Annie Awards 2024
The 51st Annual Annie Awards, set to recognize excellence in the field of animation for 2023, is scheduled to take place on February 17, 2024, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, featuring 37 categories. The nominees, unveiled on January 11, 2024, saw "Nimona" leading the pack with nine nominations, closely followed by "The Boy and The Heron," "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," and "Suzume," each securing seven nominations.
Notably, this year marked the first time in 32 years that Disney and Pixar films were completely absent from the Best Animated Feature category, signifying a significant shift in the landscape of animated film recognition.
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Annie Awards 2024 Nominations Revealed
Best Animated Feature
- The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS
- 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
Best Animated Feature — Independent
- Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia – Folivari, Mélusine Productions, Studio Canal / Distributed by GKIDS
- Four Souls of Coyote – Cinemon Entertainment
- The Inventor – Curiosity Studios
- Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures
- White Plastic Sky – SALTO Films & Artichoke
Best Animated Special Production
- Invincible: Atom Eve – Amazon MGM Studios and Skybound Entertainment
- Shape Island: The Winter Blues – Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple
- The Smeds and The Smoos – Magic Light Pictures
- Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
- The Velveteen Rabbit – Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple
Best Animated Short Subject
- Carne de Dios – Ojo Raro and Fedora Productions
- Daffy in Wackyland – Warner Bros. Animation
- HUMO – Outik Animation, 3rd Street Video, Mindsoup Entertainment, and IMCINE
- PINA – PUNCHLINE CINEMA / NEXT DAYS FILMS
- WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – ElectroLeague
Best Sponsored Production
- "Video Games" by Tenacious D – Pinreel Inc.
- Alzheimer’s Research UK ‘Change The Ending’ – Passion Pictures
- Laugh Track by The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) – Bernard Derriman
- Up in smoke – NOMINT
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children
- Batwheels: "To the Batmobile!" – Warner Bros. Animation
- The Creature Cases: "The Forest Food Bandit" – Silvergate Media/Team TO/Choice/Provisions/Netflix
- Ghee Happy: "Navagraha" – Ghee Happy Studio
- Playdate with Winnie the Pooh: "Piglet, Tigger and the Cardboard Box" – Oddbot Inc.
- StoryBots: Answer Time: "Fractions" – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children
- CURSES!: "The Baboon Temple" – DreamWorks Animation
- Hilda: "Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle" – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc., and Mercury Filmworks
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: "The Beyonder" – Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter: "Bizarre Ride" – A Netflix Series
- Shape Island: "105B Square's Special Place" – Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple
Best Mature Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
- Big Mouth: "The International Show" – Netflix
- Blue Eye Samurai: "Pilot: Hammerscale" – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
- Bob's Burgers: "Amelia" – 20th Television Animation
- Scavengers Reign: "The Signal" – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street
- Tomato Kitchen – Bilibili / Studio Reflection
Best Animated Limited Series
- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "Enkai" – Triggerfish Animation Studio and Blinkink
- Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection: "Yellowbird" – Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery
- Pokémon: Path to the Peak: "1" – The Pokémon Company International
Best Student Film
- From The Top – Rich Farris, director; Martina Buendia Silva, producer (National Film and Television School)
- Kolaj – Besen Dilek, director and producer (Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH)
- The Little Poet – Justine King, director and producer (California Institute of the Arts)
- La quête de l'humain – Mélina Lenco, Lucie Juric, Caroline Leibel, Faustine Merle, and Claire Pellet, student team (Gobelins, l'école de l'image)
- Quem Salva – Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, and Titouan Jaouen, student team (Supinfocom Rubika)
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
- The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday: "The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday" – Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, and Kevin Rumold
- Blue Eye Samurai: "All Evil Dreams and Angry Words" – Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, and Laurent Bretonniere
- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "Moremi" – Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, and Emile Van Straaten
- Star Wars: Visions: "Sith" – Jonatan Catalán, Alberto Sánchez, Phoebe Arjona, Virginia Cantaro, and Rubén Hinarejos
- What If...?: "What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?" – Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, and Pranil Ravindra Mahajan
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, and Martin Lipmann
- Elemental – Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi
- The Peasants – Lukasz Mackiewicz and Kamil Polak
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, and Edmond Boulet-Gilly
- Suzume – Yoshitaka Takeuchi and Hiroyuki Seshita
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake: "The Winter King" – Alex Small-Butera
- The Amazing Digital Circus: Pilot: "1" – Kevin Temmer
- Blue Eye Samurai: "Episodes 101, 104 and 106" – Alex Bard
- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "Moremi, Surf Sangoma, Stardust" – Andre DeVilliers
- Star Wars: Visions: "I Am Your Mother" – Laurie Sitzia
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
- The Boy and the Heron – Takeshi Honda
- Elemental – Jessica Torres
- Nimona – Toby Seale
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken – Prashanth Cavale
- Suzume – Kenichi Tsuchiya
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production
- Ahsoka – Rick O'Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, and Wai Kit Wan
- Cocaine Bear – Carmelo Leggiero, Steve Braggs, Kevin Kelm, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, and Kane Elferink
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, and Chris McGaw
- The Little Mermaid – Pablo Grillo, Kayn Garcia, Ferran Casas, Stuart Ellis, and Joseph Lewis
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Kevin Estey, Kai-Hua Lan, Blaine Toderian Toderian, Richard John Moore, and Joseph C.K Leong
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game
- Atomic Heart – Mundfish Animation Team (Mundfish)
- Hogwarts Legacy – Tara Edwards (Avalanche Software)
- Let's! Revolution – BUCK Animation Team (BUCK)
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games Animation Team (Insomaniac Games)
- Teslagrad 2 – Aslak Helgesen (Rain Games)
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Clone High: "Let's Try This Again" – Tara Billinger
- Jessica's Big Little World: "Bedtime Routine" – Nick Winn
- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "You Give Me Heart" – Lesego Vorester
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: "The Beyonder" – Jose Lopez
- Spirit Rangers: "Water Protectors" – Marie Delmas
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Elemental – Maria Yi
- Merry Little Batman – Nikolas Ilic
- Nimona – Aidan Sugano
- Robot Dreams – Daniel Fernandez Casas
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Jesús Alonso Iglesias
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "Moremi" – Shofela Coker and Andrew McNally
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter: "Bizarre Ride" – Kenji Ono, Kai Akira, and Patrick Harpin
- Pokémon Concierge: "#2 What's on Your Mind, Psyduck?" – Iku Ogawa
- Scavengers Reign: "The Fall" – Diego Porral
- Star Wars: Visions: "Screecher's Reach" – Paul Young
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production
- The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki
- Nimona – Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
- Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger and Benoît Feroumont
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Blue Eye Samurai: "Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride" – Yuka Shirasuna
- Hilda: "Chapter 6: The Forgotten Lake" – John Mckinnon and Mike Stefanelli
- I Am Groot: "Groot's Snow Day" – Dan Urrutia
- Star Wars: Visions: "Screecher's Reach" – Richie Cody, ACE, BFE
- The Legend of Vox Machina: "The Sunken Tomb" – Todd Raleigh
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
- Elemental – Stephen Schaffer, Amera Rizk, Gregory Snyder, Jen Jew, and Kevin Rose-Williams
- Leo – Patrick Voetberg, Joseph Titone, Darrian M. James, Danny Miller, and Brian Robinson
- Nimona – Randy Trager, Erin Crackel, Stephen Schwartz, and Ashley Calle
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Editorial Team
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David and Croomes, and Myra Owyang
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Animaniacs: "Talladega Mice" – Steven Bernstein and Julie Bernstein
- Babylon 5: The Road Home – Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter, and Lolita Ritmanis
- Pacemaker – Christopher Lennertz
- Star Wars: Visions: "Aau’s Song" – Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, and Dineo du Toit
- The Smeds and The Smoos – René Aubry
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Elemental – Thomas Newman and Ari "LAUV" Leff
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton and Metro Boomin
- Suzume – Kazuma Jinnouchi and RADWIMPS
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
- The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Blue Eye Samurai: "Hammerscale" – Jason Scheier
- Blue Eye Samurai: "The Great Fire of 1657" – Toby Wilson, James Wilson, and Emil Mitev
- Scavengers Reign: "The Storm" – Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Pauline Mauvière, Hugo Moreno, and Jon Juarez
- Star Wars: Visions: "Sith" – Carlos Salgado
- What If...?: "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?" – Paul Lasaine, Kristina Vardazaryan, Cynthia Halley, Ryan Magno, and Simon Dunsdon
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Elemental – Don Shank, Maria Yi, Dan Holland, Jennifer Chang, and Laura Meyer
- Nimona – Aidan Sugano and Jeff Turley
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Patrick O'Keefe and Dean Gordon
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Yashar Kassai, Arthur, and Tiffany Lam
- The Boy and the Heron – Yoji Takeshige
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Craig Before The Creek: "Craig Before The Creek" – Erik Fountain
- Fright Krewe: "The Blood Awakening, Part 1" – Leah Artwick
- Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai: "Never Give Up" – Kristine Lee
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight: "Apok-ta-pokalypse Now, Part II" – Grace Liu
- Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: "Run the Rink" – Ben Juwono
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Richard Phelan
- Nimona – Esteban Bravo
- Robot Dreams – Maca Gil
- Suzume – Makoto Shinkai
- The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Aisha Tyler as Lana Kane in Archer: "Keys Open Doors"
- Alex Lawther as Velveteen Rabbit in The Velveteen Rabbit: "The Velveteen Rabbit"
- Dan Stevens as Korvo in Solar Opposites: "The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse"
- Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl in Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: "Moon Girl Landing"
- Vico Ortiz as Serena in Craig Before The Creek: "Craig Before The Creek"
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona in Nimona
- David Hornsby as Joker in Merry Little Batman
- Hokuto Matsumura as Souta Munakata in Suzume
- Jack Black as Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
- Tresi Gazal as Gwen in Migration
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- Blue Eye Samurai: "Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride" – Amber Noizumi
- Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection: "Yellowbird" – Tsvetelina Zdraveva and Jerred North
- Rock Paper Scissors: "Birthday Police" – Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott and Mike Trapp
- Rosie's Rules: "Time Trouble" – Leyani Diaz and Maria Escobedo
- Scavengers Reign: "The Reunion" – Sean Buckelew
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production
- Nimona – Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor
- Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger
- Suzume – Makoto Shinkai
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, and Benji Samit
- The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki
TRENDING
Annie Awards 2024 Predictions
The predictions and nominations for the Annie Awards 2024 indicate that "Nimona" has emerged as the surprise leader with 9 nominations, making it the top contender. This Netflix and Annapurna Animation production has garnered the most nominations of any other film this year. The Annie Awards, hosted by ASIFA-Hollywood, are renowned for celebrating excellence in the art of animation, and "Nimona" will be competing against other formidable contenders like "The Boy and the Heron" and "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse." It's noteworthy that, for the first time in the history of the Annie Awards, Disney and Pixar find themselves excluded from the Best Feature category, signaling a potentially significant shift in the animated feature film landscape. As the final outcome of the Annie Awards 2024 draws near, the industry eagerly anticipates the results, with "Nimona" emerging as a film to watch closely due to its impressive performance in the nominations.
Annie Awards 2024 Overview
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Annie Awards 2024
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Date
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February 17, 2024
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Royce Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA
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ASIFA-Hollywood
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Most nominations
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Film-Nimona (9), Television/Broadcast Blue Eye Samurai (7)
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