EXCLUSIVE: Sketch this date into your calendar: The tenth anniversary Crunchyroll Anime Awards ceremony is about for Saturday, Might 23, in Tokyo. Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira are returning as co-hosts for a fourth straight 12 months, and the present can be livestreamed worldwide.
The 2026 Anime Awards nominations in all 32 classes can be revealed on Thursday, April 2, together with the beginning of fan voting.
Crunchyroll additionally has a preliminary lineup of musical performances for the ceremony. Japanese singer Yoko Takahashi will lead a thirtieth anniversary tribute to the seminal 1995 anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, that includes the theme “A Merciless Angel’s Thesis.” The present additionally will function symphonic suites performed by Hirofumi Kurita, carried out by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and organized by Kazunori Miyake.
Yoko Takahashi and ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’
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Crunchyroll’s Lauren Moore and Tim Lyu will host the orange carpet pre-show.
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“For the previous decade, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards has been formed by the followers who present up yearly to have fun the tales and creators they love,” Crunchyroll President Rahul Purini mentioned. “What started with just a few million votes in 2017 has grown into tens of thousands and thousands of voices from world wide, reflecting how deeply anime has develop into a part of folks’s lives. Returning to Japan is about celebrating the place these tales start and the followers all over the place who make them reside far past the display screen.”
Final 12 months’s Anime Awards noticed Solo Leveling named Anime of the 12 months, and Assault on Titan acquired the Inaugural World Impression Award. The occasion’s ninth version additionally drew a file 51 million fan votes from world wide.
Crunchyroll’s 2026 awards present will have fun an enormous 12 months for anime. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Fortress led the best way, banking some $723.8 million worldwide. Chainsaw Man – The Film: Reze Arc scored $160.5 million globally, and Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback made $166 million.
Netflix’s Oscar-nominated juggernaut KPop Demon Hunters, which has develop into the streamer’s most-watched title ever, was impressed by Japanese animation type.
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