Overview
- The 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards nominees, which were announced Thursday, set up a May 23 ceremony in Tokyo.
- Fans can vote once per day through April 15 on the official site, after a jury set each six‑title shortlist and before judges and fans together pick the winners.
- The Anime of the Year lineup features The Apothecary Diaries S2, DAN DA DAN S2, Gachiakuta, My Hero Academia Final Season, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Takopi’s Original Sin.
- Movie of the Year nominees are 100 Meters, Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Infinity Castle, Mononoke the Movie: Chapter II — The Ashes of Rage, The Rose of Versailles, and Scarlet.
- The Tokyo gala at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa will include performances by Dean Fujioka, PORNOGRAFFITTI and Asian Kung‑Fu Generation, plus a 30th‑anniversary Neon Genesis Evangelion tribute by Yoko Takahashi with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.