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The last season of My hero academy It won the prestigious Anime of the Year award and became a massive global hit Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle The film won the Best Movie of the Year award at the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards held on Saturday night in Tokyo, Japan.
Organizers said 73 million anime fans around the world voted for this year’s Crunchyroll Awards, surpassing 2025’s record of 51 million, and another sign of anime’s explosive growth globally.
Another indicator of the cultural influence of anime, superstar singer, and big anime fan, The Weeknd presented My hero academy The team wins the Anime of the Year award. In total, the final season of Bones Film won four awards, including Anime of the Year, Best Series Finale, and Best Supporting Character.
Other international celebrities attending the awards ceremony who walked the distinctive orange carpet included Wu-Tang Clan’s own RZA, Black Panther Actor Winston Duke, Grammy-nominated rapper Young Miko, K-pop artists Bambam and Ten, Japanese actors Asuka Saito, Kasumi Arimura, and Nanase Nishino, and Indian actress Rashmika Mandanna. The awards were hosted by Lauren Moore and Tim Liu alongside YouTube creator Gigguk.
Demon SlayerThe Sony/Crunchyroll film, which broke records with a box office haul of $781 million, took home the most awards, seven overall, but five of them were in different language artistic performance categories. In the main categories, Demon Slayer It received the award for Best Score along with the prestigious Film of the Year award.
Toho Animation Studio/OLM’s second season Pharmacy diary It won four awards, including Best Drama, Best Director and Best Main Character for the dazzling hero Maomao.
Bones Film is based on the dystopian manga by Kei Urana Gachiakota It won three important awards, including Best New Series, Best Background Art, and Best Character Design. A second season of the show is in the works.
Photo A-1′ Single settlementwhich was the big winner at the 2025 edition of the Crunchyroll Awards, won two awards for its second season, including Best Action and Best Animation.
Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 Winners
Anime of the year – My hero academy (final season)
Movie of the year – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Best original anime – Lazarus
Best Continuing Series – one piece
Best New Series – Gachiakota
Best opening sequence – On the road – Where is the end? – Dan da dan (Season 2)
Best ending sequence – I – chicken bump – My hero academy (final season)
Best work – Single settlement (Season 2) – Rise from the shadows
Best Comedy – Dan da dan (Season 2)
Best Drama – Pharmacy diary (Season 2)
Best Isekai Anime – Re: Zero – starting life in another world– (Season 3)
Best romance – The fragrant flower blooms with dignity
Best slice of life – Spy × Family (Season 3)
Best Animation – Single settlement Season 2 – Rise from the Shadows –
Best background art – Gachiakota
Best Character Design – Gacciacotta
Best Director – Akinori Fudisaka, Norihiro Naganuma – Pharmacy diary (Season 2)
Best Main Character – Maomao – Pharmacy diary (Season 2)
Best Supporting Character – Katsuki Bakugou – My hero academy (final season)
Personality “Must be protected at all costs” – Anya Forger – Spy × Family (Season 3)
Best Anime Song – “IRIS OUT” – Kenshi Yonezu – Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
Best result – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle – Yuki Kajiura, go Shiina
Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) – Aoi Yuki – Maomao – Pharmacy diary (Season 2)
Best Voice Artist Performance (English) – Lucian Dodge — AKAZA — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Best Voice Artist Performance (Arabic) – Tariq Obaid – Taro Sakamoto – Sakamoto days
Best Voice Artist Performance (Brazilian Portuguese) – Charles Emmanuel – Acaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Best Voice Artist Performance (Castilian Spanish) – Carles Teruel – Acaza – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Best Voice Artist Performance (in French) – Bastien Bourlé – Izuku Midoriya – My hero academy (final season)
Best Voice Artist Performance (German) – Gerrit Schmidt — Voss — Akaza — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Best Performance by a Voice Artist (Indian) – Abhishek Sharma – Jinshi – Pharmacy diary (Season 2)
Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian) – Mosi Singh – Denji – Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
Best Voice Artist Performance (Latin Spanish) – José Antonio Toledano – ACAZA — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
