The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are back and fans have locked in their picks for the coveted Anime of the Year award. Each series has showcased remarkable qualities, and this year’s contenders are all a tour de force in their own right. 2023 was full of long-awaited premieres and highly anticipated returns as studios worked day and night to bend and break the limitations of animation. The award ceremony will recognize and honor the teams behind the influential storylines, impactful characters, and dynamic art styles that made 2023 an unforgettable year for anime fans worldwide.
The event has grown more impressive with every year as anime continues to captivate a growing audience of varying backgrounds. This is an awards ceremony for the masses, one that the organizers deliver to scale. Here’s everything you need to know to ensure you don’t miss out on this momentous celebration.
When Are the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards?
The ceremony will recognize the most impactful and memorable anime series that premiered in 2023. Stacked with various categories, the awards aim to spotlight all the key factors that make anime so special and loved by fans all around the world. This special event, held in Tokyo, Japan, will be a magical night full of celebration and thrills as the stage unveils the year’s most anticipated winners.
Like most award ceremonies centered around accomplishments in film and TV, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards will be held during award season, with an itinerary boasting surprise musical performances and celebrity guest presenters to deliver the highly-anticipated results. Sync your alarms and calendars so you don’t sleep on this year’s livestreamed spectacle.
- When are the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards? March 2, 2024 at 4 a.m. ET / 1 a.m. PT
- Who’s hosting the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards? Sally Amaki and Jon Kabira
- Where are the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards? Tokyo, Japan, at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa
How to Watch the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards Online
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are a self-celebratory event, internationally awaited and exclusive enough to be streamed via Crunchyroll's official Twitch and YouTube channels. That's good news for non-Crunchyroll subscribers since you don't need to sign up for an account and can watch through other streaming platforms.
This is the list of where to watch the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards:
- YouTube
- Twitch
Who Are the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards Presenters?
It’s no secret that notable influencers and celebrities are huge fans of anime, so what better way to make the ceremony bigger than it already is than by having famous faces present the awards? Crunchyroll isn’t holding back this year — check out these special guest presenters:
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Iman Vellani
- Rashmika Mandanna
- DeMarcus Lawrence
- Mercedes Varnado
- LiSA
- ROLAND
- Aquaria
- Che Lingo
- Yaeji
- Ylona Garcia
Who Are the Nominees for the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards?
Brace yourselves — there are a ton of categories to cover during the ceremony, but they all deserve attention and recognition. Below is the full list of the nominees in each category:
Anime of the Year
“BOCCHI THE ROCK!”
“Chainsaw Man”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc”
“JUJUTSU KAISEN” Season 2
“OSHI NO KO”
“VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2”
Best Continuing Series
“Attack on Titan” (“Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1”)
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” (“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc”)
“JUJUTSU KAISEN” (“JUJUTSU KAISEN” Season 2)
“One Piece”
“SPY x FAMILY” (“SPY x FAMILY” Season 1 Cour 2)
“VINLAND SAGA” (“VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2”)
Best New Series
“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
“Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1”
“Chainsaw Man”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc”
“JUJUTSU KAISEN” Season 2
“Mob Psycho 100 III”
“TRIGUN STAMPEDE”
Best Character Design
“Chainsaw Man”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – 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
“Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1”
“Chainsaw Man”
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc”
“Heavenly Delusion”
“JUJUTSU KAISEN” Season 2
“VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2”
Best Art Direction
“Chainsaw Man”
“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”
Best Romance
“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
“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: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc”
“JUJUTSU KAISEN” Season 2
“One Piece”
Best Fantasy
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – 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
Bocchi (Hitori Gotoh) — “BOCCHI THE ROCK!”
Denji — “Chainsaw Man”
Eren Jaeger — “Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1”
Mob (Shigeo Kageyama) — “Mob Psycho 100 III”
Monkey D. Luffy — “One Piece”
Thorfinn — “VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2”
Best Supporting Character
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
“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: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc”
“OSHI NO KO”
“Suzume”
Best Opening Sequence
“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 × MAN WITH A MISSION — “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc”
“Mephisto” — QUEEN BEE — “OSHI NO KO”
“colo” — yama — “SPY x FAMILY” Season 1 Cour 2
Best Voice Artist Performance – Japanese
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: Kimetsu no Yaiba – 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 Gómez Jimenez (Denji) — “Chainsaw Man”
Majo Montesinos Guzmán (Anya Forger) — “SPY x FAMILY” Season 1 Cour 2
María 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 Treviño (Denji) — “Chainsaw Man”
Gerardo Ortega (Mash Burnedead) — “MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES”
José Gilberto Vilchis (Satoru Gojo) — “JUJUTSU KAISEN” Season 2
Manuel Campuzano (Arataka Reigen) — “Mob Psycho 100 lll”
Nycolle González (Suzume Iwato) — “Suzume”
Best Voice Artist Performance – Portuguese
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”
Léo Rabelo (Satoru Gojo) — “JUJUTSU KAISEN”
Luisa Viotti (Makima) — “Chainsaw Man”
Vágner 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”
Mosè 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 1
Mohammad Dal'o (Arataka Reigen) — “Mob Psycho 100”
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”
Can I Watch the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, or Chromecast?
If you’re on YouTube and/or Twitch, you can watch the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Lucky for you, most of the following devices have the YouTube and Twitch apps pre-installed: Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, and your web browser.
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