Crunchyroll Anime Award for Film of the Year
| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Film of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best anime film of the previous year |
| Country |
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| First award | CoMix Wave Films — Your Name (2018) |
| Currently held by | Ufotable — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (2026) |
| Most wins |
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| Most nominations |
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| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Film of the Year is a penultimate award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best anime film from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
Makoto Shinkai and CoMix Wave Films's Your Name first won the award in 2018, which also awarded Suzume for the second time in 2023, the first film director and animation studio to win twice.[2][3] MAPPA and Toei Animation holds their record for the most nominations, while the latter has the most nominations without a win with four. Bones Films' My Hero Academia, together with Ufotable's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Shinkai's Disaster trilogy,[4] and Twin Engine's Mononoke, have the most nominations for a film franchise with two.
Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu's Mirai is the first (and so far, only) film ever to rarely received nominations of Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Crunchyroll Anime Award for Film of the Year at the same time.[2][5] For his direction of Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Sunghoo Park is the first non-Japanese to win the award in 2022.
In the latest edition in 2026, Ufotable's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle won the award.[6]
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 | Director(s) | Studio(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 (2nd) [7] | |||
| Your Name | Makoto Shinkai | CoMix Wave Films | |
| A Silent Voice | Naoko Yamada | Kyoto Animation | |
| Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower | Tomonori Sudō | Ufotable | |
| Girls und Panzer der Film | Tsutomu Mizushima | Actas | |
| In This Corner of the World | Sunao Katabuchi | MAPPA | |
| Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen | Shaft | ||
| 2018 (3rd) [2] | |||
| My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | Kenji Nagasaki | Bones | |
| Fireworks |
|
Shaft | |
| Liz and the Blue Bird | Naoko Yamada | Kyoto Animation | |
| Mazinger Z: Infinity | Junji Shimizu | Toei Animation | |
| Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda | Studio Chizu | |
| The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl | Masaaki Yuasa | Science SARU | |
2020s
Records
Studios
Directors
| Franchise | Wins | Nominations | Films |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makoto Shinkai | 2 | Suzume, Your Name | |
| Haruo Sotozaki | Infinity Castle, Mugen Train | ||
| Mamoru Hosoda | 0 | 3 | Belle, Mirai, Scarlet |
| Naoko Yamada | A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, The Colors Within | ||
| Akiyuki Shinbo | 2 | Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen, Fireworks | |
| Masaaki Yuasa | The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl, Inu-Oh | ||
Franchises
| Franchise | Wins | Nominations | Films |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 2 | Infinity Castle, Mugen Train | |
| Disaster trilogy | Your Name, Suzume | ||
| My Hero Academia | 1 | 2 | Two Heroes, You're Next |
| Mononoke | 0 | Phantom in the Rain, The Ashes of Rage | |
Notes
- ↑ Chief Director (総監督).
- ↑ Chief Director (総監督).
- ↑ Assistant Director (副監督). See the Shaft director credits legend.
References
- ↑ "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- 1 2 3 Schley, Matt (February 17, 2019). "Devilman Crybaby Wins Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Otaku USA Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Desowitz, Bill (2023-04-13). "Makoto Shinkai Gets Personal in Completing His Anime Disaster Trilogy with 'Suzume'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
- ↑ "91st Oscars® nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
