Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen dominate 2024’s Anime Awards nominations

polygon.com:

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 17. Oshi No Ko and Demon Slayer’s latest season tied for third place at 12 nominations each.

Notable nominations include Suzume, Blue Giant, and 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; andChainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 for Best Director.

News broke earlier this month that Chainsaw Man director Ryu Nakayama had left MAPPA to establish 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 established in 2021.

Voting for The Anime Awards is now open and will continue until Jan. 27 at 2:59 AM ET. All votes, including those from judges, will be tabulated confidentially and delivered 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 entire nominations list below, or at the Crunchyroll site link above.

Anime of the Year

Best Continuing Series

Best New Series

Best Film

Best Original Anime

Best Animation

Best Character Design

Best Director

Best Cinematography

Best Romance

Best Comedy

Best Action

Best Fantasy

Best Drama

Best Slice of Life

Best Main Character

Best Supporting Character

“Must Protect At All Costs” Character

Best Anime Song

Best Score

Best Opening Sequence

Best Ending Sequence

Best Voice Artist Performance — Japanese

Best Voice Artist Performance — English

Best Voice Artist Performance —