Annie Awards 2026 Winners List Honoring Animated Films, TV Shows & Video Games

The 53rd Annie Awards in 35 categories are being handed out tonight at UCLA’s Royce Hall, and Deadline is posting the winners as they are announced. See the list below.

Netflix’s juggernaut KPop Demon Hunters comes into the evening with 10 nominations, co-leading along with Pixar’s Elio, and already is 3-for-3.

KPop Demon Hunters, which is Netflix’s most popular film ever, took the night’s first prize, for Production Design and later snagged — in a decided non-upset — Best Music. The film’s soundtrack has been streamed 11 billion times (with a capital B). The pic later added Best Character Design. Its directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans were early presenters tonight.

Since the Best Animated Feature Oscar category was launched in 2002, 14 of the 23 winners of the Annies’ marquee Best Feature prize – and seven of the past 13 – went on to claim the golden statuette. But last year bucked the trend as the Academy Award went to Flow over The Wild Robot, which dominated the 2025 Annies with seven nods. Flow, however, did win the Annie for Best Independent Feature back in February, along with Best Writing.

The first two TV awards of the night went to Netlfix’s Love, Death + Robots, its ninth and 10th Annies overall to go with 17 Emmys.

The evening’s first Juried Award, The June Foray Award, went to Sandy Rabins, animation and live-action producer and the founder of the AnimAID effort to assist and support those in the animation industry who were affected by the L.A. Wildfires. The group has raised nearly $700,000 so far. Named for the Annie Awards founder, the award is presented to people who have made a positive impact on the animation industry.

ASIFA-Hollywood‘s Special Achievement Award went to LightBox Expo, the annual event that brings the creative animation community of filmmakers together with animation students and fans.  

Wacom, manufacturer of the Cintiq graphics tablet and other products, later received the Ub Iwerks Award for technical achievement.

The juried award winners also are listed below.

ASIFA-Hollywood previously revealed the Animation Educators’ Forum Hall of Fame Class of 2026. They are Elmer Plummer, Doug Crane, Harry Love, Harold Whitaker and Nancy Beiman.

Created in 1972 by veteran voice actor June Foray, the Annie Awards recognize the animation industry’s most talented artists and storytellers. 

Here are the winners at the 2026 Annie Awards so far, followed by the remaining nominees:

Winners

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
How To Train Your Dragon
Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
FX Production Company: Framestore
Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
South of Midnight
Compulsion Games
Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots Episode: 400 Boys
Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Music Team

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals
Pixar Animation Studios
Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar

BEST SPONSORED
Olipop Yeti
Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical
WildBrain Studios in association with Apple

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Got Religion
Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST SHORT SUBJECT
Snow Bear
The Art of Aaron Blaise

BEST STUDENT FILM
A Sparrow’s Song
Student director: Tobias Eckerlin
Student producer: Tobias Eckerlin
School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay Award
Michaël Dudok de Wit
Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
Chris Sanders

June Foray Award
Sandy Rabins

Ub Iwerks Award
Wacom

Special Achievement Award
LightBox Expo

ASIFA-Hollywood Merit Award
Jeffrey New
Haley Mirren Douthit

Nominees

BEST FEATURE

Elio
Pixar Animation Studios

KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids

The Bad Guys 2
DreamWorks Animation

Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios

BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT
A Magnificent Life
Mediawan, What the Prod and Bidibul productions

Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma

I’m Frankelda
Cinema Fantasma, Warner Bros. Discovery, Woo Films, Cine Vendaval

Lost In Starlight
Netflix / Climax Studio

Scarlet
Studio CHIZU

BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

Eva The Owlet
Episode: Welcome to Treetopington
Brown Bag Films / Scholastic Entertainment in association with Apple

Kindergarten: The Musical! Episode: Gotta Go!
Oddbot Entertainment, Disney Branded Television

The Tiny Chef Show
Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular
Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions

Wow Lisa
Episode: Rainy Day

Punkrobot
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Episode: I am Jackie Robinson
9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN

My Melody & Kuromi
Episode: All For Our Best Friend
Sanrio Company for Netflix

Spice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar Episode: 1
Steamroller Animation

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Episode: The Rewrite
Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

Wylde Pak
Episode: Sungandeul
Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Jam Filled Entertainment

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

Bob’s Burgers
Episode: Grand Pre-Pre-Pre Opening
20th TV

Common Side Effects Episode: Pilot
Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions

Haha, You Clowns
Episode: 107 – Duncan Holds a Baby
Williams Street

Il Baracchino
Episode: Claudia entra in un caffè
Luckyred, Megadrago

South Park
Episode: Sermon on the ‘Mount
Comedy Central LLC

BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight Episode: Episode III
Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films

Eyes of Wakanda
Episode: Into The Lion’s Den
Marvel Studios

Marvel Zombies Episode: 2
Marvel Studios

Star Wars: Visions – Volume 3 Episode: BLACK
david production

Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8: Home
Pixar Animation Studios

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

Marvel Zombies Episode: Episode 4
Production Company: Marvel Animation
FX Production Company: Stellar Creative Lab, Inc.
Emma Badia, Tristan Fairclough, Jimmy Dumont, Sheng Hung, Arth Vasavada

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age Episode: The Big Freeze
Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit
FX Production Company: Framestore
Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Shuleman , Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian

Spice Frontier Episode: 1
Production Company: Steamroller Animation
FX Production Company: Steamroller Animation
Steamroller Animation Effects Department

Star Wars: Visions – Volume 3 Episode: The Bird of Paradise
Production Company: Polygon Pictures
FX Production Company: Polygon Pictures
Takashi Okamoto, Kohei Yamamoto, Genyo Sasaki, Chizuru Nakamura, Erika Matsui

Wonlda
Episode: Lost
Production Company: Skydance Animation
FX Production Company: ICON Creative Studio
EP 209 ICON Creative Studio FX Team

BEST FX – FEATURE
Elio
Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
Ferdi Scheepers, Shaun Galinak, Alyssa Lee, Nate Skeen, Gary Bruins
In Your Dreams
Production Company: Netflix, Kuku Studios
FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Dmitriy Kolesnik, Stephen Paschk, David Sellares, Stephanie McNair
KPop Demon Hunters
Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Lewis, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle
The Bad Guys 2
Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
Landon Gray, Michael Losure, Zachary Glynn, Chris Wombold, Olivier Malric
Zootopia 2
Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Le Joyce Tong, Shamintha Kalamba Arachchi, Dimitre Berberov, Chris Carignan, Cristiana Covone

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight Episode: Episode III
Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films
Floriane Caseiro
Forevergreen Special Production
Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
Brendan Gottlieb
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical Special Production
WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
Chris Derochie
The Simpsons Various Episodes
A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation
Nik Ranieri
Win Or Lose Various Episodes
Pixar Animation Studios
Alli Sadegiani

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Jonah Sidhom
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix
Ryusuke Furuya
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids
Juliette Laurent
The Bad Guys 2
DreamWorks Animation
Ludovic Bouancheau
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Tony Smeed

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
Common Side Effects Episode: Cliff’s Edge
Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions
Vincent Tsui
DAN DA DAN
Episode: Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot!
Science SARU, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Distributed by Gkids
Fuga Yamashiro, Abel Góngora
Not a Box Episode: It’s a Boat
Silver Creek Falls Entertainment / Passion Pictures in association with Apple
Siri Melchior
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures
JJ Conway, Kevin Molina-Ortiz
The Quinta’s Ghost Short Film
Martirio Films & Illusorium films
James A. Castillo

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Ugo Bienvenu, Adam Sillard, Anaëlle Saba
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
MAPPA Studios
Tatsuya Yoshihara
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids
Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Scarlet
Studio CHIZU
Mamoru Hosoda

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Got Religion
Blur Studio for Netflix
Edgar Martins
ParaNorman: The Thrifting Special Production
LAIKA
Coleton Palmer, Katherine Jay Myong, Heewon Jeong
Snow Bear Short Film
The Art of Aaron Blaise, LLC.
Aaron Blaise
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures
Richard Chi, Matthew Kim, Sheldon Vella, Lyndsay Simpson
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8, Home
Pixar Animation Studios
Esteban Bravo

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Ugo Bienvenu
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Tony Rosenast
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids
Nicolas Pawlowski
The Bad Guys 2
DreamWorks Animation
Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Hikari Toriumi

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
Bob’s Burgers
Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy
20th TV
Dan Mintz (Character: Tina Belcher)
Hazbin Hotel
Episode: Behind Closed Doors
Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment
Erika Henningsen (Character: Charlie Morningstar)
Long Story Short Episode: Shira Can’t Cook
Tornante Television and ShadowMachine for Netflix
Abbi Jacobson (Character: Shira Schwooper)
Smiling Friends Episode: Shmaloogles
Williams Street
Zach Hadel (Character: Evil Wizard)
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Episode: The Amadain
Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
Alkaio Thiele (Character: Gumball Watterson)

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
Dog Man
DreamWorks Animation
Lil Rey Howery (Character: Chief)
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Remy Edgerly (Character: Glordon)
In Your Dreams
Netflix Presents a Kuku Studios Production / Sony Pictures Imageworks
Craig Robinson (Character: Baloney Tony)
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Arden Cho (Character: Rumi)
The Twits
Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Character: Beesha)

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
#1 Happy Family USA
Episode: Episode 101: NINE TEN
Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Cairo Cowboy
Ramy Youssef, Pam Brady
Adult Swim’s The Elephant Special Production
Titmouse and Williams Street
Pendleton Ward, Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar, Patrick McHale
Common Side Effects Episode: Pilot
Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions
Joe Bennett, Steve Hely
Lulu is a Rhinoceros Special Production
Bento Box and Propagate in association with Apple
Allison Flom
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 4, Pickle
Pixar Animation Studios
Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates

BEST WRITING – FEATURE
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, Mike Jones
KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team
Danya Jimenez , Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids
Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade, Eddine Noël
Scarlet
Studio CHIZU
Mamoru Hosoda
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jared Bush

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight Episode: Episode III
Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films
David Boyadjian
Common Side Effects Episode: Raid
Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions
Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim
Haunted Hotel
Episode: The Acolytes of Abaddon
Titmouse for Netflix
Benjamin Morse, Benjamin Martian, Marshall Wetta
Invincible S3
Episode: I Thought You’d Never Shut Up
Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Animation
Luke Asa Guidici, Matt Michael, Lea Carosella, Liam Johnson
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Episode: Up From the Grave
Ubisoft Film & Television
Thomas Belair, Nicolas Bourgeois, Julien Perez

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Nathan Jacquard
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Anna Wolitzky, Steve Bloom, Noah Newman, Greg Snyder, Ben Morris
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids
Ludovic Versace
Olivia & las Nubes
Cine Chani, Historias de Bibi & Guasábara Cine
Tomás Pichardo Espaillat