Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Anime of the Year is the highest award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.

Yaoi sports anime Yuri on Ice by MAPPA first won the award in 2017. In its latest edition, the award was won by the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen by MAPPA, which also became the first anime to win the top prize twice. MAPPA received ten nominations and three wins for the award, the most of any studio to date. Wit Studio and Bones each received six and five nominations for the award respectively.

Multiple wins

 * 2 wins
 * Jujutsu Kaisen

Multiple nominations

 * 3 nominations
 * Jujutsu Kaisen
 * Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba


 * 2 nominations
 * Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
 * My Hero Academia
 * Mob Psycho 100
 * Attack on Titan
 * Ranking of Kings
 * Vinland Saga

Multiple wins

 * 4 awards
 * MAPPA

Multiple nominations
As of 2023, 50 nominations have been given to 24 different studios, of which there are 3 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 53 nominees so far. Only Bones, Wit Studio, and MAPPA, have received multiple nominations in one year, with Bones done it twice in 2016 and 2019.


 * 10 nominations
 * MAPPA
 * 6 nominations
 * Wit Studio
 * 5 nominations
 * Bones
 * 3 nominations
 * A-1 Pictures
 * Ufotable
 * CloverWorks
 * 2 nominations
 * Studio Deen
 * Orange
 * Science SARU
 * Madhouse
 * Studio Trigger