Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Complete nominations in all categories and how to vote

The highly anticipated Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 is scheduled for March 2, 2024. Less than 2 months before the event, nominations for all anime categories have been unveiled, as fans look forward to voting for their favorite anime of the previous year.

Ever since its inception in 2017, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards have risen to prominence over the years. It establishes its mark on the anime industry by rewarding the most beloved anime series, songs, directors, and characters of each year based on viewers’ votes. This popular awards program is a global event that takes place in Tokyo, Japan, at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa every year.

Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 nominations and controversies

Anime of the Year

2023 witnessed a ton of enthralling anime series, with the ones listed below being some of the best. However, the one that shocked fans the most due to being left out of the Anime of the Year category at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 was the Attack on Titan finale, which was considered to be one of the best conclusions to an anime in history. The complete list of nominees includes:

Bocchi The Rock!
Chainsaw Man
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Oshi No Ko
Vinland Saga Season 2

Best Continuing Series

Although it did not get a spot in the Anime of the Year category, Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters was nominated for the best continuing series at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024. The other nominees are:

Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters Special 1
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
One Piece
Spy X Family Season 1 Cour 2
Vinland Saga Season 2

Best New Series

Chainsaw Man anime is one of the favorites to win this category at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 (mage via MAPPA)

Bocchi The Rock!
Chainsaw Man
Heavenly Delusion
Hell’s Paradise
Oshi No Ko
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

Best Film

Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard 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 From Mercury
The Marginal Service

Best Animation

Although Demon Slayer features consistently eye-catching animation quality, other series like Attack on Titan Finale, Chainsaw Man, and Jujutsu Kaisen also received some spectacular animation last year. As such, the winner of this category at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 might be a hard one to predict. The other nominees are:

Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters Special 1
Chainsaw Man
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Mob Psycho 100 III
Trigun Stampede

Best Character Design

Chainsaw Man
Demon Slayer: 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 Delusion
Shota Goshozono - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Daisuke Hiramaki - Oshi No Ko

Best Cinematography

Heavenly Delusion, which featured some fantastic cinematography, might win this category at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 (image via Production I.G)

Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters Special 1
Chainsaw Man
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Heavenly Delusion
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Vinland Saga Season 2

Best Art Direction

Chainsaw Man
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Hell’s Paradise
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Oshi No Ko
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

Best Romance

The fan-favorite romance anime Horimiya made its return to the anime industry with The Missing Pieces series, which is expected to win the Best Romance Category at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024. The other nominees are:

Horimiya: The Missing Pieces
Insomniacs after school
My Happy Marriage
My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
Skip and Loafer
Tomo-chan Is a Girl!

Best Comedy

Among all the nominations for this category, Bocchi The Rock! and Spy X Family are two of the most popular series that are being favored by fans to win the Best Comedy Series at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024. The other nominees are:

Bocchi The Rock!
Buddy Daddies
Mashle: Magic and Muscles
Spy X Family Season 1 Cour 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 Separation
Chainsaw Man
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
One Piece

Best Fantasy

Mushoku Tensei might win this category at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 (Image via Studio Bind)

Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Hell’s Paradise
Mashle: Magic and Muscles
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2
Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2

Best Drama

Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters Special 1
Heavenly Delusion
My Happy Marriage
Oshi No Ko
To Your Eternity Season 2
Vinland Saga Season 2

Best Slice 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 Loafer

Best Main Character

Hitori Gotoh (Bocchi) - Bocchi The Rock!
Denji - Chainsaw Man
Eren Jaeger - Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters Special 1
Shigeo Kageyama (Mob) - Mob Psycho 100 III
Monkey D. Luffy - One Piece
Thorfinn - Vinland Saga Season 2

Best Supporting Character

Considering the current popularity of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime, Satoru Gojo or Suguru Geto might be two of the most favored characters to win the Best Supporting Character category at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024. The other nominees are:

Arataka Reigen - Mob Psycho 100 III
Hange Zoe - Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters Special 1
Kana Arima - Oshi No Ko
Power - 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 Cour 2
Hitori Gotoh (Bocchi) - Bocchi The Rock!
Bojji - Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
Miri Unasaka - Buddy Daddies
Pochita - Chainsaw Man
Suletta Mercury - Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Best Anime Song

Although Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2’s first opening song, Where Our Blue Is got nominated for the Best Anime Song category at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024, fans were shocked upon seeing that the hit song SPECIALZ by King Gnu was left out of this category. The other nominees are:

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 Score

Attack on Titan Final Season: The Final Chapters Special 1
Bocchi The Rock!
Chainsaw Man
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Oshi No Ko
Suzume

Best Opening Sequence

Considering that both the songs Idol by YOASOBI and KICK BACK by Kenshi Yonezu were two of the most popular openings of last year, either one of them is being heavily favored by fans to win this category at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024. The other nominees are:

Idol - YOASOBI - Oshi No Ko
Innocent Arrogance - BiSH - Heavenly Delusion
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
Happiness of the Dead - Shiyui - Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
HAWATARI NIOKU CENTI (2-hundred-million-centimeter-long blades) - MAXIMUM THE HORMONE - Chainsaw Man
Koi Kogare - milet x MAN WITH A MISSION - Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Mephisto - QUEEN BEE - Oshi No Ko
color - yama - Spy X Family Season 1 Cour 2

Best Voice Artist Performance - Japanese

Yuki Kaji is one of the favorites to win this category at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 (Image via Sportskeeda)

Even though the nominations for this year’s Best Voice Artist Performance (Japanese) at Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 included all deserving candidates, fans were shocked to see that Junya Enoki, aka the voice actor of Yuji Itadori, was left out of this category. The other nominees are:

Atsumi Tanezaki (Anya Forger) - Spy X Family Season 1 Cour 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 Artist Performance - English

Abby Trott (Nezuko Kamado) - Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc
Austin Tindle (Millions Knives) - Trigun Stampede
Johnny Yong Bosch (Ichigo Kurosaki) - Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation
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 Artist Performance - 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 Guzman (Anya Forger) – Spy X Family Season 1 Cour 2
Maria Luisa Marciel (Power) – Chainsaw Man
Marta Moreno (Uta) – One Piece Film: Red

Best Voice Artist Performance - Latin 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
Jose Gilberto Vilchis (Satoru Gojo) - Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Manuel Campuzano (Arataka Reigen) - Mob Psycho 100 lll
Nycolle Gonzalez (Suzume Iwato) - Suzume

Best Voice Artist Performance - Portugese

Amanda Brigido (Tomo Aizawa) – Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
Erick Bougleux (Kazuma) – Konosuba -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson
Guilherme Briggs (Brook) – One Piece
Leo Rabelo (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Luisa Viotti (Makima) – Chainsaw Man
Vagner Fagundes (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100 III

Best Voice Artist Performance - German

Emilia Raschewski (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
Franciska Friede (Chise Hatori) – The Ancient Magus’ 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 Artist Performance - Italian

Alessio De Filippis (Kirito) – Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Scherzo of Deep Night
Benedetta Ponticelli (Makima) – Chainsaw Man
Diego Baldoin (Takenori Akagi) – The First Slam Dunk
Federica Simonelli (Uta) – One Piece Film: Red
Max Di Benedetto (Boxxo) – Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
Mose Singh (Denji) – Chainsaw Man

Best Voice Artist Performance - Arabic

Basil Alrefai (Vegeta) – Dragon Ball Super
Hiba Snobar (Anya Forger) – Spy X Family Season 1 Cour 2
Mohammad Dal’o (Arataka Reigen) – Mob Psycho 100 III
Ra'fat Bazo (Son Goku) – Dragon Ball Super
Rosie Yaziji (Rimuru Tempest) – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 1
Taleb Alrefai (Senku Ishigami) – Dr. Stone

Best Voice Artist Performance - French

Levanah Solomon (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
Lilly Caruso (Aqua) – Konosuba -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!
Martial Le Minoux (Suguru Geto) – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Martin Faliu (Aqua) – Oshi No Ko
Yoan Sover (Gabimaru) – Hell’s Paradise
Zina Khakhoulia (Power) – Chainsaw Man

How to vote for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024?

Fans can cast their votes on the Crunchyroll website by logging in with either their email address or their mobile phone number. They will be able to vote only once per day. The polls for voting will be closed on January 27, 2024.

The winner of each category will be determined after two rounds of voting. Now that the first round is over with the revelation of the nominees, fans need to cast their votes. In the second round, after the votes have been collected, the judges will choose a winner from each category at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 by determining the nominee that has received the highest number of votes.

Furthermore, Crunchyroll has been revealed to be partnering with Telescope to collect and tally the votes to determine the winner.

Final Thoughts

With the addition of three more categories this year, all of the categories as mentioned earlier and nominees represent the priceless contributions made to the world of anime.

Additionally, famous rapper Megan Thee Stallion has been confirmed to be hosting this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024, which has generated further excitement for the upcoming event.

The voting portal for Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 will be open until January 27, 2024. Thereby, interested fans can help their favorite anime series win a category by voting for them online. The results will be announced via a live ceremony on March 2, 2024, which will be broadcast to fans all over the world.