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2026 Anime of the Year Winner

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2026 Anime Movie of the Year Winner

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2026 Characters of the Year Winner

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2026 Couple or Ship of the Year Winner

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Pass the Baton: Boy of the Year 2025-26

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Pass the Baton: Girl of the Year 2025-26

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2026 Final 2 Boy of the Year

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2026 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Stark, Himmel, and Fern gleefully watch as a flustered Frieren delivers the acceptance speech on behalf of the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End cast, as their series triumphs as Anime of the Year at the 11th Anime Trending Awards.

2025 Anime of the Year Winner

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End wins Anime of the Year + 5 more awards in the 11th Anime Trending Awards!

D'aawwww! The crowd was treated to a very wholesome and cute moment as Loid, Yor, and an excited Anya Forger took the stage to accept the Anime Movie of the Year award—Anya raising and waiving her shiny trophy with a big, sparkly-eyed smile on her face. Waku-waku!!

2025 Anime Movie of the Year Winner

SPY x FAMILY: CODE: White wins Anime Movie of the Year in the 11th Anime Trending Awards!

Kana Arima (OSHI NO KO) makes history once again, becoming the first character to achieve back-to-back wins for an individual best character award at Anime Trending. She is accompanied by Kyotarou Ichikawa (The Dangers in My Heart), who also secured a consecutive victory earlier for Couple or Ship of the Year alongside Anna Yamada. To their left stand the winning supporting characters, Yuki Suou (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian) and Himmel (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End), with Himmel becoming only the second character to receive a posthumous character award.

2025 Winning Characters of the Year Winners

Kyoutarou, Kana, Yuki, and Himmel are the 2024 Characters of the Year at the 11th Anime Trending Awards

Kyoutarou Ichikawa and Anna Yamada (The Dangers in My Heart) proudly raise two fingers each, symbolizing their second consecutive win for the same title! They become only the second couple in Anime Trending history to achieve this feat, following Zen Clarines and Shirayuki (Snow White with the Red Hair), who secured back-to-back victories in 2015 and 2016.

2025 Couple or Ship of the Year Winner

It's a back-to-back win for Kyoutarou and Anna for Couple or Ship of the Year in the 11th Anime Trending Awards!

The two short kings, Ken "Okarun" Takakura (DAN DA DAN) and Kyoutarou Ichikawa (The Dangers in My Heart), shared a handshake on stage as they meet before the winner was announced. In the end, Ichikawa emerged victorious, claiming the title of Boy of the Year.

2025 Final 2 Boy of the Year

Ken Takakura and Kyoutarou Ichikawa emerge as Final 2 Boy of the Year 2024 Nominees!

Maomao (The Apothecary Diaries) and Kana Arima (OSHI NO KO) dazzles on stage before the big reveal. Moments later, Arima makes history, defending her Girl of the Year title for the second year in a row—becoming the first-ever character to achieve this milestone in Anime Trending!

2025 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Maomao and Kana emerge as Final Top 2 Girl of the Year 2024 Nominees!

"See you! Bye Bye!" Maru capped off his speech with their iconic line in their show as he and Kiruko, with their best suits on, accepted the Anime of the Year award for Tengoku-Daimakyo at the 10th Anime Trending Awards! 

2024 Anime of the Year

Tengoku-Daimakyo wins Anime of the Year 2023 + 4 more awards at the 10th Anime Trending Awards!

In a surprising turn of events, 'The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes' scored a huge upset win over Suzume, a film directed by Makoto Shinkai (director of Your Name), for the Anime Movie of the Year Title in the 10th Anime Trending Awards! This is the first-ever Anime Movie of the Year loss (after three films) of a Shinkai film, and the second directorial win for Tomohisa Taguchi (who won Anime of the Year with Akudama Drive in 2020)

2024 Anime Movie of the Year

The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes defies the odds and win as Anime Movie of the Year 2023 in the 10th Anime Trending Awards!

Guel Jeturk (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) and Kana Arima (OSHI NO KO) have made history together as it marks the first time that the winner for Supporting Boy and Girl of the Year are also the winners for Boy and Girl of the Year!

2024 Winning Characters of the Year

A Historic Characters of the Year win for Guel Jeturk and Kana Arima in the 10th Anime Trending Awards!

What a win for the Short King and his Tall Queen! Kyotaro Ichikawa and Anna Yamada (The Dangers in My Heart) have just won Couple or Ship of the Year in the 10th Anime Trending Awards! They are currently also dominating the charts of the Winter 2024 Anime Season, which as early as know seems to give a glimpse that they might just win the same title again next year!

2024 Couple Ship of the Year

The Dangers in My Heart's Kyotaro and Anna proclaimed Couple or Ship of the Year in the 10th Anime Trending Awards

Guel Jeturk (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) and Cid Kagenou (The Eminence in Shadow) went a little bit out of character as the two were pumped to pose for the camera as they anticipate who's gonna win Boy of the Year between the two of them

2024 Final 2 Boy of the Year

Guel Jeturk and Cid Kagenou emerge as Final 2 Boy of the Year 2023 Nominees!

Kana Arima (OSHI NO KO) and Mahiru Shiina (The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten) shares a moment together as the two awaits who's gonna be proclaimed Girl of the Year between the two of them

2024 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Kana Arima and Mahiru Shiina emerge as the Final 2 Girl of the Year 2023 Nominees!

Ryo Yamada, Kita Ikuyo, Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou, and Nijika Ijichi goes up on stage to accept BOCCHI THE ROCK's Anime of the Year award. Kita hilariously pressuring Bocchi to also say a few words, with Nijika also chiming in.

2023 Anime of the Year

BOCCHI THE ROCK! wins Anime of the Year 2022 + 7 more awards at the 9th Anime Trending Awards!

After previously being nominated for Anime of the Year four times, with the closest it got to claiming it back in 2019, Sword Art Online has finally won a major annual award at Anime Trending by winning Anime Movie of the Year 2022. It defeated 9 other nominees for the title, included shonen megahit Jujutsu Kaisen, which the former overwhelmingly won by almost two thousand votes

2023 Anime Movie of the Year

Sword Art Online wins Anime Movie of the Year 2022, finally scoring its first major annual award at Anime Trending

Summer Time Rendering becomes the second anime in Anime Trending history to be able to have two winning characters in its annual awards as Shinpei Ajiro and Hizuru Minakata wins best boy and best supporting girl respectively. They are joined by Marin Kitagawa (My Dress-up Darling) and Tengen Uzui (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) which won best girl and best supporting boy respectively. Kitagawa back in Winter 2022, swept the female character charts, winning all of its 9 weeks, the 2nd female character to do so, so far.

2023 Winning Characters of the Year

Shinpei, Marin, Hizuru, Tengen are the 2022 Characters of the Year at the 9th Anime Trending Awards

After two close calls before, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya finally won the Couple Ship of the Year title for themselves as they ended their third season with a confession - finally. They finished 2nd and 4th in the 2019 and 2020 editions of the Anime Trending Awards respectively.

2023 Couple Ship of the Year

Miyuki and Kaguya finally wins Couple or Ship of the Year in their third attempt at the 9th Anime Trending Awards

What happens when the world of the extrovert and one with extreme social anxiety collides? Marin Kitagawa (My Dress-up Darling) and Hitori "Bocchi" Gotou just showed what that could look as they remain on stage and await earlier on who will be proclaimed Girl of the Year. Marin emerges as the victor in the end.

2023 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Marin Kitagawa and Hitori Gotou emerges as the Final 2 Girl of the Year 2022 Nominees!

Loid Forger and Shinpei Ajiro gives a thumbs up as they pose for the camera before the winner of Boy of the Year 2022 was revealed. Ajiro was later on proclaimed the winner.

2023 Final 2 Boy of the Year

Loid Forger and Shinpei Ajiro emerges as Final 2 Boy of the Year 2022 Nominees!

The four that started it all. Kyou Souma, Tohru Honda, Yuki Souma, and Shigure Souma goes on stage to accept Fruit Basket's trophy for winning Anime of the Year. The series finally won the most coveted title at Anime Trending after three times being nominated.

2022 Anime of the Year

Fruits Basket finally wins Anime of the Year on its third nomination!

Frederica, Shinei Nouzen, and Vladilena Milize goes on stage to accept the inaugural New Anime of the Year award of Anime Trending

2022 New Anime of the Year

86 EIGHTY-SIX is the inaugural New Anime of the Year recipient at the 8th Anime Trending Awards

The romantic-drama film brought quite a shocker as they score an upset overwhelming win over two big anime franchises namely Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and Violet Evergarden.

2022 Anime Movie of the Year

Josee, The Tiger and the Fish wins Anime Movie of the Year

The Reaper, The Haunted, Half-Demon, and a 'Ghost'. Shinei Nouzen (86 EIGHTY-SIX), Miko Yotsuya (Mieruko-chan), Ram (Re:ZERO), and Levi Ackerman, made quite a line-up as they are proclaimed this 2021's best boy, best girl, best supporting girl, and best supporting boy respectively.

2022 Winning Characters of the Year

Shinei, Miko, Ram, Levi are the 2021 Characters of the Year at the 8th Anime Trending Awards!

Got the reference? Emilia (Re:ZERO) and Miko Yotsuya (Mieruko-chan) replicates the infamous KonoSuba Opening Dance before the Girl of the Year Winner announcement. Yotsuya was declared the winner between the two finalists.

2022 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Emilia and Miko Yotsuya are the Final 2 Girl of the Year Nominees

Shinei Nouzen (86 EIGHTY-SIX) and Izumi Miyamura (Horimiya) meets on stage before the Boy of the Year winner was announced. Shinei is the one proclaimed winner in the end.

2022 Final 2 Boy of the Year

Shinei Nouzen and Izumi Miyamura are the Final 2 Boy of the Year Nominees!

Courier, Brother, Sister and Swindler accept the Anime of the Year trophy in behalf of Akudama Drive. It is the 4th Original Anime to win the most prestigious award of Anime Trending, and this is despite the numerous strong adapted anime series it had to contend with.

2021 Anime of the Year

Akudama Drive clinches Anime of the Year at the 7th Anime Trending Awards

Yuu Ishigami (Kaguya-sama: Love is War), Chizuru Ichinose (Rent-a-Girlfriend), Echidna (Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World), and Otto Suwen (Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World), are chosen as the Best Boy, Best Girl, Best Supporting Girl, and Best Supporting Boy respectively at the 7th Anime Trending Awards. 

2021 Winning Characters

Ishigami, Chizuru, Echidna, Otto are the new royals of Anime Trending

The Yuzakis clinch the Couple-Ship of the Year title for TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You -  the sole award that the show got at the 7th Anime Trending Awards

2021 Winning Couple

Nasa and Tsukasa Yuzaki chosen as Couple-Ship of the Year at 7th Anime Trending Awards

Subaru Natsuki (Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World) and Yuu Ishigami (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) bump their fists as they meet before the Boy of the Year winner is announced. Neither won their seasonal brackets, with both finishing as runner-ups. One of them will be a champion this time.

2021 Final 2 Man of the Year

Yuu Ishigami and Subaru Natsuki square off for the Boy of the Year title at 7th Anime Trending Awards

Elaina (Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina) and Chizuru Ichinose (Rent-a-Girlfriend), the Summer 2020 and Fall 2020 Best Girl Champions of Anime Trending, pose for a shot as they await the winner between them.

2021 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Elaina and Chizuru Ichinose are the Final 2 Girl of the Year Nominees at 7th Anime Trending Awards

Hachiman Hikigaya (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) and Shouko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice) are crowned as Man of the Decade and Girl of the Decade after beating out Houtarou Oreki and Mikoto Misaka in the Final Round of the Decade Awards last September 2020

2010-19 Man and Girl of the Decade Champions

Hachiman and Shouko triumph as Best Boy and Girl of the Decade

They might not have won the battle but the anime's performance in the tournament has exceeded expectations - beating the likes of Sword Art Online, and Hunter x Hunter in the earlier rounds. Cheers to the Antarctica Girls!

2010-19 Decade Awards Anime of the Decade Runner-Up

A Place Further than the Universe finishes as Runner-Up for Anime of the Decade!

In an all-CGDCT Finals Match, the girls of K-ON!! came out on top against the Antartica girls of A Place Further than the Universe!

2010-19 Decade Awards Anime of the Decade Champions

Tea Time! K-ON!! wins Anime of the Decade!

Raphtalia leans on Emma as the two await the announcement of who won between them for the title of Girl of the Year

2020 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Final 2 Girl of the Year Nominees for 6th Anime Trending Awards

Senku Ishigami and Tanjirou Kamadou awaits the announcement of who won between them for the title of Man of the Year

2020 Final 2 Man of the Year

Final 2 Man of the Year Nominees for 6th Anime Trending Awards

Senku Ishigami wins Best Boy, Raphtalia for Best Girl, Erwin Smith for Best Boy, and Ai Hayasaka for Best Supporting Girl

2020 Winning Characters

The New Royals of Anime Trending 2020!

The Legendary Viking warriors accepted the top award in the 6th Anime Trending Awards for Vinland Saga. It mark the first win for 2-cour anime or those with more than 12 or 13 episodes.

2020 Anime of the Year

Thorfinn, Canute accepts 'Anime of the Year' Trophy for Vinland Saga in Anime Trending Awards 2020

Shirase Kobuchizawa, Hinata Miyake , Mari Tamaki, and Yuzuki Shiraishi  goes on stage to accept the award for A Place Further than the Universe, which won the title of 'Anime of the Year' in the recently concluded 5th Anime Trending Awards

2019 Anime of the Year

ZAMAMIRO! A Place Further than the Universe proclaimed 5th ATA Anime of the Year 2018

The New Royalties of Anime Trending, from left to right: Koutarou Tatsumi (Zombieland Saga), Mai Sakurajima (Rascal does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai), Anzu (Hinamatsuri), Goro (Darling in the FranXX). Anzu is the youngest ever character award winner while Sakurajima scores a treble with her also winning the Best Girl award of Crunchyroll. 

2019 Winning Characters

Winning Characters of the 5th Anime Trending Awards

Mai and Historia holds hand moments before the 5th Anime Trending Awards Girl of the Year winner was announced

2019 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Final 2 Girl of the Year for 5th Anime Trending Awards

Tatsumi Koutarou (Zombieland Saga)  and Ash (Banana Fish) bid each other goodluck before ATA 2019 Man of the Year announcement

2019 Final 2 Man of the Year

Final 2 Man of the Year for 5th Anime Trending Awards

Koutarou and Akane Mizuno-Azumi emotionally accepts on stage the Anime of the Year trophy for Tsuki ga Kirei. The couple also won as the Couple-Ship of the Year. 

2018 Anime of the Year

Tsuki ga Kirei snatches ATA 2018 Anime of the Year title

Takashi Natsume and Shouko Nishimiya wins as Man of the Year and Girl of the Year of 2017 - a somewhat poetic justice for the characters who were once bullied in their younger years. They are joined by Astolfo and Historia Reiss as the Supporting Man and Girl of the Year winners. Astolfo was also Natsume's closest competitor for Man of the Year

2018 Winning Characters

Bullied in the Past, Champions of Today

Megumi Katou (Saekano) makes a hand sign to Shouko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice) for the latter to know she won as Girl of the Year for 2017. Nishimiya was a wildcard nominee and was the 3rd wildcard nominee to win in the four GOTY awards given out so far. This is meanwhile Katou's second attempt to win the tile. She placed 5th in ATA 2016.

2018 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Nishimiya prevails over Katou for Girl of the Year Title of the 4th Anime Trending Awards

Takashi Natsume (Natsume's Book of Friends) gets hugged by Astolfo (Fate/Apocrypha) after winning as 2017's Man of the Year. Natsume placed 5th last year for the same award. Astolfo earlier won as the Supporting Man of the Year

2018 Final 2 Man of the Year

Natsume wins 'Man of the Year' on second attempt

Tooru Taki wasn't able to hold her delight as she along with her friends Takashi Natsume, and Kaname Tanuma officially accept the Anime of the Year trophy for Natsume's Book of Friends

2017 Anime of the Year

Natsume's Book of Friends claims ATA 2017 Anime of the Year Title

Shoulder to Shoulder, Kazuma Satou (KonoSuba) and Defending Champion Souma Yukihira (Food Wars) awaits the announcement on who won between them. 

2017 Final 2 Man of the Year

All Smiles for Souma and Kazuma

Rem (Re:Zero) and Shirayuki (Snow White with the Red Hair) cautiously awaits the announcement on who won between them two

2017 Final 2 Girl of the Year

Red vs. Blue: Rem and Shirayuki comes out as Top 2 Girls for 2016

Team Isekai has beaten Team Redheads as Kazuma Satou (KonoSuba) and Rem (Re:Zero - Starting Life in another World) beats titleholders Souma Yukihira (Food Wars) and Shirayuki (Snow White with the Red Hair) both by a slim 18 vote lead.

2017 Winning Characters

Kazuma Satou and Rem dethrones last year's King and Queen

Defending Champion Yato (Noragami), is joined by two Spring 2015 Characters, Hachiman Hikigaya (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) and Souma Yukihira (Food Wars) as 2015's Top 3 Boys of the Year

2016 Final 3 Man of the Year

Final 3 Man of the Year of 2nd Anime Trending Awards

Two Saori Hayami Characters, Shirayuki (Snow White with the Red Hair) and Shinoa Hiiragi (Seraph of the End), joins Nao Tomori (Charlotte) as the Top 3 Girls of the Year of 2015

2016 Final 3 Girl of the Year

Final 3 Girl of the Year of 2nd Anime Trending Awards

The stiff Hachiman Hikigaya goes out of character as he hugged Saika Totsuka to her other cast members' surprise

2016 Anime of the Year

My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU wins ATA 2016 Anime of the Year 

Redheads swept the Character Awards as Souma Yukihira (Food Wars!) and Shirayuki (Snow White with the Red Hair) wins as 2015's Boy and Girl of the Year

2016 Winning Characters

Souma Yukihira, and Shirayuki wins as 2015 Best Boy and Girl

The two goofy characters, Yato (Noragami) and Chiyo Sakura (Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun) becomes the first ever characters of the year of Anime Trending. Sakura's win was particularly outstanding since she got nominated through the Wildcard Rounds.