KPop Demon Hunters won 10 times at the 53rd Annie Awards, taking home trophies such as Best Picture, Best Character Animation, Best Director, and Best Production Design. The award, considered the animation world’s highest honor, was presented Saturday at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Hugo Bienvenu’s “Arco” won the independent feature award, while Adult Swim’s “Common Side Effects” and Netflix’s “Love, Death + Robots” led the TV category with four and three wins respectively. “Common Side Effects” won the titles of Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Mature Television/Media, and Best Director, while “Love, Death and Robots” won Best Character Design, Best Production Design, and Best Storyboard.
Jury awards were also presented, with the Windsor MacKay Award going to Michael Dudok de Wit, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord and Chris Saunders, and the June Foray Award going to Sandy Ravins. The Ub Iwerks Award for technological advances that have impacted the animation industry was presented to Wacom, and the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to LightBox Expo. ASIFA-Hollywood Achievement Award presented to Jeffrey New and Hayley Mirren Doucitt
Each year, the Annie Awards celebrate excellence in animation and recognize outstanding achievements by individual artists and the animation industry as a whole.
See the complete list of winners below.
best features
KPop Demon Hunters, animation for Netflix by Sony Pictures
Best Film – Independent
Arco, Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinema
best special production
Snoopy Presents: The Summer Musical, a partnership between WildBrain Studios and Apple
Best short title award
Snow Bear, art by Aaron Blaise
best sponsor
Olipop Yeti, Screen Novelty & Passion Pictures
Best TV/Media – Kindergarten
Wow Lisa, Episode: Rainy Day, Punk Robot
Best TV/Media – For Kids
The Wonderly 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, Williams Street Productions
Best TV/Media – Limited Series
Win or Lose, Episode: Home, Pixar Animation Studios
Best Student Film Award
Song of the Sparrows, 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 Felishenanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schulman, Benedikt Letger, Kevin Tarpinian
Best FX – Special feature
KPop Demon Hunters, Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Corbeau, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix, FX: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Best Character Animation – TV/Media
Win or Lose, Ali Sadejani, Pixar Animation Studios
Best Character Animation – Featured
KPop Demon Hunters, Ryusuke Furiya, Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix
Best Character Animation – Live Action
How to Train Your Dragon, Cain Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Mena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnell, Nick Tripodi, DreamWorks Animation, FX: Framestore
Best Character Animation – Video Game
South of Midnight, Mike Ljungbluth, Sébastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond, Compulsion Games
Best Character Design Award – TV/Media
Love, Death + Robots, Episode: 400 Boys, Robert Valley, Blur Studios on Netflix
Best Character Design – Featured
KPop Demon Hunters, Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson, Sony Pictures Animation (Netflix)
Best Direction – TV/Media
Common Side Effects, Vincent Tsui, Episode: Cliff’s Edge Productions
Best Direction – Special Feature
KPop Demon Hunters, Animation for Netflix by Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Sony Pictures
Best Music Award – Television/Media
Win or Lose, Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signal, Ramin Djawadi, Shane Ely, Johnny Pakfur, Pixar Animation Studios
Best Music Award – Special Feature
Animation for Netflix by KPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters Music Team, and Sony Pictures
Best Production Design – Television/Media
Love, Death + Robots, Episode: How Zeke Got Religion, Gigi Kavenago, Blur Studios on Netflix
Best Production Design – Feature
KPop Demon Hunters, Helen Cheng, Dave Bleach, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim, Animation for Netflix by Sony Pictures
Best Storyboard – Television/Media
Love, Death + Robots, Episode: How Zeke Got Religion, Edgar Martins, Blur Studios on Netflix
Best Storyboard – Special Feature
The Bad Guys 2, Anthony Holden, Young Ki-yoon, DreamWorks Animation
Best Voice Actor Award – TV/Media
Dan Mintz (as Tina Belcher), Bob’s Burgers, Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy, 20th animated television series
Best Voice Actor Award – Special Feature
Arden Cho (Rumi), KPop Demon Hunters, animation for Netflix by Sony Pictures
Best Writing Award – Television/Media
Common Side Effects, Joe Bennett, Steve Herri, Episode: Pilot, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, Williams Street Productions
Best Writing Award – Special Feature
KPop Demon Hunters, Animation for Netflix by Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMeachan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Sony Pictures
Best Editing – Television/Media
Common Side Effects, Episode: The Raid, Tony Kristofferson, Joey Lim, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, Williams Street Productions
Best Editorial – Featured
Animation for Netflix by KPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team, and Sony Pictures
