Crunchyroll announced the nominees for the 2024 Anime Awards on Wednesday, with the categories populated by several long-standing favorites and a number of new firsts. Chainsaw Man dominates the list with 25 nominations in this year’s 32 award categories, followed by Jujutsu Kaisenis the second season with 17. Oshi No Ko And Demon HunterLast season they placed third with 12 nominations each.
Notable nominations include Suzume, Blue giantAnd The first slam dunk for best film; Mobile suit Gundam, the Witch of Mercury, Do it yourself!!And Akiba Maid War for Best Original Anime; And Chainsaw Man And Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 for Best Director.
Earlier this month it was announced that Chainsaw Man Director Ryu Nakayama had left MAPPA to found a new animation production company called Andraft. Nakayama’s departure follows that of Sunghoo Park, the director of Jujutsu KaisenIn the first season, he left the studio to work at E&H Production, the production studio he founded in 2021.
Voting for the Anime Awards is now open and runs until January 27th at 2:59 a.m. ET. All votes, including those of the jurors, will be recorded confidentially and forwarded to a neutral third party before the award ceremony. The Anime Awards will take place on March 2nd, when winners will be announced via a stream on Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards website.
The entire nominations list for this year can be found below or via the Crunchyroll website link above.
Nominees for the Anime Awards 2024
Anime of the year
- Bocchi, the rock!
- Chainsaw Man
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
- Oshi No Ko
- Vinland Saga Season 2
Best Sequel Series
- Attack on Titan (Attack on Titan Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc)
- Jujutsu Kaisen (Season 2)
- One piece
- Spy x Family (Spy x Family Season 1 and 2)
- Vinland Saga (Vinland Saga Season 2)
Best new series
- Bocchi, the rock!
- Chainsaw Man
- Heavenly deception
- Hell’s paradise
- Oshi No Ko
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Best movie
- Black Clover: Sword of the Magic King
- Blue giant
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends –
- Psycho Pass: Providence
- Suzume
- The first slam dunk
Best Original Anime
- Akiba Maid War
- Birdie Wing – Golf Girls’ Story – Season 2
- Buddy daddies
- Do it yourself!!
- Mobile suit Gundam, the Witch of Mercury
- The Edge Service
Best animation
- Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- Chainsaw Man
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
- Mob Psycho 100 III
- Trigun Stampede
Best character design
- Chainsaw Man
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Hell’s paradise
- Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
- Oshi No Ko
- Trigun Stampede
Best Director
- Yuichiro Hayashi – Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- Keiichiro Saito – Bocchi, the rock!
- Ryu Nakayama – Chainsaw Man
- Hirotaka Mori – Heavenly deception
- Shota Goshozono – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
- Daisuke Hiramaki – Oshi No Ko
Best camera
- Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- Chainsaw Man
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Heavenly deception
- Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- Vinland Saga season 2
- Best Art Direction
- Chainsaw Man
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Hell’s paradise
- Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- Oshi No Ko
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Best romance
- Horimiya: The Missing Pieces
- Insomniacs after school
- My happy marriage
- My love story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
- Skip and loafers
- Tomo-chan is a girl!
Best comedy
- Bocchi, the rock!
- Buddy daddies
- Mashle: Magic and muscles
- Spy x family Season 1 and 2
- Urusei Yatsura
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Best action
- Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War – The Parting
- Chainsaw Man
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- One piece
Best fantasy
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Hell’s paradise
- Mashle: Magic and muscles
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation sseason 2
- Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
- The Ancient Magician’s Bride Season 2
Best Drama
- Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- Heavenly deception
- My happy marriage
- Oshi No Ko
- To your eternity season 2
- Vinland Saga season 2
Best piece of life
- Bocchi, the rock!
- Do it yourself!!
- Horimiya: The Missing Pieces
- Insomniacs after school
- My love story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
- Skip and loafers
Best main character
- Bocchi (Hitori Goto) – Bocchi, the rock!
- Worthy – Chainsaw Man
- Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- Mob (Shigeo Kageyama) – Mob Psycho 100 III
- Monkey D. Luffy – One piece
- Thorfinn – Vinland Saga season 2
Best Supporting Character
- Arataka Reigen – Mob Psycho 100 III
- Hang Zoe – Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- If Arima – Oshi No Ko
- Perfomance – Chainsaw Man
- Satoru Gojo – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- Suguru Geto – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
“Must protect at all costs” character
- Anya Forger – Spy x family Season 1 and 2
- Hitori Gotoh (Bocchi) – Bocchi, the rock!
- Bojji – Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
- Miri Unasaka – Buddy daddies
- By doing – Chainsaw Man
- Suletta Mercury – Mobile suit Gundam the Witch of Mercury
Best Anime Song
- Idol – YOASOBI – Oshi No Ko
- KICK BACK – Kenshi Yonezu – Chainsaw Man
- Seisyun Complex – Kessoku Band – Bocchi, the rock!
- Suzume – RADWIMPS feat. toaka – Suzume
- Where our blue is –– Tatsuya Kitani – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- WORK – Ringo Sheena and Millennium Parade – Hell’s paradise
best result
- Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- Bocchi, the rock!
- Chainsaw Man
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Oshi No Ko
- Suzume
Best opening sequence
- Idol – YOASOBI – Oshi No Ko
- innocent arrogance – BiSH – Heavenly deception
- KICK BACK – Kenshi Yonezu – Chainsaw Man
- Song of the Dead – KANA-BOON – Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
- Where our blue is –– Tatsuya Kitani – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- WORK – Ringo Sheena and Millennium Parade – Hell’s paradise
Best ending sequence
- Akari – Soshi Sakiyama – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- Luck of the Dead – Shiyui – Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
- WE HAVE 200 million centimeter long blades – MAXIMUM HORMONES – Chainsaw Man
- Koi Kogare – Miletus × MAN WITH A MISSION – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Mephistopheles – QUEEN BEE – Oshi No Ko
- Color – yama – Spy x family Season 1 and 2
Best Voice Actor – Japanese
- Atsumi Tanezaki (Anya Forger) – Spy x family Season 1 and 2
- Kikunosuke Toya (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
- Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy) – One piece
- Yoshino Aoyama (Bocchi) – Bocchi, the rock!
- Yuki Kaji (Eren Jaeger) – Attack on Titan – Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
- Yuuichi Nakamura (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Best Voice Actor – English
- Abby Trott (Nezuko Kamado) – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Austin Tindle (Millions Knives) – Trigun Stampede
- Johnny Yong Bosch (Ichigo Kurosaki) – Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War – The Parting
- Lexi Nieto (Tomo Aizawa) – Tomo-chan is a girl!
- Marisa Duran (Sagiri Yamada Asaemon) – Hell’s paradise
- Ryan Colt Levy (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
Best Voice Actor – Castilian
- David Brau (Senku Ishigami) – Dr. Stone New World
- David Flores (Dot Barrett) – Mashle: Magic and muscles
- Joel Gomez Jimenez (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
- Majo Montesinos Guzmán (Anya Forger) – Spy x family Season 1 and 2
- Maria Luisa Marciel (Power) – Chainsaw Man
- Marta Moreno (UTA) – One Piece Film Red
Best Vocal Performance – Latin American Spanish
- Armando Corona Ibarrola (Muichiro Tokito) – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Emilio Trevino (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
- Gerardo Ortega (Mash Burnedead) – Mashle: Magic and muscles
- José Gilberto Vilchis (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- Manuel Campuzano (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100 III
- Nycolle Gonzalez (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
Best Voice Actor – Portuguese
- Amanda Brigido (Tomo Aizawa) – Tomo-chan is a girl!
- Erick Bougleux (Kazuma) – Konosuba – God bless this wonderful world! -Legend of Crimson
- Guilherme Briggs (Brook) – One piece
- Leo Rabelo (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen
- Luisa Viotti (Makima) – Chainsaw Man
- Vagner Fagundes (Kingdom of Arataka) – Mob Psycho 100 III
Best speaker performance – German
- Emilia Raschewski (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
- Franciska Peace (Chise Hatori) – The old magician’s bride
- Franziska Trunte (Power) – Chainsaw Man
- Pascal Breuer (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100 III
- Patrick Baehr (Gen Asagiri) – Dr. Stone New World
- Patrick Keller (Akira Tendou) – Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
Best Voice Actor – Italian
- Alessio De Filippis (Kirito) – Sword Art Online the film -Progressive- Scherzo by Deep Night
- Benedetta Ponticelli (Makima) – Chainsaw Man
- Diego Baldoin (Takenori Akagi) – The first slam dunk
- Federica Simonelli (UTA) – One Piece Movie Red
- Max Di Benedetto (Boxxo) – Reincarnated as a vending machine, I now wander the dungeon
- Moses Singh (worthy) – Chainsaw Man
Best Voice Actor – Arabic
- Basil Alrefai (Vegeta) – Dragon Ball Super
- Bug Snobar (Anya Forger) – Spy x family Season 1 Course 1
- Mohammad Dal’o (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100
- Ra’fat Bazo (Son Goku) – Dragon Ball Super
- Rosie Yaziji (Rimuru Tempest) – This time I was reborn as a slime season 1
- Taleb Alrefai (Senku Ishigami) – Dr. Stone
Best Voice Actor – French
- Levanah Solomon (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
- Lilly Caruso (Aqua) – Konosuba – God bless this wonderful world!
- Martial Le Minoux (Suguru Geto) – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
- Martin Faliu (Aqua) – Oshi No Ko
- Yoan Sover (Gabimaru) – Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
- Zina Khakhoulia (Power) – Chainsaw Man
