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.

  • Crank@ani.socialEnglish
    4·
    19 hours ago

    Submitted my vote :) 2025 was really stacked. And it looks like 2026 will be too.

    Here are my nominations:

    2025 Anime Series of the Year

    • Takopi’s Original Sin
    • The Summer Hikaru Died
    • Apocalypse Hotel
    • Call of the Night 2nd Season
    • Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray

    2025 Anime Film of the Year

    • 100 Meters
    • Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage
    • Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
    • The Colors Within
    • Cocoon: Aru Natsu no Shoujo-tachi yori

    2025 Anime Character of the Year

    • Anko Uguisu (Call of the Night 2nd Season)
    • Yoshiki Tsujinaka (The Summer Hikaru Died)
    • Yachiyo (Apocalypse Hotel)
    • Oguri Cap (Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray)
    • Ponko (Apocalypse Hotel)
    • Belno Light (Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray)
    • Togashi (100 Meters)
    • Shizuka Kuze (Takopi’s Original Sin)

    Best Comedy

    • Apocalypse Hotel
    • KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3: Bonus Stage OVA
    • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Stairway to Adulthood-
    • A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof
    • From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!
    • Let’s Go Karaoke!
    • Spy x Family 3rd Season
    • CITY The Animation

    Best Drama

    • Takopi’s Original Sin
    • Apocalypse Hotel
    • The Summer Hikaru Died
    • 100 Meters
    • Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray
    • Call of the Night 2nd Season
    • Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage
    • Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary 2nd Season
    • Cocoon: Aru Natsu no Shoujo-tachi yori

    Best Fantasy/Adventure

    • Clevatess

    Best Romance

    • My Dress-Up Darling 2nd Season

    Best Slice of Life

    • The Colors Within
    • Ruri Rocks

    Best Action

    • Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
    • Dandadan 2nd Season
    • Solo Leveling 2nd Season

    Best Animation

    • Takopi’s Original Sin
    • CITY the Animation
    • My Dress-Up Darling 2nd Season
    • Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
    • Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage
    • 100 Meters

    Best Soundtrack

    • Lazarus
    • Takopi’s Original Sin
    • Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
    • The Summer Hikaru Died
    • 100 Meters

    Best Voice Acting (specific role in any language)

    • Miyuki Sawashiro (Anko Uguisu) from Call of the Night 2nd Season
    • Aoi Yuuki (Maomao) from The Apothecary Diaries 2nd Season
    • Reina Ueda (Shizuka Kuze) from Takopi’s Original Sin
    • Kenjirou Tsuda (Nowak) from Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
    • Shion Wakayama (Momo Ayase) from Dandadan 2nd Season

    Best Musical Sequence (OP/ED or insert song)

    • Kaseijin by Yorushika (Shoshimin 2nd Season) OP1v2
    • Mirage by Creepy Nuts (Call of the Night 2nd Season) OP
    • Watch me! by YOASOBI (Witch Watch) OP
    • IRIS OUT by Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc) OP
    • Feel by Hitsujibungaku (Silent Witch) OP
    • Hello by Furui Riho (CITY the Animation) OP
    • Ao to Kirameki by Spira Spica (My Dress-Up Darling 2nd Season) OP
    • SugaRiddle by Nagi Yanagi (Shoshimin 2nd Season) ED
    • Lucky by TOMOO (CITY the Animation) ED1
    • Doukashiteru by WurtS (Dandadan 2nd Season) ED
    • Happy Lucky Chappy by ano (Takopi’s Original Sin) OP
    • Garasu no Sen by Tele (Takopi’s Original Sin) ED
    • skirt by aiko (Apocalypse Hotel) OP