“KPop Demon Hunters” led with 10 wins on the 53rd Annie Awards, taking home trophies for best feature, character animation, direction and production design, amongst others. The awards, considered animation’s highest honor, were presented at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Director Ugo Bienvenu’s “Arco” won best independent feature, while Adult Swim’s “Common Side Effects” and Netflix’ “Love, Death + Robots” led in the tv categories with 4 and three wins, respectively. “Common Side Effects” claimed the titles of best editorial, best writing, best mature TV/media and best direction, with “Love, Death + Robots” securing wins for best character design, best production design and best storyboarding.
Juried awards were also presented, including the Winsor McCay Award to Michaël Dudok de Wit, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord and Chris Sanders and the June Foray Award to Sandy Rabins. The Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancement affecting the animation industry was presented to Wacom and the Special Achievement Award was presented to LightBox Expo. ASIFA-Hollywood Merit Award was presented to Jeffrey Latest and Haley Mirren Douthit
Annually, the Annie Awards rejoice excellence in animation, awarding individual artists and the animation industry as an entire for his or her outstanding achievements.
See the total list of winners below.
BEST FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT
Arco, Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical, WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
BEST SHORT SUBJECT
Snow Bear, The Art of Aaron Blaise
BEST SPONSORED
Olipop Yeti, Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures
BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
Wow Lisa, Episode: Rainy Day, Punkrobot
BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
The Splendidly Weird World of Gumball, Episode: The Rewrite, Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
Common Side Effects, Episode: Pilot, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions
BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
Win Or Lose, Episode: Home, Pixar Animation Studios
BEST STUDENT FILM
A Sparrow’s Song, Tobias Eckerlin, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, Episode: The Big Freeze, BBC Studios Natural History Unit, FX: Framestore, Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian
BEST FX – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Corbaux, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix, FX: Sony Pictures Imageworks
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
Win Or Lose, Alli Sadegiani, Pixar Animation Studios
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, Ryusuke Furuya, Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
How To Train Your Dragon, Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi, DreamWorks Animation, FX: Framestore
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
South of Midnight, Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond, Compulsion Games
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots, Episode: 400 Boys, Robert Valley, Blur Studio for Netflix
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
Common Side Effects, Vincent Tsui, Episode: Cliff’s Edge Productions
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
Win Or Lose, Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals, Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar, Pixar Animation Studios
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters Music Team, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots, Episode: How Zeke Got Religion, Gigi Cavenago, Blur Studio for Netflix
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots, Episode: How Zeke Got Religion, Edgar Martins, Blur Studio for Netflix
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
The Bad Guys 2, Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon, DreamWorks Animation
BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
Dan Mintz (as Tina Belcher), Bob’s Burgers, Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy, twentieth Television Animation
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
Arden Cho (as Rumi), KPop Demon Hunters, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
Common Side Effects, Joe Bennett, Steve Hely, Episode: Pilot, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions
BEST WRITING – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
Common Side Effects, Episode: Raid, Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix