The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Drama is a genre-specific award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its inaugural edition in 2017. It is given for the best drama anime series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.
Mystery anime Erased by A-1 Pictures first won the award in 2017. In the latest edition in 2025, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Madhouse won the award.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
Wit Studio and MAPPA were tied for the most wins in an anime studio with 2; the latter along with TMS Entertainment received the most nominations with 4. Attack on Titan became the only anime to win multiple awards. Fruits Basket, which was produced by TMS Entertainment, received the most nominations with 3; it won an award in 2021.
Doga Kobo and Kinema Citrus received the most nominations for an anime studio without a single win with 3. Four anime series (86, ', Made in Abyss and Oshi no Ko) have received two nominations, but they did not win a single award.