After what many anime fans considered a major snub following the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, Heavenly Delusion has now won big at this year’s Anime Trends Awards.
Anime Trending announced that Heavenly Delusion won the 10th awards ceremony, held on March 9, 2024. The series also won in the Episode Director and Storyboard categories best for the episode “Their Choice” (directed by Ryo Nakano, storyboard). by Haruka Fujita), Best Visuals and Scenery (art direction by Yuuji Kaneko, color design by Izumi Hirose, photography direction by Kentaro Waki), Best Mystery or Psychological Anime, and Supernatural Anime the best. Via ANN, you can see the full list of winners at the 10th Anime Trend Awards below.
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Winner of Anime Trending’s Anime of the Year award
Anime of the Year: Tengoku Daimakyo Animation of the Year: Tunnel to Summer, Exit of Goodbye Boy of the Year: JETURK, Guel (Mobile Suit Granada: The Witch From Mercury S2) Girl of the Year: ARIMA, Kana ([OSHI NO KO]) Ship Couple of the Year: Kyoutaro x Anna (The Dangers in My Heart) Support Guy of the Year: JETURK, Guel (Mobile Suit Granada: The Witch From Mercury S2) Support Girl of the Year: ARIMA, Kana ([OSHI NO KO]) Best adapted screenplay:[OSHI NO KO]Best Animation: JUJUTSU KAISEN S2 Best Character Design: 【OSHI NO KO]Best Director and Storyboard: ‘Their Choices’ (episode Tengoku Daimakyo 8) Best Original Screenplay: Buddy Daddies best in scenes and images: Tengoku Daimakyo Best soundtrack: Vinland Saga S2 Best voice cast: 【OSHI NO KO]Opening theme song of the year: “IDOL” by YOASOBI Theme song end of the Year: “Red:birthmark” by Aina The End Best Voice Performance – Male: Seiichirō Yamashita as Cid “Shadow” Kagenou (The Eminence in Shadow) Best Voice Performance – Female: Reina Ueda as Miyo Saimori (My Happy Marriage) Action or Adventure Anime of the Year: JUJUTSU KAISEN S2 Comedy of the Year: MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Drama Anime of the Year: 【OSHI NO KO]Fantasy Anime of the Year : The Eminence in Shadow Music Anime of the Year: Blue Orchestra Mystery or Psychological Anime of the Year: Tengoku Daimakyo Romance Anime of the Year: My Happy Wedding Sci-Fi or Mecha Anime of the Year: Dr. Stone: New World Slice of Life Anime of the Year: SPY x FAMILY S2 Sports Anime of the Year: BLUELOCK Supernatural Anime of the Year: Tengoku Daimakyo
The official Heavenly Delusion An excerpt reads: “I would like to express my sincere gratitude for receiving this wonderful award. For the TV anime, we focused on how to intertwine the two worlds of ‘Maru and Kiriko on their journey to find paradise’ and ‘Tokio and her’ friends living in the school inside the wall through cartoon. This is a work full of foreshadowing, so I think you’ll discover something new every time you watch it.” Heavenly Delusion’s original author Masakazu Ishiguro was more reserved because he was not in the same position as the anime staff. However, he added, “But I know that I am very happy!”
Heavenly Delusion and Vinland Saga struggled at the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards
CBR’s report on Anime of the Year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards highlighted a large number of fans who felt that Heavenly Delusion and Vinland Saga were overlooked. Unlike Anime Trending’s awards, Crunchyroll’s awards are primarily decided by a panel of judges, with judges receiving 70% of the votes. However, Vinland Saga also struggled in Anime Corner’s 100% fan-based awards, with best results coming in fourth place for both Adventure Anime and Drama of the Year.
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Heavenly Delusion’s distribution is suspected of hindering the series from reaching greater heights. Many people have had difficulty accessing the show on Disney+ and Hulu, while others have argued that the sexual assault of the main character, Kiriko, caused the show to become a seasonal show that was quickly abandoned. oblivion. However, anime’s widespread popularity is evidenced by its growth on MyAnimeList, from just over 2,000 members in October 2022 to over 450,000 at the time of writing. The series is also currently rated 8.22/10.
Fantasy of paradise
A boy grows up behind the safe walls of an apocalyptic Japan full of monsters. Tokyo flourishes like a paradise, while outside the walls of hell are full of dangers lurking. However, a small group is looking for paradise.
Release date April 1, 2023
Seasons 1 season
Studio IG production
Franchising Fantasy of paradise
Characters by Nick Martineau, Gen Satô, Sayaka Senbongi
Creator Masakazu Ishiguro
Protagonist Tokio, Mimihime, Maru, Kiruko
Production company IG production
Writer Fukami Makoto
Episodes 13 episodes
Source: ANN, Anime Trends
