Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The 8th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards just concluded in Tokyo — with “Jujutsu Kaisen” Season 2 wining a total of 11 honors, including the top prize of anime of the year.
Crunchyroll revealed the winners during a live ceremony Saturday, March 2, featuring celebrity presenters and musical performances. (The full list of winners is below.) A replay of the 2024 Anime Awards, hosted by voice actor Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira, will be available to stream on Crunchyroll’s official YouTube and Twitch channels.
Three-time Grammy-winner Megan Thee Stallion (pictured above) presented the award for anime of the year to “Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death.” The series also won trophies for 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. .@theestallion Stallion presenting at the 2024 @Crunchyroll @TheAnimeAwards pic.twitter.com/0Fr9FtjzpS In addition to Megan Thee Stallion, other presenters included Japanese singer-songwriter LiSA, award-winning actress Iman Vellani (“Ms.
Marvel,” “The Marvels”), Oscar-winning duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller (“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”), director Joaquim Dos Santos (“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse”), NFL star DeMarcus Lawrence, former WWE World Champion Mercedes Varnado, Indian film actor Rashmika Mandanna, director Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite,” “Snowpiercer”), Grammy-nominated songwriter, producer and recording artist Labrinth, actor-entrepreneur Liza Soberano, Japanese TV personality and former Japanese Decathlon Champion So Takei, actor-singer- model Chiaki Kuriyama and Japanese night.
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