“Arcane” reigned and “The Wild Robot” soared in celebration as the animation community came together at the 52nd Annie Awards to celebrate the 2024 season. There was no shortage of celebrations for those teams, but a bevy of creatives got to take the stage, with ambitious projects like “FLOW” winning for Best Writing – Feature proving that not a single line of dialogue is needed to tell a great story.
The 52nd Annie Awards Nominees and Winners
| Best Feature Inside Out 2 Pixar Animation Studios Kung Fu Panda 4 DreamWorks Animation That Christmas Locksmith Animation for Netflix The Wild Robot (Winner) DreamWorks Animation Ultraman: Rising Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Aardman and Netflix | Best Feature-Independent Chicken for Linda! Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma, Distributed by GKIDS Flow Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five, Dream Well Studio Kensuke’s Kingdom Lupus Films Look Back Studio Durian Distributed by GKIDS Mars Express Everybody on Deck, Je Suis Bien Content Distributed by GKIDS Memoir of a Snail Snails Pace Films / Arenamedia | Best Special Production A Bear Named Wojtek The Illuminated Film Company and Filmograf Mog’s Christmas Lupus Films Orion and the Dark (Winner) DreamWorks Animation Tabby McTat Magic Light Pictures Yuck! Ikki Films & Iliade et Films |
Best Short Subject Beautiful Men Animal Tank, Miyu Productions & Ka-Ching Cartoons In the Shadow of the Cypress Barfak Animation Studio Ruthless Blade IDEOMOTOR Culture Media Co., Ltd. The Swineherd Fleng Entertainment and Tumblehead Productions Wander to Wonder (Winner) Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries & Pictanovo | Best Sponsored feelslikeimfallinginlove Blinkink Fuzzy Feelings (Winner) Passion Pictures Hungry Man Moonlit Bamboo Forest Passion Paris Production, HoYoFair Natlan Impressions Trailer – “Blaze to Natlan” BUCK Welcome to the City of Love Nexus Studios | Best TV/Media – Preschool Disney Jr.’s Ariel Episode: Crystal Cavern Caper Wild Canary, Disney Branded Television Gabby’s Dollhouse Episode: Pandy’s Bad Day DreamWorks Animation Jessica’s Big Little World Episode: Jessica’s Picnic Cartoon Network Studios The Tiny Chef Show (Winner) Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions Wonder Pets: In The City Episode: Save Tate? A Nickelodeon Production in association with Apple |
| Best TV/Media – Children Gremlins: The Wild Batch Episode: Never Use Double Negatives Warner Bros. Animation Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Episode: Batten Down the Hatches DreamWorks Animation Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: The Molecular Level (Winner) Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television, Cinema Gypsy Productions Primos Episode: Summer of Tater Luna Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television WondLa Episode: Ruins Skydance Animation in association with Apple | Best TV/Media – Mature Bob’s Burgers (Winner) Episode: They Slug Horses, Don’t They? 20th Television Animation / FOX Entertainment Solar Opposites Episode: The What If?! Device 20th Television Animation South Park Episode: The End of Obesity MTV Entertainment Studios The Great North Episode: Aunt Misbehavin’ Adventure 20th Television Animation / FOX Entertainment Studios The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy Episode: The Land of Sex and Death Amazon MGM Studios, Titmouse Studios | Best TV/Media – Limited Series Dream Productions (Winner) Episode: A Night to Remember Pixar Animation Studios Iwájú Episode: Tola Walt Disney Animation Studios LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy Episode: Part Three Lucasfilm Ltd. Moon Girl’s Lab Episode: Moon Girl Saves the Moon Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television My Adventures with Superman Episode: Pierce the Heavens, Superman! Warner Bros. Animation |
| Best Student Film Adiós (Winner) Student Director: José Prats Student Producer: Bernardo Angeletti School: National Film and Television School El Ombligo de la Luna Student Directors: Sara António, Julia Grupińska, Bokang Koatja, Tian Westraad, Ezequiel Garibay School: Gobelins Pear Garden Student Director/Producer: Shadab Shayegan School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut Polliwog Student Director: Julia Skala Student Producer: Max Pollmann School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut Turmspringer Student Director: Oscar Bittner Student Producer: Andra Berila School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut | Best FX – TV/Media Arcane (Winner) Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails Production Company: A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix FX Production Company: Fortiche Studio Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri, Guillaume Zaouche, Jérôme Dupré Dream Productions Episode: A Night to Remember Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Gary Bruins, Jongwon Pak, Arturo Aguilar, Alan Browning, Alen Lai Secret Level Episode: Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc. FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc. Josh Schwartz, Joe Coleman, Michael Huang, Guilherme Casagrandi, Raul Rodrigues Secret Level Episode: Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen’s Cradl Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc. FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc. Arthur Loiseau, Tom O’Bready, Esteban Genre, Alexandre Lerouge, Guillaume Grelier Secret Level Episode: Crossfire: Good Conflict Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc. FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc. Kamil Murzyn, Rafał Rumiński, Jarosław Armata, Michał Śledź, Michał Firek | Best FX – Feature Kung Fu Panda 4 Production Company: DreamWorks Animation FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation Zachary Glynn, Alex Timchenko, Kiem Ching Ong, Yorie Kaela Kumalasari, Jinguang Huang Moana 2 Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios Santiago Robles, Marc Bryant, Deborah Carlson, Jake Rice, Ian J. Coony The Wild Robot (Winner) Production Company: DreamWorks Animation FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli Ultraman: Rising Production Company: Netflix Animation FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic Goncalo Cabaca, Vishal Patel, Zheng Yong Oh, Nicholas Yoon Joo Kuang, Pei-Zhi Huang Huang Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Production Company: Aardman and Netflix FX Production Company: Aardman Production Howard Jones, Rich Spence, Deborah Jane Price, Jon Biggins, Kirstie Deane |
| Best Character Animation – TV/Media Arcane (Winner) Episodes: Killing Is A Cycle, Heavy Is the Crown, Finally Got the Name Right, The Message Hidden Within The Pattern, The Dirt Under Your Nails, Pretend Like It’s the First Time, Blisters And Bedrock A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix Tom Gouill Dream Productions Episodes: The Dream Team, Out of Body, Romance! Pixar Animation Studios Travis Hathaway In the Know Episodes: Yogurt Week, Thinksgiving Peacock Original in association with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, Bandera, ShadowMachine Jeff Riley Star Trek: Lower Decks Episodes: Various CBS’s Eye Animation Productions, Titmouse, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment Raymond Dunster The Patrick Star Show Episode: Something Stupid This Way Comes Screen Novelties / Nickelodeon Animation Studios Colin Lepper | Best Character Animation – Feature Inside Out 2 Pixar Animation Studios Aviv Mano Kung Fu Panda 4 DreamWorks Animation Patrick Giusiano Moana 2 Walt Disney Animation Studios Brian Scott The Wild Robot (Winner) DreamWorks Animation Fabio Lignini Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Aardman and Netflix Carmen Bromfield Mason | Best Character Animation – Live Action Better Man Production Company: Footloose Productions, VicScreen, Partizan, Facing East Entertainment, Rocket Science, Lost Bandits FX Production Company: Wētā FX Shaun Freeman, Luisma Lavin Peredo, Carlos Lin, Seoungseok Charlie Kim, Kaori Miyazawa Gladiator II Production Company: Paramount FX Production Company: Framestore LTD Kyle Dunlevy, Philipp Winterstein, Gil Daniel, Michael Elder, Julien Bagory Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Production Company: Legendary Entertainment FX Production Company: Wētā FX Ludovic Chailloleau, Jonathan Paquin, Craig Penn, Florian Fernandez, Marco Barbati House of the Dragon Season 2 Production Company: Warner Bros FX Production Company: Wētā FX Jason Snyman, Manjoe Chan, Chloe McLean, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Vincent Lee Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Winner) Production Company: 20th Century Studios FX Production Company: Wētā FX Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin, Allison Orr, Radiya Alam, Howard Sly |
| Best Character Animation – Video Game #BLUD Exit 73 Games, Llc. Chris Burns, Bob Fox Asgard’s Wrath 2 Sanzaru Games Sanzaru Games Animation Team Diesel Legacy Maximum Entertainment Maximum Entertainment Neva (Winner) Nomada Studio Nomada Studio Animation Team Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Ninja Theory Ninja Theory | Best Character Design – TV/Media Dream Productions Episode: A Night to Remember Pixar Animation Studios Grant Alexander Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld Episode: Pilot A Netflix Series Kal Athannassov Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Winner) Episode: The Molecular Level Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions Jose Lopez Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: Bishop Makes Her Move! Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures Rustam Hasanov X-Men ’97 Episode: Mutant Liberation Begins Marvel Studios Amelia Vidal | Best Character Design – Feature Inside Out 2 Pixar Animation Studios Deanna Marsigliese Scarygirl Highly Spirited and Like A Photon Creative Nathan Jurevicius Spellbound Netflix Presents / Skydance Animation Presents a Skydance Animation Film Guillermo Ramírez That Christmas Locksmith Animation for Netflix Uwe Heidschötter The Wild Robot (Winner) DreamWorks Animation Genevieve Tsai |
| Best Direction – TV/Media Arcane (Winner) Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation Television Movie Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television Anna O’Brian Bob’s Burgers Episode: They Slug Horses, Don’t They? 20th Television Animation / FOX Entertainment Bernard Derriman Tabby McTat Television Movie Magic Light Pictures Jac Hamman, Sarah Scrimgeour Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: The Pearl Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures Alan Wan, Colin Heck | Best Direction – Feature Chicken for Linda! Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma / Distributed by GKIDS Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach FLOW Take Five, Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio Gints Zilbalodis That Christmas Locksmith Animation for Netflix Simon Otto The Wild Robot (Winner) DreamWorks Animation Chris Sanders Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Aardman and Netflix Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham | Best Music – TV/Media Arcane (Winner) Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix Ryan Jillian Santiago, Alexander Seaver, Simon Wilcox Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation Television Movie Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television Joachim Horsley Hazbin Hotel Episode: Masquerade Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld Episode: Lock-In A Netflix Series Brian H. Kim WondLa Episode: Captive Skydance Animation in association with Apple Joy Ngiaw |
| Best Music – Feature Kensuke’s Kingdom Lupus Films Stuart Hancock Piece By Piece i am OTHER, TREMOLO in association with The LEGO Group, Pure Imagination Studios and Tongal Pharrell Williams, Michael Andrews That Christmas Locksmith Animation for Netflix John Powell, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid The Wild Robot (Winner) DreamWorks Animation Kris Bowers Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Aardman and Netflix Lorne Balfe, Julian Nott | Best Production Design – TV/Media Arcane (Winner) Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix Arnaud-Loris Baudry, Julien Georgel, Faustine Dumontier, Charlotte O’Neill Dream Productions Episode: The Dream Team Pixar Animation Studios Bert Berry, Josh Holtsclaw Orion and the Dark Special Production DreamWorks Animation Timothy Lamb, Christine Bian Silly Sundays Episode: Stringy Soup Cartoon Saloon Fran Bravo, Rosa Ballester Cabo WondLa Episode: Bargain Skydance Animation in association with Apple Andy Harkness | Best Production Design – Feature Inside Out 2 Pixar Animation Studios Jason Deamer, Josh West, Keiko Murayama, Bill Zahn, Laura Meyer That Christmas Locksmith Animation for Netflix Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn, Mike Redman The Wild Robot (Winner) DreamWorks Animation Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc Ultraman: Rising Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions The Ultraman: Rising Production Design Team Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Aardman and Netflix Matt Perry, Darren Dubicki, Richard Edmunds, Matt Sanders, Gavin Lines |
| Best Storyboarding – TV/Media Arcane (Winner) Episode: Killing is a Cycle A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix Joséphine Meis Invincible Fight Girl Episode: The Way Of The World Cartoon Network Studios Gladyfaith Abcede, Miki Brewster, Kaela Lash, Sheldon Vella Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Episode: That Night DreamWorks Animation Aevery Huens Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin Short Film WildBrain Studios in association with Apple David Lux Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: The Pearl Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures Laura Gille, Sebrina Gao, Kevin Molina-Ortiz, Christopher Luc | Best Storyboarding – Feature Despicable Me 4 (Winner) Illumination Habib Louati Moana 2 Walt Disney Animation Studios Ryan Green Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie Nickelodeon Animation Piero Piluso Spellbound Netflix Presents / Skydance Animation Presents a Skydance Animation Film Alex Relloso Horna, Carlos Zapater Oliva That Christmas Locksmith Animation for Netflix Ashley Boddy, Lorenzo Fresta, Helen Schroeder | Best Voice Acting – TV/Media Bob’s Burgers Episode: The Right Tough Stuff 20th Television Animation / FOX Entertainment John Roberts (Character: Linda Belcher) Bob’s Burgers Episode: They Slug Horses, Don’t They? 20th Television Animation / FOX Entertainment Kristen Schaal (Character: Louise Belcher) Dream Productions (Winner) Episode: Out of Body Pixar Animation Studios Paula Pell (Character: Paula) Hazbin Hotel Episode: Dad Beat Dad Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment Jeremy Jordan (Character: Lucifer) Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: Splinter and April Fight a Goldfish Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures Ayo Edebiri (Character: April O’Neil) |
| Best Voice Acting – Feature Chicken for Linda! Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma / Distributed by GKIDS Mélinée Leclerc (Character: Linda) Inside Out 2 Pixar Animation Studios Maya Hawke (Character: Anxiety) The Wild Robot (Winner) DreamWorks Animation Lupita Nyong’o (Character: Roz) The Wild Robot DreamWorks Animation Kit Connor (Character: Brightbill) Transformers One Paramount Animation Brian Tyree Henry (Character: D-16 / Megatron) | Best Writing – TV/Media Craig of the Creek Episode: Whose Dimension Is It Anyway? Cartoon Network Studios Harron Atkins, Lorraine DeGraffenreidt, Pearl Low, Richie Pope Jessica’s Big Little World Episode: Jessica’s Picnic Cartoon Network Studios Austin Faber, Gabriel Franklin, Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, Ashleigh Hairston Orion and the Dark (Winner) Special Production DreamWorks Animation Charlie Kaufman The Simpsons Episode: Bart’s Birthday A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation Jessica Conrad Yuck! Special Production Ikki Films & Iliade et Films Loïc Espuche | Best Writing – Feature FLOW (Winner) Take Five, Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža Inside Out 2 Pixar Animation Studios Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein Kensuke’s Kingdom Lupus Films Frank Cottrell-Boyce Memoir of a Snail Snails Pace Films / Arenamedia Adam Elliot  FLOW – Courtesy TIFF |
| Best Editorial – TV/Media Arcane (Winner) Episode: Pretend Like It’s the First Time A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix Nazim Meslem, Gilad Carmel, Roberto Fernandez Creature Commandos Episode: Cheers to the Tin Man Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios Annie De Brock Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Episode: Batten Down the Hatches DreamWorks Animation Ben Choo, Rich Liverance, Eric Hendricks, Anna Adams, Ian Hurley Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: The Molecular Level Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions Sandra Powers, Phil Lomboy, Ryan Burkhard, Neil Wilson III, Gabe Oh Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: The Pearl Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures Caleb Yoder | Best Editorial – Feature Inside Out 2 Pixar Animation Studios Maurissa Horwitz, David Suther, Fiona Toth, Jonathan Vargo Moana 2 Walt Disney Animation Studios Jeremy Milton, Michael Louis Hill The Wild Robot (Winner) Dreamworks Animation Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker Ultraman: Rising Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions Bret Marnell, ACE, William Max Steinberg, Nik Siefke, Ryan Sommer, Kaye Speare Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Aardman and Netflix Dan Hembery | Juried Awards Windsor McCay Award (in recognition of lifetime or career contributions): Aaron Blaise Eunice Macaulay (posthumous) Normand Roger June Foray Award (for significant and benevolent or charitable impact): Women in Animation Ub Iwerks Award ( for technical advancement affecting the animation industry): Alberto Menache Special Achievement Award (recognizing unique and outstanding achievement not recognized within the existing award category structure): Directing at Disney: The Original Directors of Walt’s Animated Films, by Pete Docter and Don Peri |
