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)

  • Crank@ani.socialEnglish
    5·
    14 hours ago

    Must we fill up all 6 slots for each category?

    No

    Are we allowed to change our votes after we have submitted our ballots?

    Yes

    It’s all written in the message with a ballot Kurisu sends you

    You can delete categories and nominees as needed if you do not want to cast any vote for them. If you resubmit this form, your existing vote will be overwritten.