I am pleased to announce the nominees for the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards. You can see a full list of the nominees in each category below. To receive a ballot with voting instructions, send a private message that says !ballot to @kurisu@ani.social. She checks for new messages every five minutes. I have tried to pre-emptively answer some questions in a comment below.

Without further ado, here are your nominees:

2025 Anime Series of the Year

• CITY The Animation
• Apocalypse Hotel
• The Summer Hikaru Died
• Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
• Dan Da Dan Season 2

2025 Anime Film of the Year

• cocoon: Aru Natsu no Shoujo-tachi Yori
• 100 Meters
• The Colors Within
• Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage
• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

2025 Anime Character of the Year

• Oguri Cap (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray)
• Yoshiki Tsujinaka (The Summer Hikaru Died)
• Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
• Yachiyo (Apocalypse Hotel)
• Renako Amaori (There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless…)
• Izumi Wako (City the Animation)

Best Comedy

• The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2
• A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof
• Apocalypse Hotel
• Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express
• From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!
• City the Animation

Best Drama

• Medalist
• The Summer Hikaru Died
• Takopi’s Original Sin
• Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
• The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
• SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Season 2

Best Fantasy/Adventure

• Clevatess
• Gachiakuta
• Lord of Mysteries
• Zenshu
• Secrets of the Silent Witch

Best Romance

• The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
• Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Stairway to Adulthood-
• Honey Lemon Soda
• Kowloon Generic Romance
• My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
• There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless…

Best Slice of Life

• Ruri Rocks
• With You and the Rain
• Apocalypse Hotel
• City the Animation
• mono
• Catch Me at the Ballpark!

Best Action

• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Zenshu
• To Be Hero X
• Dan Da Dan Season 2
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
• Solo Leveling Season 2

Best Animation

• Zenshu
• Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express
• City the Animation
• Solo Leveling Season 2
• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• Ruri Rocks

Best Soundtrack

• The Summer Hikaru Died
• Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
• Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
• The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
• bâan: The Boundary of Adulthood
• Umamusume: Cinderella Gray

Best Voice Acting (specific role in any language)

• Aoi Yuuki - Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries - Japanese
• Shion Wakayama - Momo Ayase in Dan Da Dan - Japanese
• Miyuki Sawashiro - Anko Uguisu in Call of the Night - Japanese
• Jun Fukushima - Kazuma Satou in Konosuba - Japanese
• Rie Takahashi - Alina Clover in I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time - Japanese
• Mikako Komatsu - Midori Nagumo in City the Animation - Japanese

Best Musical Sequence (OP/ED or insert song)

• Hunting Soul by HAYASii - Dan Da Dan Season 2, Episode 6 insert song - https://youtu.be/ZEdiws1rDMY
• skirt by aiko - Apocalypse Hotel OP - https://animethemes.moe/anime/apocalypse_hotel/OP1
• Hibi no Kage - The Summer Hikaru Died Episode 7 insert song - https://youtu.be/FF5XYoaaWsQ
• Watch me! by YOASOBI - Witch Watch OP - https://animethemes.moe/anime/witch_watch/OP1
• Actor by Lilas Ikuta - Spy x Family Season 3 ED - https://animethemes.moe/anime/spy_x_family_season_3/ED1
• Kaseijin by Yorushika - Shoushimin Season 2 OP - https://animethemes.moe/anime/shoushimin_series_2nd_season/OP1