Anime Awards 2026 winners: Demon Slayer and My Hero Academia reign supreme

Anime's biggest night of the year has come to a close. Crunchyroll's 2026 Anime Awards were filled with shocks, surprises, and the ultimate announcement for who took home Anime of the Year in a crowded lineup that featured the likes of Dan Da Dan, The Apothecary Diaries, and The Summer Hikaru Died.

Below, we will guide you through the winners of all major categories from Tokyo as Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer and 100 Meters also duked it out for the fiercely competitive Film of the Year award. Plus, whether you like your isekai or are more in love with romance, we have all genre awards and English/Japanese voice performance awards waiting for you. It's all just a scroll away.

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Anime Awards 2026 winners: the main list

Ahead, you'll find all of the 2026 10th Anime Awards winners from the major categories.

Anime of the Year

• Dan Da Dan season 2
• Gachiakuta
• My Hero Academia Final Season - WINNER
• Takopi's Original Sin
• The Apothecary Diaries season 2
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Continuing Series

• Dan Da Dan season 2
• Kaiju No. 8
• My Hero Academia Final Season
• One Piece - WINNER
• Solo Leveling season 2
• Spy x Family season 3

Best New Series

• Clevatess
• Gachiakuta - WINNER
• Sakamoto Days
• Takopi's Original Sin
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Film of the Year

• 100 Meters
• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Demon Slayer Infinity Castle - WINNER
• Mononoke the Movie: Chapter 2 — The Ashes of Rage
• Scarlet
• The Rose of Versailles

Best Original Anime

• Apocalypse Hotel
• Digimon Beatbreak
• Lazarus - WINNER
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
• Moonrise
• Zenshu

Best Animation

• Dan Da Dan season 2
• Gachiakuta
• My Hero Academia Final Season
• One Piece
• Solo Leveling season 2 - WINNER
• Takopi's Original Sin

Best Action

• Dan Da Dan season 2
• Gachiakuta
• Kaiju No. 8
• My Hero Academia Final Season
• One Piece
• Solo Leveling Season 2 - WINNER

Best Comedy

• City: The Animation
• Dan Da Dan season 2 - WINNER
• My Dress-Up Darling season 2
• Ranma 1/2 season 2
• 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 - WINNER
• The Summer Hikaru Died

Best Isekai

• 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!
• ReZero: Starting Life in Another World season 3 - WINNER
• Zenshu

Best Romance

• Blue Box
• Dan Da Dan season 2
• Honey Lemon Soda
• My Dress-Up Darling season 2
• Ranma 1/2 season 2
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity - WINNER

Best Slice of Life

• Anne Shirley
• Blue Box
• City: The Animation
• My Dress-Up Darling season 2
• Spy x Family season 3 - WINNER
• The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

Best VA Performance (Japanese)

• Aoi Yuki (The Apothecary Diaries) - WINNER
• Chiaki Kobayashi (The Summer Hikaru Died)
• Daiki Yamashita (My Hero Academia)
• Kikunosuke Toya (Chainsaw Man)
• Mayumi Tanaka (One Piece)
• Reina Ueda (Chainsaw Man)

Best VA Performance (English)

• Alexis Tipton (Chainsaw Man)
• Emi Lo (The Apothecary Diaries)
• Justin Briner (My Hero Academia)
• Lucien Dodge (Demon Slayer) - WINNER
• Morgan Barry (Sanda)
• Paul Castro Jr. (The Summer Hikaru Died)

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