Granblue Fantasy: Relink for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC, and Persona 3 Reload for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.
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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 — Castilian
Best Voice Artist Performance — Latin Spanish
Best Voice Artist Performance — Portuguese
Best Voice Artist Performance — German
Best Voice Artist Performance — Italian
Best Voice Artist Performance — Arabic
Best Voice Artist Performance — French
Granblue Fantasy: Relink for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC, and Persona 3 Reload for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.
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