NewType magazine, owned by Kadokawa, recently published the results of its annual NewType Awards for the best anime of the year on its X page. The vote includes all anime released from July 2024 to April 2025.
The main award was unexpectedly taken by the romantic comedy \"Too Many Losing Heroines!\", which was not previously seen as a favorite.
\"Solo Leveling\" gained global popularity, becoming one of the most watched anime on streaming platforms and winning at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2024. However, in the current NewType vote, the second season of the anime only took fourth place. It is noteworthy that the creation of both \"Too Many Losing Heroines!\" and \"Solo Leveling\" is the merit of the same studio — A-1 Pictures.
The top 10 anime according to NewType Awards are as follows:
- «Too Many Losing Heroines!»
- «Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX»
- «The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2)»
- «Solo Leveling (Season 2)»
- «Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Gray Cinderella»
- «Medalist»
- «Dandadan»
- «Apocalypse: Hotel»
- «Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World 3»
- «Oshi no Ko 2»
As a reminder, the anime \"Frieren: Beyond Journey's End\" won the last NewType Awards, which will return with its second season on January 16, 2026.