Crunchyroll has announced the nominees for the 9th annual "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025," one of the largest celebrations of anime in the world, and has opened general voting today. Anime fans worldwide—including those in Japan—can vote daily for their favorite anime series, creators, and cast members via the official Crunchyroll Anime Awards website. Voting will close at 3:59 p.m. JST on April 15, with winners announced at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 ceremony on May 25.

A complete list of nominees and cast can be viewed on the official Crunchyroll Anime Awards website.

Crunchyroll has also announced domestic and international guest presenters who will appear at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 ceremony. Sony Group Corporation CEO Hiroki Totoki will deliver the opening remarks. Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira will return as hosts, marking their third consecutive appearance.

About the Crunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is an annual awards event celebrating the creators, musicians, and cast driving the anime industry forward. The 9th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 ceremony will take place on May 25 at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, with a worldwide livestream broadcast. Sony Music Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), and U.S.-based Dempsey Productions will jointly produce the event.

About Eligibility Criteria

From 2025, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards has updated its selection criteria and voting period to clearly define eligible works and moved the ceremony date from March to May.

The new eligibility criteria require at least one episode of a series to have aired or streamed online legally in Japan between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year, and at least one episode must also have streamed legally outside Japan within the preceding year.

For the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards only, eligible entries include anime from the five seasons between October 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024. This special measure ensures no eligible works or creators are overlooked due to the schedule adjustment.

Source : PR Times