All the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Award nominations

Crunchyroll's Anime Awards is turning 10 this year, and the competition is fierce. The full list of nominees was announced on April 2, revealing the contenders for titles like "Anime of the Year," "Film of the Year," "Best Original Anime," and more. Voting is open now and runs through April 15, giving fans two weeks to catch-up on any anime they missed last year before making their choice.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

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

Ranma1/2 Season2

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

Ranma1/2 Season2

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 — Lilas Ikuta — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

IRIS OUT — Kenshi Yonezu — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

JANE DOE — Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

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-

Watch Me! — 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 — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

Chiaki Kobayashi — Yoshiki Tsujinaka — The Summer Hikaru Died

Daiki Yamashita — Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Kikunosuke Toya — Denji — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Mayumi Tanaka — Monkey D. Luffy — ONE PIECE

Reina Ueda — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Best Voice Artist Performance (English)

Alexis Tipton — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Emi Lo — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

Justin Briner — Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Lucien Dodge — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

Morgan Berry — Shiori Fuyumura — SANDA

Paul Castro Jr. — Hikaru Indou — The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Voice Artist Performance (Arabic)

Hamoud Abu Hassoun — Loid Forger (Childhood) — SPY x FAMILY Season 3

Tariq Obaid — Taro Sakamoto — SAKAMOTO DAYS

Moataz El—Shazly — Heisuke Mashimo — SAKAMOTO DAYS

Raafat Bazo — Yuri Briar — SPY x FAMILY Season 3

Fatima Zakaria — Osaragi — SAKAMOTO DAYS

Ghada Omar — Yor Forger — SPY x FAMILY Season 3

Best Voice Artist Performance (Brazilian Portuguese)

Bruno Sangregório — Levi Ackerman — Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK

Charles Emmanuel — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

Erick Bougleux — Zanka Nijiku — Gachiakuta

Fabio Lucindo — Katsuki Bakugo — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Gigi Patta — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

Ursula Bezerra — Son Goku — Dragon Ball DAIMA

Best Voice Artist Performance (Castilian Spanish)

Adrián Pineda — Rudo — Gachiakuta

Carles Teruel — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

Cristina Peña — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Joel Gómez Jiménez — Okarun — DAN DA DAN Season 2

Marisa Marciel — Nami — ONE PIECE

Marta Barbará — Kaoruko Waguri — The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

Best Voice Artist Performance (French)

Bastien Bourlé — Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Bruno Mullenaerts — Enjin — Gachiakuta

Catherine Hanotiau — Nico Wakatsuki — WITCH WATCH

Clara Soares — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Jonathan Gimbord — Hikaru — The Summer Hikaru Died

Véronique Augereau — Seiko — DAN DA DAN Season 2

Best Voice Artist Performance (German)

Dirk Bublies — Kogoro Mori — Detective Conan: One—eyed Flashback

Gerrit Schmidt—Foß — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

Laurine Betz — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Magdalena Höfner — Kiui Watase — Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night

Markus Feustel — Rudo — Gachiakuta

Patricia Strasburger — Nico Wakatsuki — WITCH WATCH

Best Voice Artist Performance (Hindi)

Abhishek Sharma — Jinshi — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

Akshita Mishra — Koyuki — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

Heena Malik — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Merlyn James — Anya Forger — SPY x FAMILY Season 3

Rajesh Shukla — Sung Jinwoo — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-

Shilpie Pandey — Lufas Maphaahl — A Wild Last Boss Appeared!

Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian)

Katia Sorrentino — Momo — DAN DA DAN Season 2

Leonardo Graziano — Naruto Uzumaki — BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE

Luna Fogu — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

Martina Tamburello — Kikoru Shinomiya — Kaiju No. 8

Mosè Singh — Denji — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Simone Lupinacci — Izuku Midoriya — My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Best Voice Artist Performance (Latin Spanish)

Desireé González — Maomao — The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

Dion González — Rudo — Gachiakuta

Erika Langarica — Marin Kitagawa — My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

Fernando Moctezuma — Sung Jinwoo — Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-

Jessica Ángeles — Reze — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Jose Antonio Toledano — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle