MoMI And Crunchyroll Mark 10 Years Of The Anime Awards With NYC Screening Event
Crunchyroll is teaming with the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City to celebrate the 10th edition of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards through a live watch party and a months-long gallery screening program honoring some of the most celebrated anime titles of the past decade.
The collaboration will bring the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards to MoMI’s Redstone Theater on Saturday, May 23, where fans can gather for a free live screening of the ceremony as it streams from Tokyo. This year’s event will feature a star-studded lineup of presenters, including The Weeknd, RZA, and Winston Duke.
From what’s been announced so far, the pre-show begins at 4:00 a.m. New York time, followed by the main event at 5:00 a.m. Doors are expected to open by 3:00 a.m., giving attendees time to explore the museum’s anime-focused gallery program, enjoy refreshments, and take photos in cosplay before the livestream begins. The event will be free and open to the public, with MoMI and Crunchyroll members receiving priority RSVP access.
Anime’s Ascendant Decade Comes To MoMI
In addition to the watch party, MoMI will host Anime’s Ascendant Decade, a public gallery screening program running from May 15 through October 12 in the museum’s Jane Henson Amphitheater. The program will feature full episodes from Crunchyroll Anime Awards-nominated and winning series from 2017 to the present. Each selected episode will play on a continuous loop for a two-week period, with the full lineup set to be announced on the museum’s website.
The program is designed to reflect the range of contemporary anime, from intimate character drama and romance to fantasy, science fiction, action, and inventive storytelling. Together, the selections show how widely the medium has expanded across tone, genre, and audience. The Jane Henson Amphitheater will also feature mural-size artwork by Japanese manga artist Acky Bright.
For Crunchyroll and MoMI, the anniversary event positions the Anime Awards as more than a yearly ceremony. By bringing past nominees and winners into a museum setting, the collaboration treats this era of anime as something worth preserving, revisiting, and experiencing collectively. And with the live watch party and gallery program unfolding side by side, MoMI gives fans a way to experience the 10th annual ceremony in the moment while revisiting the shows that helped bring anime to this milestone.
