On March 2, 2024, Megan Thee Stallion presented the Anime of the Year award at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024.
She arrived dressed to the occasion wearing a hairstyle and dress inspired by the character Bruno Bucciarati from the fifth part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series, Golden Wind (also known as Vento Aureo).
Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 judged anime that released between October 2022 to September 2023. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean was not nominated this year, though it had several nominations in the previous year.
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Megan Thee Stallion comes on stage at 2:22:13 in the stream. The winner of the award was revealed to be Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2. Fittingly, Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen shares the same Japanese voice actor as Bruno Bucciarati, Yuichi Nakamura.
Crunchyroll also interviewed Megan Thee Stallion behind the scenes about her anime opinions.
When asked which characters she would pick as backup dancers, she stated “Off the top, I’m picking people from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure because they got all the style and they be—just got all the swag, so I’mma pick Jotaro Kujo, and I’mma pick Bucciarati. Cuz my boy be moving.”
About Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion is a famous rapper who was born on February 15, 1995. She is known for several songs such as “Plan B”, “Savage”, “Body”, “Her”, “Girls In the Hood”, “Big Ole Freak”, and more. Megan is also a big fan of anime, including JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure among her favorites. In August 2022, she visited the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Anime 10th Anniversary Exhibition in Tokyo.
