Winners of individual awards have also been announced.
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF) 2026 has revealed the winners for its Anime of the Year category, recognising outstanding works and individuals from anime films and television series released during fiscal year 2025 (1 October, 2024 to 30 September, 2025).
The selection process began with anime fans voting to determine the People’s Choice Best 100, consisting of 20 theatrical films and 80 TV series. From this shortlist, votes were cast by a broad panel of anime industry professionals, which includes producers, creators, media representatives, and anime merchandise retailers, to decide the recipients of the Best Picture and Individual Awards.
Meanwhile, the Anime Fan Award was selected through voting by general users.
Best Picture Winners
Theatrical Film Category: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba The Movie - Infinity Castle Arc Chapter One - Akaza’s Return
Demon Slayer's first entry to its finale movie trilogy has raked in a ton of awards since its premiere in 2025, arguably quite deservingly, as the movie saw a meteoric rise with tons of broken records under its belt. The movie is still in theatres in Japan.
TV Series Catgegory: Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
A new entry to the sprawling Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, GQuuuuuuX premiered in April 2025 as part of the Summer seasonal lineup. The series also marked the first collaboration between Studio Khara, headed by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno, and Sunrise.
Individual Award Recipients
Meanwhile, the following received individual awards:
- Original Story / Screenplay: Uoto
- Director / Director Department: Yohei Kameyama
- Animator Division: Shuto Enomoto
- Art, Color, and Film: Yusuke Takeda
- Sound and Performance: Kenshi Yonezu
Anime Fan Award
The movie Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle managed to garner the Fan Award. The movie is based on the Japanese multimedia project by King Records under their Evil Line records label.