The winners of the Anime of the Year classifications from the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2024 (TAAF 2024) were revealed on Thursday. A panel of judges chosen the winners from a swimming pool of 412 titles that either evaluated, aired, or were dispersed in Japan in between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023, with 100 titles (80 tv anime and 20 theatrical anime) eventually in the running for the Anime of the Year awards.
Grand Prize
The First Slam Dunk (Feature Film)
“Oshi no Ko” (Television Series)
Anime Fan Award
IDOLiSH7 Movie: LIVE 4bit – BEYOND THE PERiOD
Private Awards
Writers Category: Takehiko Inoue (The First Slam Dunk
Directors Category: Takehiko Inoue (The First Slam Dunk
Animators Category: Takeshi Honda (Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka
Visual Artists Category: Daiki Nakazawa (The First Slam Dunk
Noise Artists/Performers Category: YOASOBI (“Oshi no Ko” Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo
Keep in mind: The Anime Fan Award is granted to the entry that got the most votes in the basic ballot. The titles noted for the specific awards are simply titles the recipient has actually dealt with throughout this duration; they are not the sole title the recipient won the award for.
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival is arranged to be kept in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in between March 8 and 11. The occasion will likewise provide extra entries from around the globe for its Feature Animation Competition and Short Animation Competition classifications. The previous classification consists of 32 entries from 25 nations, while 962 entries from 68 nations were sent for the latter. TAAF 2024 Preliminary Selection Committee picked 29 of these entries (4 for Feature Animation and 29 for Short Animation) to get approved for the Grand Prize and the Award of Excellence in their particular classifications, with each classification granting it to 2 titles.
In addition to the Anime Fan Award provided in TAAF 2024, a different fan ballot for its Everybody’s Top 100 Anime of the Year classification was formerly kept in December under comparable requirements. IDOLiSH7 Movie: LIVE 4bit – BEYOND THE PERiOD was the Feature Film winner in this classification, while the Television Series winner was IDOLiSH7 Third Beat!