The Annie Award Nominations have been announced representing the best in animation for 2025. The awards will be handed out February 21st, 2026. Here are this year’s nominees…
BEST FEATURE
“Elio” – Pixar Animation Studios
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” – Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
“The Bad Guys 2” – DreamWorks Animation
“Zootopia 2” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT
“A Magnificent Life” – Mediawan, What the Prod and Bidibul Productions
“Arco” – Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
“I’m Frankelda” – Cinema Fantasma, Warner Bros. Discovery, Woo Films, Cine Vendaval
“Lost In Starlight” – Netflix / Climax Studio
“Scarlet” – Studio CHIZU
BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
“A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice” – Nickelodeon Animation Studio & Jam Filled Entertainment
Adult Swim’s “The Elephant” – Titmouse and Williams Street
“Not Just a Goof” – Venturia Animation Studios ® for CNEK Films LLC
“Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical” – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
“The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland” – Lupus Films, Universal Pictures Content Group
BEST SHORT SUBJECT
“Cardboard” – Locksmith Animation
“Ovary-Acting” – Klipp og Lim, Jante Films, Apparat Filmproduktion AB
“Pillowzzz” – Animoshe
“Snow Bear” – The Art of Aaron Blaise
“The Girl Who Cried Pearls” – National Film Board of Canada
BEST SPONSORED
Animated Short: “Trek” | Honkai: Star Rail – FLiiiP Design
Fortnite x The Simpsons: Apocalypse DOh! – A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation
LouiMax Dreams of Being An Adult – Imagine Create Media Inc. in conjunction with Maileg APS
Olipop Yeti – Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds The Animation – SEGA of America in association with GXS Productions
BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
“Eva The Owlet” Episode: Welcome to Treetopington – Brown Bag Films / Scholastic Entertainment in association with Apple
“Kindergarten: The Musical!” Episode: Gotta Go! – Oddbot Entertainment, Disney Branded Television
“The Tiny Chef Show” Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular – Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions
“Wow Lisa” Episode: Rainy Day – Punkrobot
“Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum” Episode: I Am Jackie Robinson – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films
BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
“My Melody & Kuromi” Episode: All For Our Best Friend – Sanrio Company for Netflix
“Spice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar” Episode 1 – Steamroller Animation
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures
“The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” Episode: The Rewrite – Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
“Wylde Pak” Episode: Sungandeul – Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Jam Filled Entertainment
BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
“Bob’s Burgers” Episode: Grand Pre-Pre-Pre Opening – 20th TV
“Common Side Effects” Episode: Pilot – Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions
“Haha, You Clowns” Episode: Duncan Holds a Baby – Williams Street
“Il Baracchino” Episode: Claudia Entra in un Caffè – Luckyred, Megadrago
“South Park” Episode: Sermon on the ‘Mount – Comedy Central, LLC
BEST TV/MEDIA LIMITED SERIES
“Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight” Episode 3 – Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films
“Eyes of Wakanda” Episode: Into The Lion’s Den – Marvel Studios
“Marvel Zombies” Episode: 2 – Marvel Studios
“Star Wars: Visions” Volume 3, Episode: BLACK – david production
“Win Or Lose” Episode: Home – Pixar Animation Studios
BEST STUDENT FILM
“A Sparrow’s Song” – Student Director/Producer: Tobias Eckerlin – Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
“Acrobats” – Student Directors: Eloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy, Antonin Guerci, Alexandre Marzin, Shali Reddy – Gobelins
“Jour de vent” – Student Directors: Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Elise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, Camille Truding – École des Nouvelles Images
“The Undying Pain of Existence” – Student Director: Oscar Jacobson – Student Producers: Franz Rügamer, Nadiia Yunatska – Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
“Trash” – Student Directors: Maxime Crançon, Alexis Le Ral – Student Producers: Robin Delaporte, Romain Fleischer, Mattéo Durand – ESMA
BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
“Marvel Zombies” Episode: 4 – Marvel Animation – FX: Stellar Creative Lab, Inc.
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” Episode: The Big Freeze – BBC Studios Natural History Unit – FX: Framestore
“Spice Frontier” Episode: 1 – Steamroller Animation – FX: Steamroller Animation
“Star Wars: Visions” Volume 3 Episode: The Bird of Paradise – Polygon Pictures – FX: Polygon Pictures
“Wondla” Episode: Lost – Skydance Animation – FX: ICON Creative Studio
BEST FX – FEATURE
“Elio” – Pixar Animation Studios
“In Your Dreams” – Netflix, Kuku Studios / Sony Pictures Imageworks
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Sony Pictures Animation / Sony Pictures Imageworks
“The Bad Guys 2” – DreamWorks Animation
“Zootopia 2” – Walt Disney Animation Studios
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
“Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight” Episode 3 – Floriane Caseiro
“Forevergreen” – Nathan Engelhardt & Jeremy Spears / Brendan Gottlieb
“Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical” – Chris Derochie
“The Simpsons” – Nik Ranieri
“Win Or Lose” – Alli Sadegiani
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
“Elio” – Jonah Sidhom
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Ryusuke Furuya
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” – Juliette Laurent
“The Bad Guys 2” – Ludovic Bouancheau
“Zootopia 2” – Tony Smeed
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
“A Minecraft Movie” – Kevin Estey, Anthony McIndoe, Jade Lorier, Caroline Ting, Luisma Lavin Peredo
“Captain America: Brave New World” – Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Andrew William Park, Marco Röth, Paul Seyb, Thien Ly
“How To Train Your Dragon” – Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” – Adrien Annesley, Alvise Avati, Riyad Chalakkara, Daniel Mizuguchi, Liam Russell
“Superman” – Loïc Mireault, Michael Elder, Philipp Winterstein, Victor Dinis, Diego De Paula, Pereira Batista
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
“Bye Sweet Carole” – Chris Darril
“Death Stranding 2: On the Beach” – Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Kojima Productions, PlayStation Studios XDEV
“Ghost of Yōtei” – Sucker Punch Productions Animation Team
“Keeper” – Zach Baharov, Alex Turner, Jerry Matsko, Anne-Sophie Savard, Geneviève Desbiens
“South of Midnight” – Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
“Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight” Episode 5 – Borja Montoro
“Bat-Fam” Episode: A Knight at the Movies – Benjamin Tong
“Love, Death + Robots” Episode: 400 Boys – Robert Valley
“Wednesdays with Gramps” Short Film – Seth St. Pierre
“Win Or Lose” Episode: Episode 8, Home – Lou Hamou-Lhadj
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
“Elio” – Matt Nolte, Yingzong Xin, James Woods, Kaleb Rice, Bob Pauley
“Fixed” – Craig Kellman
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson
“The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants” – Adam Paloian, Thaddeus Couldron, Alvi Ramirez
“The Twits” – Kei Acedera, Tristan Poulain, Jules Rigolle, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon
BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
“Common Side Effects” Episode: Cliff’s Edge – Vincent Tsui
“Dan Da Dan” Episode: Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot! – Fuga Yamashiro, Abel Góngora
“Not a Box” Episode: It’s a Boat – Siri Melchior
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja – JJ Conway, Kevin Molina-Ortiz
“The Quinta’s Ghost” Short Film – James A. Castillo
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
“Arco” – Ugo Bienvenu, Adam Sillard, Anaëlle Saba
“Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” – Tatsuya Yoshihara
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” – Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
“Scarlet” – Mamoru Hosoda
BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
“Common Side Effects” Episode: Lakeshore Limited – Nicolas Snyder
“Devil May Cry” Episode: The First Circle – Power Glove, Alex Seaver
“Éiru” Short Film – Leo Pearson, Ceara Conway
“Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical” – Ben Folds, Jeff Morrow, Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner
“Win Or Lose” Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals – Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
“Arco” – Arnaud Toulon
“Elio” – Rob Simonsen
“KPop Demon Hunters” – KPop Demon Hunters Music Team
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” – Mari Fukuhara
“Zootopia 2” – Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Michael Giacchino
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
“Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight” Episode: Episode II – Aurélien Prédal
“Forevergreen” Special Production – Jeremy Spears, Gregory Culp
“Love, Death + Robots” Episode: How Zeke Got Religion – Gigi Cavenago
“ParaNorman: The Thrifting” Special Production – Thibault Leclercq, Santiago Montiel, Jung Woonyoung, Stephanie Bray-Lee
“Wednesdays with Gramps” Special Production – Frederic Stewart
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
“Elio” – Harley Jessup, Ernesto Nemesio, Maria Lee, Kristian Norelius, Kyle Jones
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim
“The Bad Guys 2” – Luc Desmarchelier, Floriane Marchix
“The Twits” – Estefania Pantoja, Alexandre Diboine, Clement Dartigues, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon
“Zootopia 2” – Cory Loftis, Limei Z. Hshieh
BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
“Love, Death + Robots” Episode: How Zeke Got Religion – Edgar Martins
“ParaNorman: The Thrifting” Special Production – Coleton Palmer, Katherine Jay Myong, Heewon Jeong
“Snow Bear” Short Film – Aaron Blaise
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja – Richard Chi, Matthew Kim, Sheldon Vella, Lyndsay Simpson
“Win Or Lose” Episode: Episode 8, Home – Esteban Bravo
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
“Arco” – Ugo Bienvenu
“Elio” – Tony Rosenast
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” – Nicolas Pawlowski
“The Bad Guys 2” – Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon
“Zootopia 2” – Hikari Toriumi
BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
“Bob’s Burgers” Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy – Dan Mintz (Tina Belcher)
“Hazbin Hotel” Episode: Behind Closed Doors – Erika Henningsen (Charlie Morningstar)
“Long Story Short” Episode: Shira Cant Cook – Abbi Jacobson (Shira Schwooper)
“Smiling Friends” Episode: Shmaloogles – Zach Hadel (Evil Wizard)
“The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” Episode: The Amadain – Alkaio Thiele (Gumball Watterson)
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
“Dog Man” – Lil Rey Howery (Chief)
“Elio” – Remy Edgerly (Glordon)
“In Your Dreams” – Craig Robinson (Baloney Tony)
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Arden Cho (Rumi)
“The Twits” – Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Beesha)
BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
“#1 Happy Family USA” Episode: NINE TEN – Ramy Youssef, Pam Brady
Adult Swim’s “The Elephant” Special Production – Pendleton Ward, Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar, Patrick McHale
“Common Side Effects” Episode: Pilot – Joe Bennett, Steve Hely
“Lulu is a Rhinoceros” Special Production – Allison Flom
“Win Or Lose” Episode: Pickle – Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates
BEST WRITING – FEATURE
“Elio” – Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, Mike Jones
“KPop Demon Hunters” – Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” – Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade, Eddine Noël
“Scarlet” – Mamoru Hosoda
“Zootopia 2” – Jared Bush
BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
“Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight” Episode 3 – David Boyadjian
“Common Side Effects” Episode: Raid – Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim
“Haunted Hotel” Episode: The Acolytes of Abaddon – Benjamin Morse, Benjamin Martian, Marshall Wetta
“Invincible” S3 Episode: I Thought You’d Never Shut Up – Luke Asa Guidici, Matt Michael, Lea Carosella, Liam Johnson
“Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch” Episode: Up From the Grave – Thomas Belair, Nicolas Bourgeois, Julien Perez
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
“Arco” – Nathan Jacquard
“Elio” – Anna Wolitzky, Steve Bloom, Noah Newman, Greg Snyder, Ben Morris
“KPop Demon Hunters” – KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team
“Little Amélie or the Character of Rain” – Ludovic Versace
“Olivia & las Nubes” – Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
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