CRUNCHYROLL ANIME AWARDS 2025 TO ANNOUNCE WINNERS ON MAY 25 WITH A LIVE CEREMONY AND LIVESTREAM — ALSO AVAILABLE IN HINDI DUBS!

The ninth Crunchyroll Anime Awards are set to take place on Sunday, May 25, 2025, featuring a live ceremony hosted by celebrated voice actress Sally Amaki and well-known entertainer Jon Kabira. This star-studded event will welcome a lineup of celebrity anime fans as presenters, including GRAMMY-winning artist Kacey Musgraves and Stranger Things actors Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo, among others. The leading yearly awards program celebrating the fan-favorite anime series, characters, and creators across streaming, film, and music. Global anime fans cast more than 51 million votes this year (up from 17 million votes last year).

For the first time ever, the livestream will also be available with Hindi dubs, making the celebration more accessible to anime fans in India.

Fans can catch the Anime Awards livestream on Crunchyroll’s YouTube and Twitch channels, along with SONY PICTURES CORE and the Sony Group Corp Global and JP YouTube Channels: 

    • Pre-show begins at 1:30 pm IST

    • Main show begins at 2:30 pm IST

Pre-show and Live Ceremony Presenters:

• Ben Whittaker—English professional boxer

• Chloe Kim—American snowboarder

• Chocolate Planet—Comedy duo made up of Shohei Osada and Shun Matsuo 

• d4vd—American recording artist

• Damiano David—Italian singer-songwriter

• DEAN FUJIOKA—Japanese actor, musician and talent

• Finn Wolfhard—Canadian director, musician, and actor from Stranger Things

• Gaten Matarazzo—American actor best known from Stranger Things

• Gigguk—Pioneering YouTube content creator

• Ironmouse—Demon Queen VTuber

• J Balvin—GRAMMY nominated global music superstar

• Kacey Musgraves—GRAMMY award winning singer, songwriter, & musician

• Kanata Hongo—Japanese actor known for live-action adaptations of anime

• Mayu Matsuoka—Japan Academy Award winning actress

• Pabllo Vittar—Award winning Brazilian pop icon (previously announced)

• Paloma Mami—American-Chilean singer

• Plastique Tiara—Top global drag star

• Rina Sawayama—Musician and actor

• Saya Ichikawa—Japanese model and talent

• Zak Penn—Screenwriter

Musical Performances by:

• Creepy Nuts—2025 Anime Award nominated hip-hop duo behind viral hits “Otonoke” and “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”, the opening themes for Dan Da Dan and Mashle: Magic and Muscles, respectively.

• FLOW—Rock band, performing at the Anime Awards in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Eureka Seven.

• LiSA—Japanese singer and iconic voice behind Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’s opening theme “Gurenge”

This year’s nominees represent more than 50 beloved series and films developed by more than 35 talented studios. The full list of categories to be presented can be found at the official Anime Awards website.

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