I am pleased to announce the nominees for the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards. You can see a full list of the nominees in each category below. To receive a ballot with voting instructions, send a private message that says !ballot to @kurisu@ani.social. She checks for new messages every five minutes. I have tried to pre-emptively answer some questions in a comment below.
Without further ado, here are your nominees:
2025 Anime Series of the Year
- CITY The Animation
- Apocalypse Hotel
- The Summer Hikaru Died
- Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
- Dan Da Dan Season 2
2025 Anime Film of the Year
- cocoon: Aru Natsu no Shoujo-tachi Yori
- 100 Meters
- The Colors Within
- Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
2025 Anime Character of the Year
- Oguri Cap (Umamusume: Cinderella Gray)
- Yoshiki Tsujinaka (The Summer Hikaru Died)
- Reze (Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc)
- Yachiyo (Apocalypse Hotel)
- Renako Amaori (There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless…)
- Izumi Wako (City the Animation)
Best Comedy
- The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2
- A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof
- Apocalypse Hotel
- Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express
- From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!
- City the Animation
Best Drama
- Medalist
- The Summer Hikaru Died
- Takopi's Original Sin
- Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
- The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
- SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Season 2
Best Fantasy/Adventure
- Clevatess
- Gachiakuta
- Lord of Mysteries
- Zenshu
- Secrets of the Silent Witch
Best Romance
- The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Stairway to Adulthood-
- Honey Lemon Soda
- Kowloon Generic Romance
- My Dress-Up Darling Season 2
- There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless…
Best Slice of Life
- Ruri Rocks
- With You and the Rain
- Apocalypse Hotel
- City the Animation
- mono
- Catch Me at the Ballpark!
Best Action
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
- Zenshu
- To Be Hero X
- Dan Da Dan Season 2
- Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
- Solo Leveling Season 2
Best Animation
- Zenshu
- Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express
- City the Animation
- Solo Leveling Season 2
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
- Ruri Rocks
Best Soundtrack
- The Summer Hikaru Died
- Rock is a Lady's Modesty
- Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
- The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
- bâan: The Boundary of Adulthood
- Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
Best Voice Acting (specific role in any language)
- Aoi Yuuki - Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries - Japanese
- Shion Wakayama - Momo Ayase in Dan Da Dan - Japanese
- Miyuki Sawashiro - Anko Uguisu in Call of the Night - Japanese
- Jun Fukushima - Kazuma Satou in Konosuba - Japanese
- Rie Takahashi - Alina Clover in I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time - Japanese
- Mikako Komatsu - Midori Nagumo in City the Animation - Japanese
Best Musical Sequence (OP/ED or insert song)
- Hunting Soul by HAYASii - Dan Da Dan Season 2, Episode 6 insert song - https://youtu.be/ZEdiws1rDMY
- skirt by aiko - Apocalypse Hotel OP - https://animethemes.moe/anime/apocalypse_hotel/OP1
- Hibi no Kage - The Summer Hikaru Died Episode 7 insert song - https://youtu.be/FF5XYoaaWsQ
- Watch me! by YOASOBI - Witch Watch OP - https://animethemes.moe/anime/witch_watch/OP1
- Actor by Lilas Ikuta - Spy x Family Season 3 ED - https://animethemes.moe/anime/spy_x_family_season_3/ED1
- Kaseijin by Yorushika - Shoushimin Season 2 OP - https://animethemes.moe/anime/shoushimin_series_2nd_season/OP1
Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season, episode 6
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Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!?, episode 9
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Tamon’s B-Side, Two F/aced Tamon, Which Face Does Tamon Have Now?, ทามอนคุง ตอนนี้อยู่โหมดไหน!?
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Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen, episode 8
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JJK3, Jujutsu Kaisen 3rd Season, มหาเวทย์ผนึกมาร จรดลล้างบาง พาร์ต 1, 呪術廻戦 第3期
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Yuusha Kei ni Shosu: Choubatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku, episode 8
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ผู้กล้าโทษประหาร : บันทึกการรับโทษของหน่วยผู้กล้าต้องโทษ 9004
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"Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na" to Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta node, Outo de Kimama ni Kurashitai, episode 8
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Omagoto, ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!, กระจอกอย่างแกยังไงก็แพ้จอมมาร, おまごと
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Toumei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fuufu ni Naru Futari, episode 8
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รักใส ใจละมุน กับคุณที่มองไม่เห็น
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Ganso! Bandori-chan, episode 21
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[Oshi no Ko] 3rd Season, episode 7
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[OSHI NO KO] Season 3
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All the cool effects, honorifics, translator notes that explain references that you might miss as non-japanese viewer... Whoever put this much effort for free more than 10 years ago, thank you! It was so refreshing seeing this in the era of corporate sloppy subtitles!
Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu., episode 8
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Kiếm Cơm Bằng Trò Chơi Sinh Tử, SHIBOYUGI : Survivre est mon métier, SHIBOYUGI: Das Phantom-Mädchen im Spiel des Todes, SHIBOYUGI: Jogos Mortais para Colocar Comida na Mesa, SHIBOYUGI: Juegos mortales para ganarse el pan, Смертельная игра ради еды на столе, Смертельні ігри заради їжі на столі, ลิขิตชะตาเกมท้าตาย, 靠死亡游戏混饭吃。
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