Crunchyroll has introduced the winners of the 2024 Anime Awards, the annual awards ceremony hosted in Japan to honor and have fun the greatest reveals, voice actors, animators, musicians, and creators of the previous 12 months. On Saturday, Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 took residence this 12 months’s prime prize for anime of the 12 months.
The second season of the fashionable supernatural motion anime noticed director Shota Goshozono assume the reins over the sequence from Sunghoo Park, who departed from the sequence following the completion of the present’s first season. Produced by studio MAPPA, the anime follows the story of Yuji Itadori, a younger man with eager supernatural talents who by chance turns into the vessel of a malevolent cursed spirit generally known as Sukuna. Although initially sentenced to loss of life, Yuji is spared and brought beneath the wing of Satoru Gojo, a strong Jujutsu sorcerer, who trains him to assist in the endless warfare between people and curses.
Jujutsu Kaisen left an enormous impression on discerning anime followers when it first premiered again in 2020, happening to earn a spot on our listing of the greatest anime of that 12 months. The sequence’ second season proved to be simply as spectacular, if no more so, claiming the coveted prime spot on our listing of the greatest anime of 2023.
Regardless of amassing a complete of 25 nominations, Chainsaw Man solely took residence two awards this 12 months, with Jujutsu Kaisen claiming the lion’s share of the awards with a complete of 9 wins. Suzume gained greatest anime movie, a win that’s all the extra notable for the indisputable fact that it was not nominated for greatest animated function at this 12 months’s Academy Awards. One Piece took residence the award for Finest Persevering with Collection and Finest Character for sequence’ protagonist Monkey D. Luffy, little question owed partly to the explosive unveiling of Luffy’s “Gear 5” transformation in the climax of the anime’s twentieth season.
Right here’s an entire rundown on the 2024 Anime Awards winners:
Anime Awards 2024 winners — the full listing
Anime of the Year
Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Finest Persevering with Collection
One Piece
Finest New Collection
Chainsaw Man
Finest Movie
Suzume
Finest Unique Anime
Buddy Daddies
Finest Animation
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
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Finest Character Design
Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Finest Director
Shota Goshozono – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Finest Cinematography
Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Finest Artwork Route
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
Finest Romance
Horimiya: The Lacking Items
Finest Comedy
Spy x Household season 1 cour 2
Finest Motion
Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Finest Fantasy
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc
Finest Drama
Assault on Titan Closing Season, The Closing Chapters Particular 1
Finest Slice of Life
Bocchi The Rock!
Finest Principal Character
Monkey D. Luffy – One Piece
Finest Supporting Character
Satoru Gojo – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
“Must Protect At All Costs” Character
Anya Forger – Spy x Household season 1 cour 2
Finest Anime Music
Idol – YOASOBI – Oshi No Ko
Finest Rating
Assault on Titan Closing Season, The Closing Chapters Particular 1
Finest Opening Sequence
The place Our Blue Is – Tatsuya Kitani – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Finest Ending Sequence
Akari – Soshi Sakiyama – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Finest Voice Artist Efficiency – Japanese
Yuuichi Nakamura (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Finest Voice Artist Efficiency – English
Ryan Colt Levy (Denji) – Chainsaw Man
