The winners of the Anime of the Year categories from the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2026 (TAAF 2026) were announced on Monday. A panel of judges selected the winners from a list of titles that either screened, aired, or were distributed in Japan between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025, with 100 titles (80 television anime and 20 theatrical anime) ultimately in the running for the Anime of the Year awards.

Grand Prize
Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie 1: Mugenjou-hen - Akaza Sairai (Feature Film)
Kidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuX (Television Series)

Anime Fan Award
Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle Movie

Individual Awards
Writers Category: Uoto (Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite)
Directors Category: Youhei Kameyama (Ginga Tokkyuu Milky☆Subway)
Animators Category: Shuuto Enomoto (Kimi no Iro)
Visual Artists Category: Yuusuke Takeda (Chainsaw Man Movie: Reze-hen)
Sound Artists Category: Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man Movie: Reze-hen)

Note: The titles listed for the individual awards are merely titles the recipient has worked on during this period; they are not the sole title the recipient won the award for. The Anime Fan Award is awarded to the entry that received the most votes in the general voting.

The Tokyo Anime Award Festival is scheduled to be held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo between March 13 and 16. The event will also present additional entries from around the world for its Feature Animation Competition and Short Animation Competition categories. The former category includes 39 entries from 31 countries, while 997 entries from 71 countries were submitted for the latter. TAAF 2026 Preliminary Selection Committee is selecting 27 of these entries (four for Feature Animation and 23 for Short Animation) to qualify for the Grand Prize and the Award of Excellence in their respective categories, with each category awarding it to two titles.

Source: Official Site 1, 2, 3

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