To start with, I just want to thank everybody that took the time to vote in the awards for this year. For some meta discussion about the awards themselves, check out my pinned comment. Without further ado, here are your winners:

2025 Anime Series of the Year

  • Apocalypse Hotel

2025 Anime Film of the Year

  • Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

2025 Anime Character of the Year

  • Yachiyo (Apocalypse Hotel)

Best Comedy

  • CITY the Animation

Best Drama

  • The Apothecary Diaries Season 2

Best Fantasy/Adventure

  • Clevatess

Best Romance

  • My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

Best Slice of Life

  • CITY the Animation

Best Action

  • Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Best Animation

  • CITY the Animation

Best Soundtrack

  • Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Best Voice Acting (specific role in any language)

  • Aoi Yuuki - Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries - Japanese

Best Musical Sequence (OP/ED or insert song)

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    I adored Apocalypse Hotel and am delighted to see that it won, but CITY the Animation and others are still on my to-watch list.

    I don’t know if this applies to anyone else here, but I felt genuinely unqualified to vote having not seen every one of the series nominated. In fact, I’m not sure if there was any category from which I’d watched all the nominated entries.

    For more participation, I’d ask for perhaps fewer nominees or more time between the announcements and closed voting.

    • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Yeah, it feels especially weird with ranked choice voting. Do I leave them off? Do I put them on? If I put them on, how can I possibly order two shows I haven’t seen? If everyone leaves off shows they haven’t seen, won’t this just be a list of the most-watched shows of the year?