Ranked choice voting doesn’t allow a simple top X candidates due to the way votes can transfer between rounds. If you want to see how each category’s voting rounds went, you can see them all here.

In the list below, I have listed the second-highest receiver(s) of votes in the final voting round:

• 2025 Anime Series of the Year - CITY the Animation
• 2025 Anime Film of the Year - 100 Meters
• 2025 Anime Character of the Year - Izumi Wako (CITY the Animation)
• Best Comedy - Ninkoro and 100 Girlfriends (tie)
• Best Drama - Summer Hikaru Died
• Best Fantasy/Adventure - Secrets of the Silent Witch
• Best Romance - Fragrant Flower
• Best Slice of Life - Apocalypse Hotel
• Best Action - Dan Da Dan Season 2
• Best Animation - Chainsaw Man Reze Arc
• Best Soundtrack - Rock is a Lady’s Modesty and Umamusume Cinderella Gray (tie)
• Best Voice Acting - Mikako Komatsu (Nagumo from CITY the Animation)
• Best Musical Sequence - Kaseijin by Yorushika - Shoushimin Season 2 OP