More than 59,000 fans participated in Anime Corner’s annual poll to determine the finest anime of the year.
The results for the 2025 Anime of the Year awards have been officially unveiled by the Anime Corner portal. This year’s rankings were decided by a total of 59,053 individual voters.
Claiming the prestigious “Anime of the Year” title is Takopi’s Original Sin. The series secured its victory by a razor-thin margin of just 0.09% over The Summer Hikaru Died, with the two projects garnering 7.98% and 7.89% of the votes, respectively. Rounding out the top three is the second season of The Apothecary Diaries, which captured 7.21% of the audience’s support.
The top 10 anime for 2025 are as follows:
In addition to the main award, winners were announced across several specialized categories:
- Best Action Anime — My Hero Academia: Final Season (17.27%)
- Best Adventure Anime — Gachiakuta (25.45%)
- Best Anime Film — Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (34.41%)
- Best Adaptation — Takopi’s Original Sin (18.54%)
- Best Animation — My Hero Academia: Final Season (17.06%)
- Best Comedy Anime — SPY x FAMILY Season 3 (20.74%)
- Best Dramatic Anime — The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 (21.05%)
- Best Fantasy Anime — Gachiakuta (18.39%)
- Best Music Anime — BanG Dream! Ave Mujica (36.85%)
- Best Mystery Anime — The Summer Hikaru Died (21.72%)
- Best Original Anime — To Be Hero X (30.18%)
- Best Romance Anime — The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (24.86%)
- Best Sci-Fi Anime — Takopi’s Original Sin (27.19%)
- Best Slice of Life Anime — The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (27.89%)
- Best Sports Anime — Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – Cinderella Gray (32.62%)
- Best Soundtrack — My Hero Academia: Final Season (18.15%)
- Best Storyline — The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 (14.81%)
- Best Voice Acting — My Hero Academia: Final Season (16.60%)
- Best World Building — Gachiakuta (23.67%)
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Source: iXBT.games