Hatano
Most Heartwarming Scene The Kiss in "Episode 7"

VA categories

Best Voice Artist Performance
Record Actor Character Title Edition(s)
Japanese (JP) Mamoru Miyano Kotaro Tatsumi Zombie Land Saga 3rd edition
English (EN) Christopher Sabat All Might My Hero Academia (season 3)
Portuguese (PT) Lucas Almeida Eren Jaeger Attack on Titan (season 3) 5th edition
German (DE) René Dawn-Claude Satoru Gojo Jujutsu Kaisen 6th edition
French (FR) Enzo Ratsito Tanjiro Kamado Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Latin American Spanish (LA) Irwin Daayán Kyojuro Rengoku
Castilian Spanish (SP) Marcel Navarro Tanjiro Kamado Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
Russian (RU) Islam Gandzhaev 7th edition
Arabic (AR) Amal Hajiwa Gon Freecss Hunter × Hunter
Italian (IT) Elisa Giorgio Maki Zen'in Jujutsu Kaisen
Hindi (HI) Lohit Sharma Satoru Gojo Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) 9th edition

Special categories

Record Name Edition(s)
Industry Icon Award Christopher Sabat 2nd edition
Global Impact Award Attack on Titan 9th edition

Genres

Anime of the Year
Record Name Edition(s)
Action Devilman Crybaby 3rd edition
Adventure Made in Abyss 2nd edition
Comedy Yuri on Ice 1st edition
Drama
Fantasy Made in Abyss 2nd edition
Horror Devilman Crybaby 3rd edition
LGBTQ+ Yuri on Ice 1st edition
Martial arts Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 4th edition
Science fiction Made in Abyss 2nd edition
Sports Yuri on Ice 1st edition
Superhero Devilman Crybaby 3rd edition
Romance Yuri on Ice 1st edition

Varieties

Record Name Edition(s) Note
First anime series to win multiple Anime of the Year Jujutsu Kaisen The second cour of the first season was also nominated, but lost to Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1, another MAPPA work.
First original anime series to win Anime of the Year Yuri on Ice 1st edition Yuri on Ice is not based on any source material.
First video game-adapted anime series to win Anime of the Year Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 7th edition Based on a video game Cyberpunk 2077 by Polish video game development studio CD Projekt Red.
First manhwa-adapted anime series to win Anime of the Year Solo Leveling 9th edition Based on South Korean web novel of the same name by Chugong.
First film director to win multiple Film of the Year Makoto Shinkai 2nd and 8th editions Shinkai and his animation studio CoMix Wave Films produced Your Name (2016) and Suzume (2022), which won Film of the Year in both films.
First studio to win multiple Film of the Year CoMix Wave Films
First film ever to be nominated for both Crunchyroll Anime Award and Academy Award Mirai 3rd edition Mirai is the only non-Ghibli film to be nominated an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature category due to all Ghibli films were previously (and currently) nominated.[2]
First anime series to win multiple Best Animation Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 6th–9th editions Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won the same category in four consecutive years, most of any anime series.
First video game studio to win a Crunchyroll Anime Award CD Projekt Red 7th edition A video game studio based in Poland, best known for video game series The Witcher, as well as original game Cyberpunk 2077.
First member of Generation Z to win a Crunchyroll Anime Award Zach Aguilar
(as David Martinez in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners)		 At the age of 24, he remains the youngest recipient to win.

Superlatives

Most wins

Record Name Numbers Edition(s)
Anime series Jujutsu Kaisen 22 5th–9th editions
Anime series in a single edition 11 8th edition
Feature film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
Jujutsu Kaisen 0		 3 6th edition
7th edition
Fictional character Izuku "Deku" Midoriya 4 1st–3rd, 5th editions
Fictional characters in a single edition My Hero Academia (season 2) 4 2nd edition
Anime of the Year (anime series) Jujutsu Kaisen 2 5th and 8th editions
Anime of the Year (studio) MAPPA 4 1st, 5th–6th, 8th editions
Overall Jujutsu Kaisen 25 3rd–7th editions

Most nominations

Record Name Numbers Edition(s)
Anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 47 4th–9th editions
Anime series in a single edition Chainsaw Man 25 8th edition
Feature film Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc 13 10th edition
Fictional character Izuku "Deku" Midoriya 10 1st–3rd, 5th–10th editions
Fictional characters in a single edition My Hero Academia (season 2) 6 2nd edition
Anime of the Year (anime series) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Jujutsu Kaisen		 3 5th, 7th–8th editions
5th–6th, 8th editions
Anime of the Year (studio) MAPPA 10 1st, 3rd, 5th–8th editions
Overall Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 51 4th–9th editions

Most nominations without a win

Record Name Numbers Edition(s)
Anime series Delicious in Dungeon 16 9th edition
Single edition
Feature film One Piece Film: Red 4 7th–8th editions

Sweep and losses

Record Name Numbers Edition(s)
Highest "clean sweep" in a single edition Yuri on Ice 7 wins out of 7 nominations 1st edition[3]
Highest "clean sweep" for fictional characters in a single edition[p] My Hero Academia (season 2) 4 out of 6 nominations[q] 2nd edition
Highest "clean sweep" without winning Anime of the Year in a single edition 8 wins out of 10 nominations[r]
Most losses in a single edition Chainsaw Man
Dandadan		 19[s] 8th edition
9th edition
Most losses without a win in a single edition Delicious in Dungeon 16 9th edition

Age

Record Name Record Recent title Age
Oldest winner Masaaki Yuasa 2 Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! 55
Oldest nominee
Youngest winner Yuki Kaji Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 37
Youngest nominee

Contenders

Notes

References

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