Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Romance
| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Romance | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best romance anime series of the previous year |
| Country |
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| First award | CloverWorks — Horimiya (2022) |
| Currently held by | CloverWorks — The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (2026) |
| Most wins |
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| Most nominations |
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| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Romance is a genre-specific award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its sixth edition in 2022. It is given for the best romance anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
Horimiya by CloverWorks first won the award in 2022.[2][3] In the latest edition in 2026, The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity by CloverWorks won the award.[4]
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.
2020s
Records
Anime series
| Franchise | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horimiya | 2 | Season 1, The Missing Pieces | |
| Blue Box | 1 | 2 | Season 1, Season 1 cour 2 |
| Komi Can't Communicate | 0 | Season 1, Season 2 | |
| My Dress-Up Darling | |||
| Ranma ½ | |||
Studios
CloverWorks received the most wins (3) and nominations (5). Horimiya tying with Blue Box, Komi Can't Communicate, My Dress-Up Darling, and Ranma ½ for the most nominations with 2, as well as having the most wins with 2 for an anime series. The remaining studios (A-1 Pictures and Telecom Animation Film) received a single award.
J.C.Staff, Liden Films, MAPPA, OLM, and Science SARU received the most nominations for an anime studio without a single win with 2. Komi Can't Communicate, My Dress-Up Darling, and Ranma ½ also did not win a single award.
| Studio | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloverWorks | 3 | 5 | Horimiya (Season 1, The Missing Pieces), My Dress-Up Darling (Season 1, Season 2), The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity |
| Telecom Animation Film | 1 | 3 | Blue Box (Season 1, Season 1 cour 2), Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro |
| A-1 Pictures | 2 | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (Ultra Romantic), Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! | |
| J.C.Staff | 0 | Honey Lemon Soda, The Duke of Death and His Maid | |
| Liden Films | Call of the Night, Insomniacs After School | ||
| MAPPA | Ranma ½ (Season 1, Season 2) | ||
| OLM | Komi Can't Communicate (Season 1, Season 2) | ||
| Science SARU | Dandadan (Season 2), Scott Pilgrim Takes Off |
References
- ↑ "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 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.
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
