This was a category separation we felt very good about when it occurred to us: why are we having leading characters going up against background characters? Why don't we separate this into Best Major Character and Best Side Character, so it's not "this character is cool but they aren't very important to the plot so they're cut?" I like this much better, and I hope y'all do too. The Nominees Are: Bang Bang Fire (1000xRESIST) Anon Chihaya (BanG Dream: It's MyGO!!!!!!) Tomori Takamatsu (BanG Dream: It's MyGO!!!!!!) Mara Forest (Crow Country) Baby (Dragon Ball GT) Lord Tokiyuki (The Elusive Samurai) Shikikan (Girls Frontline 2) Michel (The House in Fata Morgana) Morgana (The House in Fata Morgana) Jeeves (Jeeves and Wooster) Saku Fukuzawa (The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today) Yukichi (The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today) Heismay Noctule (Metaphor: ReFantazio) Alain (Unicorn Overlord) Belle/Rin (Zenless Zone Zero) Here's our write-up for the winners! Our intro and outro music for the Gimmick Awards 2024 is Afternoon After the Rain by Kazuki Kaneko, and our art is a commission from Sarracenian on Bluesky. The rules summary music for this category is flanged drum by rj lake from EL PASO, ELSEWHERE, whose main character James Savage won our Best Character category in the Gimmick Awards 2023.