Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Anime Song

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Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Anime Song
Awarded forBest song in anime films and series of the previous year
Country
  • United States
  • Japan
First award"The Rumbling" by SiMAttack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (2023)
Currently held by"Iris Out" by Kenshi YonezuChainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (2026)
Most nominations
WebsiteCrunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Anime Song is a music award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its seventh edition in 2023. It is given for the best song in anime films and series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.[1]

The song "The Rumbling" performed by the metal band SiM for the second part in the fourth and final season of Attack on Titan first won the award in 2023.[2][3] Chainsaw Man holds the record for the most nominations (3) for an anime franchise, with Kenshi Yonezu and Yoasobi have the most nominations (3) for an artist.

In the latest edition in 2026, "Iris Out" performed by Kenshi Yonezu in Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc won the award.[4]

Winners and nominees

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed the sequences in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.

2020s

Year Song Anime Recipient(s)
2021/2022
(7th)
[2][3]
"The Rumbling" Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) SiM
"Chikichiki Banban" Ya Boy Kongming! Queendom
"Comedy" Spy × Family Gen Hoshino
"My Nonfiction" Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic (season 3) Makoto Furukawa and Konomi Kohara
"New Genesis" One Piece Film: Red Ado
"Shall We Dance?" Shadows House (season 2) Reona
2022/2023
(8th)
[5][6]
"Idol" Oshi no Ko Yoasobi
"Kick Back" Chainsaw Man Kenshi Yonezu
"Seishun Complex" Bocchi the Rock! Kessoku Band
"Suzume" Suzume Radwimps feat. Toaka
"Where Our Blue Is" Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) Tatsuya Kitani
"Work" Hell's Paradise Ringo Sheena and Millennium Parade
2023/2024
(9th)
[7][8]
"Otonoke" Dandadan Creepy Nuts
"Abyss" Kaiju No. 8 Yungblud
"Bling-Bang-Bang-Born" Mashle: Magic and Muscles The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc (season 2) Creepy Nuts
"Fatal" Oshi no Ko (season 2) Gemn
"Level" Solo Leveling SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: Tomorrow X Together
"The Brave" Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Yoasobi
2025
(10th)
[9][4]
"Iris Out" Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Kenshi Yonezu
"In Bloom" The Apothecary Diaries (season 2) Lilas Ikuta
"Jane Doe" Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada
"On the Way" Dandadan (season 2) Aina the End
"Reawaker" Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (season 2) LiSA feat. Felix of Stray Kids
"Watch Me!" Witch Watch Yoasobi

Records

Anime films and series

Franchise Wins Nominations Seasons
Chainsaw Man 1 3 Season 1, Reze Arc[a]
Dandadan 2 Season 1, Season 2
Oshi no Ko Season 1, Season 2
Solo Leveling 0 Season 1, Arise from the Shadow

Artist

Artist Wins Nominations Anime
Kenshi Yonezu 1 3 Chainsaw Man (Season 1, Reze Arc[a])
Yoasobi Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Oshi no Ko, Witch Watch
Creepy Nuts 2 Dandadan, Mashle: Magic and Muscles (The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc)

Notes

  1. Two songs from the film were nominated in the same year.

References

  1. "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  2. Eisenbeis, Richard (March 4, 2023). "All the Winners of the 7th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. Patches, Matt (March 4, 2023). "Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year". Polygon. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  4. Hazra, Adriana (May 23, 2026). "Winners of The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 23, 2026. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  5. Mateo, Alex (January 17, 2024). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2024 Nominees". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  6. Hazra, Adriana (March 2, 2024). "All the Winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  7. Pedersen, Erik (April 3, 2025). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominations Revealed". Deadline. Archived from the original on April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  8. Grein, Paul (May 25, 2025). "Crunchyroll Reveals 2025 Anime Awards Winners: Full List". Billboard. Tokyo. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  9. Mateo, Alex (April 2, 2026). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2026 Nominees". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 2, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.