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For almost a decade now,Crunchyrollhas revolutionized the anime industry with the annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Every year, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards honor the best anime around in numerous categories, and celebrities in and out of Japan have even started getting involved in recent years, turning it from a small event to something every anime fan can look forward to.
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are almost always a great time, and 2025 will be no different. The voting period for the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards is officially in full swing, and with the full list of nominees out,the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards have a variety of anime already set up as easy contenders for the biggest winners of the year. With how big many of the top anime among the nominees have been, it’s easy to see why they’re being met with such recognition, and it will be great to see which one ultimately comes out on top.
Crunchyroll Picks The Biggest Anime Around For Anime Of The Year
Crunchyroll’s Anime Of The Year Nominees Explained
As with every year, the award category for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards that gets the most attention is Anime Of The Year, and this year’s selection is especially strong. The nominees are always some of the biggest anime of their respective year, if not the biggest, and sure enough,the nominees for Anime Of The Year at the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards areSolo Leveling,Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End,Dandadan,Delicious in Dungeon,Kaiju No. 8, andThe Apothecary Diaries, all of which were some of the biggest anime to come out of 2024, by far.
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards Have A Clear Winner, And It’s Not Who You Think
Crunchyroll’s Biggest Winner Isn’t That Cut-And-Dried
Even with voting still underway for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, the top contender probably isn’t the show people might think.Solo Levelinghas taken the world by storm from the moment it debuted, and that only got bigger withSolo Levelingseason 2and how greatly it expanded on its action, animation, and overall quality. There are few anime that have taken the community by storm to the same extent asSolo Leveling, and as such,Solo Leveling’s immense popularity would, on a surface level, make it the top contender for the biggest winner at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
That being said,Solo Levelingmight not be as big a winner as people think. Most anime are nominated for multiple categories relating to their overall quality, andSolo Levelingwas nominated for 13 categories, including Anime Of The Year, but that number is tied withThe Apothecary Diariesfor the lowest among Anime Of The Year nominees. By comparison,Dandadanis nominated for 22 categories, andFrieren: Beyond Journey’s End29, more than twice as many asSolo Leveling, soSolo Leveling, despite its popularity, likely won’t walk away as the biggest winner at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
As for whySolo Levelinghas so few nominations, that’s easy to understand. As popular asSolo Levelingis, it’s very much a power fantasy anime with little to offer beyond that, and that’s earned it just as criticism as it has praise, even before the anime came out. By comparison, anime likeDandadanandFrieren: Beyond Journey’s Endhave far more varied stories, which, in turn, gives them more universal appeal, soSolo Leveling’s overreliance on hype and aurahas made it fall short at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards while anime with more to offer are largely thriving.
Which Anime Will Win Big At The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards?
Who Will Be Anime’s Biggest Winners?
With all the discussion surrounding the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, that, of course, begs the question of which anime will be the big winner.Solo Levelingjust came off its big second season, so that could give it plenty of extra popularity, but as previously stated,anime likeDandadanandFrieren: Beyond Journey’s Endhave far more nominations, and they’re far less contentious thanSolo Leveling, as well. As such,eitherDandadanorFrieren: Beyond Journey’s Endwill likely be the big winner of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, either in number of wins or by simply winning Anime Of The Year.
That doesn’t meanSolo Levelingwould walk away with nothing, of course. As contentious asSolo Levelingmay be, it’s still one of the most popular anime on Crunchyroll right now, and because of that,Solo Leveling, even if it won’t be the biggest winner at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards, still has a chance to earn multiple wins, including Anime Of The Year. Whatever the case, the 2025Crunchyroll Anime Awardswill undoubtedly be the biggest ones yet, and it will be great to see how it all plays out this May.
