Anime Awards 2024 Winners List: Jujutsu Kaisen wins Best Anime award

Crunchyroll has announced the winners of the 2024 Anime Awards, the annual awards ceremony in Japan that honors and celebrates the best shows, voice actors, animators, musicians and creators of the past year. On Saturday, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 won this year’s top prize for Anime of the Year.

In the second season of the popular supernatural action anime, director Shota Goshozono took over the helm of the series from Sunghoo Park, who left the series after completing the series’ first season. Produced by studio MAPPA, the anime tells the story of Yuji Itadori, a young man with strong supernatural abilities who accidentally becomes a vessel for a malevolent, cursed spirit named Sukuna. Although Yuji was originally sentenced to death, he is spared and taken under the wing of Satoru Gojo, a powerful jujutsu wizard who trains him to aid in the never-ending war between humans and curses.

Jujutsu Kaisen made a huge impression on discerning anime fans when it premiered in 2020, securing a spot on our list of the best anime of the year. The second season of the series proved to be just as, if not more, impressive, earning the coveted top spot on our list of the best anime of 2023.

Although there were 25 nominations in total, Chainsaw Man only took home two awards this year, with Jujutsu Kaisen With a total of 9 wins, he secured the lion’s share of awards. Suzume won the award for Best Anime Film, a victory made all the more notable given that it was not nominated for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Academy Awards. One piece took home the awards for Best Continuing Series and Best Character for series protagonist Monkey D. Luffy, no doubt thanks in part to the explosive reveal of Luffy’s Gear 5 transformation at the climax of the anime’s 20th season.

Here’s a full rundown of the 2024 Anime Awards winners:

Anime Awards 2024 winners – the full list

Anime of the year

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

Best Sequel Series

One piece

Best new series

Chainsaw Man

Best movie

Suzume

Best Original Anime

Buddy daddies

Best animation

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc

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Best character design

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

Best Director

Shota Goshozono – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

Best camera

Jujutsu Kaisen season 2

Best Art Direction

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc

Best romance

Horimiya: The Missing Pieces

Best comedy

Spy x family Season 1 and 2

Best action

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

Best fantasy

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc

Best Drama

Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1

Best piece of life

Bocchi, the rock!

Best main character

Monkey D. Luffy – One piece

Best Supporting Character

Satoru Gojo – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2

“Must protect at all costs” character

Anya Forger – Spy x family Season 1 and 2

Best Anime Song

Idol – YOASOBI – Oshi No Ko

best result

Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1

Best opening sequence

Where our blue is – Tatsuya Kitani – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2

Best ending sequence

Akari – Soshi Sakiyama – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2

Best Voice Actor – Japanese

Yuuichi Nakamura (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2

Best Voice Actor – English

Ryan Colt Levy (Denji) – Chainsaw Man