Annie Awards

Mingle Media TV and Red Carpet Report host, Kristyn Burtt were on the red carpet at UCLA for the 46th Annual Annie Awards talking to nominees and winners before the official ceremony. Check out the honorees and winners listed below.

The Annie Awards™ honor overall excellence as well as individual achievement in a total of 36 categories from best feature, best feature – independent, production design, character animation, and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music, editing and voice acting, and have often been a predictor of the annual Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. This year, a new category was added Best Virtual Reality Production and awarded to Crow: The Legend (Baobab Studios).

Honorees

  • Winsor McCay recipients were Frank Braxton (posthumously), Ralph Eggleston and Andrea Romano which is one of the highest honors given to an individual in the animation industry in recognition for career contributions to the art of animation
  • The June Foray award was given posthumously to Adam Burke who was widely acknowledged to be a talented artist and even better person. The June Foray award honors an individual(s) who has given significant and benevolent contributions to the art and industry of animation.
  • Blender Open Source Animation Software was given the Ub Iwerks Award. Ton Roosendaal, Dutch software developer, and film producer accepted the award
  • The Certificate of Merit recipient was presented to dedicated ASIFA-Hollywood volunteer, Jason Jones

46th Annie Award Winners List

#1 Best Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation

#2 Best Animated Feature-Independent
Mirai
Studio Chizu

#3 Best Animated Special Production
Mary Poppins Returns
Walt Disney Studios

#4 Best Animated Short Subject
Weekends
Past Lives Productions

#5 Best Virtual Reality Production
Crow: The Legend
Baobab Studios

#6 Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
Greenpeace ‘There’s a Rang-Tan In My Bedroom’
Passion Animation Studios

#7 Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
Ask the StoryBots
Episode: How Do Computers Work?
JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix

#8 Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children
Hilda
Episode: Chapter 1: The Hidden People
Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks

#9 Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
BoJack Horseman
Episode: The Dog Days are Over
Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix

#10 Best Student Film
Best Friend
Nicholas OLIVIERI, Yi SHEN, Juliana DE LUCCA, Varun NAIR, David FELIU
Gobelins, l’école de l’image

#11 Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
David M.V. Jones, Vincent Chou, Clare Yang
Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters
Episode: The Eternal Knight Part 2
DreamWorks Animation Television

#12 Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production
Cesar Velazquez, Marie Tollec, Alexander Moaveni, Peter DeMund, Ian J. Coony
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Walt Disney Animation Studios

#13 Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Scott Lewis
Hilda
Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks

#14 Character Animation In An Animated Feature Production
David Han
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation Animator:

#15 Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Chris Sauve, James Baxter, Sandro Cleuzo
Mary Poppins Returns
Walt Disney Pictures

#16 Character Animation in a Video Game
Adrian Miguel, Adrian Garcia
GRIS
Nomada Studio

#17 Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Amanda Jolly
Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure
Episode: Freebird
Walt Disney Television Animation

#18 Character Design In An Animated Feature Production
Shiyoon Kim
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation

#19 Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Eddie Trigueros
Disney Mickey Mouse
Episode: Feed the Birds
Disney Television Animation

#20 Directing In An Animated Feature Production
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation

#21 Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Christopher Willis
Disney Mickey Mouse
Episode: Springtime
Disney Television Animation

#22 Music in an Animated Feature Production
Michael Giacchino
Incredibles 2
Pixar Animation Studios

#23 Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Céline Desrumaux, Jasmin Lai
Age of Sail
Google Spotlight Stories, Broad Reach Pictures

#24 Production Design In An Animated Feature Production
Justin K. Thompson
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation

#25 Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Alonso Ramirez Ramos
Disney Mickey Mouse
Episode: Carnaval
Disney Television Animation

(tie)

Kevin Molina-Ortiz
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Episode: Mystic Mayhem
Nickelodeon Animation Studio

#26 Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Dean Kelly
Incredibles 2
Pixar Animation Studios

#27 Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Will Arnett (as Bojack)
BoJack Horseman
Episode: Free Churro
Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix

#28 Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Bryan Cranston (as Chief)
Isle of Dogs
Fox Searchlight Pictures / Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures

#29 Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Stephanie Simpson
Hilda
Episode: Chapter 8: The Tide Mice
Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks

#30 Writing In An Animated Feature Production
Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation

#31 Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Charles Jones, Joe Molinari, Dao Le, Vartan Nazarian
Big Hero 6: The Series
Walt Disney Television Animation

#32 Editorial In An Animated Feature Production
Bob Fisher, Andrew Leviton, Vivek Sharma
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation

 

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About ASIFA and the Annie Awards
ASIFA-Hollywood is the world’s first and foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the art of animation and celebrating the people who create it. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA, supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation Aid Foundation, animated film preservation, special events, classes and screenings.

Created in 1972 by June Foray, the Annie Awards have grown in scope and stature for over four decades. For more information on the Annie Awards™, please visit www.annieawards.org. For information about ASIFA-Hollywood, visit www.asifa-hollywood.org.