The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best New Series is a series award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its seventh edition in 2023. It is given for the best new anime series which only considered the first season that debuted from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.
Action-spy comedy anime Spy × Family by Wit Studio and CloverWorks first won the award in 2023. CloverWorks received the most nominations (4) for an anime studio.
In the latest edition in 2026, Gachiakuta by Bones Film 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.
2020s Year Anime Studio(s) 2021/2022(7th) Spy × Family Wit Studio and CloverWorks Call of the Night Liden Films Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Studio Trigger and CD Projekt Lycoris Recoil A-1 Pictures My Dress-Up Darling CloverWorks Ya Boy Kongming! P.A. Works 2022/2023(8th) Chainsaw Man MAPPA Bocchi the Rock! CloverWorks Heavenly Delusion Production I.G Hell's Paradise MAPPA Oshi no Ko Doga Kobo Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Bug Films 2023/2024(9th) Solo Leveling A-1 Pictures Dandadan Science SARU Delicious in Dungeon Studio Trigger Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Madhouse Kaiju No. 8 Production I.G The Apothecary Diaries Toho Animation Studio and OLM 2025(10th) Gachiakuta Bones Film Clevatess Lay-duce Sakamoto Days TMS Entertainment Takopi's Original Sin Enishiya The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity CloverWorks The Summer Hikaru Died CygamesPictures
Records
As of 2025, 24 nominations have been given to 19 different studios, of which there are 3 joint nominations consisting of two studios, given a total of 27 nominees so far. Only CloverWorks and MAPPA have received multiple nominations in one year, as well as the most nominations for a single year with two in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
CloverWorks received the nominations (4) for an anime studio. StudioWinsNominationsSeasonsCloverWorks14Bocchi the Rock!, My Dress-Up Darling, Spy × Family, The Fragrant Flower Blooms with DignityA-1 Pictures2Lycoris Recoil, Solo LevelingMAPPAChainsaw Man, Hell's ParadiseProduction I.G0Heavenly Delusion, Kaiju No. 8Studio TriggerCyberpunk: Edgerunners, Delicious in Dungeon
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