8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards

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8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards
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Awarded forExcellence in anime
DateMarch 2, 2024 (2024-03-02)
Location Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
CountryUnited States
Hosted by
Highlights
Most wins Jujutsu Kaisen (11)
Most nominations Chainsaw Man (25)
Jujutsu Kaisen
Suzume
Website Crunchyroll Anime Awards
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The 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held at the Main Banquet Hall of the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. [1] This edition featured 32 categories honoring anime released from October 2022 to September 2023. The ceremony was streamed live by Crunchyroll on YouTube and Twitch. Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira hosted the ceremony for the second time, after doing so in the previous ceremony. [1] Crunchyroll reported that 34 million votes from "nearly 200 countries and regions" were submitted, an increase from last year's 18 million votes. [2]

Contents

Winners and nominees

Chainsaw Man received the most nominations with a record 25, followed by Jujutsu Kaisen at 17, and Oshi no Ko and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba at 12. [3] The Anime of the Year contenders include previous winners Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan , and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. MAPPA is the most represented animation studio, with five series nominated in various categories, including a record three series for the top prize. One Piece was nominated again for Best Continuing Series after it won the award previously, along with Attack on Titan and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story was nominated again for Best Original Anime, while Best Animation saw previous contenders and winners Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Mob Psycho 100 . Akira Matsushima received a nomination for Best Character Design for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba again, after winning it in the last edition. Yuichiro Hayashi was nominated again for Best Director for his work on Attack on Titan. Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto was nominated again for Best Score, along with Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Atsumi Tanezaki and Yuki Kaji were nominated again for Best VA Performance (Japanese) for Anya Forger and Eren Jaeger respectively.

Among genre categories, Spy × Family was nominated again for Best Comedy, and Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba for Best Action. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was also nominated again for Best Fantasy, along with Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation and Ranking of Kings . Attack on Titan was nominated again as well for Best Drama. For character categories, Eren Jaeger and Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama were nominated for Best Main Character again, while Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh was nominated for both Best Main Character and "Must Protect at All Costs" Character. Two characters from Jujutsu Kaisen, Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, was nominated for Best Supporting Character, while Anya Forger of Spy × Family and Bojji of Ranking of Kings were nominated again for "Must Protect at All Costs" Character. Four anime songs nominated for Best Anime Song were nominated for Best Opening Sequence as well: "Idol" by Yoasobi, "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu, "Where Our Blue Is" by Tatsuya Kitani, and "Work" by Ringo Sheena and Millennium Parade. Both the opening and ending themes for Oshi no Ko, Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, and Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead were nominated in their respective categories.

Awards

The second season of Jujutsu Kaisen won 11 awards, including Anime of the Year, which previously won in 2020, becoming the first anime to win multiple top prizes. The season also surpassed the second season of My Hero Academia (eight from the second edition in 2018) as the most awarded anime in awards history. [4] Its director, Shōta Goshozono, won Best Director. Additionally, the series won the inaugural award for Best Cinematography. Suzume won Best Film; the award was received by its director Makoto Shinkai. One Piece and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won again the awards for Best Continuing Series and Best Animation respectively. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba also won the inaugural award for Best Art Direction. Chainsaw Man won Best New Series, while Buddy Daddies won Best Original Anime. Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Horimiya: The Missing Pieces , Spy × Family, Bocchi the Rock! , and Attack on Titan won the genre awards for Best Action, Best Fantasy, Best Romance, Best Comedy, Best Slice of Life, and Best Drama respectively.

Monkey D. Luffy of One Piece won Best Main Character, while Satoru Gojo of Jujutsu Kaisen won Best Supporting Character. Anya Forger won the "Must Protect at All Costs" Character award again. Meanwhile, both the opening and ending sequences of Jujutsu Kaisen, "Where Our Blue Is" by Tatsuya Kitani and "Akari" by Soushi Sakiyama, won the awards for Best Opening Sequence and Best Ending Sequence respectively. "Idol" by Yoasobi won Best Anime Song while Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano won Best Score for their work on the first special in the final season of Attack on Titan. Yuichi Nakamura won Best Voice Acting (Japanese) for his work as Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen, while Ryan Colt Levy won Best Voice Acting (English) for his work as Denji in Chainsaw Man. [2]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). The lists are arranged alphabetically, except for the winner.

Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Source: [5] [2]

Anime with multiple nominations and awards

Anime with multiple nominations [a]
NominationsAnime
25 Chainsaw Man
17 Jujutsu Kaisen
12 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Oshi no Ko
10 Attack on Titan
Bocchi the Rock!
8 Hell's Paradise
7 Mob Psycho 100
One Piece
Spy × Family
6 Suzume
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
5 Heavenly Delusion
Vinland Saga
4 Mashle: Magic and Muscles
3 Buddy Daddies
Dr. Stone
Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
Trigun Stampede
2 The Ancient Magus' Bride
Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War
Do It Yourself!!
Dragon Ball Super
The First Slam Dunk
Horimiya
Insomniacs After School
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
My Happy Marriage
My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
Ranking of Kings
Skip and Loafer
Anime with multiple wins
WinsAnime
11 Jujutsu Kaisen
6 Chainsaw Man
3 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2 Attack on Titan
One Piece
Spy × Family

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or a short monologue: [6] [7]

Presenters
NamesRole
Vinnie Hacker Presented the award for Best Action
Ylona Garcia Presented the awards for "Must Protect at All Costs" Character and Best Cinematography
Yaeji Presented the award for Best New Series
Aquaria Presented the awards for Best Drama and Best Comedy
Nava RosePresented the award for Best Fantasy
Che LingoPresented the award for Best Ending Sequence
Emiru Presented the award for Best Main Character
Lena Lemon
Mikey McNamara		Presented the award for Best Supporting Character
Porter Robinson Presented the award for Best Opening Sequence
LiSA Presented the award for Best Original Anime
Iman Vellani Presented the award for Best Character Design
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Joaquim Dos Santos 		Presented the award for Best Animation
Sō Takei Presented the award for Best Continuing Series
Rashmika Mandanna Presented the award for Best Art Direction
Roland Presented the award for Best Romance
Mercedes Varnado
DeMarcus Lawrence 		Presented the award for Best Slice of Life
Shing02 Presented the award for Best Score
Liza Soberano Presented the award for Best Anime Song
Chiaki Kuriyama Presented the award for Best Film
Bong Joon Ho Presented the award for Best Director
Megan Thee Stallion Presented the award for Anime of the Year

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers: [7]

Performers
NamesRoleWork
Hiroyuki Sawano
Kohta Yamamoto 		PerformersComposing the 2024 Anime Awards theme song
Ryōsuke ShigenagaMusical arranger and conductorConducted orchestra to commemorate the following works:
50th anniversary of Space Battleship Yamato
45th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam
40th anniversary of Dragon Ball franchise
25th anniversary of One Piece
20th anniversary of Fullmetal Alchemist
Shing02
OMA
Spin Master A-1		Performers"Battlecry" to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Samurai Champloo
Yoasobi Performers"Idol" from Oshi no Ko

Ceremony information

This edition featured 32 categories, most of which are presented in the previous ceremony and include industry awards for Best Cinematography and Art Direction for the first time, as well as the return of Best Slice of Life since 2018. Categories and the list of judges were revealed on December 5. [8] Nominees were revealed on the first day of public voting, January 17. Voting closed on January 27. [1] [5] Presenters for the ceremony on March 2 included American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, Canadian actress Iman Vellani, Japanese singer LiSA, and Filipino actress Liza Soberano, with Sony Group Corporation CEO Kenichiro Yoshida giving opening remarks. [6] [7]

Controversies

The second season of Jujutsu Kaisen winning 11 awards including Anime of the Year sparked a debate among critics and fans. In a reflection piece after this year's edition, Animehunch opined that due to its design, the awards favor popularity over merit, noting that the second season of Vinland Saga was a far better recipient of Anime of the Year than the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen. The website also argued that other deserved titles like Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead and Heavenly Delusion should have won an award despite being nominated in multiple categories. [9] Comic Book Resources felt that Vinland Saga and Heavenly Delusion have been "overlooked" as in the latter's case, its production values and storyline were just as good if not better than Jujutsu Kaisen. They also noting the Vinland Saga fans through X account were expressed frustration and dismay on behalf of the series. [10]

The lack of diversity in the nominations was also criticized: 29 of the 32 award winners were adaptations of manga published in Weekly Shōnen Jump ; of the nine voice acting categories, four went to voice actors who voiced Denji from Chainsaw Man , while only one female voice actress won an award for voice acting Power from the same series. Anime News Network editors Steve Jones and Nicholas Dupree concluded that the Crunchyroll Anime Awards were for production committee administrators who collect the revenue from the franchises, rather than animators and translators. In this context, the award for the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen was viewed critically in various categories, as the animation studio had been criticized in the past for its poor working conditions. [11] [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes nominations for multiple seasons as well as related films, if any.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Your Ultimate Guide". Crunchyroll . December 5, 2023. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Hazra, Adriana (March 2, 2024). "All the Winners of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  3. ↑ Egan, Toussant (January 17, 2024). "Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen dominate 2024's Anime Awards nominations". Polygon . Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  4. ↑ Nwaenie, Chike (March 2, 2024). "JJK Breaks Major Record at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024". Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  5. 1 2 Mateo, Alex (January 17, 2024). "Crunchyroll Anime Awards Reveals 2024 Nominees". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Anime Awards 2024: Megan Thee Stallion, Iman Vellani, LiSA & More Presenters Join the Show". Crunchyroll . January 18, 2024. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 "Anime Awards 2024: Hiroyuki SAWANO & KOHTA YAMAMOTO, Shing02, YOASOBI and More Set to Perform Live". Crunchyroll . February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  8. ↑ Senzatimore, Renee (December 6, 2023). "Crunchyroll Announces Anime Awards 2024's Official Categories and Judges". Comic Book Resources . Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  9. ↑ "A Letter To Crunchyroll: The Anime Awards Are Reflecting Popularity Over Merit". Animehunch. May 6, 2024. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Heavenly Delusion & Vinland Saga Are Crunchyroll Anime Awards' Biggest Losers". Comic Book Resources . March 3, 2024. Archived from the original on June 9, 2026. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  11. ↑ Jones, Steve; Dupree, Nick (March 6, 2024). "This Week in Anime - Are the Anime Awards Broken?". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  12. ↑ Fox, Joshua (November 21, 2023). "Studio MAPPA's Long Story Of Controversies Overshadows Its Success". Screen Rant . Archived from the original on June 1, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
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