Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Ending Sequence
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.[ 1]
The ending sequence "You Only Live Once" composed by Wataru Hatano in Yuri on Ice [ 2] latest edition in 2025, "Request" composed by Krage in Solo Leveling [ 3]
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
2020s
Year
Sequence
Anime
Recipient(s)
2020 (5th ) [ 10]
"Lost in Paradise "
Jujutsu Kaisen ALI feat. Aklo
"D.D.D.D"
Dorohedoro (K)NoW_NAME)
"The Great Pretender "
Great Pretender Freddie Mercury (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
2021 (6th ) [ 11] [ 12]
"Shirogane"
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc season 2 )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: The Final Season Part 1 season 4 )
Yuko Ando
"Yasashii Suisei "
Beastars Yoasobi
2021 /2022 (7th ) [ 13] [ 14]
"Comedy "
Spy × Family Gen Hoshino , direction and storyboard by Atsushi Nishigori
"Akuma no Ko "
Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2)
Ai Higuchi, direction and storyboard by Paraco Shinohara
"Heart wa Oteage"
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – Ultra Romantic 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 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
2022 /2023 (8th ) [ 15] [ 16]
"Akari"
Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 )Soushi Sakiyama, storyboard and direction by Yojiro Arai
"Color"
Spy × Family (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 Swordsmith Village Arc (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
2023 /2024 (9th ) [ 17] [ 3]
"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 (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
Records
Anime series
Artist
Currently, no artist has both won and nominated in different years for an award more than once. The following artists that has the most nominations without a win below:
References
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