Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024: Winners, Nominees, Performers, & More

If you have a Crunchyroll account, you're probably already familiar with the Anime Awards.

Established in 2017, the annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards set out to “honor the creators, musicians, and performances across the anime industry.” Translation: the Anime Awards are the place to go if you are in need of a best-of-anime list, vetted by both a jury of experts in the field and fans themselves.

Last year, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards traveled all the way to Tokyo for the very first time to celebrate the epicenter of anime, and the 2024 edition of the event is following suit. Anticipation for Anime of the Year was palpable as the ceremony drew near, with many wondering who would be the lucky winner. Past victors include renowned titles like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Made in Abyss, to name a few.

Denji, Chainsaw Man

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So, what qualifies an anime to be eligible for the Anime Awards? Like other international awards like the Emmys, the Anime Awards also have eligibility rules. Firstly, contenders need to be an animation project with its primary production taking place in Japan. The eligibility period for the 2024 Anime Awards includes movies or shows aired between October 2022 - September 2023. Furthermore, “at least one episode" of the anime must have "had its initial legal distribution outside of Japan in 2022 or 2023.”

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When were the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards?

This year's Crunchyroll Anime Awards took place in Tokyo, Japan, for the second consecutive year. The ceremony was held at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa on March 2, 2024.

If you couldn't make your way to Tokyo, fret not, because viewers from all around the world were able to tune into the Anime Awards via Crunchyroll's official livestreams. The 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards are streaming live from Tokyo via YouTube and Twitch on March 2.

The ceremony began at 6 p.m. in Japan, which is 4 a.m. EST / 3 a.m. CST / 1 a.m. PST. You can rewatch the official stream of the ceremony right below:

The main hosts for the 2024 Anime Awards were Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira, who also did the honors for last year's ceremony. However, celebrities from Japan and across the world also made their way to Tokyo to present individual awards, including noted anime fan rapper Megan Thee Stallion, Parasite director Bong Joon Ho, actor Iman Vellani, NFL player DeMarcus Lawrence, musician Yaeji, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse director Joaquim Dos Santos, Indian actress Rashmika Mandanna, and many, many more.

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 will feature live performances by Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto, Shing02, and Japanese duo YOASOBI.

Sawano and Yamamoto will take the stage to perform the official 2024 Anime Awards theme song for the first time ever, while Shing02 will be joined by OMA and SPIN MASTER A-1 to perform a rendition of Samurai Champloo's "battlecry" in honor of the anime's 20th anniversary. YOASOBI, who are also set to perform at Coachella 2024, are also expected to take the stage during the awards show.

This year, the Anime Awards featured 32 categories, including genre-specific categories and various voice-acting nods in multiple languages, and the coveted top prize of Anime of the Year. Chainsaw Man led the nominations, scoring 25 total nods, followed by Jujutsu Kaisen with 17, and Oshi no Ko and Demon Slayer tied in third place with 12 nominations. The film with the most nominations was Suzume, clocking in at six. Jujutsu Kaisen ended up being the big winner of the night, taking home a total of 11 awards, including the top prize of Anime of the Year and multiple voice-acting categories.

Check out the nominees and winners for some of the main categories below:

• Bocchi the Rock!
• Chainsaw Man
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
• WINNER: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
• Oshi no Ko
• Vinland Saga Season 2

• Attack on Titan
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• Jujutsu Kaisen
• WINNER: One Piece
• Spy × Family
• Vinland Saga

• Bocchi the Rock!
• WINNER: Chainsaw Man
• Heavenly Delusion
• Hell's Paradise
• Oshi no Ko
• Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

• Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
• Blue Giant
• Kaguya-sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends
• Psycho-Pass Providence
• WINNER: Suzume
• The First Slam Dunk

• Akiba Maid War
• Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story Season 2
• WINNER: Buddy Daddies
• Do It Yourself!!
• Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch From Mercury
• The Marginal Service

• Attack on Titan The Final Chapters: Special 1
• Chainsaw Man
• WINNER: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
• Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
• Mob Psycho 100 III
• Trigun Stampede

• Chainsaw Man
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
• Hell's Paradise
• WINNER: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
• Oshi no Ko
• Trigun Stampede

• Yuichiro Hayashi (Attack on Titan The Final Chapters: Special 1)
• Keiichiro Saito (Bocchi the Rock!)
• Ryu Nakayama (Chainsaw Man)
• Hirotaka Mori (Heavenly Delusion)
• WINNER: Shota Goshozono (Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2)
• Daisuke Hiramaki (Oshi no Ko)

• Attack on Titan The Final Chapters: Special 1
• Chainsaw Man
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
• Heavenly Delusion
• WINNER: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
• Vinland Saga Season 2

• Chainsaw Man
• WINNER: 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

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

• Arataka Reigen from Mob Psycho 100 III
• Hange Zoe from Attack on Titan The Final Chapters: Special 1
• Kana Arima from Oshi no Ko
• Power from Chainsaw Man
• WINNER: Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
• Suguru Geto from Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

• WINNER: Anya Forger from Spy × Family
• Hitori Gotoh (a.k.a. Bocchi) from Bocchi the Rock!
• Bojji from Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage
• Miri Unasaka from Buddy Daddies
• Pochita from Chainsaw Man
• Suletta Mercury from Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury

• WINNER: “Idol” by YOASOBI, from Oshi no Ko
• “KICK BACK” by Kenshi Yonezu, from Chainsaw Man
• “Seisyun Complex” by Kessoku Band, from Bocchi the Rock!
• “Suzume” by RADWIMPS feat. toaka, from Suzume
• “Where Our Blue Is” by Tatsuya Kitani, from Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
• “WORK” by Ringo Sheena and millennium parade, from Hell's Paradise

• WINNER: Attack on Titan The Final Chapters: Special 1
• Bocchi the Rock!
• Chainsaw Man
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
• Oshi no Ko
• Suzume

• “Idol” by YOASOBI, from Oshi no Ko
• “innocent arrogance" by BiSH, from Heavenly Delusion
• “KICK BACK” by Kenshi Yonezu, from Chainsaw Man
• “Song of the Dead” by KANA-BOON, from Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
• WINNER: “Where Our Blue Is” by Tatsuya Kitani, from Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
• “WORK” by Ringo Sheena and millennium parade, from Hell's Paradise

• WINNER: “Akari” by Soshi Sakiyama, from Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
• “Happiness of the Dead” by Shiyui, from Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
• “HAWATARI NIOKU CENTI (2-hundred-million-centimeter-long blades)” by Maximum the Hormone, from Chainsaw Man
• “Koi Kogare” by milet × Man with a Mission, from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
• “Mephisto” by Queen Bee, from Oshi no Ko
• “color” by yama, from Spy × Family

Check out the full list of nominees for the 2024 Anime Awards here and the full list of winners here.

Can I still vote for the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards?

Unfortunately, voting for the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 closed on January 27, 2024. However, you can stay tuned for next year's voting cycle on Crunchyroll.com.