Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Ending Sequence

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

{{Infobox award

| awarded_for = Best ending sequence of the previous year

| presenter =

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

| year = "You Only Live Once" by Wataru HatanoYuri on Ice (2017)

| holder = "Request" by Krage, storyboard and direction by Hiromu Ōshiro — Solo Leveling (2025)

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

| most_wins = {{unbulleted list

| Anime: Jujutsu Kaisen (2)}}

| most_nominations = {{unbulleted list

| Anime: Attack on Titan / Jujutsu Kaisen (3)}}

}}

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Ending Sequence is a music and sequence award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best ending sequence in an anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.{{cite web |date=December 5, 2023 |title=Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/guides/2023/12/5/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2024 |access-date=December 8, 2023}}

The ending sequence "You Only Live Once" composed by Wataru Hatano in Yuri on Ice 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}} In the latest edition in 2025, "Request" composed by Krage in Solo Leveling 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:25%;"| Sequence

! style="width:40%;"| Anime

! style="width:30%;"| Recipient(s)

rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2016
(1st)
{{cite web|title=Anime of the Year|url=https://theanimeawards.com/anime_of_the_year.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222222449/https://theanimeawards.com/anime_of_the_year.html|archivedate=December 22, 2016|accessdate=March 13, 2023|publisher=Crunchyroll|website=The Anime Awards (theanimeawards.com)}}{{cite web|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|title=Yuri
! on ICE Wins Anime of the Year in Crunchyroll's First-Ever Anime Awards|date=January 30, 2017|access-date=March 13, 2023|website=GlobeNewswire|language=en-us}}
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| "You Only Live Once"

|Yuri on Ice

|Wataru Hatano

"ninelie"

|Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

|Aimer feat. chelly from Egoist

"Pipo Password"

|Space Patrol Luluco

|TeddyLoid feat. Bonjour Suzuki

"Refrain Boy"

|Mob Psycho 100

|ALL OFF

"Styx Helix" {{small|[Most Popular "Other"]}}

|Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World

|Myth & Roid

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}}
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| "Ishukan Communication"

|Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

|Chorogonzu

"behind"

|Just Because!

|Karin Isobe, Yuna Yoshino, and Lynn

"Hikari, Hikari"

|Recovery of an MMO Junkie

|Yuuka Aisaka

"Kafune"

|March Comes in Like a Lion

|Brian the Sun

"Kirameku Hamabe"

|Land of the Lustrous

|Yuiko Ōhara

"Step Up LOVE"

|Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond {{small|(season 2)}}

|Daoko x Yasuyuki Okamura

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}}
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| "Akatsuki no Requiem"

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

|Linked Horizon

"Fly Me to the Star"

|Revue Starlight

|Starlight Kukugumi

"Kakatte Koi yo"

|Megalo Box

|NakamuraEmi

"Ref:rain"

|After the Rain

|Aimer

"Spiky Seeds" {{small|(season 2)}}

| rowspan="2" |FLCL Progressive

| rowspan="2" |The Pillows

"Star Overhead" {{small|(season 3)}}
rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2019
(4th)
{{cite web|last=Orsini|first=Lauren|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2020/01/10/here-are-all-the-nominees-for-the-2019-crunchyroll-anime-awards/?sh=7c7865452a63|title=Here Are All The Nominees For The 2019 Crunchyroll Anime Awards|date=January 10, 2020|access-date=March 13, 2023|website=Forbes|language=en-us}}{{cite web|last=Ramée|first=Jordan|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/every-crunchyroll-anime-awards-2020-winner-includi/1100-6473688/|title=Every Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2020 Winner, Including Anime Of The Year|date=February 15, 2020|access-date=March 13, 2023|website=GameSpot|language=en-us}}
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| "Chikatto Chika Chikaa♡"

|Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

|Konomi Kohara

"Hold Me Now"

|Carole & Tuesday

|Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann

"Sayonara Gokko"

|Dororo

|amazarashi

"Stand by Me"

|Sarazanmai

|the peggies

"Torches"

|Vinland Saga

|Aimer

"veil"

|Fire Force

|Keina Suda

= 2020s =

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style="width:5%;"| Year

! style="width:25%;"| Sequence

! style="width:40%;"| Anime

! style="width:30%;"| Recipient(s)

rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2020
(5th)
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|"Lost in Paradise"

| Jujutsu Kaisen {{small|(season 1)}}

|ALI

"D.D.D.D"

| Dorohedoro

|((K)NoW_NAME)

"The Great Pretender"

| Great Pretender

|Freddie Mercury {{small|(posthumous nomination)}}

"Last Dance"

| In/Spectre

|Mamoru Miyano

"NIGHT RUNNING"

| BNA: Brand New Animal

|Shin Sakura feat. AAAMY

"Welcome My Friend"

| The Millionaire Detective Balance: Unlimited

|OKAMOTO'S

rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2021
(6th)
{{cite web|title=Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Nominations Include '86 Eighty-Six,' 'Jujutsu Kaisen,' 'Oddtaxi' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2022-nominations-1235155903/|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=January 18, 2022|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=Variety|archive-date=March 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325045429/https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/crunchyroll-anime-awards-2022-nominations-1235155903/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1 wins top prize at Crunchyroll's Anime Awards|url=https://www.polygon.com/22924079/anime-awards-winners-list-2022-crunchyroll|last=Goslin|first=Austen|date=February 9, 2022|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=Polygon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308213721/https://www.polygon.com/22924079/anime-awards-winners-list-2022-crunchyroll|archive-date=March 8, 2022|url-status=live}}
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|"Shirogane"

| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba {{small|(season 2 cour 1)}}

|LiSA, storyboard and direction by Tomonori Sudō

"Ganbare! Kumoko-san no Theme"

| So I'm a Spider, So What?

|Aoi Yūki, storyboard and direction by Shin Itagaki

"Infinity"

| SK8 the Infinity

|Yuuri, storyboard by Hiroko Utsumi, direction by Akemi Hayashi

"Nai Nai"

| Shadows House

|Reona, storyboard and direction by Tomohisa Taguchi

"Shogeki"

| Attack on Titan {{small|(season 4 cour 1)}}

|Yuko Ando

"Yasashii Suisei"

| Beastars {{small|(season 2)}}

|Yoasobi

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}}
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|"Comedy"

| Spy × Family

|Gen Hoshino, direction and storyboard by Atsushi Nishigori

"Akuma no Ko"

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

|Ai Higuchi, direction and storyboard by Paraco Shinohara

"Heart wa Oteage"

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

|Airi Suzuki, direction and storyboard by Nichika Ono

"Koi no Yukue"

| My Dress-Up Darling

|Akari Akase, direction and storyboard by Futata

"Koshaberi Biyori"

| Komi Can't Communicate {{small|(season 2)}}

|Fantastic Youth, direction and storyboard by Kōki Fujimoto

"Yofukashi no Uta"

| Call of the Night

|Creepy Nuts, direction by Haruka Segawa, storyboard by Tomoyuki Itamura

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}}
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|"Akari"

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

|Soushi Sakiyama, storyboard and direction by Yojiro Arai

"Color"

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

|Yama, storyboard and direction by Takayuki Hirao

"Happiness of the Dead"

| Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

|Shiyui, storyboard and direction by Hanako Ueda

"Hawatari Nioku Centi"

| Chainsaw Man

|Maximum the Hormone, storyboard and direction by Yuki Kamiya

"Koi Kogare"

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

|Milet and Man with a Mission, storyboard and direction by Yuki Shimizu

"Mephisto"

| Oshi no Ko

|Queen Bee, storyboard and direction by Naoya Nakayama

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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|"Request"

| Solo Leveling

|Krage, storyboard and direction by Hiromu Ōshiro

"Anta Nante"

| Ranma ½

|Riria., storyboard by Minami Kitamura, direction by Minami Kitamura and Fumiyuki Uehara

"Burning"

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

|Hitsujibungaku, storyboard and direction by Naoya Nakayama

"Kamakura Style"

| The Elusive Samurai

|BotchiBoromaru, storyboard and direction by Yuki Yonemuri

"Nobody"

| Kaiju No. 8

|OneRepublic, storyboard and direction by Toya Ooshima

"Taidada"

| Dandadan

|Zutomayo, storyboard by Moko-chan, direction by Moko-chan and Nick McKergow

References