To start with, I just want to thank everybody that took the time to vote in the awards for this year. For some meta discussion about the awards themselves, check out my pinned comment. Without further ado, here are your winners:
2025 Anime Series of the Year
- Apocalypse Hotel
2025 Anime Film of the Year
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
2025 Anime Character of the Year
- Yachiyo (Apocalypse Hotel)
Best Comedy
- CITY the Animation
Best Drama
- The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
Best Fantasy/Adventure
- Clevatess
Best Romance
- My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
Best Slice of Life
- CITY the Animation
Best Action
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
Best Animation
- CITY the Animation
Best Soundtrack
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
Best Voice Acting (specific role in any language)
- Aoi Yuuki - Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries - 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
Ranked choice voting doesn’t allow a simple top X candidates due to the way votes can transfer between rounds. If you want to see how each category’s voting rounds went, you can see them all here.
In the list below, I have listed the second-highest receiver(s) of votes in the final voting round: