2024 Annie Awards

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse led the field winning Best Feature and six other categories when the 2024 Annie Awards were presented on February 17.

The Annie Awards™ honoring excellence in the field of animation were created in 1972 by voice actress June Foray.

BEST FEATURE

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures Animation

BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT

  • Robot Dreams, Arcadia Motion Pictures

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION

  • Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie, WildBrain Studios in association with Apple

BEST SHORT SUBJECT

  • WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko, ElectroLeague

BEST SPONSORED

  • Video Games by Tenacious D, Pinreel Inc.

BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

  • Ghee Happy, Episode: Navagraha, Ghee Happy Studio

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN

  • Hilda, Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle, Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

  • Blue Eye Samurai, Episode: Pilot: Hammerscale, A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions

BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

  • Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, Episode: Enkai, Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink

BEST STUDENT FILM

  • The Little Poet; Student Director: Justine King, Student Producer: Justine King, School: California Institute of the Arts

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

  • Blue Eye Samurai, Episode: All Evil Dreams and Angry Words; Production Company: A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; FX Production Company: Blue Spirit; Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, Laurent Bretonniere

BEST FX – FEATURE

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation; FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks; Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

  • Blue Eye Samurai, Episode: Episodes 101, 104 and 106; A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; Alex Bard

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

  • The Boy and the Heron, Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS, Takeshi Honda

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; Production Company: Marvel Studios; FX Production Company: Framestore; Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, Chris McGaw

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

  • Marvel’s Spider-Man 2; Insomniac Games; Insomniac Games Animation Team

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Episode: 515M-106 (The Beyonder); Disney Television Animation/Cinema Gypsy Productions; Jose Lopez

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Jesús Alonso Iglesias

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

  • Star Wars: Visions, Episode: Screecher’s Reach; Lucasfilm Ltd.; Paul Young

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

  • Star Wars: Visions, Episode: Aau’s Song; Lucasfilm Ltd.; Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, Dineo du Toit

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

  • Blue Eye Samurai, Episode: The Great Fire of 1657; A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; Toby Wilson, James Wilson, Emil Mitev

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Patrick O’Keefe, Dean Gordon

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Episode: 515M-107 “Run the Rink”; Disney Television Animation/Cinema Gypsy Productions; Ben Juwono

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

  • The Boy and the Heron; Studio Ghibli/Distributed by GKIDS; Hayao Miyazaki

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA

  • Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Episode: Moon Girl Landing; Flying Bark Productions/Disney Television Animation; Diamond White (Character: Lunella Lafayette/Moon Girl)

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE

  • Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Chloë Grace Moretz (Character: Nimona)

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

  • Blue Eye Samurai, Episode: Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride; A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; Amber Noizumi

BEST WRITING – FEATURE

  • Nimona; Annapurna Animation for Netflix; Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

  • Blue Eye Samurai, Episode: Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride; A Netflix Series/3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions; Yuka Shirasuna

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; Sony Pictures Animation; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Editorial Team

The winners of the following special awards were also been announced.

WINSOR MCCAY AWARDS for career contributions to animation

  • Animator and director Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger
  • Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi
  • National Film Board animator and producer Marcy Page

JUNE FORAY AWARD for charitable impact

  • The BRIC Foundation for its work to boost representation across the entertainment, gaming, media and tech industries

UB IWERKS AWARD for technical achievement

  • John Oxberry  

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for unique and outstanding work

  • The artists of Walt Disney Animation

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