The Annie Award winners have been announced representing the best in animation for 2024. Here are this year’s winners…
BEST FEATURE
Inside Out 2 – Pixar Animation Studios
Kung Fu Panda 4 – DreamWorks Animation
That Christmas – Locksmith Animation for Netflix
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation
Ultraman: Rising – Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Aardman and Netflix
BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT
Chicken for Linda! – Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma, Distributed by GKIDS
Flow – Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five, Dream Well Studio
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Paramount Pictures
Look Back – Studio Durian Distributed by GKIDS
Mars Express – Everybody on Deck, Je Suis Bien Content Distributed by GKIDS
Memoir of a Snail – Snails Pace Films / Arenamedia
BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
A Bear Named Wojtek – The Illuminated Film Company and Filmograf
Mog’s Christmas – Lupus Films
Orion and the Dark – DreamWorks Animation
Tabby McTat – Magic Light Pictures
Yuck! – Ikki Films & Iliade et Films
BEST SHORT SUBJECT
Beautiful Men – Animal Tank, Miyu Productions & Ka-Ching Cartoons
In the Shadow of the Cypress – Barfak Animation Studio
Ruthless Blade – Ideomotor Culture Media Co., Ltd.
The Swineherd – Fleng Entertainment and Tumblehead Productions
Wander to Wonder – Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries & Pictanovo
BEST SPONSORED
feelslikeimfallinginlove – Blinkink
Fuzzy Feelings – Passion Pictures Hungry Man
Moonlit Bamboo Forest – Passion Paris Production, HoYoFair
Natlan Impressions Trailer – “Blaze to Natlan” – BUCK
Welcome to the City of Love – Nexus Studios
BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
Disney Jr.’s Ariel (Episode: Crystal Cavern Caper) – Wild Canary, Disney Branded Television
Gabby’s Dollhouse (Episode: Pandy’s Bad Day) – DreamWorks Animation
Jessica’s Big Little World (Episode: Jessica’s Picnic) – Cartoon Network Studios
The Tiny Chef Show (Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular) – Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions
Wonder Pets: In the City (Episode: Save Tate?) – A Nickelodeon Production in association with Apple
BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
Gremlins: The Wild Batch (Episode: Never Use Double Negatives) – Warner Bros. Animation
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Episode: Batten Down the Hatches) – DreamWorks Animation
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Episode: The Molecular Level) – Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
Primos (Episode: Summer of Tater Luna) – Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
WondLa (Episode: Ruins) – Skydance Animation in association with Apple
BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
Bob’s Burgers (Episode: They Slug Horses, Don’t They?) – 20th Television Animation
Solar Opposites (Episode: The What If?! Device) – 20th Television Animation
South Park (Episode: The End of Obesity) – MTV Entertainment Studios
The Great North (Episode: Aunt Misbehavin’ Adventure) – 20th Television Animation
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (Episode: The Land of Sex and Death) – Amazon MGM Studios, Titmouse Studios
BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
Dream Productions (Episode: A Night to Remember) – Pixar Animation Studios
Iwájú (Episode: Tola) – Walt Disney Animation Studios
Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (Episode: Part Three) – Lucasfilm Ltd.
Moon Girl’s Lab (Episode: Moon Girl Saves the Moon) – Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
My Adventures with Superman (Episode: Pierce the Heavens, Superman!) – Warner Bros. Animation
BEST STUDENT FILM
Adiós – Student Director: José Prats, Student Producer: Bernardo Angeletti, School: National Film and Television School
El Ombligo de la Luna olaj – Student Directors: Sara António, Julia Grupińska, Bokang Koatja, Tian Westraad, Ezequiel Garibay, School: Gobelins
Pear Garden – Student Director/Producer: Shadab Shayegan, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut
Polliwog – Student Director: Julia Skala, Student Producer: Max Pollmann, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut
Turmspringer – Student Director: Oscar Bittner, Student Producer: Andra Berila, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut
BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
Arcane (Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails) – Production Company: A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, FX Production Company: Fortiche Studio, Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri, Guillaume Zaouche, Jérôme Dupré
Dream Productions (Episode: A Night to Remember) – Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios, FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios, Gary Bruins, Jongwon Pak, Arturo Aguilar, Alan Browning, Alen Lai
Secret Level (Episode: Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear) – Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc., FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc., Josh Schwartz, Joe Coleman, Michael Huang, Guilherme Casagrandi, Raul Rodrigues
Secret Level (Episode: Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen’s Cradle) – Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc., FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc., Arthur Loiseau, Tom O’Bready, Esteban Genre, Alexandre Lerouge, Guillaume Grelier
Secret Level (Episode: Crossfire: Good Conflict) – Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc., FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc., Kamil Murzyn, Rafał Rumiński, Jarosław Armata, Michał Śledź, Michał Firek
BEST FX – FEATURE
Kung Fu Panda 4 – Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, Zachary Glynn, Alex Timchenko, Kiem Ching Ong, Yorie Kaela Kumalasari, Jinguang Huang
Moana 2 – Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios, FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Santiago Robles, Marc Bryant, Deborah Carlson, Jake Rice, Ian J. Coony
The Wild Robot – Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli
Ultraman: Rising – Production Company: Netflix Animation, FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic, Goncalo Cabaca, Vishal Patel, Zheng Yong Oh, Nicholas Yoon Joo Kuang, Pei- Zhi Huang
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Production Company: Aardman and Netflix, FX Production Company: Aardman Production, Howard Jones, Rich Spence, Deborah Jane Price, Jon Biggins, Kirstie Deane
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
Arcane (Episodes: Killing Is A Cycle, Heavy Is the Crown, Finally Got the Name Right, The Message Hidden Within the Pattern, The Dirt Under Your Nails, Pretend Like It’s the First Time, Blisters and Bedrock) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Tom Gouill
Dream Productions (Episodes: The Dream Team, Out of Body, Romance!) – Pixar Animation Studios, Travis Hathaway
In the Know (Episodes: Yogurt Week, Thinksgiving) – Peacock Original in association with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, Bandera, ShadowMachine, Jeff Riley
Star Trek: Lower Decks (Episodes: Various) – CBS’s Eye Animation Productions, Titmouse; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment, Raymond Dunster
The Patrick Star Show (Episode: Something Stupid This Way Comes), Screen Novelties / Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Colin Lepper
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
Inside Out 2 – Pixar Animation Studios, Aviv Mano
Kung Fu Panda 4 – DreamWorks Animation, Patrick Guisiano
Moana 2 – Walt Disney Animation Studios, Brian Scott
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation, Fabio Lignini
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Aardman and Netflix, Carmen Bromfield Mason
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
Better Man – Production Company: Footloose Productions, VicScreen, Partizan, Facing East Entertainment, Rocket Science, Lost Bandits, FX Production Company: Wētā FX, Shaun Freeman, Luisma Lavin Peredo, Carlos Lin, Seoungseok Charlie Kim, Kaori Miyazawa
Gladiator II – Production Company: Paramount, FX Production Company: Framestore LTD, Kyle Dunlevy, Philipp Winterstein, Gil Daniel, Michael Elder, Julien Bagory
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – Production Company: Legendary Entertainment, FX Production Company: Wētā FX, Ludovic Chailloleau, Jonathan Paquin, Craig Penn, Florian Fernandez, Marco Barbati
House of the Dragon Season 2 – Production Company: Warner Bros, FX Production Company: Wētā FX, Jason Snyman, Manjoe Chan, Chloe McLean, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Vincent Lee
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Production Company: 20th Century Studios, FX Production Company: Wētā FX, Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin, Allison Orr, Radiya Alam, Howard Sly
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
#BLUD – Exit 73 Games, LLC., Chris Burns, Bob Fox
Asgard’s Wrath 2 – Sanzaru Games, Sanzaru Games Animation Team
Diesel Legacy – Maximum Entertainment, Maximum Entertainment
Neva – Nomada Studio, Nomada Studio Animation Team
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – Ninja Theory, Ninja Theory
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Dream Productions (Episode: A Night to Remember) – Pixar Animation Studios, Grant Alexander
Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld (Episode: Pilot) – A Netflix Series, Kal Athannassov
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Episode: The Molecular Level) – Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Jose Lopez
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Episode: Bishop Makes Her Move!) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Rustam Hasanov
X-Men ’97 (Episode: Mutant Liberation Begins) – Marvel Studios, Amelia Vidal
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
Inside Out 2 – Pixar Animation Studios, Deanna Marsigliese
Scarygirl – Highly Spirited and Like A Photon Creative, Nathan Jurevicius
Spellbound – Netflix Presents / Skydance Animation Presents a Skydance Animation Film, Guillermo Ramíre
That Christmas – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, Uwe Heidschötter
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation, Genevieve Tsai
BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
Arcane (Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation – Television Movie, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television, Anna O’Brian
Bob’s Burgers (Episode: They Slug Horses, Don’t They?) – 20th Television Animation, Bernard Derriman
Tabby McTat – Television Movie, Magic Light Pictures, Jac Hamman, Sarah Scrimgeour
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Episode: The Pearl) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Alan Wan, Colin Heck
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
Chicken for Linda! – Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma / Distributed by GKIDS, Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
Flow – Take Five, Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio, Gints Zilbalodis
That Christmas – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, Simon Otto
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation, Chris Sanders
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Aardman and Netflix, Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham
BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
Arcane (Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Ryan Jillian Santiago, Alexander Seaver, Simon Wilcox
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation – Television Movie, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television, Joachim Horsley
Hazbin Hotel (Episode: Masquerade) – Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment, Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg
Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld (Episode: Lock-In) – A Netflix Series, Brian H. Kim
WondLa (Episode: Captive) – Skydance Animation in association with Apple, Joy Ngiaw
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Lupus Films, Stuart Hancock
Piece by Piece – i am OTHER, TREMOLO in association with The LEGO Group, Pure Imagination Studios and Tongal, Pharrell Williams, Michael Andrews
That Christmas – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, John Powell, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation, Kris Bowers
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Aardman and Netflix, Lorne Balfe, Julian Nott
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Arcane (Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Arnaud-Loris Baudry, Julien Georgel, Faustine Dumontier, Charlotte O’Neil
Dream Productions (Episode: The Dream Team) – Pixar Animation Studios, Bert Berry, Josh Holtsclaw
Orion and the Dark (Special Production) – DreamWorks Animation, Timothy Lamb, Christine Bian
Silly Sundays (Episode: Stringy Soup) – Cartoon Saloon, Fran Bravo, Rosa Ballester Cabo
WondLa (Episode: Bargain) – Skydance Animation in association with Apple, Andy Harkness
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
Inside Out 2 – Pixar Animation Studios, Jason Deamer, Josh West, Keiko Murayama, Bill Zahn, Laura Meyer
That Christmas – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn, Mike Redman
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation, Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc
Ultraman: Rising – Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions, The Ultraman: Rising Production Design Team
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Aardman and Netflix, Matt Perry, Darren Dubicki, Richard Edmunds, Matt Sanders, Gavin Lines
BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
Arcane (Episode: Killing is a Cycle) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Joséphine Meis
Invincible Fight Girl (Episode: The Way of The World) – Cartoon Network Studios, Gladyfaith Abcede, Miki Brewster, Kaela Lash, Sheldon Vella
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Episode: That Night) – DreamWorks Animation, Aevery Huens
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin (Short Film) – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple, David Lux
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Episode: The Pearl) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Laura Gille, Sebrina Gao, Kevin Molina-Ortiz
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
Despicable Me 4 – Illumination, Habib Louati
Moana 2 – Walt Disney Animation Studios, Ryan Green
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie – Nickelodeon Animation, Piero Piluso
Spellbound – Netflix Presents / Skydance Animation Presents a Skydance Animation Film, Alex Relloso Horna, Carlos Zapater Oliva
That Christmas – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, Ashley Boddy, Lorenzo Fresta, Helen Schroeder
BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
Bob’s Burgers (Episode: The Right Tough Stuff) – 20th Television Animation, John Roberts (Character: Linda Belcher)
Bob’s Burgers (Episode: They Slug Horses, Don’t They?) – 20th Television Animation, Kristen Schaal (Character: Louise Belcher)
Dream Productions (Episode: Out of Body) – Pixar Animation Studios, Paula Pell (Character: Paula)
Hazbin Hotel (Episode: Dad Beat Dad) – Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment, Jeremy Jordan (Character: Lucifer)
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Episode: Splinter and April Fight a Goldfish) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Ayo Edebiri (Character: April O’Neil)
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
Chicken for Linda! – Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma / Distributed by GKIDS, Mélinée Leclerc (Character: Linda)
Inside Out 2 – Pixar Animation Studios, Maya Hawke (Character: Anxiety)
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation, Lupita Nyong’o (Character: Roz)
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation, Kit Connor (Character: Brightbill)
Transformers One – Paramount Animation, Brian Tyree Henry (Character: D-16 / Megatron)
BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
Craig of the Creek (Episode: Whose Dimension Is It Anyway?) – Cartoon Network Studios, Harron Atkins, Lorraine DeGraffenreidt, Pearl Low, Richie Pope
Jessica’s Big Little World (Episode: Jessica’s Picnic) – Cartoon Network Studios, Austin Faber, Gabriel Franklin, Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, Ashleigh Hairston
Orion and the Dark (Special Production) – DreamWorks Animation, Charlie Kaufman
The Simpsons (Episode: Bart’s Birthday) – A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation, Jessica Conrad
Yuck! (Special Production) – Ikki Films & Iliade et Films, Loïc Espuche
BEST WRITING – FEATURE
Flow – Take Five, Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio, Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
Inside Out 2 – Pixar Animation Studios, Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Paramount Pictures, Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Memoir of a Snail – Snails Pace Films / Arenamedia, Adam Elliot
BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
Arcane (Episode: Pretend Like It’s the First Time) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Nazim Meslem, Gilad Carmel, Roberto Fernandez
Creature Commandos (Episode: Cheers to the Tin Man) – Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios, Annie De Brock
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory (Episode: Batten Down the Hatches) – DreamWorks Animation, Ben Choo, Rich Liverance, Eric Hendricks, Anna Adams, Ian Hurley
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Episode: The Molecular Level) – Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Sandra Powers, Phil Lomboy, Ryan Burkhard, Neil Wilson III, Gabriel Gelbrecht
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Episode: The Pearl) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Caleb Yoder
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
Inside Out 2 – Pixar Animation Studios, Maurissa Horwitz, David Suther, Fiona Toth, Jonathan Vargo
Moana 2 – Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jeremy Milton, Michael Louis Hill
The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation, Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker
Ultraman: Rising – Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions, Bret Marnell, ACE, William Max Steinberg, Nik Siefke, Ryan Sommer, Kaye Speare
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Aardman and Netflix, Dan Hembery
JURIED AWARDS:
The Winsor McCay Awards
Aaron Blaise, Eunice Macaulay, Normand Roger
June Foray Award
Women in Animation
Ub Iwerks Award
Alberto Menache
Special Achievement Award
Directing at Disney: The Original Directors of Walt’s Animated Films
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