Hello !anime@ani.social! I am happy to announce that nominations are now open for the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards! I have included a list of the award categories below, so take some time and think about shows/movies that you think are worthy of your vote. To submit a nomination, send a private message to @kurisu@ani.social that says !nominate and she will send you a template for you to fill out (she checks every 5 minutes). Feel free to nominate as many items (or as few) as you want in each category. Also, in this nomination phase, if you submit an additional nomination ballot, then the new nominations will just be added to your previous ones. So, feel free to resubmit the form again to include those shows that you forgot about!

Anime Award Categories

Overall Best

  • 2025 Anime Series of the Year
  • 2025 Anime Film of the Year
  • 2025 Anime Character of the Year

Genres

  • Best Comedy
  • Best Drama
  • Best Fantasy/Adventure
  • Best Romance
  • Best Slice of Life
  • Best Action

Production

  • Best Animation
  • Best Soundtrack
  • Best Voice Acting (specific role in any language)
  • Best Musical Sequence (OP/ED or insert song)

I have tried to pre-emptively answer some questions in the comments below. Let me know if you have any other questions/feedback!

Edit: thanks to @Crank@ani.social for the donated graphics.

  • Endmaker@ani.socialEnglish
    3·
    17 hours ago

    Submitted!

    Here are my nominations if anyone is interested in comparing tastes.

    my nominations

    2025 Anime Series of the Year

    (sequels are excluded just because)

    • Dragonite and the Postman
    • Medalist
    • Takopi’s Original Sin
    • The Summer Hikaru Died
    • Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
    • Wandance

    2025 Anime Film of the Year

    • 100 METERS
    • Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

    2025 Anime Character of the Year

    • Inori (Medalist)
    • Oguri Cap (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray)

    Best Comedy

    • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Stairway to Adulthood-
    • KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 -BONUS STAGE-
    • Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time-
    • The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2

    Best Drama

    • Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -
    • Medalist
    • Takopi’s Original Sin
    • The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
    • The Summer Hikaru Died
    • Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
    • Wandance

    Best Fantasy/Adventure

    • Dragonite and the Postman
    • KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 -BONUS STAGE-
    • Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express

    Best Romance

    • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Stairway to Adulthood-
    • There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless…

    Best Slice of Life

    • Apocalypse Hotel
    • Dragonite and the Postman
    • SPY x FAMILY Season 3

    Best Action

    • Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
    • My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

    Best Animation

    • Dragonite and the Postman
    • Medalist

    Best Soundtrack

    • Dragonite and the Postman
    • Medalist
    • Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
    • Wandance

    Best Voice Acting (specific role in any language)

    • Uchiyama Kouki (as Kotani Kaboku in Wandance; he pulled off the stutter perfectly IMO)

    Best Musical Sequence (OP/ED or insert song)

    • Bow and Arrow (OP for Medalist OP)
    • Hibi no Kage (insert song for The Summer Hikaru Died)
    • Mugen (ED for Umamusume: Cinderella Gray)
    • Muri Muri Evolution (OP for There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless…)
    • Stare in Wonder (OP for Wandance)
    • Unmei (ED for The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2)

    P.S. I predict that the anime of the year would also win the best drama category.