Danica Davidson
June 13, 2025 
We now know the winners of the 2025 Astra TV Awards! Let’s take a look at what anime were involved.
For the fairly recent category of Best Anime Series, the award went to Dragon Ball DAIMA. It competed against DAN DA DAN, Fire Force Season 3, Lazarus, Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- and The Apothecary Diaries Season 2.
As for the category Best Lead Voice-Over Performance, that went to Aleks Le in honor of his portrayal of Sung Jinwoo, specifically in Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-. Stephanie Nadolny was also in the running for that category for her voice work as mini Son Goku in Dragon Ball DAIMA.
Caitlin Glass (One Piece), Justin Briner (Solo Leveling) and Xolo Maridueña (Sakamoto Days) were nominated for Best Supporting Voice-Over Performance but did not take home the award. Instead it went to Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Jack Quaid.
Solo Leveling nabbed Best Anime Series in 2024. Before that, there was no anime category, and Attack on Titan became the first anime to get honored there when it received the award for Best Streaming Animated Series or TV Movie.
Crunchyroll gave this official description for Dragon Ball DAIMA:
Dragon Ball DAIMA Plot
Goku and company were living peaceful lives when they suddenly turned small due to a conspiracy! When they discover that the reason for this may lie in a world known as the “Demon Realm”, a mysterious young Majin named Glorio appears before them.
Crunchyroll gave this official description for Solo Leveling:
Solo Leveling Plot
They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.
Source: ANN
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Danica Davidson is the author of the bestselling Manga Art for Beginners with artist Melanie Westin, plus its sequel, Manga Art for Everyone, and the first-of-its-kind manga chalk book Chalk Art Manga, both illustrated by professional Japanese mangaka Rena Saiya. Check out her other comics and books at www.danicadavidson.com.
