Anime of the year: This year’s best anime award went to the anime ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ (Season 2). Along with this, this series has won awards in as many as 11 categories.
Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 Best Anime
The 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards took place in Tokyo on Saturday (March 2). On this occasion, Grammy award winner Megan Stalin presented the ‘Anime of the Year’ award. This year’s Best Anime Award went to the anime ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ (Season 2). Along with this, this series has won awards in as many as 11 categories.
Jujutsu Kaisen won Best Director (Shota Goshozono), Best Action, Best Character Design, Best Cinematography, Best Ending and Opening Sequences, Best Supporting Character (Satoru Gojo) and three Voice Actor Awards.
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‘One Piece’ and Demon Slayer
In this ceremony, the anime One Piece won the award for Best Continuing Series. Along with this, One Piece’s Monkey D. Luffy also won the Best Main Character award. The Swordsmith Village arc of the anime Demon Slayer, aka Kimetsu No Yaiba, won Best Fantasy, Best Art Direction and Best Animation.
Complete list of awards
• Best Anime Song – Idol (Oshi no Ko)
• Best Comedy – Spy Family Season 1 Core 2 (Spy X Family)
• Best Drama – Attack on Titan
• Best Film – Suzume
• Best New Series – Chainsaw Man
• Best Original Anime – Buddy Daddies
• Best Romance – Horimiya The Missing Pieces
• Best Score – Attack on Titan
• ‘Must Protect at All Cost’ Character – Anya Forger
Crunchyroll is a joint venture between Sony Pictures of America and Aniplex of Japan. Crunchyroll, a global platform for anime content, is now gaining popularity in India as well. Crunchyroll has also launched several anime series in Hindi.
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