Over 51 Million Votes Cast! Crunchyroll Unveils Powerhouse Musical Performances & Celebrity Presenters for 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Ben Madilynn
Music Performances by Viral Japanese Acts Creepy Nuts, FLOW and LiSA; Newly Revealed Presenters, Including Global Superstar and Anime Collaborator J Balvin, GRAMMY Award Winning Singer Kacey Musgraves, and Screenwriter Zak Penn
Tune into the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards on Crunchyroll’s Twitch and YouTube Channels as well as SONY PICTURES CORE; Pre-Show at 5:00PM and Mainshow at 6:00PM JST
Asia-Pacific — The votes are in! Over 51 million votes have been cast from fans across the globe for the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, marking a nearly 50% increase over last year’s 34 million. Adding to the international excitement building around this year’s show, Crunchyroll is announcing an exciting lineup of music performances by Japanese singer-songwriter LiSA, hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts, as well as rock band FLOW, alongside notable presenters, including global superstar and anime collaborator J Balvin, GRAMMY award winning singer Kacey Musgraves, and screenwriter Zak Penn.
This year’s musical acts reflect the international success anime has seen over the past year. Creepy Nuts, the 2025 Anime Award nominated hip-hop duo behind viral hits “Otonoke” and “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”, the opening themes for Dan Da Dan and Mashle: Magic and Muscles, respectively. FLOW, the legendary rock band featured in the openings for Naruto and Code Geass, will perform “DAYS” in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Eureka Seven. LiSA, Spotify’s most streamed Japanese artist overseas in 2020 and the singer of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’s “Gurenge”, will take the stage for a special performance.
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards will take place on Sunday, May 25, 2025 with the live ceremony hosted by renowned voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira. Beginning with the pre-show at 5:00PM JST and mainshow at 6:00PM JST, the livestream will be available for global tune-in on Crunchyroll’s Twitch and YouTube channels as well as SONY PICTURES CORE and the Sony Group Corp Global YouTube Channel. The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards will be available in 9 languages, including English, Arabic, Brazilian-Portuguese, Castillian-Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, and Latin-Spanish.
The full music performance slate and additional live ceremony and pre-show presenters are listed below, in alphabetical order:
Musical Performances by:
- Creepy Nuts—2025 Anime Award nominated hip-hop duo behind viral hits “Otonoke” and “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”, the opening themes for Dan Da Dan and Mashle: Magic and Muscles, respectively.
- FLOW—Rock band, performing at the Anime Awards in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Eureka Seven.
- LiSA—Japanese singer and iconic voice behind Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’s opening theme “Gurenge”
Live Ceremony and Pre-Show Presenters:
- J Balvin—GRAMMY nominated global music superstar
- Kacey Musgraves—GRAMMY award winning singer, songwriter, & musician
- Zak Penn—Screenwriter
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is the leading yearly awards program honoring the creators, musicians, and performances powering the global love of anime. The ninth annual Anime Awards will take place at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo on May 25, 2025. Sony Music Solutions Inc., part of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and Dempsey Productions will support Crunchyroll in the execution of the event. The event will be livestreamed for global audiences.
More information can be found on the Crunchyroll Anime Awards Official Website and across X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Channel.
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