51st Annie Awards - Winners Updated Live!

Tonight marks the 51st Annie Awards, celebrating the very best in the world of animation over the last year. Follow along with us live tonight as the ceremony progresses, starting at 7:00 PM Pacific Time, from UCLA’s Royce Hall in California.

In the world of Disney, for the majority of our readers, Pixar’s Elemental has been nominated in six categories, and several nominations have been given to Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Star Wars: Visions, Star Wars: Ahsoka, Marvel’s What If, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, and Play Date with Winnie The Pooh are also represented in tonight’s nominations, among others.

By the end of the night, it seemed that the big winner from the Walt Disney Company was Disney Channel’s Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, with Elemental being overlooked in each category it was nominated in, with several other wins for different Disney titles. Check out the full list of winners below. All winners appear in bold.

Best Student Film

From The Top – Rich Farris
Quem Salva – Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, Titouan Jaouen
Kolaj – Besen Dilek
The Little Poet – Justine King
La quête de l’humain – Mélina IENCO, Lucie JURIC, Caroline LEIBEL, Faustine MERLE, Claire PELLET

Best 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

Best Production Design in an Animated TV/Media Production

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

Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

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 Fong, Tiffany Lam
The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS – Yoji Takeshige

Best 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

Best Sponsored Production

“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

Music in an Animated TV/Media Production

Animaniacs, Episode: Talladega Mice – Warner Brothers Animation/Amblin Entertainment/HULU Originals – Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein
Babylon 5: The Road Home, 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, Short Film – Magic Light Pictures – René Aubry

Music in an Animated Feature Production

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios – Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” 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

Character Design in an Animated TV/Media Production

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 Animation for Disney+ – Lesego Vorster
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Episode: The Beyonder – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions – Jose Lopez
Spirit Rangers, Episode: Water Protectors – Laughing Wild / Netflix – Marie Delmas

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios – Maria Yi
Merry Little Batman – Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment – Nikolas Ilić
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

Character Animation in a Video Game

Atomic Heart – Mundfish – Mundfish Animation Team
Hogwarts Legacy – Avalanche Software – The Hogwarts Legacy Animation Team
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 Animation in a Live Action Production

Ahsoka – FX Production Company: Wētā FX – Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd., 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, Richard John Moore, Joseph Leong

Character Animation in an Animated TV/Media Production

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, Episode: The Winter King – Cartoon Network Studios – Alex Small-Butera
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 in an Animated Feature Production

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

Animated Effects in an Animated TV/Media Production

Blue Eye Samurai, Episode: All Evil Dreams and Angry Words – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions, Blue Spirit – Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, Laurent Bretonniere
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, Episode: Moremi – Triggerfish Animation for Disney+, Lucan -Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, Emile Van Straaten
Star Wars: Visions, Episode: Sith – Lucasfilm Ltd., 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 – DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks Animation and 88 Pictures – Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, Kevin Rumold
What If…?, Episode: 206 – Marvel Studios, SDFX Studios – Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, Pranil Ravindra Mahajan

Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Netflix Presents An Aardman Production, Aardman Production – Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, Martin Lipmann
Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios – Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks – Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly
Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita, Ryosuke Tsuda
The Peasants – Breakthru Films – Breakthru Productions – Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak

Editing in an Animated TV/Media Production

Blue Eye Samurai, 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, Joelle Kristy

Editing in an Animated Feature Production

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

Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Media Production

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)
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Episode: Moon Girl Landing – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions – 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 in an Animated Feature Production

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 in an Animated TV/Media Production

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 – An Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery – Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North
Rosie’s Rules, Episode: Time Trouble – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films – Leyani Diaz, Maria Escobedo, Jennifer Hamburg
Scavengers Reign, Episode: The Reunion – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street – Sean Buckelew
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Episode: Birthday Police – Nickelodeon Animation Studios – Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott, Mike Trapp

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

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. / distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures and TOHO 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

Best TV/Media Production for Preschool Children

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 / TeamTO / Netflix

Best TV/Media Production for Children

CURSES!, Episode: The Baboon Temple – DreamWorks Animation in association with Apple
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Episode: The Beyonder – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions
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
Hilda, Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks

Best TV/Media Production for Mature Audiences

Big Mouth, Episode: The International Show – Netflix
Blue Eye Samurai, Episode: Pilot: Hammerscale – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
Bob’s Burgers, Episode: Amelia – 20th Television Animation
Capsules, Episode: Tomato Kitchen – Bilibili / Studio Reflection
Scavengers Reign, Episode: The Signal – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street

Best TV/Media Production, Limited Series

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, Episode: Enkai – Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink
Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection, Episode: Yellowbird – An Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery
Pokémon: Path to the Peak, Episode: 1 – The Pokémon Company International

Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Media Production

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: Goodnight Moon Girl “Run the Rink” – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions – Ben Juwono

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

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 Gil
Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – Makoto Shinkai
The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS – Hayao Miyazaki

Directing in an Animated TV/Media Production

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

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

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

Best Animated Independent 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

Best Animated 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

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