Heavenly Delusion and Vinland Saga Season 2 are competing for the title of most eliminated series at the 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.
According to the streaming site’s official awards results, Heavenly Delusion and Vinland Saga were both nominated for five major categories at Crunchyroll’s annual anime awards presentation, with winners chosen via lottery. polls fans around the world. Heavenly Delusion scored nominations for Best New Anime, Best Director (Hirotaka Mori), Best Cinematography, Best Drama, and Best Opening Scene (for “innocent arrogance” of BiSH). Meanwhile, Vinland Saga Season 2 received nominations for Anime of the Year, Best Continuing Series, Best Cinematography, Best Drama, and Best Main Character (Thorfinn). Unfortunately, neither title managed a single win, regularly losing to MAPPA’s iconic shounen series Jujutsu Kaisen.
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First released in 2020, Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the most popular shounen anime of the modern era. Thanks to JJK’s adorable characters, thrilling plot, and breathtakingly detailed animation, fans continue to support the anime despite the countless controversies surrounding Studio MAPPA. The 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards strongly affirmed Jujutsu Kaisen’s iconic status; the series ranked first in 11 different categories, breaking My Hero Academia’s previous record from 2018.
JJK’s huge success overshadows Anime like Vinland Saga & Heavenly Delusion
Jujutsu Kaisen’s win at the 2024 Crunchyroll Awards sparked mixed reactions on social media. While many felt that JJK had a right to win, many others felt that both Vinland Saga and Heavenly Delusion were tragically overlooked. In the latter case, the general feeling seems to be that Heavenly Delusion’s production values and story are as good, if not better, than JJK, making it worthy of at least a win. Calling the losses unusually questionable, one person accused Crunchyroll of unfairly skewing the results in favor of certain series and creators. Others point out that Heavenly Delusion contains certain elements – such as fan service and images of sexual violence – that may hinder its appeal to certain audiences. determined.
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The collective outrage from Vinland Saga fans seems to be even more prominent, with many X (formerly Twitter) posts expressing disappointment and dismay on behalf of the series. Dozens of posts called the anime a “10/10 masterpiece” or “one of the best series they have ever seen” — impressive accolades for a work lesser known than JujutsuKaisen or Chainsaw Man. As with Heavenly Delusion, many Vinland Saga fans placed the blame squarely on Crunchyroll. However, one user
Illusion of Paradise tells the story of a boy named Tokio who lives in safety and security behind the protective walls of Tokyo. Meanwhile, the outside world is a hellish apocalyptic landscape filled with monsters. Vinland Saga Season 2 is a historical drama revolving around a Norse Viking named Thorfinn. After being sold into slavery, he goes through a period of painful self-reflection as he contemplates the decisions that led to his downfall. Fantasy Paradise is only available on Hulu/Disney+. Vinland Saga is available to stream on both Netflix and Crunchyroll.
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: Crunchyroll, X (formerly Twitter)