Season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen was the big winner at the 8th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards, which took place on Saturday in Tokyo. The series picked up a total of 11 awards, including the top prize for Anime of the Year. Other winners included Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc), which received three awards including Best Animation and Best Art Direction. Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume was the winner of the Best Film Anime Award.
The 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards were held live in Tokyo, Japan and livestreamed globally, hosted by voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira. The winners for each category were revealed by a slate of global celebrity presenters, representing passionate anime fans from across entertainment including three-time GRAMMY-winning recording artist Megan Thee Stallion, Japanese singer-songwriter LiSA, award-winning actress Iman Vellani, Academy Award winning duo Phil Lord & Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), director Joaquim Dos Santos (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse), as well as several international stars, including 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, actress, singer and model Chiaki Kuriyama, and Japanese night club host, entrepreneur and TV personality Roland.
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is the leading yearly awards program celebrating the creators and performers powering anime’s continued ascent into pop culture dominance. This year, a record 34 million votes were cast by global fans to cheer their favorite anime titles and performers into taking home the top honors, with some of the most engaged countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Mexico, Spain and the United States in alphabetical order. The 2024 Anime Awards will be available to stream on Crunchyroll’s official YouTube and Twitch.
“Anime fans from around the world have spoken and collectively, they cast more votes than in the history of the Anime Awards to crown the 2024 winners,” said Rahul Purini, President of Crunchyroll. “Anime is a powerful force, driving pop culture and connecting global fans and it is a privilege to celebrate and honor this dynamic artform.”
Here is the complete list of this year’s Anime Award winners:
Anime of the Year – Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
Best Action – Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature DeathBest Animation – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
Best Anime Song – Idol by Yoasobi for Oshi no Ko
Best Art Direction – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
Best Character Design – Sayaka Koiso, Tadashi Hiramatsu for Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
Best Cinematography – Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
Best Comedy – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2
Best Continuing Series – One Piece
Best Director – Shota Goshozono, Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
Best Drama – Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters Special 1
Best Ending Sequence – Akari by Soshi Sakiyama from Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature 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/Premature Death
Best Original Anime – Buddy Daddies
Best Romance – Horimiya: The Missing Pieces
Best Score – Attack on Titan: The Final Chapters Special 1
Best Slice of Life – Bocchi the Rock!
Best Supporting Character – Satoru Gojo from JJujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
Best Voice Actor Performance (Arabic) – Taleb Alrefai, Senku Ishigami, Dr. Stone
Best Voice Actor Performance (Castilian) – Joel Gómez Jimenez, Denji, Chainsaw Man
Best Voice Actor Performance (English) – Ryan Colt Levy, Denji, Chainsaw Man
Best Voice Actor Performance (French) – Martial Le Minoux, Suguru Geto, Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
Best Voice Actor Performance (German) – Franziska Trunte, Power, Chainsaw Man
Best Voice Actor Performance (Italian) – Mosè Singh, Denji, Chainsaw Man
Best Voice Actor Performance (Japanese) – Yuichi Nakamura, Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
Best Voice Actor Performance (Brazilian Portuguese) – Léo Rabelo, Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
Best Voice Actor Performance (Latin Spanish) – Emilio Treviño, Denji, Chainsaw Man
“Must Protect At All Cost” Character – Anya Forger – Spy x Family Season 1 Cour 2
