Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Action
| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Action | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best action anime series of the previous year |
| Country |
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| First award | Bones — Mob Psycho 100 (2017) |
| Currently held by | A-1 Pictures — Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (2026) |
| Most wins |
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| Most nominations |
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| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Action is a genre-specific award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best action anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
Mob Psycho 100 by Bones first won the award in 2017.[2] In the latest edition in 2026, the second season's Arise from the Shadow of Solo Leveling by A-1 Pictures won the award.[3]
Winners and nominees
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
2010s
| Year | Anime | Studio(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 (1st) [4][2] | ||
| Mob Psycho 100 | Bones | |
| My Hero Academia | Bones | |
| Drifters | Hoods Entertainment | |
| Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress | Wit Studio | |
| Most Popular "Other": JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (season 3) | David Production | |
| 2017 (2nd) [5] | ||
| My Hero Academia (season 2) | Bones | |
| Attack on Titan (season 2) | Wit Studio | |
| Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (season 2) | Bones | |
| Fate/Apocrypha | A-1 Pictures | |
| Land of the Lustrous | Orange | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (season 2) | Sunrise | |
2020s
| Year | Anime | Studio(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 (6th) [6][7] | ||
| Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) | MAPPA | |
| Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 (season 4) | MAPPA | |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (season 2) | Ufotable | |
| SSSS.Dynazenon | Studio Trigger | |
| Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song | Wit Studio | |
| Wonder Egg Priority | CloverWorks | |
| 2021/2022 (7th) [8][9] | ||
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2) | Ufotable | |
| Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) | MAPPA | |
| Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | Studio Trigger and CD Projekt | |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (season 5) | David Production | |
| Lycoris Recoil | A-1 Pictures | |
| Spy × Family | Wit Studio and CloverWorks | |
| 2022/2023 (8th) [10][11] | ||
| Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) | MAPPA | |
| Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3) | MAPPA | |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Separation | Pierrot | |
| Chainsaw Man | MAPPA | |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3) | Ufotable | |
| One Piece | Toei Animation | |
| 2023/2024 (9th) [12][13] | ||
| Solo Leveling | A-1 Pictures | |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict | Pierrot Films | |
| Dandadan | Science SARU | |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4) | Ufotable | |
| Kaiju No. 8 | Production I.G | |
| Wind Breaker | CloverWorks | |
| 2025 (10th) [14][3] | ||
| Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (season 2) | A-1 Pictures | |
| Dandadan (season 2) | Science SARU | |
| Gachiakuta | Bones Film | |
| Kaiju No. 8 (season 2) | Production I.G | |
| My Hero Academia: Final Season (season 8) | Bones Film | |
| One Piece | Toei Animation |
Records
Anime series
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Jujutsu Kaisen holds the record for the most wins in an anime series.
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Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba holds the record for the most nominations, while the former has the most nominations without a win in an anime series.
| Franchise | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jujutsu Kaisen | 2 | Season 1 cour 2, Season 2 | |
| Solo Leveling | Season 1, Arise from the Shadow | ||
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 1 | 4 | Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc |
| My Hero Academia | 3 | Season 1, Season 2, Final Season | |
| Attack on Titan | 0 | 4 | Season 2, The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 |
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | 2 | The Separation, The Conflict | |
| Dandadan | Season 1, Season 2 | ||
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Diamond is Unbreakable, Stone Ocean | ||
| Kaiju No. 8 | Season 1, Season 2 | ||
| One Piece | |||
Studios
Bones Film and MAPPA holds the record for the most wins and nominations in an anime studio.
Wit Studio holds the record for the most nominations without a win in an anime studio.
Bones Film and MAPPA received the most wins (2) and nominations (6) for an anime studio, with Jujutsu Kaisen becoming the first anime to win multiple awards. Bones Film also won two awards; both Mob Psycho 100 and the second-season of My Hero Academia received wins. Ufotable received a single award.
Wit Studio received the most nominations for an anime studio without a single win with 4. Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba received four nominations, but the former did not win a single award.
References
- ↑ "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- 1 2 "Yuri!!! on ICE Wins Anime of the Year in Crunchyroll's First-Ever Anime Awards". GlobeNewswire. January 30, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- 1 2 Hazra, Adriana (May 23, 2026). "Winners of The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 23, 2026. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Anime of the Year". The Anime Awards (theanimeawards.com). Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ↑ Jones, Jordan (February 25, 2018). "Crunchyroll's 2017 Anime Awards Recap and Winners". Geeks of Color. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ↑ Schneider, Michael (January 18, 2022). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Nominations Include '86 Eighty-Six,' 'Jujutsu Kaisen,' 'Oddtaxi' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ↑ Goslin, Austen (February 9, 2022). "Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 wins top prize at Crunchyroll's Anime Awards". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ↑ Eisenbeis, Richard (March 4, 2023). "All the Winners of the 7th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ↑ Patches, Matt (March 4, 2023). "Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year". Polygon. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ↑ Mateo, Alex (January 17, 2024). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2024 Nominees". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
- ↑ Hazra, Adriana (March 2, 2024). "All the Winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (April 3, 2025). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominations Revealed". Deadline. Archived from the original on April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
- ↑ Grein, Paul (May 25, 2025). "Crunchyroll Reveals 2025 Anime Awards Winners: Full List". Billboard. Tokyo. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ Mateo, Alex (April 2, 2026). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2026 Nominees". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 2, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
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