Dandadan Takes Home Best Character Design at Crunchyroll Awards
- India Today Gaming
- May 25, 2025 (UPDATED: May 25, 2025 20:18 IST)
Dandadan wins Best Character Design at the 2025 Anime Awards for its bold art style and standout characters, capturing fans’ and critics’ attention alike
TOKYO, JAPAN – May 25, 2025 — The anime Dandadan won the Best Character Design award at the 2025 Anime Awards held in Tokyo. This show gets noticed for it’s colorful look that mix action, romance and drama all in one.
Dandadan Wins at Crunchyroll Awards: Art Style That Everyone Noticed
Dandadan was made by Yukinobu Tatsu, and it became very popular in 2024 because of it’s cool and wild animation. The anime was made by Science SARU, with Naoyuki Onda doing the character designs and Fuga Yamashiro being the director. Many fans and some reviewers says the anime does a great job showing characters’ emotions just from how they look.
This award shows how the anime mix good art with story. The characters look cool and fit well in the crazy and strange world around them.
The main characters in the anime, Momo and Okarun, have design that are loud and colorful. Each one got a style that fit how they act. The show mix cool heroes with strange and scary villains, so fans never sure what's gonna happen next.
That wild mix of designs is what made Dandadan stand out. The way it shows people, it’s more than just looks—it make you feel their energy.
Design That Fits the Wild Story
This anime is not just one type—it mixes many things. Action, romance, drama, and even some comedy. The way characters are drawn helps all those feelings work together. That’s why the award makes sense for Dandadan, cause it’s a full visual ride.
Winning Best Character Design is a big deal for this anime. It means fans and even experts in the anime world see it as something special. The award also say good job to all the people behind it, like the artists and animators who worked hard on it.
As anime keep getting bigger, shows like Dandadan prove that having great designs really matter. The win show how characters don’t just need to look cool—they should tell a story too.
Now that Dandadan got this win, fans are hoping for even more from it in the future. Maybe more awards, maybe even a new season. Whatever it is, people are watching.
In the end, this win is not just about pretty pictures. It’s about how anime art brings stories to life, and Dandadan did it in a way fans won’t forget.
Source : Crunchyroll
Written By “Sujoy Bhowmik - India Today Gaming”