Attack on Titan The First To Receive Newest Crunchyroll Award
Attack on Titan’s legacy has now been fully recognized by Crunchyroll with its latest award.
On May 21, 2025, it was announced that Attack on Titan would be the first series to receive the “Global Impact Award”, the latest award in the lineup of the Crunchyroll Awards.
The Global Impact Award is a signifier of Attack on Titan’s cultural impact worldwide and is a way to honor the legacy of its creatives across its 10-year run.
Gita Rebbapragada, the Chief Operating Officer of Crunchyroll, explained the award, saying:
“This year, we’re proud to introduce the new Global Impact Award. We recently commissioned a study with National Research Group that explores just how important anime is to fans, especially Gen Z. For example, nearly 40% of teen anime fans consider anime a meaningful part of who they are, and 30% say it has influenced their outlook on life. The Global Impact Award will honor the series and films leaving a mark on culture and global fans alike.”
A similar recent award, Global TV Demand Awards by Parrot Analytics, also recognized Attack on Titan as most in-demand TV show in the world in 2021 and 2022 and the first non-English language show to do so as it was previously held by only The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.
A member of the staff from Studio MAPPA, the animation studio of the Final Season, will receive this award on behalf of all the creatives involved since 2013.
The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards premiere Sunday, May 25 at at 5PM, Japan Standard Time (JST) and will be livestreamed on Crunchyroll channels on YouTube and Twitch, along with Sony Pictures Core and the Sony Group Corp. Global and Japan YouTube Channels.
About Attack On Titan
Attack on Titan is a manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama for Kodansha’s monthly Bessatsu Shonen Magazine from September 9, 2009 to April 9, 2021.
Having reached 34 volumes over the course of its run, Attack on Titan became the 11th highest grossing manga series of all time, reaching more than 140 million sales by November 2023.
Prior to this news, Attack on Titan has been the recipient of multiple Crunchryoll Awards and several nominations, as well as the 35 Kodansha Award for Best Manga in 2011, the 27th Harvey Award in 2014 and more.
Attack on Titan premiered in April 7, 2014 with four seasons, three of which were produced by WIT Studio under the director of Tetsuro Araki (Death Note) and, starting with Season 2, under the main direction of Masashi Koizuka (with Araki as chief director), running from 2014 to 2019.
The final season was produced by MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man) beginning December 10, 2020 and concluded in November 4, 2023 under the direction of Yuichiro Hayashi (Dorohedoro) with two special episodes adapting the last nine chapters of the manga.
These special episodes would be made into a final film, “Attack on Titan: The Last Attack”, released on November 2024, which also included a new post-credits scene adapting
Season 2 to 4 of the series scored a 100% critic score and over 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Attack on Titan tells the story of Eren Jaeger and his friends, who live in a world surrounded by Walls that protect them from the Titans. As they explore more of their world, they uncover secrets that would lead them to darker paths.
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