Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Opening Sequence

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

{{Infobox award

| awarded_for = Best opening sequence of the previous year

| presenter =

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

| year = {{Interlanguage link|History Maker (Dean Fujioka song)|lt=History Maker|ja|History Maker|quote=y}} by Dean FujiokaYuri on Ice (2017)

| holder = "Otonoke" by Creepy NutsDandadan (2025)

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

| most_wins = {{unbulleted list

| Anime: Attack on Titan (2)}}

| most_nominations = {{unbulleted list

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

}}

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Opening 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 opening 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 opening sequence "History Maker" composed by Dean Fujioka 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, "Otonoke" sung and composed by hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts in Dandadan 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 the sequences in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.

= 2010s =

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! 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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| {{Interlanguage link|History Maker (Dean Fujioka song)|lt=History Maker|ja|History Maker|quote=y}}

|Yuri on Ice

|Dean Fujioka

"99"

|Mob Psycho 100

|Mob Choir

"Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress"

|Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

|Egoist

"Usurai Shinjū"

|Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

|Megumi Hayashibara

"Re:Re:" {{small|[Most Popular "Other"]}}

|Erased

|Asian Kung-Fu Generation

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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| "Peace Sign"

|My Hero Academia {{small|(season 2)}}

|Kenshi Yonezu

"Here"

|The Ancient Magus' Bride

|JUNNA

"Imawa no Shinigami"

|Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju {{small|(season 2)}}

|Megumi Hayashibara

"Shadow and Truth"

|ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.

|ONE III NOTES

"Shinzō wo Sasageyo!"

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

|Linked Horizon

"The Other Side of the Wall"

|Princess Principal

|Void_Chords feat. MARU

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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| "Kiss of Death"

|Darling in the Franxx

|Mika Nakashima x Hyde

"Aggretsuko"

|Aggretsuko

|Miura Jam

"Deal with the Devil"

|Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler

|Tia

"Fiction"

|Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku

|Sumika

"Fighting Gold"

|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure {{small|(season 4)}}

|Coda

"Pop Team Epic"

|Pop Team Epic

|Sumire Uesaka

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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| "99.9"

|Mob Psycho 100 {{small|(season 2)}}

|Mob Choir feat. Sajou no Hana

"Inferno"

|Fire Force

|Mrs. Green Apple

"Kawaki wo Ameku"

|Domestic Girlfriend

|Minami

"Kiss Me"

|Carole & Tuesday

|Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann

"Mukanjyo"

|Vinland Saga

|Survive Said The Prophet

"Touch Off"

|The Promised Neverland

|UVERworld

= 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)
{{cite web|last=Luster|first=Joseph|title=Rewatch the 2021 Anime Awards Here (and Find Out Who Won!)|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/19-1/rewatch-the-2021-anime-awards-here-and-find-out-who-won|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220073813/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/19-1/rewatch-the-2021-anime-awards-here-and-find-out-who-won|date=February 19, 2021|archive-date=February 20, 2021|access-date=March 13, 2023|publisher=Crunchyroll|language=en-us}}
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|"Wild Side"

| Beastars

|ALI

"DADDY! DADDY! DO!"

| Kaguya-sama: Love Is War {{small|(season 2)}}

|Masayuki Suzuki feat. Airi Suzuki"

"Easy Breezy"

| Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

|chelmico

"G.P."

| Great Pretender

|Yutaka Yamada

"Kaikai Kitan"

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

|Eve

"Phoenix"

| Haikyu!! {{small|(season 4)}}

|Burnout Syndromes

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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|"Boku no Sensou"

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

|Shinsei Kamattechan, storyboard and direction by Yuichiro Hayashi

"Ai no Supreme!"

| Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S

|Fhána, storyboard and direction by Tatsuya Ishihara

"Cry Baby"

| Tokyo Revengers

|Official Hige Dandism

"Kaibutsu"

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

|Yoasobi

"ODDTAXI"

| Odd Taxi

|Skirt and PUNPEE, storyboard and direction by Ryoji Yamada

"Vivid Vice"

| Jujutsu Kaisen {{small|(season 1 cour 2)}}

|Who-ya Extended, storyboard and direction by Shingo Yamashita

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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|"The Rumbling"

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

|SiM, storyboard and direction by Takashi Kojima

"Chikichiki Banban"

| Ya Boy Kongming!

|QUEENDOM, storyboard and direction by 10GAUGE

"Mixed Nuts"

| Spy × Family

|Official Hige Dandism, storyboard and direction by Masashi Ishihama

"Hadaka no Yūsha"

| Ranking of Kings {{small|(season 1 cour 2)}}

|Vaundy, storyboard and direction by Shingo Yamashita

"This Fffire"

| Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

|Franz Ferdinand, direction by Hiroyuki Imaishi, storyboard by Kai Ikarashi

"Zankyōsanka"

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

|Aimer, direction by Akira Matsushima, storyboard by Haruo Sotozaki

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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|"Where Our Blue Is"

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

|Tatsuya Kitani, storyboard and direction by Yuki Kamiya

"Idol"

| Oshi no Ko

|Yoasobi, storyboard and direction by Yusuke Yamamoto

"Innocent Arrogance"

| Heavenly Delusion

|Bish, storyboard and direction by Weilin Zhang

"Kick Back"

| Chainsaw Man

|Kenshi Yonezu, storyboard and direction by Shingo Yamashita

"Song of the Dead"

| Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

|Kana-Boon, storyboard and direction by Kazuki Kawagoe

"Work"

| Hell's Paradise

|Ringo Sheena and Millennium Parade, storyboard and direction by Kamata

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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|"Otonoke"

| Dandadan

|Creepy Nuts, storyboard and direction by Abel Góngora

"Abyss"

| Kaiju No. 8

|Yungblud, direction by Kohei Nakajima and Hibiki Yoshizaki

"Bling-Bang-Bang-Born"

| Mashle: Magic and Muscles {{small|(season 2)}}

|Creepy Nuts, storyboard and direction by Shun Enokido

"Fatal"

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

|Gemn, storyboard and direction by Ryohei Takeshita

"Level"

| Solo Leveling

|SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] and Tomorrow X Together, storyboard and direction by Choi In-seung

"Uuuuus!"

| One Piece

|Hiroshi Kitadani, storyboard and direction by Megumi Ishitani

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