Chainsaw Man received the most nominations with a record 25, followed by
Jujutsu Kaisen at 17, and
Oshi no Ko and
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba at 12. The
Anime of the Year contenders include previous winners
Jujutsu Kaisen,
Attack on Titan, and
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
MAPPA is the most represented animation studio, with five series nominated in various categories, including a record three series for the top prize.
One Piece was nominated again for
Best Continuing Series after it won the award
previously, along with
Attack on Titan and
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. ''
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story was nominated again for Best Original Anime, while Best Animation saw previous contenders and winners Attack on Titan
, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
, Jujutsu Kaisen
, and Mob Psycho 100. Akira Matsushima received a nomination for Best Character Design for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
again, after winning it in the last edition. Yuichiro Hayashi was nominated again for Best Director for his work on Attack on Titan
. Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto was nominated again for Best Score, along with Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba''.
Atsumi Tanezaki and
Yuki Kaji were nominated again for
Best VA Performance (Japanese) for
Anya Forger and
Eren Jaeger respectively. Among genre categories,
Spy × Family was nominated again for
Best Comedy, and
Attack on Titan,
Jujutsu Kaisen, and
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba for
Best Action.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was also nominated again for
Best Fantasy, along with
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation and
Ranking of Kings.
Attack on Titan was nominated again as well for
Best Drama. For character categories, Eren Jaeger and
Shigeo Kageyama was nominated for
Best Main Character again, while
Hitori "Bocchi" Gotoh was nominated for both Best Main Character and
"Must Protect at All Costs" Character. Two characters from
Jujutsu Kaisen,
Satoru Gojo and
Suguru Geto, was nominated for
Best Supporting Character, while Anya Forger of
Spy × Family and
Bojji of
Ranking of Kings were nominated again for "Must Protect at All Costs" Character. Four anime songs nominated for
Best Anime Song were nominated for
Best Opening Sequence as well: "
Idol" by
Yoasobi, "
Kick Back" by
Kenshi Yonezu, "
Where Our Blue Is" by
Tatsuya Kitani, and "
Work" by
Ringo Sheena and Millennium Parade. Both the opening and ending themes for
Oshi no Ko,
Jujutsu Kaisen,
Chainsaw Man, and
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead were nominated in their respective categories.
Awards Jujutsu Kaisen won 11 awards, including the Anime of the Year, which previously won in
2020, becoming the first anime to win multiple top prize. Its director, Shōta Goshozono, won Best Director. Additionally, the series won the inaugural award for Best Cinematography.
Suzume won
Best Film; the award was received by its director
Makoto Shinkai.
One Piece and
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba won again the awards for Best Continuing Series and Best Animation respectively.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba also won the inaugural award for Best Art Direction.
Chainsaw Man won
Best New Series, while
Buddy Daddies won Best Original Anime.
Jujutsu Kaisen,
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,
Horimiya: The Missing Pieces,
Spy × Family,
Bocchi the Rock!, and
Attack on Titan won the genre awards for Best Action, Best Fantasy,
Best Romance, Best Comedy,
Best Slice of Life, and Best Drama respectively.
Monkey D. Luffy of
One Piece won Best Main Character, while Satoru Gojo of
Jujutsu Kaisen won Best Supporting Character. Anya Forger won the "Must Protect at All Costs" Character award again. Meanwhile, both the opening and ending sequences of
Jujutsu Kaisen, "Where Our Blue Is" by Tatsuya Kitani and "Akari" by Soushi Sakiyama, won the awards for Best Opening Sequence and
Best Ending Sequence respectively. "Idol" by Yoasobi won Best Anime Song while Kohta Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano won Best Score for their work on the
first special in the final season of
Attack on Titan.
Yuichi Nakamura won Best Voice Acting (Japanese) for his work as Satoru Gojo in
Jujutsu Kaisen, while Ryan Colt Levy won
Best Voice Acting (English) for his work as
Denji in
Chainsaw Man.
Anime with multiple nominations and awards == Presenters and performers ==