{"id":691835,"date":"2026-05-24T16:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691835\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:59:15","slug":"crunchyroll-anime-awards-2026-winners-my-hero-academia-final-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/691835\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 Winners: ‘My Hero Academia Final Season’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cMy Hero Academia<\/a> Final Season\u201d took home the top prize for Anime of the Year at the 10th Crunchyroll<\/a> Anime Awards, held on Saturday, May 23, in Tokyo. <\/p>\n

\n\tVoice actress Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira were back for the fourth year in a row to host the event; guest presenters included The Weeknd, who announced the anime of the year category. Other presenters included actor Asuka Saito, K-pop artist BamBam, cosplayer Enako, actor Kasumi Arimura; comedic duo Mitorizu, actor Nanase Nishino, Brazilian esports and gaming host Nyvi Estephan, pan-India star Rashmika Mandanna; the Wu-Tang Clan\u2019s RZA; K-pop singer and dancer TEN, actor Winston Duke and recording artist Young Miko.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, arranged by Kazunori Miyake and conducted by Hirofumi Kurita, opened the night. Other performances included Dean Fujioka, Yoko Takahashi, Pornograffitti and Asian Kung-Fu Generation.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso during the event, director Tatsuya Nagamine was honored with the Global Impact Award for his work on projects such as \u201cOjamajo Doremi,\u201d \u201cPreCure,\u201d \u201cDragon Ball Super\u201d and \u201cOne Piece.\u201d Animator Masayuki Sato (\u201cHappiness Charge PreCure!,\u201d \u201cOne Piece\u201d) accepted the award on Nagamine-san\u2019s behalf. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards<\/a> Winners\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anime of the Year \u2013 \u201cMy Hero Academia Final Season\u201d<\/p>\n

Film of the Year \u2013 \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Original Anime \u2013 \u201cLazarus\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Continuing Series \u2013 \u201cOne Piece\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

Best New Series \u2013 Gachiakuta<\/p>\n

Best Opening Sequence\u00a0 \u2013 On The Way \u2013 AiNA THE END \u2013 \u201cDan Da Dan Season 2\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Ending Sequence \u2013 I \u2014 BUMP OF CHICKEN \u2014 \u201cMy Hero Academia Final Season\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Action \u2013 \u201cSolo Leveling Season 2 \u2013 Arise from the Shadow\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Comedy \u2013 \u201cDan Da Dan Season 2\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Drama \u2013 \u201cThe Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Isekai Anime \u2013 \u201cRe:ZERO \u2013 Starting Life in Another World- Season 3\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Romance \u2013 \u201cThe Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Slice of Life \u2013 \u201cSpy x Family Season 3\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Animation \u2013 \u201cSolo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Background Art \u2013 \u201cGachiakuta\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Character Design \u2013 \u201cGachiakuta\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Director \u2013 Akinori Fudesaka, Norihiro Naganuma \u2014 \u201cThe Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Main Character \u2013 Maomao \u2014 \u201cThe Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Supporting Character \u2013 Katsuki Bakugo \u2014 \u201cMy Hero Academia Final Season\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMust Protect At All Cost\u201d Character \u2013 Anya Forger \u2014 \u201cSpy x Family Season 3\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Anime Song \u2013 IRIS OUT \u2014 Kenshi Yonezu \u2014 \u201cChainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Score \u2013 \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d \u2014 Yuki Kajiura, Go Shiina<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) \u2013 Aoi Yuki \u2014 Maomao \u2014 \u201cThe Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (English) \u2013 Lucien Dodge \u2014 Akaza \u2014 \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (Arabic) \u2013 Tariq Obaid \u2014 Taro Sakamoto \u2014 \u201cSakamoto Days\u201d <\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (Brazilian Portuguese) \u2013 Charles Emmanuel \u2014 Akaza \u2014 \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (Castilian Spanish) \u2013 Carles Teruel \u2014 Akaza \u2014 \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (French) \u2013 Bastien Bourl\u00e9 \u2014 Izuku Midoriya \u2014 \u201cMy Hero Academia Final Season\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (German) \u2013 Gerrit Schmidt\u2014Fo\u00df \u2014 Akaza \u2014 \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (Hindi) \u2013 Abhishek Sharma \u2014 Jinshi \u2014 \u201cThe Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)\u201d<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (Italian) \u2013 Mos\u00e8 Singh \u2014 Denji \u2014 Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc<\/p>\n

Best Voice Artist Performance (Latin Spanish) \u2013 Jose Antonio Toledano \u2014 Akaza \u2014 \u201cDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to Crunchyroll, 73 million votes were cast by fans worldwide for the Anime Awards, a new record. The top most engaged countries this year were Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico and the United States.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 10th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards will be available to stream shortly on Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll\u2019s YouTube Channel, along with Sony Group Corp Global and Japan YouTube channels.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMy Hero Academia Final Season\u201d took home the top prize for Anime of the Year at the 10th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,78266,337571,134,196515,427],"class_list":["post-691835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-crunchyroll","tag-crunchyroll-anime-awards","tag-entertainment","tag-my-hero-academia","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}