Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series
| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series | |
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| Awarded for | Best ongoing anime series of the previous year |
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| First award | Shaft — March Comes in Like a Lion (2018) |
| Currently held by | Ufotable — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (2025) |
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| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series is a series award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best ongoing anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
Coming-of-age romantic anime March Comes in Like a Lion by Shaft first won the award in 2017.[2] Toei Animation's flagship series One Piece won the award in 2023 and 2024, making both the first anime studio and series to win the award multiple times, consecutively. Toei Animation also received the most wins (3) and nominations (6) for an anime studio, along with One Piece also received the most.
In the latest edition in 2025, the fourth season's Hashira Training Arc of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Ufotable 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 (2nd) [4] | ||
| March Comes in Like a Lion | Shaft | |
| All Out!! | Madhouse/TMS Entertainment | |
| Case Closed | TMS Entertainment | |
| Dragon Ball Super | Toei Animation | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans | Sunrise | |
| Naruto Shippuden | Pierrot | |
| 2018 (3rd) [5] | ||
| Dragon Ball Super | Toei Animation | |
| The Ancient Magus' Bride | Wit Studio | |
| Black Clover | Pierrot | |
| Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | ||
| March Comes in Like a Lion | Shaft | |
| One Piece | Toei Animation |
2020s
Records
Anime series
| Franchise | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Piece | 2 | 4 | — |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 1 | 3 | Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc |
| Dragon Ball Super | 2 | — | |
| March Comes in Like a Lion | Season 1, Season 2 | ||
| Attack on Titan | 0 | The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 | |
| Spy × Family | Season 1 cour 2, Season 2 |
Studios
As of 2024, 30 nominations have been given to 16 different studios, of which there are 3 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 33 nominees so far. Only TMS Entertainment, Pierrot, Toei Animation, and MAPPA, have received multiple nominations in one year. MAPPA has the most nominations for a single year with three in 2023.
Toei Animation received the most wins (3) and nominations (6) for an anime studio, with One Piece became the only anime to win multiple awards.
| Studio | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toei Animation | 3 | 6 | Dragon Ball Super, One Piece |
| Shaft | 1 | 2 | March Comes in Like a Lion (Season 1, Season 2) |
| Ufotable | 3 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc) | |
| MAPPA | 0 | 4 | Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 2), Vinland Saga (Season 2) |
| Pierrot | Black Clover, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (The Conflict), Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Naruto Shippuden | ||
| Wit Studio | 3 | The Ancient Magus' Bride, Spy × Family (Season 1 cour 2, Season 2) | |
| CloverWorks | 2 | Spy × Family (Season 1 cour 2, Season 2) | |
| TMS Entertainment | All Out!!, Case Closed |
References
- ^ "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ "Yuri!!! on ICE Wins Anime of the Year in Crunchyroll's First-Ever Anime Awards". GlobeNewswire. January 30, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Jones, Jordan (February 25, 2018). "Crunchyroll's 2017 Anime Awards Recap and Winners". Geeks of Color. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ Schley, Matt (February 17, 2019). "Devilman Crybaby Wins Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Otaku USA Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ 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.
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