Crunchyroll Anime Awards is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, anime awards for a global audience. Every year Crunchyroll picks out the best selection of the year that have excelled in various categories. Last year was an amazing year for anime lovers with so many new and ongoing series reaching their very best. Now that the nominations have been announced, let’s take a look at all nominees and categories for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024:
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Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: All Nominees and Categories
The nominations for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 were announced on January 17, 2024. This was also when the portal for voting opened. There are a total of 192 nominees for 32 categories, with 6 nominations in each category. Understandably, the most important award of the year is the Anime of the Year award. The category holds some prominent titles that were expected while there have been some snubs.
Here are all the nominees for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024:
Anime of the Year
1) Bocchi the Rock!
One of the most wholesome music anime in recent times is Fall 2022’s Bocchi the Rock! The story revolves around a shy guitarist, Hitori “Bocchi” Gotou, who dreams of playing with a band. When she meets the bubbly drummer Nijika Ijichi, she’s asked to fill the position of guitarist in the Kessoku Band after the original guitarist, Ikuyo Kita, leaves before their first gig.
Her dream coming true, Bocchi joins the band and meets her other bandmate: the bassist Ryou Yamada. Soon, Ikuyo joins the band once again, and the girls find their music together.
2) Chainsaw Man
The much-anticipated anime adaptation of Chainsaw Man by MAPPA lived up to everyone’s high expectations. The gritty story follows a broke orphan Denji and his pet Devil Pochita. When Denji is sacrificed to a Devil by loansharks, Pochita becomes his heart so that he can keep living and fulfill his dreams, making him the eponymous Chainsaw Man.
3) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
The third season of Demon Slayer proved to be as good as its predecessors. This season is the adaptation of the Swordsmith Village Arc of the manga. In this season, Tanjiro goes to the hidden Swordsmith Village with Nezuko to repair his broken Nichirin Blade.
Demon Slayer Season 3 has two Hashira joining the main cast: the Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokita and the Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji. The main antagonists of this season are two Upper Moon demons: Upper Moon 4 Hantengu and Upper Moon 5 Gyokko.
4) Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Jujutsu Kaisen is back with another explosive season that takes the world by storm. The second season features two arcs of the manga: the Hidden Inventory Arc and the Shibuya Incident Arc. The Hidden Inventory Arc shows a flashback of Gojo’s time as a second-year student at Jujutsu High with the evil curse user Suguru Geto.
The Shibuya Incident Arc takes up the majority of this season and delivers one exceptional fight after another. This season is a must-watch for anime enthusiasts.
5) Oshi no Ko
From the writer of Kaguya Sama: Love Is War, Oshi no Ko is another masterpiece that everyone needs to check out. This drama focuses on the dark side of the idol industry and tells the story of Ai Hoshino, a popular teen idol who gets pregnant and has to deliver her children secretly.
Her doctor, Gorou Amemiya, is a big fan of her, and after his sudden death, he is reincarnated as one of Ai’s twins: Aquamarine.
6) Vinland Saga Season 2
The second season of Vinland Saga follows Einar whose life is turned upside down when English raiders invade his village. He loses his family and is captured by the raiders as a slave. He is later purchased by a slave owner named Ketil and meets Thorfinn, another slave drowned in melancholy. The two eventually become friends and work together to get their freedom back.
This season is just as great as the last season and the perfect watch for seinen lovers.
Best Ongoing Series
1) Attack on Titan (Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1)
Attack on Titan anime finally concluded with its highly praised finale. But the one nominated in Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 is The Final Chapters Special 1. The one-hour-long first special of The Final Chapters shows the beginning of the Rumbling and how the remaining Survey Corps join forces with the remaining Warriors join forces to stop it.
The special ends just before the Battle of Heaven and Earth begins, leaving the conclusive battle for the second special.
2) One Piece
One Piece needs no introduction and it’s no surprise that it’s nominated yet again for the Best Ongoing Series. Even after running for 25 years, the series is still delivering peak content, evident by just how great the Wano Country Arc was.
Follow Luffy and his crew as they join forces with the Samurai, Minks, Heart Pirates, Kid Pirates, and others to defeat two Yonko, Kaido and Big Mom, and save Wano Country from the evil clutches of the Beast Pirates.
3) Spy x Family (Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2)
The wildly beloved Spy x Family delivers yet another set of absolute hilarity and wholesomeness with the second part of its first season. As the master spy Twilight poses as the psychiatrist Loid Forger and forms a fake family with Yor Briar and Anya, he is yet to know that his new wife is secretly an assassin and his daughter a telepath. Joining their little family is their new dog Bond who has clairvoyant abilities.
4) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc)
5) Jujutsu Kaisen (Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2)
6) Vinland Saga (Vinland Saga Season 2)
Best New Series
1) Heavenly Delusion
Spring 2023’s Heavenly Delusion is a wonderfully made sci-fi adventure anime about a dystopian world ravaged by man-eating monsters. In this gruesome environment, Kiruko and Maru are two youngsters who join each other on their quest to find the fabled Heaven, all the while battling with their inner demons and the cruelty of the world.
The premise of this anime is well-crafted with enough mystery to keep the viewers hooked and enough interesting characters to keep it out of the group of average sci-fi anime.
2) Hell’s Paradise
The future of shounen anime looks bright with new additions like Spring 2023’s Hell’s Paradise. The story follows Gabimaru the Hollow, a ninja sentenced to death who is apathetic in the face of his execution. However, every attempt at his life fails, and finally, Sagiri Yamada Asaemon, a member of the famous executioner family, is given the task of executing him.
Realizing Gabimaru won’t die, Sagiri offers him a chance to earn his freedom back by traveling to Shinsekyo island and bringing the Elixir of Life.
3) Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Zom 100 is a brilliantly comedic take on the zombie genre that gets the viewers hooked from the very first episode. The story follows Akira Tendou, a young man stuck in a dead-end job and depressed to the point that even a zombie apocalypse seems like a better situation than going to work again.
One day his dream comes true and he finds Tokyo filled with zombies. However, unlike most who are scared out of their minds, Akira tastes freedom for the first time in a long time.
4) Chainsaw Man
5) Bocchi The Rock!
6) Oshi no Ko
Best Original Anime
1) Akiba Maid War
2) Birdie Wing -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2
3) Buddy Daddies
4) Do It Yourself!!
5) Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch From Mercury
6) The Marginal Service
Best Film
1) Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
2) Blue Giant
3) Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-
4) Psycho-Pass: Providence
5) Suzume
6) The First Slam Dunk
Best Animation
1) Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
2) Chainsaw Man
3) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
4) Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
5) Mob Psycho 100 III
6) Trigun Stampede
Best Character Design
1) Chainsaw Man
2) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
3) Hell’s Paradise
4) Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
5) Oshi no Ko
6) Trigun Stampede
Best Director
1) Yuichiro Hayashi – Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
2) Keiichiro Saito – Bocchi the Rock!
3) Ryu Nakayama – Chainsaw Man
4) Hirotaka Mori – Heavenly Delusion
5) Shota Goshozono – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
6) Daisuke Hiramaki – Oshi no Ko
Best Cinematography
1) Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
2) Chainsaw Man
3) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
4) Heavenly Delusion
5) Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
6) Vinland Saga Season 2
Best Art Direction
1) Chainsaw Man
2) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
3) Hell’s Paradise
4) Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
5) Oshi no Ko
6) Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Best Romance
1) Horimiya: The Missing Pieces
2) Insomniacs After School
3) My Happy Marriage
4) My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
5) Skip and Loafer
6) Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
Best Comedy
1) Bocchi the Rock!
2) Buddy Daddies
3) Mashle: Magic And Muscles
4) Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2
5) Urusei Yatsura
6) Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Best Action
1) Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
2) Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Separation
3) Chainsaw Man
4) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
5) Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
6) One Piece
Best Fantasy
1) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
2) Hell’s Paradise
3) Mashle: Magic And Muscles
4) Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2
5) Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
6) The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2
Best Drama
1) Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
2) Heavenly Delusion
3) My Happy Marriage
4) Oshi no Ko
5) To Your Eternity Season 2
6) Vinland Saga Season 2
Best Slice of Life
1) Bocchi the Rock!
2) Do It Yourself!!
3) Horimiya: The Missing Pieces
4) Insomniacs After School
5) My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
6) Skip and Loafer
Best Main Character
1) Bocchi (Hitori Gotoh) – Bocchi the Rock!
2) Denji – Chainsaw Man
3) Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
4) Mob (Shigeo Kageyama) – Mob Psycho 100 III
5) Monkey D. Luffy – One Piece
6) Thorfinn – Vinland Saga Season 2
Best Supporting Character
1) Arataka Reigen – Mob Psycho 100 III
2) Hange Zoe – Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
3) Kana Arima – Oshi no Ko
4) Power – Chainsaw Man
5) Satoru Gojo – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
6) Suguru Geto – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
“Must Protect At All Costs” Character
1) Anya Forger – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2
2) Hitori Gotoh (Bocchi) – Bocchi the Rock!
3) Bojji – Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
4) Miri Unasaka – Buddy Daddies
5) Pochita – Chainsaw Man
6) Suletta Mercury – Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury
Best Anime Song
1) Idol – YOASOBI – Oshi no Ko
2) KICK BACK – Kenshi Yonezu – Chainsaw Man
3) Seisyun Complex – Kessoku Band – Bocchi the Rock!
4) Suzume – RADWIMPS feat. toaka – Suzume
5) Where Our Blue Is –– Tatsuya Kitani – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
6) WORK – Ringo Sheena and millennium parade – Hell’s Paradise
Best Score
1) Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
2) Bocchi the Rock!
3) Chainsaw Man
4) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
5) Oshi no Ko
6) Suzume
Best Opening Sequence
1) Idol – YOASOBI – Oshi no Ko
2) innocent arrogance – BiSH – Heavenly Delusion
3) KICK BACK – Kenshi Yonezu – Chainsaw Man
4) Song of the Dead – KANA-BOON – Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
5) Where Our Blue Is –– Tatsuya Kitani – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
6) WORK – Ringo Sheena and millennium parade – Hell’s Paradise
Best Ending Sequence
1) Akari – Soshi Sakiyama – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
2) Happiness of the Dead – Shiyui – Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
3) HAWATARI NIOKU CENTI (2-hundred-million-centimeter-long blades) – MAXIMUM THE HORMONE – Chainsaw Man
4) Koi Kogare – milet × MAN WITH A MISSION – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
5) Mephisto – QUEEN BEE – Oshi no Ko
6) color – yama – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2
Best Voice Artist Performance – Japanese
1) Atsumi Tanezaki (Anya Forger) – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2
2) Kikunosuke Toya (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
3) Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy) – One Piece
4) Yoshino Aoyama (Bocchi) – Bocchi the Rock!
5) Yuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger) – Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
6) Yuuichi Nakamura (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Best Voice Artist Performance – English
1) Abby Trott (Nezuko Kamado) – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
2) Austin Tindle (Millions Knives) – Trigun Stampede
3) Johnny Yong Bosch (Ichigo Kurosaki) – Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Separation
4) Lexi Nieto (Tomo Aizawa) – Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
5) Marisa Duran (Sagiri Yamada Asaemon) – Hell’s Paradise
6) Ryan Colt Levy (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
Best Voice Artist Performance – Castilian
1) David Brau (Senku Ishigami) – Dr. Stone New World
2) David Flores (Dot Barrett) – Mashle: Magic And Muscles
3) Joel Gómez Jimenez (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
4) Majo Montesinos Guzmán (Anya Forger) – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2
5) María Luisa Marciel (Power) – Chainsaw Man
6) Marta Moreno (Uta) – One Piece Film Red
Best Voice Artist Performance – Latin Spanish
1) Armando Corona Ibarrola (Muichiro Tokito) – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
2) Emilio Treviño (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
3) Gerardo Ortega (Mash Burnedead) – Mashle: Magic And Muscles
4) José Gilberto Vilchis (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
5) Manuel Campuzano (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100 lll
6) Nycolle González (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
Best Voice Artist Performance – Portuguese
1) Amanda Brigido (Tomo Aizawa) – Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
2) Erick Bougleux (Kazuma) – Konosuba -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson
3) Guilherme Briggs (Brook) – One Piece
4) Léo Rabelo (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen
5) Luisa Viotti (Makima) – Chainsaw Man
6) Vágner Fagundes (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100 III
Best Voice Artist Performance – German
1) Emilia Raschewski (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
2) Franciska Friede (Chise Hatori) – The Ancient Magus’ Bride
3) Franziska Trunte (Power) – Chainsaw Man
4) Pascal Breuer (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100 III
5) Patrick Baehr (Gen Asagiri) – Dr. Stone New World
6) Patrick Keller (Akira Tendou) – Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Best Voice Artist Performance – Italian
1) Alessio De Filippis (Kirito) – Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night
2) Benedetta Ponticelli (Makima) – Chainsaw Man
3) Diego Baldoin (Takenori Akagi) – The First Slam Dunk
4) Federica Simonelli (Uta) – One Piece Film Red
5) Max Di Benedetto (Boxxo) – Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
6) Mosè Singh (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
Best Voice Artist Performance – Arabic
1) Basil Alrefai (Vegeta) – Dragon Ball Super
2) Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 1
3) Mohammad Dal’o (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100
4) Ra’fat Bazo (Son Goku) – Dragon Ball Super
5) Rosie Yaziji (Rimuru Tempest) – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 1
6) Taleb Alrefai (Senku Ishigami) – Dr. Stone
Best Voice Artist Performance – French
1) Levanah Solomon (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
2) Lilly Caruso (Aqua) – Konosuba -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!
3) Martial Le Minoux (Suguru Geto) – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
4) Martin Faliu (Aqua) – Oshi no Ko
5) Yoan Sover (Gabimaru) – Hell’s Paradise
6) Zina Khakhoulia (Power) – Chainsaw Man
How to Vote for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024
Fans can cast their vote for their favorite nominees by going to the official website of Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024. The voting has started on January 17 and will continue until January 27. The results of the voting will be announced on March 2, 2024, with further details to be announced later. So, don’t wait any longer and wait for your favorite nominees.
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