Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Vinland Saga, and more receive Crunchyroll's Anime of the Year 2024 nomination

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, saw the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards begin, with Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Vinland Saga, and more all nominated for Anime of the Year. While some of the inclusions are obvious choices, there are some exciting absences from the final six nominees for the category.

While fans are currently focused on the Anime of the Year nominations given the big names present, the complete nominations list for Crunchyroll’s 2024 awards ceremony has been released. The categories number 25 in total, with each having six different nominees who are typically from six other series as well.

The 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards also opened for voting alongside the announcement of their nominees. Fans can vote for the award entries on the platform’s official website until Saturday, January 27, 2024, at 11:59:59PM Pacific Daylight Time. It’s currently unconfirmed when the winners will be announced, but the winners have historically been shared around early March of each year.

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2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards: Anime of the Year 2024 Nominations

The following anime received a nomination for Crunchyroll’s Anime of the Year 2024:

1. Chainsaw Man
2. Vinland Saga season 2
3. Oshi no Ko
4. Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
5. Bocchi the Rock!
6. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc

While the return of the Crunchyroll Anime Awards is exciting, fans are already taking issue with some of the significant snubs for the year. Arguably, Attack on Titan and One Piece’s lack of nomination for the Anime of the Year category is the most confusing.

The Boy and the Heron was also confusingly not nominated for Best Film despite the critical and commercial success it has boasted domestically in Japan and overseas. The nominees for the category are Blue Giant, The First Slam Dunk, Suzume, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-, Psycho-Pass: Providence, and Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King.

One Piece’s lack of nomination for the Best Animation category is also widely considered a significant snub. The nominees in this category are Attack on Titan Final Season: THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc, Mob Psycho 100 III, and TRIGUN STAMPEDE.

Some Jujutsu Kaisen fans are also taking issue with Yuji Itadori’s lack of nomination for the Best Main Character Category. This category’s nominees include Chainsaw Man’s Denji, Attack on Titan’s Eren Yeager, Bocchi the Rock! ’s Hitori Gotoh (Bocchi), One Piece’s Monkey D. Luffy, Mob Psycho 100’s Shigeo Kageyama (Mob), and Vinland Saga’s Thorfinn.

While there are some other somewhat questionable choices for the nominees, the remaining categories are generally being received well. Furthermore, although there is some controversy surrounding the nominations, it speaks to how excellent of a broadcast year the anime industry has had overall.

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