Anime of the Year 2025: Solo Leveling & Top Nominees – The Ultimate Showdown
🏆 Anime of the Year 2025: Solo Leveling & Top Nominees – The Ultimate Showdown The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards crowned Solo Leveling as Anime of the Year , and it's easy to see why. Adapted from Chugong's explosive Korean manhwa and animated by A-1 Pictures, this dark fantasy powerhouse dominated with jaw-dropping action and a rags-to-riches hero. But the nominees? A stacked lineup of genre-bending gems from Science SARU's wild experiments to Madhouse's poignant fantasies. Here's the full breakdown of what made 2025 anime's best year yet. 🥇 Winner: Solo Leveling – From Weakest to God-Tier The Power Fantasy Everyone Craved Sung Jin-Woo starts as the world's lamest hunter in a monster-filled reality — until a glitchy "system" lets him grind levels like a video game. What follows is pure adrenaline: shadowy dungeons, epic boss fights, and Jin-Woo evolving into an unstoppable force. It's ambition, loneliness, and power on steroids. Why...