Nominees were announced on April 2, 2026, in a livestream at
Crunchyroll's YouTube channel. For the second consecutive year,
Dandadan received the most nominations with 20, followed by
The Apothecary Diaries at 17,
Gachiakuta at 16, and
My Hero Academia at 15. The four anime series were nominated for
Anime of the Year, together with ''
Takopi's Original Sin and The Summer Hikaru Died. All Anime of the Year nominees, except The Apothecary Diaries
and The Summer Hikaru Died
, were also nominated on the Best Animation category, together with One Piece and Solo Leveling. One Piece
was nominated in the Best Continuing Series category for the fourth consecutive year. and received their second nomination in Best Character Design for their respective work on Dandadan
and The Apothecary Diaries
; the two series were also nominated again in Best Background Art, while Fūga Yamashiro and Norihiro Naganuma received a second consecutive nomination in Best Director, respectively. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc also received the most nominations for a film with 13; Kensuke Ushio was nominated for the second consecutive year in the Best Score category together with his other work Dandadan
, along with Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle and Hiroyuki Sawano for Solo Leveling''.
Aoi Yūki was nominated again in the
Best VA Performance (Japanese) category as
Maomao. Among genre categories,
Spy × Family was nominated in
Best Comedy for the fourth consecutive year, while
Dandadan,
Kaiju No. 8, and
Solo Leveling were nominated in
Best Action for the second consecutive year.
Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World and ''
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! were nominated again in Best Isekai Anime. Blue Box and The Apothecary Diaries
were nominated again in Best Romance and Best Drama respectively. For character categories, Izuku Midoriya and Maomao were nominated for Best Main Character and "Must Protect at All Costs" Character. Two characters from both Dandadan
(Jin Enjoji and Turbo Granny) and The Apothecary Diaries
(Jinshi and Loulan/Shisui), were nominated for Best Supporting Character, while Anya Forger was nominated in the "Must Protect at All Costs" Character category for the fourth consecutive year. Two anime songs nominated for Best Anime Song were nominated for Best Opening Sequence as well: "On the Way" by Aina the End and "Reawaker" by LiSA feat. Felix of Stray Kids. Both the opening and ending themes for Dandadan
, Solo Leveling
, and My Hero Academia
were nominated in their respective categories. Lilas Ikuta received two nominations in Best Anime Song and Best Ending Sequence categories in the same year, while Kenshi Yonezu also received two nominations in Best Anime Song for Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc''.
Anime with multiple nominations == Presenters and performers ==