The 8th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards just concluded in Tokyo – with the second season of “Jujutsu Kaisen” winning a total of 11 awards, including the grand prize for anime of the year.
Crunchyroll revealed the winners during a live ceremony on Saturday, March 2, featuring celebrity guest speakers and musical performances. (Full list of winners below.) A rerun of the 2024 Anime Awards, hosted by voice actress Sally Amaki and artist John Kabera, will be available to stream on Crunchyroll’s official YouTube and Twitch channels.
Three-time Grammy Award winner Megan Thee Stallion (Pictured above) He presented the Anime of the Year award to “Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death.” The series also won awards for Best Director (Shota Goshozono), Best Action, Best Character Design, Best Cinematography, Best Ending and Opening, Best Supporting Character (Satoru Gojo), and three Voice Actor Awards.
In addition to Megan Thee Stallion, other presenters included Japanese singer-songwriter Lisa, award-winning actress Iman Villani (“Ms. Marvel,” “The Marvels”), and Oscar-winning duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller (“Spider- Man: “Across the Spider-Verse”), director Joaquim dos Santos (“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse”), NFL star DeMarcus Lawrence, former WWE world champion Mercedes Varnado, and Indian film actor Rashmika Mandanna. , director Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite,” “Snowpiercer”), Grammy-nominated songwriter, producer, and recording artist Labrinth, actress and entrepreneur Liza Soberano, Japanese TV personality and former Japanese Decathlon champion So Takei, and actor, singer, model and nightclub host Chiaki Kuriyama. Japanese, businessman. And TV personality Roland.
The show’s musical performances included the live premiere of the official Anime Awards theme song, which was composed and performed by composers Hiroyuki Sawano (“Attack on Titan”, “Solo Leveling”) and Kota Yamamoto (“Attack on Titan”, “The Seven Deadly”). . Sins”; a performance of “Battlecry”, the opening song of “Samurai Champloo”, performed by Shing02, OMA and Spin Master A-1 in celebration of the show’s 20th anniversary; and a performance of “Idol” by Japanese pop duo Yoasobi, who performed their award-winning anime song Ahead of the scheduled Coachella 2024 concert. To honor the fan-favorite animated series that celebrates milestones, a live orchestra performed a variety of signature songs from each series.
Crunchyroll is a joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan). In 2022, Sony folded Funimation and merged its content into Crunchyroll.
“Anime fans from around the world spoke up, and collectively cast more votes than in the history of the Anime Awards to crown the 2024 winners,” said Rahul Borini, President of Crunchyroll. “Anime is a powerful force, driving popular culture and connecting global fans, and it is a great honor to celebrate and honor this dynamic art form.”
Full list of 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards winners:
- Best Anime of the Year – Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Stock/Early Death
- Best Action – Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Stock/Early Death
- Best Anime – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Best Anime Song – Idol by Yoasobi for the movie Oshi no Ko
- Best Art Direction – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Best Character Design – Sayaka Koiso and Tadashi Hiramatsu for Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
- Best Cinematography – Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
- Best Comedy – Spy x Family Season 1 Episode 2
- Best Continuing Series – One Piece
- Best Director – Shota Goshōzono, Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Death Premature
- Best Drama – Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters Special 1
- Best Ending Sequence – Akari by Soushi Sakiyama from Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Untimely Death
- Best Fantasy – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
- Best Film – Suzume
- Best Main Character – Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
- Best New Series – Chainsaw Man
- Best Opening Sequence – Where Our Blue Is by Tatsuya Kitani from Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Untimely Death
- Best Original Anime – Buddy Daddies
- Best Romance Story – Horimia: The Missing Pieces
- Best Score – Attack on Titan: Special Final Chapters 1
- Best slice of life – Bucky the Rock!
- Best Supporting Character – Satoru Gojo from JJujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Early Death
- Best Vocal Performance (Arabic) – Talib Al-Rifai, Senko Ishigami, Dr. Stone
- Best Voice Performance by an Actor (Castilian) – Joel Gomez Jiménez, Dingy, Chainsaw Man
- Best Voice Performance by an Actor (English) – Ryan Colt Levy, Denji, Chainsaw Man
- Best Voice Performance by an Actor (in French) – Marcial Le Minoux, Suguru Getō, Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
- Best Voice Performance by an Actor (German) – Franziska Tronti, Power, Chainsaw Man
- Best Voice Performance by an Actor (Italian) – Mosè Singh, Denji, Chainsaw Man
- Best Vocal Performance (Japanese) – Yuichi Nakamura, Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
- Best Vocal Performance (Brazilian Portuguese) – Leo Rabelo, Satoru Gogo, Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
- Best Performance by a Voice Actor (Latin Spanish) – Emilio Treviño, Denji, Chainsaw Man
- “Must protect at all costs” character – Anya Forger – Spy x Family, Season 1, Court 2