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On May 23, the winners of the Anime Awards 2026 were announced in Tokyo. The main award — Anime of the Year — was taken by My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON, and the full list of laureates included series, films, and musical nominations.
Among other key winners: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle was named Film of the Year, ONE PIECE won in the Best Continuing Series category, and Gachiakuta received the title of Best New Series. In the Best Original Anime category, Lazarus won.
Main Winners of the Anime Awards 2026
The best animation was recognized for Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-, while Gachiakuta received awards for character design and background art. The best director was named Akinori Fudesaka and Norihiro Naganuma for The Apothecary Diaries Season 2.
In genre categories, the winners were: The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity as the best romantic anime, DAN DA DAN Season 2 as the best comedy, Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- as the best action anime, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 as the best isekai anime, and The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 — as the best drama.
Music, Characters, and Dubbing
Among character awards, the best main heroine was Maomao from The Apothecary Diaries Season 2, while the best supporting character was Katsuki Bakugo from My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON. The title of the character that "must be protected at all costs" went to Anya Forger from SPY x FAMILY Season 3.
For the best song, "IRIS OUT" by Kenshi Yonezu from Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc was recognized, while the best OP was "On The Way" performed by AiNA THE END for DAN DA DAN Season 2. In the ED category, the track "I" by BUMP OF CHICKEN from My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON won.
In the dubbing nominations in various languages, Aoi Yuki (Japanese), Tariq Obaid (Arabic), Charles Emmanuel (Brazilian Portuguese), Carles Teruel (Castilian Spanish), Lucien Dodge (English), Bastien Bourlé (French), Gerrit Schmidt-Foß (German), Abhishek Sharma (Hindi), Mosè Singh (Italian), and Jose Antonio Toledano (Latin American Spanish) were recognized.
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