Annie Awards Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Leads 

“KPop Demon Hunters” led with 10 wins at the 53rd Annie Awards, taking residence trophies for best feature, character animation, course and manufacturing design, among others. The awards, thought of animation’s highest honor, have been introduced at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday.  

Director Ugo Bienvenu’s “Arco” gained best impartial feature, while Adult Swim’s “Common Side Effects” and Netflix’ “Love, Death + Robots” led in the tv classes with 4 and three wins, respectively. “Common Side Effects” claimed the titles of best editorial, best writing, best mature TV/media and best course, with “Love, Death + Robots” securing wins for best character design, best manufacturing design and best storyboarding. 

Juried awards have been also introduced, 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 development affecting the animation business was introduced to Wacom and the Special Achievement Award was introduced to LightBox Expo. ASIFA-Hollywood Merit Award was introduced to Jeffrey New and Haley Mirren Douthit

Each 12 months, the Annie Awards rejoice excellence in animation, awarding particular person artists and the animation business as an entire for his or her excellent achievements. 

See the full record 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 affiliation 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 Wonderfully 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