The Annie Awards, which acknowledge the most effective in animated movie and TV, introduced their nominations on January 5. Unsurprisingly, issues look “Golden” for “KPOP Demon Hunters.”
The Netflix sleeper hit was one of many two movies to obtain probably the most nominations on the ceremony, together with “Elio,” the Pixar sci-fi movie that underperformed on the field workplace upon its June premiere. Each movies acquired nominations in the most effective function class, alongside classes like character animation, music, and voice performing; “KPOP Demon Hunters” moreover nabbed a directing nomination. Different movies nominated within the Greatest Characteristic class are “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” and “Zootopia 2,” each of which acquired seven nods, and “The Unhealthy Guys 2,” which acquired 5. The perfect Unbiased function class consists of “Arco,” which acquired 5 nominations, three-time nominee “Scarlet,” in addition to “A Magnificent Life,” “I’m Frankelda,” and “Misplaced in Starlight.”
Within the TV classes, Pixar animated sequence “Win or Lose” leads with six nominations. Different exhibits acknowledged embrace “Frequent Aspect Results,” “Smiling Associates,” and “The Simpsons.”
As well as, the Annie Awards additionally introduced recipients for a number of honorary awards. Administrators Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, Michaël Dudok de Wit, and Chris Sanders will all obtain Windsor McCay Award’s for lifetime contributions to animation. Sandy Rabins, who led AnimAID efforts to assist these within the animation business affected by the 2025 LA wildfires, will obtain the June Foray Award for benevolent influence to the animation neighborhood. Wacom will obtain the Ub Iwerks Award for technical achievement, whereas LightBox Expo will obtain a particular achievement award.
The 53rd Annie Awards, offered by ASIFRA-Hollywood, might be held at UCLA’s Royce Corridor on February 21. Learn the entire record of nominees beneath.
Greatest Characteristic
“Elio”
“KPop Demon Hunters,”
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain,”
“The Unhealthy Guys 2”
“Zootopia 2”
Greatest Characteristic — Unbiased
“A Magnificent Life”
“Arco”
“I’m Frankelda”
“Misplaced in Starlight”
“Scarlet”
Greatest Particular Manufacturing
“A Loud Home Christmas Film: Naughty or Good”
“Grownup Swim’s The Elephant”
“Not Only a Goof”
“Snoopy Presents: A Summer season Musical”
“The Evening Earlier than Christmas in Wonderland”
Greatest Brief Topic
“Cardboard”
“Ovary-Performing”
“Pillowzzz”
“Snow Bear”
“The Lady Who Cried Pearls”
Animated Brief: “Trek” | Honkai: Star Rail
Fortnite x The Simpsons: Apocalypse D’Oh!
LouiMax Goals of Being An Grownup
Olipop Yeti
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – The Animation
Eva The Owlet
Episode: Welcome to Treetopington
Kindergarten: The Musical!
Episode: Gotta Go!
The Tiny Chef Present
Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular
Wow Lisa
Episode: Wet Day
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
Episode: I’m Jackie Robinson
My Melody & Kuromi
Episode: All For Our Greatest Pal
Spice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar
Episode: 1
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Episode: Rise of the Evening Ninja
The Splendidly Bizarre World of Gumball
Episode: The Rewrite
Wylde Pak
Episode: Sungandeul
Bob’s Burgers
Episode: Grand Pre-Pre-Pre Opening
Frequent Aspect Results
Episode: Pilot
Haha, You Clowns
Episode: 107 – Duncan Holds a Child
Il Baracchino
Episode: Claudia entra in un caffè
South Park
Episode: Sermon on the ‘Mount
Asterix & Obelix: The Massive Combat
Episode: Episode III
Eyes of Wakanda
Episode: Into The Lion’s Den
Marvel Zombies
Episode: 2
Star Wars: Visions – Quantity 3
Episode: BLACK
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8: Residence
Greatest Scholar Movie
A Sparrow’s Track
Scholar Director: Tobias Eckerlin
Scholar Producer: Tobias Eckerlin
College: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Acrobats
Scholar Administrators: Eloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy, Antonin Guerci, Alexandre Marzin, Shali Reddy
College: Gobelins
Jour de vent
Scholar Administrators: Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Elise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, Camille Truding
College: École des Nouvelles Pictures
The Timeless Ache of Existence
Scholar Director: Oscar Jacobson
Scholar Producers: Franz Rügamer, Nadiia Yunatska
College: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
TRASH
Scholar Administrators: Maxime Crançon, Alexis Le Ral
Scholar Producers: Robin Delaporte, Romain Fleischer, Mattéo Durand
College: ESMA
Marvel Zombies
Episode: Episode 4
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age
Episode: The Massive Freeze
Spice Frontier
Episode: 1
Star Wars: Visions – Quantity 3
Episode: The Chicken of Paradise
WONDLA
Episode: Misplaced
Greatest FX – Characteristic
Elio
In Your Goals
KPop Demon Hunters
The Unhealthy Guys 2
Zootopia 2
Asterix & Obelix: The Massive Combat
Forevergreen
Snoopy Presents: A Summer season Musical
The Simpsons
Win Or Lose
Greatest Character Animation – Characteristic
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Jonah Sidhom
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Footage Animation, Netflix
Ryusuke Furuya
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Perhaps Motion pictures, Ikki Movies, Distributed by GKIDS
Juliette Laurent
The Unhealthy Guys 2
DreamWorks Animation
Ludovic Bouancheau
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Tony Smeed
Greatest Character Animation – Stay Motion
A Minecraft Film
Manufacturing Firm: Warner Bros. Footage, Legendary Footage, Mojang Studios, Vertigo Leisure, On the Roam
FX Manufacturing Firm: Weta FX
Kevin Estey, Anthony McIndoe, Jade Lorier, Caroline Ting, Luisma Lavin Peredo
Captain America: Courageous New World
Manufacturing Firm: Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Studios Movement Footage
FX Manufacturing Firm: Weta FX
Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Andrew William Park, Marco Röth, Paul Seyb, Thien Ly
How To Prepare Your Dragon
Manufacturing Firm: DreamWorks Animation
FX Manufacturing Firm: Framestore
Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age
Manufacturing Firm: BBC Studios Pure Historical past Unit
FX Manufacturing Firm: Framestore
Adrien Annesley, Alvise Avati, Riyad Chalakkara, Daniel Mizuguchi, Liam Russell
Superman
Manufacturing Firm: DC Studios
FX Manufacturing Firm: Framestore
Loic Mireault, Michael Elder, Philipp Winterstein, Victor Dinis, Diego De Paula Pereira Batista
Greatest Character Animation – Video Sport
Bye Candy Carole
Little Stitching Machine
Chris Darril
Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore
Kojima Productions
Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Kojima Productions, PlayStation Studios XDEV
Ghost of Yōtei
Sucker Punch Productions
Sucker Punch Productions Animation Staff
Keeper
Double High-quality Productions
Zach Baharov, Alex Turner, Jerry Matsko, Anne-Sophie Savard, Geneviève Desbiens
South of Midnight
Compulsion Video games
Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond
Asterix & Obelix: The Massive Combat
Episode: Episode IV
Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Movies
Borja Montoro
Bat-Fam
Episode: A Knight on the Motion pictures
Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Leisure
Benjamin Tong
Love, Demise + Robots
Episode: 400 Boys
Blur Studio for Netflix
Robert Valley
Wednesdays with Gramps Brief Movie
DreamWorks Animation
Seth St. Pierre
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8, Residence
Pixar Animation Studios
Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Greatest Character Design – Characteristic
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Matt Nolte, Yingzong Xin, James Woods, Kaleb Rice, Bob Pauley
Fastened
Sony Footage Animation for Netflix
Craig Kellman
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Footage Animation for Netflix
Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson
The SpongeBob Film: Seek for SquarePants
Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Motion pictures
Adam Paloian, Thaddeus Couldron, Alvi Ramirez
The Twits
Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Firm
Kei Acedera, Tristan Poulain, Jules Rigolle, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon
Frequent Aspect Results
Episode: Cliff’s Edge
Inexperienced Avenue Footage, Bandera Leisure and Williams Avenue Productions
Vincent Tsui
DAN DA DAN
Episode: Conflict! House Kaiju vs. Large Robotic!
Science SARU, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Distributed by GKIDS
Fuga Yamashiro, Abel Góngora
Not a Field Episode: It’s a Boat
Silver Creek Falls Leisure / Ardour Footage in affiliation with Apple
Siri Melchior
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Episode: Rise of the Evening Ninja
Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Footage
JJ Conway, Kevin Molina-Ortiz
The Quinta’s Ghost Brief Movie
Martirio Movies & Illusorium movies
James A. Castillo
Greatest Path – Characteristic
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Ugo Bienvenu, Adam Sillard, Anaëlle Saba
Chainsaw Man – The Film: Reze Arc
MAPPA Studios
Tatsuya Yoshihara
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Footage Animation for Netflix
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Perhaps Motion pictures, Ikki Movies, Distributed by GKIDS
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Scarlet
Studio CHIZU
Mamoru Hosoda
Frequent Aspect Results
Episode: Lakeshore Restricted
Inexperienced Avenue Footage, Bandera Leisure, and Williams Avenue Productions
Nicolas Snyder
Satan Might Cry
Episode: The First Circle
A Netflix Sequence / Studio Mir / Adi Shankar Animation / Capcom
Energy Glove, Alex Seaver
Éiru
Brief Movie
Cartoon Saloon
○ Leo Pearson, Ceara Conway
Snoopy Presents: A Summer season Musical Particular Manufacturing
WildBrain Studios in affiliation with Apple
Ben Folds, Jeff Morrow, Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 6, Combined Indicators
Pixar Animation Studios
Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar
Greatest Music – Characteristic
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Arnaud Toulon
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Rob Simonsen
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Footage Animation for Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Music Staff
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Perhaps Motion pictures, Ikki Movies, Distributed by GKIDS
Mari Fukuhara
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Michael Giacchino
Asterix & Obelix: The Massive Combat
Episode: Episode II
Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Movies
Aurélien Prédal
Forevergreen Particular Manufacturing
Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
Jeremy Spears, Gregory Culp
Love, Demise + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Received Faith
Blur Studio for Netflix
Gigi Cavenago
ParaNorman: The Thrifting Particular Manufacturing
LAIKA
Thibault Leclercq, Santiago Montiel, Jung Woonyoung, Stephanie Bray-Lee
Wednesdays with Gramps Particular Manufacturing
DreamWorks Animation
Frederic Stewart
Greatest Manufacturing Design – Characteristic
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Harley Jessup, Ernesto Nemesio, Maria Lee, Kristian Norelius, Kyle Jones
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Footage Animation for Netflix
Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim
The Unhealthy Guys 2
DreamWorks Animation
Luc Desmarchelier, Floriane Marchix
The Twits
Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Firm
Estefania Pantoja, Alexandre Diboine, Clement Dartigues, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Cory Loftis, Limei Z. Hshieh
Greatest Storyboarding – TV/Media
Love, Demise + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Received Faith
Blur Studio for Netflix
Edgar Martins
ParaNorman: The Thrifting Particular Manufacturing
LAIKA
Coleton Palmer, Katherine Jay Myong, Heewon Jeong
Snow Bear Brief Movie
The Artwork of Aaron Blaise, LLC.
Aaron Blaise
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Episode: Rise of the Evening Ninja
Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Footage
Richard Chi, Matthew Kim, Sheldon Vella, Lyndsay Simpson
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8, Residence
Pixar Animation Studios
Esteban Bravo
Greatest Storyboarding – Characteristic
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Ugo Bienvenu
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Tony Rosenast
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Perhaps Motion pictures, Ikki Movies, Distributed by GKIDS
Nicolas Pawlowski
The Unhealthy Guys 2
DreamWorks Animation
Anthony Holden, Younger Ki Yoon
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Hikari Toriumi
Bob’s Burgers
Episode: Don’t Fear Be Hoopy
twentieth TV
Dan Mintz (Character: Tina Belcher)
Hazbin Lodge
Episode: Behind Closed Doorways
Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Field Leisure
Erika Henningsen (Character: Charlie Morningstar)
Lengthy Story Brief
Episode: Shira Can’t Cook dinner
Tornante Tv and ShadowMachine for Netflix
Abbi Jacobson (Character: Shira Schwooper)
Smiling Associates
Episode: Shmaloogles
Williams Avenue
Zach Hadel (Character: Evil Wizard)
The Splendidly Bizarre World of Gumball Episode: The Amadain
Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
Alkaio Thiele (Character: Gumball Watterson)
Greatest Voice Performing – Characteristic
Canine Man
DreamWorks Animation
Lil Rey Howery (Character: Chief)
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Remy Edgerly (Character: Glordon)
In Your Goals
Netflix Presents a Kuku Studios Manufacturing / Sony Footage Imageworks
Craig Robinson (Character: Baloney Tony)
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Footage Animation for Netflix
Arden Cho (Character: Rumi)
The Twits
Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Firm
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Character: Beesha)
#1 Completely satisfied Household USA
Episode: Episode 101: NINE TEN
Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Cairo Cowboy
Ramy Youssef, Pam Brady
Grownup Swim’s The Elephant Particular Manufacturing
Titmouse and Williams Avenue
Pendleton Ward, Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar, Patrick McHale
Frequent Aspect Results
Episode: Pilot
Inexperienced Avenue Footage, Bandera Leisure, and Williams Avenue Productions
Joe Bennett, Steve Hely
Lulu is a Rhinoceros Particular Manufacturing
Bento Field and Propagate in affiliation with Apple
Allison Flom
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 4, Pickle
Pixar Animation Studios
Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates
Greatest Writing – Characteristic
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, Mike Jones
KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Staff
Danya Jimenez , Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Perhaps Motion pictures, Ikki Movies, Distributed by GKIDS
Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade, Eddine Noël
Scarlet
Studio CHIZU
Mamoru Hosoda
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jared Bush
Asterix & Obelix: The Massive Combat
Episode: Episode III
Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Movies
David Boyadjian
Frequent Aspect Results
Episode: Raid
Inexperienced Avenue Footage, Bandera Leisure and Williams Avenue Productions
Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim
Haunted Lodge
Episode: The Acolytes of Abaddon
Titmouse for Netflix
Benjamin Morse, Benjamin Martian, Marshall Wetta
Invincible S3
Episode: I Thought You’d By no means Shut Up
Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Animation
Luke Asa Guidici, Matt Michael, Lea Carosella, Liam Johnson
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Episode: Up From the Grave
Ubisoft Movie & Tv
Thomas Belair, Nicolas Bourgeois, Julien Perez
Greatest Editorial – Characteristic
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Nathan Jacquard
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Anna Wolitzky, Steve Bloom, Noah Newman, Greg Snyder, Ben Morris
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Footage Animation for Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Staff
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Perhaps Motion pictures, Ikki Movies, Distributed by GKIDS
Ludovic Versace
Olivia & las Nubes
Cine Chani, Historias de Bibi & Guasábara Cine
Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
