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It has been a big year for the Solo Leveling franchise. Not only did they release a successful sequel, but the Solo Leveling: Arise game has continued to garner attention. The anime wasn’t left out, as they released two successful seasons, which won the hearts of millions of fans worldwide. The massive success of the anime culminated in a big night for the series at the latest edition of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

Solo Leveling has been in the mouths of millions of fans since the anime was first released back in 2024. A1 Pictures has done a phenomenal job in bringing Sung Jin-woo’s remarkable journey to life. The wonderful season has surpassed existing manhwa to anime adaptations and has raised the bar for subsequent adaptations.

Solo Leveling’s busy night at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held on May 25, and the popular series won big.

Solo Leveling was named Anime of the Year and Attack on Titan received the Inaugural Global Impact Award at the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

The 9th annual Anime Awards was hosted by Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira, who returned for their third year in a row to celebrate anime’s biggest night.

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is the yearly awards program celebrating anime’s creative community. This year, a record 51 million votes were cast by fans worldwide to celebrate their favorite series, films, and actors.

Presenters included Kacey Musgraves, Stranger Things alums Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo, Damiano David and Pabllo Vittar, among others.

Sony Music Solutions Inc., part of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Dempsey Productions supported Crunchyroll in the execution of this year’s Anime Awards.

Here is the complete list of the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards winners:

Anime of the Year – Solo Leveling Film of the Year – Look...

The Solo Levelinganime series has just set a new record thanks to the Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

Per a press release, the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards saw numerous winners over the course of the evening's event, but none more so than Solo Leveling, which set a new record by sweeping the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Out of 13 categories that Solo Leveling was nominated for in total, the hit anime ended up bringing home nine of them, including those for the coveted Best Action, Best New Series and, perhaps most importantly, Anime of the Year, despite steep competition from other franchises with far more award nominations. In fact, Solo Leveling was only the fifth-most nominated show of the evening, with Kaiju No. 8, Delicious in Dungeon, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Dandadan all up for more awards, and all including Anime of the Year. Solo Leveling's full list of 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards wins can be seen below.

Today is a fantastic day for Solo Leveling fans everywhere. The worldwide phenomenon just won Anime of the Year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025.

Just announced at this year's Crunchyroll Anime Awards, Solo Leveling Season 1 has taken home the title of Anime of the Year, after winning numerous awards on Sunday, May 25, 2025. Solo Leveling competed with anime greats like Dandadan, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and The Apothecary Diaries. However, the incredible worldwide fan support and strong word of mouth were enough to clinch the sought-after award.

Solo Leveling Had a Fantastic Showing at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 Solo Leveling wins Anime of the Year at the 2025 #AnimeAwards! 🆠pic.twitter.com/32RzBfde9I— The Anime Awards (@TheAnimeAwards) May 25, 2025

Anime of the Year was just one of many awards that Solo Leveling took home at this year's Crunchyroll Anime Awards. While the final results didn't break any records, it remains an impressive achievement.

Queen Victoria may have led a fascinating life, but it certainly wouldn't have been the same if her husband, Prince Albert, hadn't been by her side for 21 years. So if the hit show Victoria has you wondering about the bright and dashing prince played by the gorgeous Tom Hughes, here are nine things you may not have known about him. He Was German Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 26 Aug., 1819, at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, in Germany. His full name was Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel, and he was the second son of Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his first wife, Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He had a brother named Ernest. He Had a Difficult Childhood At the age of 7, Prince Albert's father divorced his mother on grounds of adultery. She was exiled from court in 1824, forbidden to see her children again, and sent to live in Switzerland.