by ABEMA, the new TV of the future, will broadcast the Japan Anime Trend Awards 2024, one of Japan’s most significant anime awards, on the Anime SPECIAL channel from 7 pm on December 26.
During the program, ABEMA will hold the Japan Anime Trend Awards Ceremony, where the winners in each category will be announced after rigorous screening based on data compiled by major media.
The winner of the TV Anime Category of the Anime Topic Award has been decided to be “Re: Zero − Starting Life in Another World 3rd Season”.
The Japan Anime Trend Awards 2024 will look back on the trends of 2024 and also introduce the hot topics of 2025. The main MC will be Haraichi’s Iwai Yuuki, and the sub-MC will be Adachi Rika. Guests include Tenshinhan Dairo, Tokui Sora, Hamada Tatsuomi, and other anime-loving celebrities. This time, the winner of the TV Anime Division of the Anime Hot Topic Awards, which picks out anime that have captured the public’s attention in 2024, has been “Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- 3rd Season”.
This work is an anime adaptation of the 5th chapter, which is particularly popular in the original work and has attracted much attention even before it aired. The total number of views of the post that released the key visual on X exceeded 20 million, and it became a hot topic even before it aired. Just before the broadcast, the first episode of the 3rd season, “Theatrical Malice,” was screened in advance at the theater, and a wide range of promotional measures were carried out, including a red carpet event in Tokyo and large advertisements for three consecutive weeks.
After the broadcast began, it maintained a high ranking in the number of viewers on ABEMA, and its popularity, despite being a sequel, has not waned. There were many related posts on X, so it was awarded the prize. This time, Kobayashi Yusuke, who plays the main character Natsuki Subaru, appeared. “I’m happy that people are still talking about it even after 8 years, and this year I was able to hold many events overseas, and the enthusiasm of the overseas people was amazing,” he said, looking back on his activities in this work.
In preparation for the second half of the third season, “Counterattack Arc,” starting on February 5, 2025, he commented, ” There’s a sense of exhilaration, like releasing all the frustration built up in the ‘Attack Arc’ all at once, but there are also some heavy developments scattered here and there that are typical of ‘Re: Zero,’ so I think it’ll be an even better anime season than the ‘Attack Arc.’ Please look forward to it.”
