The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Action is a genre-specific award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best action anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.
Mob Psycho 100 by Bones first won the award in 2017. In the latest edition in 2026, the second season's Arise from the Shadow of Solo Leveling by A-1 Pictures won the award.
Winners and nominees In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
2010s Year Anime Studio(s) 2016(1st) Mob Psycho 100 Bones My Hero Academia Bones Drifters Hoods Entertainment Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Wit Studio Most Popular "Other": JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (season 3) David Production 2017(2nd) My Hero Academia (season 2) Bones Attack on Titan (season 2) Wit Studio Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (season 2) Bones Fate/Apocrypha A-1 Pictures Land of the Lustrous Orange Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (season 2) Sunrise
2020s Year Anime Studio(s) 2021(6th) Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) MAPPA Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 (season 4) MAPPA Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (season 2) Ufotable SSSS.Dynazenon Studio Trigger Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song Wit Studio Wonder Egg Priority CloverWorks 2021/2022(7th) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2)| Ufotable|- | Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2) | MAPPA |- | Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | Studio Trigger and CD Projekt |- | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (season 5) | David Production |- | Lycoris Recoil | A-1 Pictures |- | Spy × Family | Wit Studio and CloverWorks |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2022/2023(8th) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | Jujutsu Kaisen (season 2) MAPPA Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3) MAPPA Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Separation Pierrot Chainsaw Man MAPPA Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3) Ufotable One Piece Toei Animation 2023/2024(9th) Solo Leveling A-1 Pictures Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict Pierrot Films Dandadan Science SARU Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4) Ufotable Kaiju No. 8 Production I.G Wind Breaker CloverWorks 2025(10th) Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (season 2) A-1 Pictures Dandadan (season 2) Science SARU Gachiakuta Bones Film Kaiju No. 8 (season 2) Production I.G My Hero Academia: Final Season (season 8) Bones Film One Piece Toei Animation
Records Anime series
FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasonsJujutsu Kaisen2Season 1 cour 2, Season 2Solo LevelingSeason 1, Arise from the ShadowDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba14Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training ArcMy Hero Academia3Season 1, Season 2, Final SeasonAttack on Titan04Season 2, The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War2The Separation, The ConflictDandadanSeason 1, Season 2JoJo's Bizarre AdventureDiamond is Unbreakable, Stone OceanKaiju No. 8Season 1, Season 2One Piece
Studios
Bones Film and MAPPA received the most wins (2) and nominations (6) for an anime studio, with Jujutsu Kaisen becoming the first anime to win multiple awards. Bones Film also won two awards; both Mob Psycho 100 and the second-season of My Hero Academia received wins. Ufotable received a single award.
Wit Studio received the most nominations for an anime studio without a single win with 4. Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba received four nominations, but the former did not win a single award. StudioWinsNominationsSeasonsBones Film26 Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond (Season 2), Gachiakuta, Mob Psycho 100, My Hero Academia (Season 1, Season 2, Final Season)MAPPAAttack on Titan (The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 1 cour 2, Season 2)A-1 Pictures4Fate/Apocrypha, Lycoris Recoil, Solo Leveling (Season 1, Arise from the Shadow)Ufotable1Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc)Wit Studio0Attack on Titan (Season 2), Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Spy × Family, Vivy: Fluorite Eye's SongCloverWorks3Spy × Family, Wind Breaker, Wonder Egg PriorityDavid Production2JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Diamond is Unbreakable, Stone Ocean)PierrotBleach: Thousand-Year Blood War (The Separation, The Conflict)Production I.GKaiju No. 8 (Season 1, Season 2)Science SARUDandadan (Season 1, Season 2)Studio TriggerCyberpunk: Edgerunners, SSSS.DynazenonToei AnimationOne Piece
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