The Annie Award winners have been announced representing the best in animation for 2023. Here are this year’s winners…
FEATURE
“Nimona“, Annapurna Animation for Netflix
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse“, Sony Pictures Animation
“Suzume“, CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem“, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
“The Boy and the Heron“, Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS
INDIE FEATURE
“Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia“, Folivari, Mélusine Productions, Studio Canal/Distributed by GKIDS
“Four Souls of Coyote”, Cinemon Entertainment
“Robot Dreams“, Arcadia Motion Pictures
“The Inventor”, Curiosity Studios
“White Plastic Sky”, SALTO Films & Artichoke
SPECIAL PRODUCTION
“Invincible: Atom Eve”, Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Entertainment
“Shape Island: The Winter Blues”, Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple
“Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie”, WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
“The Smeds and The Smoos”, Magic Light Pictures
“The Velveteen Rabbit”, Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple
SHORT SUBJECT
“Carne de Dios”, Ojo Raro & Fedora Productions
“Daffy in Wackyland”, Warner Bros. Animation
“HUMO”, Outik Animation, 3rd Street Video, Mindsoup Entertainment, IMCINE
“PINA”, PUNCHLINE CINEMA/NEXT DAYS FILMS
“WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko”, ElectroLeague
SPONSORED
“”Video Games” by Tenacious D”, Pinreel Inc.
“Alzheimer’s Research UK ‘Change The Ending'”, Passion Pictures
“Laugh Track – The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)”, Bernard Derriman
“Up in smoke”, NOMINT
TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
“Batwheels,” Episode: [To the Batmobile!], Warner Bros. Animation
“Ghee Happy,” Episode: [Navagraha], Ghee Happy Studio
“Playdate with Winnie the Pooh,” Episode: [Piglet, Tigger and the Cardboard Box], Oddbot Inc.
“StoryBots: Answer Time,” Episode: [Fractions], JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
“The Creature Cases,” Episode: [The Forest Food Bandit], Silvergate Media/Team TO/Choice/Provisions/Netflix
TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
“CURSES!,” Episode: [The Baboon Temple], DreamWorks Animation
“Hilda,” Episode: [Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle], Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” Episode: [The Beyonder], Flying Bark Productions/Disney Television Animation
“My Dad the Bounty Hunter,” Episode: [Bizarre Ride], A Netflix Series
“Shape Island,” Episode: [105B Square’s Special Place], Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple
TV/MEDIA – MATURE
“Big Mouth,” Episode: [The International Show], Netflix
“Blue Eye Samurai,” Episode: [Hammerscale], A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
“Bob’s Burgers,” Episode: [Amelia], 20th Television Animation
“Scavengers Reign,” Episode: [The Signal], Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street
“Tomato Kitchen,” Episode: [Special Production], Bilibili / Studio Reflection
TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
“Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” Episode: [Enkai], Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink
“Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection,” Episode: [Yellowbird], Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery
“Pokémon: Path to the Peak,” Episode: [1], The Pokémon Company International
STUDENT FILM
“From The Top,” Student Director: Rich Farris, Student Producer: Martina Buendia Silva, School: National Film and Television School
“Kolaj,” Student Director: Besen Dilek, Student Producer: Besen Dilek, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
“La quête de l’humain,” Student Team: Mélina Ienco, Lucie JURIC, Caroline Leibel, Faustine MERLE, Claire Pellet, School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image
“Quem Salva,” Student Team: Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger and Titouan Jaouen, School: Supinfocom Rubika
“The Little Poet,” Student Director: Justine King, Student Producer: Justine King, School: California Institute of the Arts
CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
“Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake,” Episode: [The Winter King], Cartoon Network Studios; Alex Small-Buterai
“Blue Eye Samurai,” Episode: [Episodes 101, 104 and 106], A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; Alex Bard
“Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” Episode: [Moremi, Surf Sangoma, Stardust], Triggerfish Animation for Disney+; Andre DeVilliers
“Star Wars: Visions,” Episode: [I Am Your Mother], Lucasfilm Ltd.; Laurie Sitzia
“The Amazing Digital Circus: Pilot,” Episode: [1], Glitch Productions; Kevin Temmer
CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
“Elemental,” Pixar Animation Studios, Jessica Torres
“Nimona,” Annapurna Animation for Netflix, Toby Seale
“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken,” DreamWorks Animation, Prashanth Cavale
“Suzume,” CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc., Kenichi Tsuchiya
“The Boy and the Heron,” Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS, Takeshi Honda
CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
“Ahsoka,” Production Company: Lucasfilm; FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic; Rick O’Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, Wai Kit Wan
“Cocaine Bear,” Production Company: Wētā FX; FX Production Company: Wētā FX; Carmelo Leggiero, Steve Braggs, Kevin Kelm, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Kane Elferink
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” Production Company: Marvel Studios; FX Production Company: Framestore; Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, Chris McGaw
“The Little Mermaid,” Production Company: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; FX Production Company: Framestore; Pablo Grillo, Kayn Garcia, Ferran Casas, Stuart Ellis, Joseph Lewis
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” Production Company: Wētā FX; FX Production Company: Wētā FX; Kevin Estey, Kai-Hua Lan, Blaine Toderian Toderian, Richard John Moore, Joseph C.K Leong
CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
“Atomic Heart,” Mundfish; Mundfish Animation Team
“Hogwarts Legacy,” Avalanche Software; Tara Edwards
“Let’s! Revolution!,” Buck; Buck Animation Team
“Marvel’s Spider-Man 2,” Insomniac Games; Insomniac Games Animation Team
“Teslagrad 2,” Rain Games; Aslak Helgesen
CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
“Clone High,” Episode: [Let’s Try This Again], Max in association with Lord Miller, Doozer, ShadowMachine, and MTV Entertainment; Tara Billinger
“Jessica’s Big Little World,” Episode: [Bedtime Routine], Cartoon Network Studios; Nick Winn
“Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” Episode: [You Give Me Heart], Triggerfish for Disney+; Lesego Vorester
“Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” Episode: [515M-106 (The Beyonder)], Disney Television Animation/Cinema Gypsy Productions; Jose Lopez
“Spirit Rangers,” Episode: [Water Protectors], Laughing Wild/Netflix; Marie Delmas
CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
“Elemental,” Pixar Animation Studios; Maria Yi
“Merry Little Batman,” Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment; Nikolas Ilic
“Nimona,” Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Aidan Sugano
“Robot Dreams,” Arcadia Motion Pictures; Daniel Fernandez Casas
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Sony Pictures Animation; Jesús Alonso Iglesias
DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
“Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” Episode: [Moremi], Triggerfish Animation Studio & Lucan Studio; Shofela Coker, Andrew McNally
“My Dad the Bounty Hunter,” Episode: [Bizarre Ride], A Netflix Series; Kenji Ono, Kai Akira, Patrick Harpin
“Pokémon Concierge,” Episode: [#2 What’s on Your Mind, Psyduck?], Dwarf Studios for Netflix; Iku Ogawa
“Scavengers Reign,” Episode: [The Fall], Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street; Diego Porral
“Star Wars: Visions,” Episode: [Screecher’s Reach], Lucasfilm Ltd.; Paul Young
DIRECTION – FEATURE
“Nimona,” Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
“Robot Dreams,” Arcadia Motion Pictures; Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Sony Pictures Animation; Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
“The Boy and the Heron,” Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Hayao Miyazaki
EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
“Blue Eye Samurai,” Episode: [Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride], A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; Yuka Shirasuna
“Hilda,” Episode: [Chapter 6: The Forgotten Lake], Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks; John Mckinnon, Mike Stefanelli
“I Am Groot,” Episode: [Groot’s Snow Day], Marvel Studios; Dan Urrutia
“Star Wars: Visions,” Episode: [Screecher’s Reach], Lucasfilm Ltd.; Richie Cody, ACE, BFE
“The Legend of Vox Machina,” Episode: [The Sunken Tomb], Amazon MGM Studios, Critical Role Productions, Titmouse; Todd Raleigh
EDITORIAL – FEATURE
“Elemental,” Pixar Animation Studios; Stephen Schaffer, Amera Rizk, Gregory Snyder, Jen Jew, Kevin Rose-Williams
“Leo,” Happy Madison for Netflix; Patrick Voetberg, Joseph Titone, Darrian M. James, Danny Miller, Brian Robinson
“Nimona,” Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Randy Trager, Erin Crackel, Stephen Schwartz, Ashley Calle
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Sony Pictures Animation; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Editorial Team
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David Croomes, Myra Owyang
FX – TV/MEDIA
“Blue Eye Samurai,” Episode: [All Evil Dreams and Angry Words], Production Company: A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; FX Production Company: Blue Spirit; Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, Laurent Bretonniere
“Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” Episode: [Moremi], Production Company: Triggerfish for Disney+; FX Production Company: Lucan Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, Emile Van Straaten
“Star Wars: Visions”, Episode: [Sith], Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd.; FX Production Company: El Guiri Studios; Jonatan Catalán, Alberto Sánchez, Phoebe Arjona, Virginia Cantaro, Rubén Hinarejos
“The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday,” Episode: [The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday], Production Company: DreamWorks Animation; FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation and 88 Pictures; Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, Kevin Rumold
“What If…?,” Episode [206: What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?], Production Company: Marvel Studios; FX Production Company: SDFX Studios; Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, Pranil Ravindra Mahajan
FX – FEATURE
“Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” Production Company: Netflix Presents An Aardman Production; FX Production Company: Aardman Production; Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, Martin Lipmann
“Elemental,” Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios; FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios; Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation; FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks; Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly
“Suzume,” Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; FX Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita
“The Peasants,” Production Company: Breakthru Films; FX Production Company: Breakthru Productions; Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak
MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
“Animaniacs,” Episode: [Talladega Mice], Warner Brothers Animation/Amblin Entertainment/HULU Originals; Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein
“Babylon 5: The Road Home,” Episode: [special production], Warner Bros. Animation; Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis
“Pacemaker, Short Film,” A Running Commentary; Christopher Lennertz
“Star Wars: Visions,” Episode: [Aau’s Song], Lucasfilm Ltd.; Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, Dineo du Toit
“The Smeds and The Smoos,” Episode: [special production], Magic Light Pictures; René Aubry
MUSIC – FEATURE
“Elemental,” Pixar Animation Studios; Thomas Newman, Ari “Laiv” Leff
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Sony Pictures Animation; Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin
“Suzume,” CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Kazuma Jinnouchi, Radwimps
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
“The Boy and the Heron,” Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Joe Hisaishi
PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
“Blue Eye Samurai,” Episode: [Hammerscale], Netflix Animation; Jason Scheier
“Blue Eye Samurai,” Episode: [The Great Fire of 1657], A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; Toby Wilson, James Wilson, Emil Mitev
“Scavengers Reign,” Episode: [The Storm], Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street; Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Pauline Mauvière, Hugo Moreno, Jon Juarez
“Star Wars: Visions,” Episode: [Sith], Lucasfilm Ltd.; Carlos Salgado
“What If…?,” Episode: [What If… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?], Marvel Studios; Paul Lasaine, Kristina Vardazaryan, Cynthia Halley, Ryan Magno, Simon Dunsdon
PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
“Elemental,” Pixar Animation Studios; Don Shank, Maria Yi, Dan Holland, Jennifer Chang, Laura Meyer
“Nimona,” Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Aidan Sugano, Jeff Turley
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Sony Pictures Animation; Patrick O’Keefe, Dean Gordon
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Yashar Kassai, Arthur, Tiffany Lam
“The Boy and the Heron,” Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Yoji Takeshige
STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
“Craig Before The Creek,” Episode: [Craig Before The Creek], Cartoon Network Studios; Erik Fountain
“Fright Krewe,” Episode: [The Blood Awakening, Part 1], DreamWorks Animation; Leah Artwick
“Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai,” Episode: [Never Give Up], Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television; Kristine Lee
“Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight,” Episode: [Apok-ta-pokalypse Now, Part II], DreamWorks Animation; Grace Liu
“Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” Episode: [515M-107 “Run the Rink”], Disney Television Animation/Cinema Gypsy Productions; Ben Juwono
STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
“Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” Netflix Presents An Aardman Production; Richard Phelan
“Nimona,” Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Esteban Bravo
“Robot Dreams,” Arcadia Motion Pictures; Maca Gi
“Suzume,” CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Makoto Shinkai
“The Boy and the Heron,” Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Hayao Miyazaki
VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
“Archer,” Episode: [Keys Open Doors], FX Productions; Aisha Tyler (Character: Lana Kane)
“Craig Before The Creek,” Episode: [Craig Before The Creek], Cartoon Network Studios; Vico Ortiz (Character: Serena)
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” Episode: [Moon Girl Landing], Flying Bark Productions/Disney Television Animation; Diamond White (Character: Lunella Lafayette/Moon Girl)
“Solar Opposites,” Episode: [The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse], 20th Television Animation; Dan Stevens (Character: Korvo)
“The Velveteen Rabbit,” Episode: [The Velveteen Rabbit], Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple; Alex Lawther (Character: Velveteen Rabbit)
VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
“Merry Little Batman; Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment; David Hornsby (Character: Joker)
“Migration,” Illumination; Tresi Gazal (Character: Gwen)
“Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Chloë Grace Moretz (Character: Nimona)
“Suzume,” CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Hokuto Matsumura (Character: Souta Munakata)
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” Illumination; Jack Black (Character: Bowser)
WRITING – TV/MEDIA
“Blue Eye Samurai,” Episode: [Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride], A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; Amber Noizumi
“Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection,” Episode: [Yellowbird], Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery; Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North
“Rock Paper Scissors,” Episode: [Birthday Police], Nickelodeon Animation Studios; Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott, Mike Trapp
“Rosie’s Rules,” Episode: [Time Trouble] 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films; Leyani Diaz, Maria Escobedo
“Scavengers Reign,” Episode: [The Reunion], Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street; Sean Buckelew
WRITING – FEATURE
“Nimona,” Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor
“Robot Dreams,” Arcadia Motion Pictures; Pablo Berger
“Suzume,” CoMix Wave Films Inc. and Story Inc.; Makoto Shinkai
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies; Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit
“The Boy and the Heron,” Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Hayao Miyazaki
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