My Hero Academia wins Anime of Year

Crunchyroll awarded *My Hero Academia Final Season* Anime of the Year on May 23 at the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in Tokyo. The ceremony was held at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, according to Polygon, which reported that *Gachiakuta* won Best New Series and that the awards were driven by fan voting. (polygon.com) Deadline reported that this year’s winners were chosen from 73 million votes globally. (deadline.com) The result gave one of anime’s longest-running modern franchises the top prize in a year when the nominee field also included *DAN DA DAN* season 2, *Takopi’s Original Sin*, *The Apothecary Diaries* season 2 and *The Summer Hikaru Died*. (crunchyroll.com) Crunchyroll’s official Anime Awards coverage lists the 2026 winners and framed the event as the 10th edition of its annual awards. ### Which show actually won, and where was the ceremony held? *My Hero Academia Final Season* was announced as Anime of the Year at the Tokyo ceremony on May 23. Polygon said the event took place at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, while Crunchyroll’s awards coverage page lists the 2026 winners under its Anime Awards hub. (polygon.com) May 23 was the date Crunchyroll had set months earlier for the 2026 awards’ return to Tokyo. Anime News Network, citing Crunchyroll’s January announcement, said the company had billed the event as the 10th edition of the global celebration. (polygon.com) ### How big was the vote this year? Deadline reported that the 2026 winners were chosen from 73 million votes globally. That figure was also tied to coverage of the ceremony as a fan-voted event rather than a juried-only awards program. (polygon.com) April 2 was when Crunchyroll unveiled this year’s nominees and opened voting, according to Anime News Network’s reproduction of the company announcement. That nominee list put *My Hero Academia Final Season* in the top category alongside five other contenders before voting closed later in April. (animenewsnetwork.com) ### Which other winners stood out on the night? *Gachiakuta* won Best New Series, according to Polygon’s winners recap. The same recap listed other category winners across the ceremony, including titles in film, continuing series and original anime categories. (deadline.com) Deadline’s post-awards report said *Lazarus* was among the night’s surprise winners. That framing came in broader entertainment coverage of the ceremony’s full results rather than from Crunchyroll’s official winner list itself. (animenewsnetwork.com) ### Who else was involved in the event? Polygon reported that presenters included Winston Duke, RZA, The Weeknd and Hannah Bahng. Crunchyroll had announced in April that The Weeknd would present the Anime of the Year award at the 2026 ceremony. January 28 was when Crunchyroll said the awards would return to Tokyo for a global celebration of anime, according to Anime News Network’s report on the company announcement. (polygon.com) That set up the May 23 ceremony as the company’s milestone 10th edition. (deadline.com) ### Where can readers check the full results next? Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards news page carries the official 2026 winners list and related coverage from the ceremony. Polygon and Deadline also published full recaps on May 23, including category-by-category results and nominee lists for readers checking the broader field. (polygon.com) (crunchyroll.com) (animenewsnetwork.com)