Thank you everybody for taking the time to submit nominations for these awards. It took some work to sort through all of them, but it was also a lot of fun to know that so many people took the time to contribute to a community-run event like this.

I thought I would take the opportunity to share the final nominees with you now that I have done the tally and have the final list put together. The final nominees are the ones that received the most nominations from you, the community. I capped the number of nominees in each category at 5. In cases where there were multiple nominees that were tied at the cutoff, then I did my best to act as a kind of jury to decide which were included and which didn’t make it.

Just a reminder that voting opens up next week. So start thinking about your votes now! We will be using STAR voting to determine winners. So, that means you will be able to give each nominee a score from 0-5 (giving the same score means no preference). For more on STAR voting, see wikipedia.

Without further ado, here are the nominees. Note that the order I list them within each category has been randomized.

2024 Anime of the Year

• Frieren
• Dan Da Dan
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Bravern
• Oshi no Ko Season 2

Best Comedy

• My Deer Friend Nokotan
• Dan Da Dan
• Konosuba Season 3
• Bravern
• Delicious in Dungeon

Best Action

• Shangri-La Frontier (both season 1 and season 2 have aired this year, so I didn’t differentiate)
• Nier:Automata Season 2
• Dan Da Dan
• Kaiju No. 8
• Solo Leveling

Best Fantasy

• Konosuba Season 3
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Frieren
• Re:ZERO Season 3
• Mushoku Tensei Season 2 Part 2

Best Romance

• Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf
• Pseudo Harem
• Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
• Cherry Magic!
• The Dangers in My Heart Season 2

Best Slice of Life

• Laid-Back Camp Season 3
• 'Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess
• Tonari no Yokai-san
• Frieren
• Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night

Best Drama

• Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season
• Look Back
• Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
• The Apothecary Diaries
• Oshi no Ko Season 2

Best Suspense

• Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary
• Blue Lock Season 2
• Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
• Apothecary Diaries
• Oshi no Ko Season 2

Best Animation

• Oshi no Ko Season 2
• Dan Da Dan
• Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Frieren

Best Soundtrack

• Oshi no Ko Season 2
• MF Ghost
• Nier:Automata Season 2
• Frieren
• Kaiju No. 8

Best Opening or Ending Sequence (OP/ED)

• “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts as the Dan Da Dan OP
• “Shika-iro Days” as the Nokotan OP
• “Abyss” by YUNGBLUD as the Kaiju No. 8 OP
• “Rouge” by YU-KA as the Metallic Rouge OP
• “Baban to Suisan! Bang Bravern” as the Bravern OP

Best Voice Acting

• Aleks Le as Sung Jinwoo from Solo Leveling (English dub)
• Saori Hayami as Rin Nanakura from Pseudo Harem
• Fuuka Izumi as Utena Hiiragi from Gushing Over Magical Girls
• Fairouz Ai as Yumiella Dolkness from Villainess Level 99
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren from Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Best Character

• Bravern (Bravern)
• Maomao (Apothecary Diaries)
• Frieren (Frieren)
• Anna Yanami (Makeine)
• Utena Hiiragi (Gushing)

Best Duo: Romantic or Otherwise

• Holo & Lawrence (Spice and Wolf)
• Fujino & Kyomoto (Look Back)
• Momo Ayase & Ken Takakura Okarun (Dan Da Dan)
• Bravern & Isami (Bravern)
• 2B & 9S (Nier)