DAN DA DAN and Gachiakuta Lead Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 Nominations
crunchyroll anime awards 2026 moved into view with Crunchyroll unveiling the full nominee list for the 10th annual ceremony. DAN DA DAN Season 2 and Gachiakuta sit at the front of the slate, a sign that newer series are being pushed directly into the awards’ highest-profile races.
Both titles are nominated for Anime of the Year and Best New Series, and both will be judged against The Apothecary Diaries season 2 and The Summer Hikaru Died in the top categories. That puts a newer wave of titles in the same lane as more established names, which is the real business story in a field that can still default to familiar franchises.
Tokyo on May 23, 2026
The 10th annual Anime Awards will take place live at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo on Saturday, May 23, 2026. For viewers tracking the race, the full nominee list is now the map: the headline series are clear, and the ceremony location and date are locked in.
Science SARU’s DAN DA DAN Season 2 and bones’ Gachiakuta lead the nominations, while Mappa’s Lazarus, Wit Studio’s Moonrise, DIGIMON BEATBREAK, and ZENSHU are in Best Original Anime. The slate shows the awards are not limiting the top categories to long-running blockbusters.
Voice Races Beyond Anime of the Year
Emi Lo is in the premier English Voice Performance tier for Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries, and Alexis Tipton is there for Reze in Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc. Rajesh Shukla appears in the Hindi voice performance brackets for Sung Jinwoo, widening the field beyond the headline anime titles.
The music field is broad too. Gachiakuta’s theme song is 1.HUGs by Paledusk, My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON uses THE REVO by PORNOGRAFFITTI, Solo Leveling Season 2 has ReawakeR by LiSA feat. Felix, and Call of the Night Season 2 is represented by Mirage by Creepy Nuts.
The 10th Annual Field
The nomination list makes the clearest point in the whole rollout: newer series are no longer separate from the prestige tier, they are sitting inside it. If voters follow the slate the way it is framed, this year’s Anime Awards will measure how much room there is left for fresh titles alongside the names that usually dominate the conversation.
