Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer Score Big in the 2024 Anime Awards Nominations

Crunchyroll announced the nominees for the 2024 Anime Awards on Wednesday, with the categories populated by several long-running favorites and a number of new premieres. Chainsaw man dominates the list, with 25 nominations across this year’s 32 award categories, followed by Jujutsu Kaisen‘s second season at the age of 17. Oshi No Ko And Demon slayer‘s final season finished in third place with 12 nominations each.

Notable nominations include Suzume, Blue GiantAnd The first slam dunk for Best Film; Mobile suit Gundam the witch from Mercury, Do it yourself!!And Akiba Maid War for Best Original Anime; And Chainsaw man And Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 for Best Director.

News broke earlier this month that Chainsaw man director Ryu Nakayama had left MAPPA to become a new animation production company called Andraft. Nakayama’s departure follows that of Sunghoo Park, the director of Jujutsu Kaisen‘s first season, who also left the studio to work at E&H Production, the production studio he founded in 2021.

Voting for the Anime Awards is open now and runs until January 27 at 2:59 AM ET. All votes, including those of the jury members, are processed confidentially and handed over to a neutral third party prior to the awards ceremony. The Anime Awards will be held on March 2, when the winners will be announced via a stream on Crunchyroll’s Anime Awards website.

You can find this year’s full nomination list below, or at the Crunchyroll site link above.

Nominees for the 2024 Anime Awards

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 sequel 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 (season 2)
• A 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 illusion
• The paradise of hell
• Oshi No Ko
• Zom 100: Bucket list of the dead

Best movie

• 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
• Dad’s friends
• 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
• Mobpsycho 100 III
• Trigun stampede

Best character design

• Chainsaw man
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village arc
• The paradise of hell
• 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 illusion
• 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 illusion
• Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
• Vinland saga season 2
• Best Art Direction
• Chainsaw man
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village arc
• The paradise of hell
• Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
• Oshi No Ko
• Zom 100: Bucket list of the dead

Best romance

• Horimiya: the missing pieces
• Insomnia 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!
• Dad’s friends
• Mashle: magic and muscles
• Spy x Family season 1 and 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
• A piece

Best fantasy

• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village arc
• The paradise of hell
• Mashle: magic and muscles
• Mushoku Tensei: Unemployed Reincarnation sseason 2
• Ranking of Kings: The Treasury of Courage
• The Ancient Magus’ Bride season 2

Best Drama

• Attack on Titan Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
• Heavenly illusion
• 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
• Insomnia after school
• My love story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
• Skip and loafer

Dear main character

• Bocchi (Hitori Goto) – Bocchi the Rock!
• Denji – Chainsaw man
• Eren Jaeger – Attack on Titan Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
• Mob (Shigeo Kageyama) – Mobpsycho 100 III
• Monkey D. Luffy – A piece
• Thorfinn – Vinland saga season 2

Best Supporting Character

• Arataka Rich – Mobpsycho 100 III
• Hange Zoë – Attack on Titan Final Season, The Final Chapters Special 1
• Kana Arima – Oshi No Ko
• Current – Chainsaw man
• Satoru Gojo – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
• Suguru Geto – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2

Character ‘Must protect at all costs’

• Anya forger – Spy x Family season 1 and 2
• Hitori Gotoh (Bocchi) – Bocchi the Rock!
• Bojji – Ranking of Kings: The Treasury of Courage
• Miri Unasaka – Dad’s friends
• Pochita- Chainsaw man
• Suletta Mercurius – Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch of 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 – The paradise of hell

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 scene

• Idol – YOASOBI – Oshi No Ko
• innocent arrogance – BiSH – Heavenly illusion
• 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 – The paradise of hell

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 – BEEQUEEN – Oshi No Ko
• color – yama – Spy x Family season 1 and 2

Best Performance by Voice Artist – Japanese

• Atsumi Tanezaki (Anya forger) – Spy x Family Season 1 and 2
• Kikunosuke Toya (Denji) – Chainsaw man
• Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy) – A 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 Performance by Voice Artist – English

• Abby Trott (Nezuko Kamado) – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village arc
• Austin Tindle (millions of 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) – The paradise of hell
• Ryan Colt Levy (Denji) – Chainsaw man

Best Performance by Voice Artist – 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 and 2
• María Luisa Marciel (power) – Chainsaw man
• Marta Moreno (UTA) – One piece of foil red

Best Performance by Voice Artist – 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 Performance by Voice Artist – Portuguese

• Amanda Brigido (Tomo Aizawa) – Tomo-chan is a girl!
• Erick Bougleux (Kazuma) – Konosuba -God’s blessing to this beautiful world! – Legend of Crimson
• Guilherme Briggs (Brook) – A piece
• Leo Rabelo (Satoru Gojo) – Jujutsu Kaisen
• Luisa Viotti (Makima) – Chainsaw man
• Vágner Fagundes (Arataka Reigen) – Mobpsycho 100 III

Best Performance by Voice Artist – German

• Emilia Raschewski (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
• Franciska Friede (Chise Hatori) – The bride of the old magician
• Franziska Trunte (power) – Chainsaw man
• Pascal Breuer (Arataka Reigen) – Mobpsycho 100 III
• Patrick Baehr (General Asagiri) – Dr. Stone New World
• Patrick Keller (Akira Tendou) – Zom 100: Bucket list of the dead

Best Performance by Voice Artist – Italian

• Alessio De Filippis (Kirito) – Sword Art Online the film -Progressive- Scherzo from Deep Night
• Benedetta Ponticelli (Makima) – Chainsaw man
• Diego Baldoin (Takenori Akagi) – The first slam dunk
• Federica Simonelli (UTA) – One piece of foil red
• Max Di Benedetto (Boxxo) – Reborn as an automaton, I now wander the dungeon
• Mose Singh (Denji) – Chainsaw man

Best Performance by Voice Artist – Arabic

• Basil Alrefai (Vegeta) – Dragonball great
• Hiba Snobar (Anya forger) – Spy x Family season 1 and 1
• Mohammad Dal’o (Arataka Reigen) – Mobpsycho 100
• Ra’fat Bazo (son Goku) – Dragonball great
• Rosie Yaziji (Rimuru Storm) – That time I was reincarnated as slime season 1
• Taleb Alrefai (Senku Ishigami) – Dr. Stone

Best Performance by Voice Artist – French

• Levanah Salomon (Suzume Iwato) – Suzume
• Lilly Caruso (Aqua) – Konosuba -God’s blessing on this beautiful world!
• Martial Le Minoux (Suguru Geto) – Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
• Martin Faliu (Aqua) – Oshi No Ko
• Yoan Sover (Gabimaru) – Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
• Zina Khakhoulia (power) – Chainsaw man