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On December 26, 2024, the winners of Filmarks Annual Awards 2024 were announced, and Kaiju No. 8 and Look Back won in their respective categories. Anime series like Demon Slayer and Oshi no Ko season 2 were also nominated for the Animation Division Grand Prize Award.
Filmarks Annual Awards is one of Japan's biggest media awards, including anime, that is backed by over 200 million reviews from the locals.
In the past, anime series like Skip and Loafer took the spotlight in these awards and the winners showcased the overall taste of Japanese people in anime.
Kaiju No. 8 and Look Back win in their respective categories during the Filmarks Annual Awards 2024
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Filmarks Annual Awards is a review-based award review service that awards the best movie, drama, and anime based on reviews from Japanese people. The review service has almost 200 million reviewers on its websites, based on which winners are selected each year during a ceremony.
In Filmarks Annual Awards 2024, the anime category was of key interest as two categories were dedicated to this media slot. The first one was the 'Animation Division Grand Prize' and the second one was 'Animation Film Category Best Film Award.'
In the former category, 10 anime series were nominated including Delicious in Dungeon, Mashle, Kaiju no. 8, My Hero Academia season 7, Demon Slayer, Oshi no Ko season 2, Dandadan, Oblivion Battery, The Elusive Samurai, and Chi: On the Movements of the Earth (Ongoing).
While all of these anime series were exceptional during their run, there could only be one winner.
So, on December 26, 2025, the winners for each category were announced and Production I.G's Kaiju no. 8 won in the 'Animation Division Grand Prize' category and Studio Durian's Look Back anime film won in the 'Animation Film Category Best Film Award.'
Moreover, the voice actor of Ayumu Fujino, Yuumi Kawaki, from Studio Durian's anime film also won the 'Best Actor Fan Award' division.
In the previous awards (Filmarks Annual Awards 2023), the top 10 best anime series were revealed with Skip and Loafer topping the list, followed by Oshi no Ko and Frieren Beyond Journey's End.
Final thoughts
Kaiju no. 8 might be the shonen favorite of the new generation given how much love the series has received worldwide. The series receiving an award during the recent Filmarks Annual Awards was key to displaying how big its future might be.
Moreover, such awards might be the best standards for awarding the best anime series annually, based on people's reviews. This method negates any personal bias and votes entirely based on an anime series' reception among the fandom.
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