The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Opening Sequence, formerly known as Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Opening, 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.
The opening sequence "" composed by Dean Fujioka in Yuri on Ice first won the award in 2017. In the latest edition in 2026, "On the Way" performed by Aina the End in the second season of 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 Best Opening Year Sequence Anime Recipient(s) 2016(1st) "" 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 Most Popular "Other": "Re:Re:" Erased Asian Kung-Fu Generation 2017(2nd) "Peace Sign" My Hero Academia (season 2) Kenshi Yonezu "Here" The Ancient Magus' Bride JUNNA "Imawa no Shinigami" Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (season 2) Megumi Hayashibara "Shadow and Truth" ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. ONE III NOTES "Shinzō wo Sasageyo!" Attack on Titan (season 2) Linked Horizon "The Other Side of the Wall" Princess Principal Void_Chords feat. MARU
Best Opening Sequence Year Sequence Anime Recipient(s) 2018(3rd) "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: Golden Wind (season 4) Coda "Pop Team Epic" Pop Team Epic Sumire Uesaka 2019(4th) "99.9" Mob Psycho 100 II (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 Year Sequence Anime Recipient(s) 2020(5th) "Wild Side" Beastars ALI "DADDY! DADDY! DO!" Kaguya-sama: Love Is War? (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 Eve "Phoenix" Haikyu!! To the Top (season 4) Burnout Syndromes 2021(6th) "Boku no Sensou" Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 (season 4)| 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 (season 2) | Yoasobi |- | "ODDTAXI" | Odd Taxi | Skirt and PUNPEE, storyboard and direction by Ryoji Yamada |- | "Vivid Vice" | Jujutsu Kaisen (cour 2) | Who-ya Extended, storyboard and direction by Shingo Yamashita |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2021/2022(7th) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | "The Rumbling"| Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (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 (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 Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2) | Aimer, direction by Akira Matsushima, storyboard by Haruo Sotozaki |- ! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| 2022/2023(8th) |- style="background:#FAEB86" | "Where Our Blue Is"| Jujutsu Kaisen (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) |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | "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 The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc (season 2) Creepy Nuts, storyboard and direction by Shun Enokido "Fatal" Oshi no Ko (season 2) Gemn, storyboard and direction by Ryōhei Takeshita "Level" Solo Leveling SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]: Tomorrow X Together, storyboard and direction by Choi In-seung "Uuuuus!" One Piece Hiroshi Kitadani, storyboard and direction by Megumi Ishitani 2025(10th) "On the Way" Dandadan (season 2) Aina the End, storyboard and direction by MicAOz "Hugs" Gachiakuta , storyboard and direction by "Mirage" Call of the Night (season 2) Creepy Nuts, storyboard and direction by "Reawaker" Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (season 2) LiSA feat. Felix of Stray Kids, storyboard and direction by Shunsuke Nakashige "The Revo" My Hero Academia: Final Season (season 8) Porno Graffitti, storyboard by Naomi Nakayama, direction by Masayuki Otsuki "Watch Me!" Witch Watch Yoasobi, storyboard and direction by Megumi Ishitani
Records Anime series FranchiseWinsNominationsSeasonsAttack on Titan23Season 2, The Final Season Part 1, The Final Season Part 2Dandadan2Season 1, Season 2Jujutsu Kaisen13Season 1 cour 1, Season 1 cour 2, Season 2Beastars2Season 1, Season 2Mob Psycho 100Season 1, Season 2My Hero AcademiaSeason 2, Final SeasonDescending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju0Season 1, Season 2Oshi no KoSolo LevelingSeason 1, Arise from the Shadow
Artist ArtistWinsNominationsAnimeCreepy Nuts13Call of the Night (Season 2), Dandadan, Mashle: Magic and Muscles (The Divine Visionary Candidate Exam Arc)Kenshi Yonezu2Chainsaw Man, My Hero Academia (Season 2)Mob ChoirMob Psycho 100 (Season 1, Season 2)Yoasobi03Beastars (Season 2), Oshi no Ko, Witch WatchMegumi Hayashibara2Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (Season 1, Season 2)Official Hige DandismSpy × Family, Tokyo Revengers
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