LIST: The nominees of the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime awards

Here are the nominees:

Anime of the Year

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Takopi's Original Sin
• The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Film of the Year

• 100 Meters
• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II — The
• Ashes of Rage
• Scarlet
• The Rose of Versailles

Best Original Anime

• Apocalypse Hotel
• DIGIMON BEATBREAK
• Lazarus
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
• Moonrise
• ZENSHU

Best Continuing Series

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Kaiju No. 8
• My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• ONE PIECE
• Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
• SPY x FAMILY Season 3

Best New Series

• Clevatess
• Gachiakuta
• SAKAMOTO DAYS
• Takopi's Original Sin
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Opening Sequence

• HUGs - Paledusk - Gachiakuta
• Mirage - Creepy Nuts - Call of the Night Season 2
• On The Way - AiNA THE END - DAN DA DAN Season 2
• ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids) — LiSA — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the 
  Shadow
• THE REVO — PORNOGRAFFITTI — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Watch Me! — YOASOBI — WITCH WATCH

Best Ending Sequence

• Actor — Lilas Ikuta — SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• Beautiful Colors — OneRepublic — Kaiju No. 8
• Doukashiteru — WurtS — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• I — BUMP OF CHICKEN — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Kawaii Kaiwai — PiKi — My Dress—Up Darling Season 2
• UN-APEX — TK from Ling Tosite Sigure — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the 
  Shadow

Best Action

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• Kaiju No. 8
• My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• ONE PIECE
• Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-
  
  

Best Comedy

• CITY THE ANIMATION
• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• Ranma 1/2 Season 2
• SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• WITCH WATCH

Best Drama

• Anne Shirley
• Blue Box
• Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
• Takopi's Original Sin
• The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Isekai Anime

• Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2
• Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation — Season 1 "Episode of Heartslabyul"
• From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!
• KONOSUBA -God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 -BONUS STAGE-
• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
• ZENSHU

Best Romance

• Blue Box
• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Honey Lemon Soda
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• Ranma 1/2 Season 2
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

Best Slice of Life

• Anne Shirley
• Blue Box
• CITY THE ANIMATION
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

Best Animation

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• ONE PIECE
• Solo Leveling Season 2 - Arise from the Shadow
• Takopi's Original Sin
   

Best Background Art

• CITY THE ANIMATION
• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• Kowloon Generic Romance
• The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• The Summer Hikaru Died

 
Best Character Design

• DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Gachiakuta
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• ONE PIECE
• Takopi's Original Sin
• The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
   

Best Director

• Akinori Fudesaka, Norihiro Naganuma — The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• Fuga Yamashiro and Abel Góngora — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Fumihiko Suganuma — Gachiakuta
• Kenji Nagasaki, Naomi Nakayama — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Ryohei Takeshita — The Summer Hikaru Died
• Shinya Iino — Takopi's Original Sin

 
Best Main Character

• Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• Momo — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Okarun — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Rudo — Gachiakuta
• Sung Jinwoo — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow

Best Supporting Character

• Enjin — Gachiakuta
• Jin Enjoji (Jiji) — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• Jinshi — The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• Katsuki Bakugo — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Loulan/Shisui — The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• Turbo Granny — DAN DA DAN Season 2
   

“Must Protect At All Cost” Character

• Anya Forger — SPY x FAMILY Season 3
• Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Kaoruko Waguri — The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity*
• Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• Suika — Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE
• Takopi — Takopi's Original Sin
   

Best Anime Song

• "In Bloom" by Lilas Ikuta — The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• "IRIS OUT" by Kenshi Yonezu — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• "JANE DOE" by Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• "On The Way" by AiNA THE END — DAN DA DAN Season 2
• "ReawakeR" (feat. Felix of Stray Kids) by LiSA — Solo Leveling Season 2
• "Watch Me!" by YOASOBI — WITCH WATCH
   

Best Score

• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc — kensuke ushio
• DAN DA DAN Season 2 — kensuke ushio
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle — Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina
• Gachiakuta — Taku Iwasaki
• Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- — Hiroyuki Sawano
• The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2) — Satoru Kosaki, Kevin Penkin, Alisa Okehazama
   

Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese)

• Aoi Yuki as Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Yoshiki Tsujinaka — The Summer Hikaru Died
• Daiki Yamashita as Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Kikunosuke Toya as Denji — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Mayumi Tanaka as Monkey D. Luffy — ONE PIECE
• Reina Ueda as Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
   

Best Voice Artist Performance (English)

• Alexis Tipton as Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Emi Lo as Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)
• Justin Briner as Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON
• Lucien Dodge as Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
• Morgan Berry as Shiori Fuyumura — SANDA
• Paul Castro Jr. as Hikaru Indou — The Summer Hikaru Died