ASIFA-Hollywood<\/a>\u2018s Special Achievement Award went to LightBox Expo,\u00a0the annual event that brings the creative animation community of filmmakers together with animation students and fans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tWacom,\u00a0manufacturer of the Cintiq graphics tablet and other products, later received the Ub Iwerks Award for technical achievement.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe juried award winners also are listed below. <\/p>\n
\n\tASIFA-Hollywood previously revealed the Animation Educators\u2019 Forum Hall of Fame Class of 2026. They are Elmer Plummer, Doug Crane, Harry Love, Harold Whitaker and Nancy Beiman.<\/p>\n
\n\tCreated in 1972 by veteran voice actor\u202fJune Foray, the\u202fAnnie Awards recognize the animation industry\u2019s most talented artists and storytellers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tHere are the winners at the 2026 Annie Awards so far, followed by the remaining nominees:<\/p>\n
\n\t\tWinners\t<\/h2>\n
\n\tBEST CHARACTER ANIMATION \u2013 LIVE ACTION<\/strong>
How To Train Your Dragon
Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
FX Production Company: Framestore
Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi<\/p>\n\n\tBEST CHARACTER ANIMATION \u2013 VIDEO GAME<\/strong>
South of Midnight
Compulsion Games
Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond<\/p>\n\n\tBEST CHARACTER DESIGN \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson<\/p>\n\n\tBEST CHARACTER DESIGN \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
Love, Death + Robots Episode: 400 Boys
Blur Studio for Netflix<\/p>\n\n\tBEST MUSIC \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Music Team<\/p>\n\n\tBEST MUSIC \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals
Pixar Animation Studios
Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar<\/p>\n\n\tBEST SPONSORED<\/strong>
Olipop Yeti
Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures<\/p>\n\n\tBEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION<\/strong>
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical
WildBrain Studios in association with Apple<\/p>\n\n\tBEST PRODUCTION DESIGN \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim<\/p>\n\n\tBEST PRODUCTION DESIGN \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
Love, Death + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Got Religion
Blur Studio for Netflix<\/p>\n\n\tBEST SHORT SUBJECT<\/strong>
Snow Bear
The Art of Aaron Blaise<\/p>\n\n\tBEST STUDENT FILM<\/strong>
A Sparrow\u2019s Song
Student director: Tobias Eckerlin
Student producer: Tobias Eckerlin
School: Filmakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg GmbH<\/p>\n\n\tJURIED AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tWinsor McCay Award<\/strong>
Micha\u00ebl Dudok de Wit
Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
Chris Sanders<\/p>\n\n\tJune Foray Award<\/strong>
Sandy Rabins<\/p>\n\n\tUb Iwerks Award<\/strong>
Wacom<\/p>\n\n\tSpecial Achievement Award<\/strong>
LightBox Expo<\/p>\n\n\tASIFA-Hollywood Merit Award<\/strong>
Jeffrey New
Haley Mirren Douthit<\/p>\n\n\t\tNominees\t<\/h2>\n
\n\tBEST FEATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tElio
Pixar Animation Studios<\/p>\n
\n\tKPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n
\n\tLittle Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Bad Guys 2
DreamWorks Animation<\/p>\n
\n\tZootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios<\/p>\n
\n\tBEST FEATURE \u2013 INDEPENDENT<\/strong>
A Magnificent Life
Mediawan, What the Prod and Bidibul productions<\/p>\n\n\tArco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cin\u00e9ma<\/p>\n
\n\tI\u2019m Frankelda
Cinema Fantasma, Warner Bros. Discovery, Woo Films, Cine Vendaval<\/p>\n
\n\tLost In Starlight
Netflix \/ Climax Studio<\/p>\n
\n\tScarlet
Studio CHIZU<\/p>\n
\n\tBEST TV\/MEDIA \u2013 PRESCHOOL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tEva The Owlet
Episode: Welcome to Treetopington
Brown Bag Films \/ Scholastic Entertainment in association with Apple<\/p>\n
\n\tKindergarten: The Musical! Episode: Gotta Go!
Oddbot Entertainment, Disney Branded Television<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Tiny Chef Show
Episode: Tiny Chef\u2019s Spooky Stump Spectacular
Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions<\/p>\n
\n\tWow Lisa
Episode: Rainy Day<\/p>\n
\n\tPunkrobot
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Episode: I am Jackie Robinson
9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films<\/p>\n
\n\tBEST TV\/MEDIA \u2013 CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tMy Melody & Kuromi
Episode: All For Our Best Friend
Sanrio Company for Netflix<\/p>\n
\n\tSpice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar Episode: 1
Steamroller Animation<\/p>\n
\n\tTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball Episode: The Rewrite
Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe<\/p>\n
\n\tWylde Pak
Episode: Sungandeul
Nickelodeon Animation Studios \/ Jam Filled Entertainment<\/p>\n
\n\tBEST TV\/MEDIA \u2013 MATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tBob\u2019s Burgers
Episode: Grand Pre-Pre-Pre Opening
20th TV<\/p>\n
\n\tCommon Side Effects Episode: Pilot
Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions<\/p>\n
\n\tHaha, You Clowns
Episode: 107 \u2013 Duncan Holds a Baby
Williams Street<\/p>\n
\n\tIl Baracchino
Episode: Claudia entra in un caff\u00e8
Luckyred, Megadrago<\/p>\n
\n\tSouth Park
Episode: Sermon on the \u2018Mount
Comedy Central LLC<\/p>\n
\n\tBEST TV\/MEDIA \u2013 LIMITED SERIES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tAsterix & Obelix: The Big Fight Episode: Episode III
Netflix \/ Banijay Productions France \/ L\u00e9gende Films<\/p>\n
\n\tEyes of Wakanda
Episode: Into The Lion\u2019s Den
Marvel Studios<\/p>\n
\n\tMarvel Zombies Episode: 2
Marvel Studios<\/p>\n
\n\tStar Wars: Visions \u2013 Volume 3 Episode: BLACK
david production<\/p>\n
\n\tWin Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8: Home
Pixar Animation Studios<\/p>\n
\n\tBEST FX \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\tMarvel 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<\/p>\n
\n\tPrehistoric 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<\/p>\n
\n\tSpice Frontier Episode: 1
Production Company: Steamroller Animation
FX Production Company: Steamroller Animation
Steamroller Animation Effects Department<\/p>\n
\n\tStar Wars: Visions \u2013 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<\/p>\n
\n\tWonlda
Episode: Lost
Production Company: Skydance Animation
FX Production Company: ICON Creative Studio
EP 209 ICON Creative Studio FX Team<\/p>\n
\n\tBEST FX \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n\n\tBEST CHARACTER ANIMATION \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight Episode: Episode III
Netflix \/ Banijay Productions France \/ L\u00e9gende 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<\/p>\n\n\tBEST CHARACTER ANIMATION \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Jonah Sidhom
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix
Ryusuke Furuya
Little Am\u00e9lie 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<\/p>\n\n\tBEST DIRECTION \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
Common Side Effects Episode: Cliff\u2019s 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 G\u00f3ngora
Not a Box Episode: It\u2019s 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\u2019s Ghost Short Film
Martirio Films & Illusorium films
James A. Castillo<\/p>\n\n\tBEST DIRECTION \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cin\u00e9ma
Ugo Bienvenu, Adam Sillard, Ana\u00eblle Saba
Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc
MAPPA Studios
Tatsuya Yoshihara
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
Little Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids
Ma\u00eflys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Scarlet
Studio CHIZU
Mamoru Hosoda<\/p>\n\n\tBEST STORYBOARDING \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
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<\/p>\n\n\tBEST STORYBOARDING \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cin\u00e9ma
Ugo Bienvenu
Elio
Pixar Animation Studios
Tony Rosenast
Little Am\u00e9lie 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<\/p>\n\n\tBEST VOICE ACTING \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
Bob\u2019s Burgers
Episode: Don\u2019t 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\u2019t 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)<\/p>\n\n\tBEST VOICE ACTING \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
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)<\/p>\n\n\tBEST WRITING \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
#1 Happy Family USA
Episode: Episode 101: NINE TEN
Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Cairo Cowboy
Ramy Youssef, Pam Brady
Adult Swim\u2019s 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<\/p>\n\n\tBEST WRITING \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
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 Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids
Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Ma\u00eflys Vallade, Eddine No\u00ebl
Scarlet
Studio CHIZU
Mamoru Hosoda
Zootopia 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Jared Bush<\/p>\n\n\tBEST EDITORIAL \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/strong>
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight Episode: Episode III
Netflix \/ Banijay Productions France \/ L\u00e9gende 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\u2019d Never Shut Up
Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Animation
Luke Asa Guidici, Matt Michael, Lea Carosella, Liam Johnson
Tom Clancy\u2019s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Episode: Up From the Grave
Ubisoft Film & Television
Thomas Belair, Nicolas Bourgeois, Julien Perez<\/p>\n\n\tBEST EDITORIAL \u2013 FEATURE<\/strong>
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cin\u00e9ma
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 Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain
Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by Gkids
Ludovic Versace
Olivia & las Nubes
Cine Chani, Historias de Bibi & Guas\u00e1bara Cine
Tom\u00e1s Pichardo Espaillat
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