Maybe they shouldn’t have criticized the adaptation so much.
Summary:
Jujutsu Kaisen won most categories at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024.
Some Chainsaw Man fans didn’t like the anime, which influenced the votes.
The awards are just a popularity contest anyway.
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 were certainly controversial. That is nothing new, of course: every year, certain groups of fans feel that their anime wasn’t given enough attention. This year, the awards are even more polarizing: most of the nominations were the same few shows.
However, it wasn’t just the nominations that people were upset about. Most of the awards went to Jujutsu Kaisen, with Chainsaw Man coming in second — but it wasn’t very close.
The disparity becomes even larger when you consider that about half of Chainsaw Man’s awards were for voice acting in different languages, which isn’t something most fans care about. That said, Chainsaw Man fans are also to blame for this.
Fans played a role in deciding the winners
If you’ve been following the awards closely, you’d know that the final scores are not based solely on the opinions of the judges: fans’ votes play a role as well. More specifically, the split is 70:30 in favor of the judges.
While that might seem like the fans’ opinions basically don’t matter, that’s not exactly true. This time, one might argue, it certainly mattered — and it was the reason why Chainsaw Man didn’t get more votes.
How are Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man fandoms different?
There is one key difference between the Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man fandoms. More specifically, Jujutsu Kaisen fans are almost unanimously positive about their own anime.
Chainsaw Man adaptation has been more controversial: many fans feel like while the anime is decent, the manga is better — the anime being only 12 episodes long certainly didn’t help. Some otaku were also not fond of the movie-like direction the anime employed.
This difference might have actually mattered in some categories. The Chainsaw Man fans that did not like their adaptation probably mattered and made the anime win less awards — after all, an average Chainsaw Man fan was less likely to vote for it than an average Jujutsu Kaisen fan.
As such, complaining about their anime not winning enough votes is partly the fault of the fandom itself.
The awards don’t mean anything
Of course, it’s not only because of the fans. The jury still played the biggest role in deciding the awards, and the arguments about which anime deserved it more are ultimately pointless.
In the end, the awards are nothing more than a popularity contest. It’s probably for the best if you just don’t take them seriously.
Which anime would you rather see as the winner of the “Anime of the Year” award?
Maybe they shouldn’t have criticized the adaptation so much.
Summary:
Jujutsu Kaisen won most categories at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024.
Some Chainsaw Man fans didn’t like the anime, which influenced the votes.
The awards are just a popularity contest anyway.
The Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 were certainly controversial. That is nothing new, of course: every year, certain groups of fans feel that their anime wasn’t given enough attention. This year, the awards are even more polarizing: most of the nominations were the same few shows.
However, it wasn’t just the nominations that people were upset about. Most of the awards went to Jujutsu Kaisen, with Chainsaw Man coming in second — but it wasn’t very close.
The disparity becomes even larger when you consider that about half of Chainsaw Man’s awards were for voice acting in different languages, which isn’t something most fans care about. That said, Chainsaw Man fans are also to blame for this.
Fans played a role in deciding the winners
If you’ve been following the awards closely, you’d know that the final scores are not based solely on the opinions of the judges: fans’ votes play a role as well. More specifically, the split is 70:30 in favor of the judges.
While that might seem like the fans’ opinions basically don’t matter, that’s not exactly true. This time, one might argue, it certainly mattered — and it was the reason why Chainsaw Man didn’t get more votes.
How are Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man fandoms different?
There is one key difference between the Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man fandoms. More specifically, Jujutsu Kaisen fans are almost unanimously positive about their own anime.
Chainsaw Man adaptation has been more controversial: many fans feel like while the anime is decent, the manga is better — the anime being only 12 episodes long certainly didn’t help. Some otaku were also not fond of the movie-like direction the anime employed.
This difference might have actually mattered in some categories. The Chainsaw Man fans that did not like their adaptation probably mattered and made the anime win less awards — after all, an average Chainsaw Man fan was less likely to vote for it than an average Jujutsu Kaisen fan.
As such, complaining about their anime not winning enough votes is partly the fault of the fandom itself.
The awards don’t mean anything
Of course, it’s not only because of the fans. The jury still played the biggest role in deciding the awards, and the arguments about which anime deserved it more are ultimately pointless.
In the end, the awards are nothing more than a popularity contest. It’s probably for the best if you just don’t take them seriously.
Which anime would you rather see as the winner of the “Anime of the Year” award?
