Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Drama
| Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Drama | |
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| Awarded for | Best drama anime series of the previous year |
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| First award | A-1 Pictures — Erased (2017) |
| Currently held by | Madhouse — Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2025) |
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| Most nominations |
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| Website | Crunchyroll Anime Awards |
The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Drama is a genre-specific award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best drama anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]
Mystery anime Erased by A-1 Pictures first won the award in 2017.[2] In the latest edition in 2025, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Madhouse 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] | ||
| Erased | A-1 Pictures | |
| Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju | Studio Deen | |
| Joker Game | Production I.G | |
| Kiznaiver | Studio Trigger | |
| Most Popular "Other": Orange | TMS Entertainment | |
| 2017 (2nd) [5] | ||
| The Ancient Magus' Bride | Wit Studio | |
| ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. | Madhouse | |
| Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (season 2) | Studio Deen | |
| Made in Abyss | Kinema Citrus | |
| March Comes in Like a Lion (season 2) | Shaft | |
| Scum's Wish | Lerche | |
| 2019 (4th) [6][7] | ||
| Vinland Saga | Wit Studio | |
| Babylon | Revoroot | |
| Carole & Tuesday | Bones | |
| Fruits Basket | TMS Entertainment | |
| Stars Align | Eight Bit | |
| The Promised Neverland | CloverWorks |
2020s
Records
Anime series
| Franchise | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack on Titan | 2 | 2 | The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 |
| Fruits Basket | 1 | 3 | Season 1, Season 2, The Final Season |
| To Your Eternity | 2 | Season 1, Season 2 | |
| Vinland Saga | Season 1, Season 2 | ||
| 86 | 0 | Part 1, Part 2 | |
| Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju | Season 1, Season 2 | ||
| Made in Abyss | Season 1, The Golden City of the Scorching Sun | ||
| Oshi no Ko | Season 1, Season 2 |
Studios
Wit Studio holds the record for the most wins in an anime studio.
MAPPA also holds the record for the most wins, as well as being the most-nominated studio along with TMS Entertainment.
Doga Kobo and Kinema Citrus holds the record for the most nominations without a win in an anime studio.
Wit Studio and MAPPA were tied for the most wins in an anime studio with 2; the latter along with TMS Entertainment received the most nominations with 4. Attack on Titan became the only anime to win multiple awards. Fruits Basket, which was produced by TMS Entertainment, received the most nominations with 3; it won an award in 2021.
Doga Kobo and Kinema Citrus received the most nominations for an anime studio without a single win with 3. Four anime series (86, Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Made in Abyss and Oshi no Ko) have received two nominations, but they did not win a single award.
| Studio | Wins | Nominations | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAPPA | 2 | 4 | Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Dance Dance Danseur, Vinland Saga (Season 2) |
| Wit Studio | 3 | The Ancient Magus' Bride, Great Pretender, Vinland Saga (Season 1) | |
| TMS Entertainment | 1 | 4 | Fruits Basket (Season 1, Season 2, The Final Season), Orange |
| A-1 Pictures | 3 | 86 (Part 1, Part 2), Erased | |
| Madhouse | 2 | ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | |
| Doga Kobo | 0 | 3 | Oshi no Ko (Season 1, Season 2), Sing "Yesterday" for Me |
| Kinema Citrus | Made in Abyss (Season 1, The Golden City of the Scorching Sun), My Happy Marriage | ||
| CloverWorks | 2 | The Promised Neverland, Wonder Egg Priority | |
| OLM | The Apothecary Diaries, Odd Taxi | ||
| Studio Deen | Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (Season 1, Season 2) | ||
| Studio Trigger | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Kiznaiver | ||
| Production I.G | Heavenly Delusion, Joker Game |
References
- ^ "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Orsini, Lauren (January 10, 2020). "Here Are All The Nominees For The 2019 Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Forbes. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ Ramée, Jordan (February 15, 2020). "Every Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020 Winner, Including Anime Of The Year". GameSpot. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ Luster, Joseph (February 19, 2021). "Rewatch the 2021 Anime Awards Here (and Find Out Who Won!)". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on February 20, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 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.
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