Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was the big winner at the 2024 Annie Awards.
The Sony Pictures Animation film won seven awards at Saturday night’s Annies, including the top prize of best feature.
Other features that won multiple awards from the International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood, which presents the prizes recognizing the year’s best in animation, include two-time winners Nimona and The Boy and the Heron, which were nominated for nine and seven awards apiece, respectively.
Across the Spider-Verse, Nimona and The Boy and the Heron are all nominated for the Oscar for best animated feature, alongside Elemental and Robot Dreams, which won best feature – independent. Pixar’s Elemental went home empty-handed, despite being nominated for six awards.
Oscar-nominated animated short War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko won the Annie award for best short subject. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Oscar nominated for best visual effects, won the Annie award for best character animation – live action.
On the TV side, Blue Eye Samurai was the top winner with six awards, followed by Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, which won three prizes, and Star Wars: Visions, which took home two.
The 51st Annie Awards were held at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Winsor McCay Awards for career achievement were presented to animator-director Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger (posthumous), Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi and National Film Board animator and producer Marcy Page.
Additionally, the Artists of Walt Disney Animation were honored with a special achievement award; the June Foray Award for charitable impact was given to BRIC Foundation co-founders Alison Mann and Nicole Hendrix; the Ub lwerks Award for technical achievement went to John Oxberry (posthumous).
A complete list of this year’s winners follows.
BEST FEATURE
Nimona -Annapurna Animation for Netflix
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse -Sony Pictures Animation (WINNER)
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
BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT
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 (WINNER)
The Inventor -Curiosity Studios
White Plastic Sky -SALTO Films & Artichoke
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 (WINNER)
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 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 (WINNER)
ElectroLeague
BEST SPONSORED
“Video Games” by Tenacious D (WINNER)
Pinreel Inc.
Alzheimer’s Research UK “Change The Ending”
Passion Pictures
Laugh Track – The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)
Bernard Derriman
Up in smoke
NOMINT
BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
Batwheels Episode: To the Batmobile! – Warner Bros. Animation
Ghee Happy Episode: Navagraha -Ghee Happy Studio (WINNER)
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/Team TO/Choice/Provisions/Netflix
BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
CURSES! Episode: The Baboon Temple -DreamWorks Animation
Hilda Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle -Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks (WINNER)
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: The Beyonder -Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation
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
BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
Big Mouth Episode: The International Show – Netflix
Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Pilot: Hammerscale – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions (WINNER)
Bob’s Burgers Episode: Amelia – 20th Television Animation
Scavengers Reign Episode: The Signal -Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street
Tomato Kitchen Episode: Special Production – Bilibili / Studio Reflection
BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Enkai – Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink (WINNER)
Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection Episode: Yellowbird – Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery
Pokémon: Path to the Peak Episode: 1 – The Pokémon Company International
BEST STUDENT FILM
From The Top
Student Director: Rich Farris
Student Producer: Martina Buendia Silva
School: National Film and Television School
Kolaj
Student Director: Besen Dilek
Student Producer: Besen Dilek
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
La quête de l’humain
Student Team: Mélina IENCO, Lucie JURIC, Caroline LEIBEL, Faustine MERLE, Claire PELLET
School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image
Quem Salva
Student Team: Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, Titouan Jouent
School: Supinfocom Rubika
The Little Poet (WINNER)
Student Director: Justine King
Student Producer: Justine King
School: California Institute of the Arts
BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
Blue Eye Samurai Episode: All Evil Dreams and Angry Words – Production Company: A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions – FX Production Company: Blue Spirit Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, Laurent Bretonniere (WINNER)
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Moremi – Production Company: Triggerfish for Disney+ – FX Production Company: Lucan Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, Emile Van Straaten
Star Wars: Visions Episode: Sith -Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd.- FX Production Company: 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 – Production Company: DreamWorks Animation – FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation and 88 Pictures Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, Kevin Rumold
What If…? Episode 206, “What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?” Episode: 206 – Production Company: Marvel Studios – FX Production Company: SDFX Studios Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, Pranil Ravindra Mahajan
BEST FX – FEATURE
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Production Company: Netflix Presents An Aardman Production – FX Production Company: Aardman Production Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, Martin Lipmann
Elemental – Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios- FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation – FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly (WINNER)
Suzume – Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – FX Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita
The Peasants – Production Company: Breakthru Films – FX Production Company: Breakthru Productions Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
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 (WINNER)
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
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
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 (WINNER)
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
Ahsoka – Production Company: Lucasfilm – 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 (WINNER)
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 Toderian, Richard John Moore, Joseph C.K Leong
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
Atomic Heart – Mundfish
Mundfish Animation Team
Hogwarts Legacy – Avalanche Software Tara Edwards
Let’s! Revolution! – BUCK
BUCK Animation Team
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games (WINNER)
Insomniac Games Animation Team
Teslagrad 2 – Rain Games Aslak Helgesen
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
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 for Disney+ Lesego Vorester
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: 515M-106 (The Beyonder) – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions Jose Lopez (WINNER)
Spirit Rangers Episode: Water Protectors – Laughing Wild / Netflix Marie Delmas
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios Maria Yi
Merry Little Batman – Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment Nikolas Ilic
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 (WINNER)
BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
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 (WINNER)
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
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 (WINNER)
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 MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
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 (WINNER)
The Smeds and The Smoos Special Production– Magic Light Pictures René Aubry
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin (WINNER)
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
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Hammerscale – Netflix Animation Jason Scheier (WINNER)
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 – FEATURE
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 (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Yashar Kassai, Arthur, Tiffany Lam
The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Yoji Takeshige
BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
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: 515M-107 “Run the Rink” – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions Ben Juwono (WINNER)
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
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 (WINNER)
BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
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)
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: Moon Girl Landing – Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation Diamond White (Character: Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl) (WINNER)
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)
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
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) (WINNER)
Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. Hokuto Matsumura (Character: Souta Munakata)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Illumination Jack Black (Character: Bowser)
BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
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 (WINNER)
Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection Episode: Yellowbird – Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North
Rock Paper Scissors Episode: Birthday Police- Nickelodeon Animation Studios Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott, Mike Trapp
Rosie’s Rules Episode: Time Trouble- 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films Leyani Diaz, Maria Escobedo
Scavengers Reign Episode: The Reunion- Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street Sean Buckelew
BEST WRITING – FEATURE
Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor (WINNER)
Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures Pablo Berger
Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. 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 EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions Yuka Shirasuna (WINNER)
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
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
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 (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David Croomes, Myra Owyang
