Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series

{{Short description|Series award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards}}

{{Infobox award

| awarded_for = Best ongoing anime series of the previous year

| presenter =

| country = {{ubl|United States|Japan}}

| year = Shaft — March Comes in Like a Lion (2018)

| holder = Ufotable — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2025)

| website = {{URL|https://www.crunchyroll.com/en/animeawards/|Crunchyroll Anime Awards}}

| most_wins = {{unbulleted list

| Studio: Toei Animation (3)

| Anime: One Piece (2)}}

| most_nominations = {{unbulleted list

| Studio: Toei Animation (6)

| Anime: One Piece (4)}}

}}

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Continuing Series is a series award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best ongoing anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/guides/2023/12/5/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2024|title=Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide|date=December 5, 2023|access-date=December 8, 2023}}

Coming-of-age romantic anime March Comes in Like a Lion by Shaft first won the award in 2017.{{cite web |date=January 30, 2017 |title=Yuri!!! on ICE Wins Anime of the Year in Crunchyroll's First-Ever Anime Awards |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/01/30/1202535/0/en/Yuri-on-ICE-Wins-Anime-of-the-Year-in-Crunchyroll-s-First-Ever-Anime-Awards.html |access-date=March 13, 2023 |website=GlobeNewswire |language=en-us}} Toei Animation's flagship series One Piece won the award in 2023 and 2024, making both the first anime studio and series to win the award multiple times, consecutively. Toei Animation also received the most wins (3) and nominations (6) for an anime studio, along with One Piece also received the most.

In the latest edition in 2025, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Ufotable 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 =

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style="width:5%;"\| Year ! style="width:61.5%;"\| Anime ! style="width:33.5%;"\| Studio(s)
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| 2017 (2nd) {{cite web\|last=Jones\|first=Jordan\|url=https://geeksofcolor.co/2018/02/25/crunchyrolls-2017-anime-awards-recap-and-winners/\|title=Crunchyroll’s 2017 Anime Awards Recap and Winners\|date=February 25, 2018\|access-date=September 9, 2023\|website=Geeks of Color\|language=en-us}}
style="background:#FAEB86" \| *March Comes in Like a Lion* \| Shaft
All Out!! \| Madhouse/TMS Entertainment
Case Closed \| TMS Entertainment
Dragon Ball Super \| Toei Animation
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans \| Sunrise
Naruto Shippuden \| Pierrot
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| 2018 (3rd) {{cite web\|last=Schley\|first=Matt\|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/devilman-crybaby-wins-anime-of-the-year-at-crunchyroll-anime-awards/\|title=Devilman Crybaby Wins Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Anime Awards\|date=February 17, 2019\|access-date=March 13, 2023\|website=Otaku USA Magazine\|language=en-us}}
style="background:#FAEB86" \| *Dragon Ball Super* \| Toei Animation
The Ancient Magus' Bride \| Wit Studio
Black Clover \| rowspan="2" \| Pierrot
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
March Comes in Like a Lion \| Shaft
One Piece \| Toei Animation

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style="width:5%;"| Year

! style="width:61.5%;"| Anime

! style="width:33.5%;"| Studio(s)

rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2017
(2nd)
{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Jordan|url=https://geeksofcolor.co/2018/02/25/crunchyrolls-2017-anime-awards-recap-and-winners/|title=Crunchyroll’s 2017 Anime Awards Recap and Winners|date=February 25, 2018|access-date=September 9, 2023|website=Geeks of Color|language=en-us}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| March Comes in Like a Lion

| Shaft

All Out!!

| Madhouse/TMS Entertainment

Case Closed

| TMS Entertainment

Dragon Ball Super

| Toei Animation

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

| Sunrise

Naruto Shippuden

| Pierrot

rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2018
(3rd)
{{cite web|last=Schley|first=Matt|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/devilman-crybaby-wins-anime-of-the-year-at-crunchyroll-anime-awards/|title=Devilman Crybaby Wins Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll Anime Awards|date=February 17, 2019|access-date=March 13, 2023|website=Otaku USA Magazine|language=en-us}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| Dragon Ball Super

| Toei Animation

The Ancient Magus' Bride

| Wit Studio

Black Clover

| rowspan="2" | Pierrot

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

March Comes in Like a Lion

| Shaft

One Piece

| Toei Animation

= 2020s =

class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
style="width:5%;"\| Year ! style="width:61.5%;"\| Anime ! style="width:33.5%;"\| Studio(s)
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| 2021/2022 (7th) {{cite web\|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-03-04/all-the-winners-of-the-7th-annual-crunchyroll-anime-awards/.195535\|title=All the Winners of the 7th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards\|website=Anime News Network\|last=Eisenbeis\|first=Richard\|date=March 4, 2023\|access-date=March 13, 2023}}{{cite web\|last=Patches\|first=Matt\|title=Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year\|url=https://www.polygon.com/23624896/anime-awards-2023-winners-list-cyberpunk-attack-on-titan-spy-family\|website=Polygon\|date=March 4, 2023\|access-date=March 4, 2023}}
style="background:#FAEB86" \| One Piece \| Toei Animation
Attack on Titan {{small\|(season 4 cour 2)}} \| MAPPA
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba {{small\|(season 2)}} \| Ufotable
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure {{small\|(season 5)}} \| David Production
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War {{small\|(season 3)}} \| A-1 Pictures
Made in Abyss {{small\|(season 2)}} \| Kinema Citrus
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| 2022/2023 (8th) {{cite web \|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-01-17/crunchyroll-anime-awards-reveals-2024-nominees/.206574 \|title=Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2024 Nominees \|website=Anime News Network \|last=Mateo \|first=Alex \|date=January 17, 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117192956/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-01-17/crunchyroll-anime-awards-reveals-2024-nominees/.206574 \|archive-date=January 17, 2024 \|url-status=live \|access-date=January 17, 2024}}{{cite web\|last=Hazra\|first=Adriana\|title=All the Winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024\|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-03-02/all-the-winners-of-the-crunchyroll-anime-awards-2024/.208219\|website=Anime News Network\|date=March 2, 2024\|access-date=March 2, 2024\|archive-date=March 2, 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302162325/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-03-02/all-the-winners-of-the-crunchyroll-anime-awards-2024/.208219\|url-status=live}}
style="background:#FAEB86" \| *One Piece* \| Toei Animation
Attack on Titan {{small\|(season 4 cour 3)}} \| MAPPA
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba {{small\|(season 3)}} \| Ufotable
Jujutsu Kaisen {{small\|(season 2)}} \| MAPPA
Spy × Family {{small\|(season 1 cour 2)}} \| Wit Studio and CloverWorks
Vinland Saga {{small\|(season 2)}} \| MAPPA
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| 2023/2024 (9th) {{cite web \|last=Pedersen \|first=Erik \|title=Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominations Revealed \|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2025-nominations-list-1236358422/ \|website=Deadline \|date=April 3, 2025 \|access-date=April 4, 2025 \|archive-date=April 3, 2025 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403212358/https://deadline.com/2025/04/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2025-nominations-list-1236358422/ \|url-status=live}}{{cite web \|last=Grein \|first=Paul \|date=May 25, 2025 \|title=Crunchyroll Reveals 2025 Anime Awards Winners: Full List \|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/crunchyroll-2025-anime-awards-winners-full-list-1235980623 \|website=Billboard \|location=Tokyo \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527193011/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/crunchyroll-2025-anime-awards-winners-full-list-1235980623/ \|archive-date=May 27, 2025 \|access-date=May 28, 2025}}
style="background:#FAEB86;" \| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba {{small\|(season 4)}} \| Ufotable
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict \| Pierrot
My Hero Academia {{small\|(season 7)}} \| Bones
One Piece \| Toei Animation
Oshi no Ko {{small\|(season 2)}} \| Doga Kobo
Spy × Family {{small\|(season 2)}} \| Wit Studio and CloverWorks

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style="width:5%;"| Year

! style="width:61.5%;"| Anime

! style="width:33.5%;"| Studio(s)

rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2021/2022
(7th)
{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-03-04/all-the-winners-of-the-7th-annual-crunchyroll-anime-awards/.195535|title=All the Winners of the 7th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards|website=Anime News Network|last=Eisenbeis|first=Richard|date=March 4, 2023|access-date=March 13, 2023}}{{cite web|last=Patches|first=Matt|title=Anime Awards 2023 name Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as Anime of the Year|url=https://www.polygon.com/23624896/anime-awards-2023-winners-list-cyberpunk-attack-on-titan-spy-family|website=Polygon|date=March 4, 2023|access-date=March 4, 2023}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| One Piece

| Toei Animation

Attack on Titan {{small|(season 4 cour 2)}}

| MAPPA

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba {{small|(season 2)}}

| Ufotable

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure {{small|(season 5)}}

| David Production

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War {{small|(season 3)}}

| A-1 Pictures

Made in Abyss {{small|(season 2)}}

| Kinema Citrus

rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2022/2023
(8th)
{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-01-17/crunchyroll-anime-awards-reveals-2024-nominees/.206574 |title=Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2024 Nominees |website=Anime News Network |last=Mateo |first=Alex |date=January 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117192956/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-01-17/crunchyroll-anime-awards-reveals-2024-nominees/.206574 |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=January 17, 2024}}{{cite web|last=Hazra|first=Adriana|title=All the Winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-03-02/all-the-winners-of-the-crunchyroll-anime-awards-2024/.208219|website=Anime News Network|date=March 2, 2024|access-date=March 2, 2024|archive-date=March 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302162325/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2024-03-02/all-the-winners-of-the-crunchyroll-anime-awards-2024/.208219|url-status=live}}

style="background:#FAEB86"

| One Piece

| Toei Animation

Attack on Titan {{small|(season 4 cour 3)}}

| MAPPA

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba {{small|(season 3)}}

| Ufotable

Jujutsu Kaisen {{small|(season 2)}}

| MAPPA

Spy × Family {{small|(season 1 cour 2)}}

| Wit Studio and CloverWorks

Vinland Saga {{small|(season 2)}}

| MAPPA

rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2023/2024
(9th)
{{cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |title=Crunchyroll Anime Awards Nominations Revealed |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2025-nominations-list-1236358422/ |website=Deadline |date=April 3, 2025 |access-date=April 4, 2025 |archive-date=April 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403212358/https://deadline.com/2025/04/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2025-nominations-list-1236358422/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=May 25, 2025 |title=Crunchyroll Reveals 2025 Anime Awards Winners: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/crunchyroll-2025-anime-awards-winners-full-list-1235980623 |website=Billboard |location=Tokyo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527193011/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/crunchyroll-2025-anime-awards-winners-full-list-1235980623/ |archive-date=May 27, 2025 |access-date=May 28, 2025}}

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| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba {{small|(season 4)}}

| Ufotable

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict

| Pierrot

My Hero Academia {{small|(season 7)}}

| Bones

One Piece

| Toei Animation

Oshi no Ko {{small|(season 2)}}

| Doga Kobo

Spy × Family {{small|(season 2)}}

| Wit Studio and CloverWorks

References

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