Congratulations Nominees

There are 32 categories in the Annie Awards, the annual animation awards presented by ASIFA each year to celebrate achievements in the art of animation.

ASIFA stands for Association Internationale du Film d’Animation, which translates to the International Animated Film Association. It was founded in 1960 in Annecy, France, by John Halas. ASIFA is a non-profit organization that promotes the art, craft, and profession of animation.

Annapurna Animation’s Nimona, produced for Netflix with its 11 nominations, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse produced by Sony Picctures Animation with its 19 have dominated the nominations, with Suzume by CoMix Wave Films and STORY inc. and The Boy and the Heron by Studio Ghibli have garnered 8 each respectively.

Notable by its absense is anything by Walt Disney Animation, and this is quite the surprise (though Pixar has done well for its character story feature film Elemental). Disney has been widely regarded as the pinnacle of the animation industry for decades now, and to have an awards season it is not dominating the nominations is jarring at very least.

Here, then, are the nominations. The award ceremony itself will be held Saturday, February 17, 2024, at UCLA’s Royce Hall. It’s black tie and after 5 evening wear, and attendance is limited to entrants.

1. Best Feature

• 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
• The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

2. Best Feature-Independent

• Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia – Folivari, Mélusine Productions, Studio Canal / Distributed by GKIDS
• Four Souls of Coyote – Cinemon Entertainment
• Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures
• The Inventor – Curiosity Studios
• White Plastic Sky – SALTO Films & Artichoke

3. Best Special Production

• Invincible: Atom Eve – Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Entertainment
• Shape Island: The Winter Blues – Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple
• Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
• The Smeds and The Smoos – Magic Light Pictures
• The Velveteen Rabbit – Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple

4. Best Short Subject

• Carne de Dios – Ojo Raro & Fedora Productions
• Daffy in Wackyland – Warner Bros. Animation
• HUMO – Outik Animation, 3rd Street Video, Mindsoup Entertainment, IMCINE
• PINA – Punchline Cinema / Next Days Films
• WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – ElectroLeague

5. Best Sponsored

• “Video Games” by Tenacious D – Pinreel Inc.
• Alzheimer’s Research UK ‘Change The Ending’ – Passion Pictures
• Laugh Track – The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) – Bernard Derriman
• Up in smoke – NOMINT

6. Best TV/Media – Preschool

• Batwheels – Episode: To the Batmobile! – Warner Bros. Animation
• Ghee Happy – Episode: Navagraha – Ghee Happy Studio
• Playdate with Winnie the Pooh – Episode: Piglet, Tigger and the Cardboard Box – Oddbot Inc.
• StoryBots: Answer Time – Episode: Fractions – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix
• The Creature Cases – Episode: The Forest Food Bandit – Silvergate Media/Team TO/Choice/Provisions/Netflix

7. Best TV/Media – Children

• CURSES! – Episode: The Baboon Temple – DreamWorks Animation
• Hilda – Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks
• Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – Episode: The Beyonder – Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter – Episode: Bizarre Ride – A Netflix Series
• Shape Island – Episode: 105B Square’s Special Place – Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple

8. Best TV/Media – Mature

• Big Mouth – Episode: The International Show – Netflix
• Blue Eye Samurai – Episode: Pilot: Hammerscale – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
• Bob’s Burgers – Episode: Amelia – 20th Television Animation
• Scavengers Reign – Episode: The Signal – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street
• Tomato Kitchen – Special Production – Bilibili / Studio Reflection

9. Best TV/Media – Limited Series

• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire – Episode: Enkai – Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink
• Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection – Episode: Yellowbird – Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery
• Pokémon: Path to the Peak – Episode: 1 – The Pokémon Company International

10. Best Student Film

• From The Top
  • Student Director: Rich Farris
  • Student Producer: Martina Buendia Silva
  • School: National Film and Television School

• Kolaj
  • Student Director: Besen Dilek
  • Student Producer: Besen Dilek
  • School: Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

• La quête de l’humain
  • Student Team: Mélina IENCO, Lucie JURIC, Caroline LEIBEL, Faustine MERLE, Claire PELLET
  • School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image

• Quem Salva
  • Student Team: Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, Titouan Jaouen
  • School: Supinfocom Rubika

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

11. 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

• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
  • Episode: Moremi
  • Production Company: Triggerfish for Disney+
  • FX Production Company: Lucan
  • Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, Emile Van Straaten

• Star Wars: Visions
  • Episode: Sith
  • Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd.
  • FX Production Company: El Guiri Studios
  • Jonatan Catalán, Alberto Sánchez, Phoebe Arjona, Virginia Cantaro, Rubén Hinarejos

• The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday
  • Episode: The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday
  • Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
  • FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation and 88 Pictures
  • Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, Kevin Rumold

• What If…? Episode 206, “What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?”
  • Production Company: Marvel Studios
  • FX Production Company: SDFX Studios
  • Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, Pranil Ravindra Mahajan

12. Best FX – Feature

• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
  • Production Company: Netflix Presents An Aardman Production
  • FX Production Company: Aardman Production
  • Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, Martin Lipmann

• Elemental
  • Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
  • FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
  • Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi

• 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

• Suzume
  • Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
  • FX Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
  • Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita

• The Peasants
  • Production Company: Breakthru Films
  • FX Production Company: Breakthru Productions
  • Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak

13. Best Character Animation – TV/Media

• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
  • Episode: The Winter King
  • Cartoon Network Studios
  • Alex Small-Butera

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

• Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
  • Episode: Moremi, Surf Sangoma, Stardust
  • Triggerfish Animation for Disney+
  • Andre DeVilliers

• Star Wars: Visions
  • Episode: I Am Your Mother
  • Lucasfilm Ltd.
  • Laurie Sitzia

• The Amazing Digital Circus: Pilot
  • Episode: 1
  • Glitch Productions
  • Kevin Temmer

14. Best Character Animation – Feature

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios – Jessica Torres

Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix – Toby Seale

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken – DreamWorks Animation – Prashanth Cavale

Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – Kenichi Tsuchiya

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

15. Best Character Animation – Live Action

Ahsoka – Production Company: Lucasfilm – FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic – Rick O’Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, Wai Kit Wan

Cocaine Bear – Production Company: Weta FX – FX Production Company: Weta FX – Carmelo Leggiero, Steve Braggs, Kevin Kelm, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Kane Elferink

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

The Little Mermaid – Production Company: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures – FX Production Company: Framestore – Pablo Grillo, Kayn Garcia, Ferran Casas, Stuart Ellis, Joseph Lewis

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Production Company: Weta FX – FX Production Company: Weta FX – Kevin Estey, Kai-Hua Lan, Blaine Toderian Toderian, Richard John Moore, Joseph C.K Leong

16. Best Character Animation – Video Game

Atomic Heart – Mundfish – Mundfish Animation Team

Hogwarts Legacy – Avalanche Software – Tara Edwards

Let’s! Revolution! – BUCK – BUCK Animation Team

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games – Insomniac Games Animation Team

Teslagrad 2 – Rain Games – Aslak Helgesen

17. Best Character Design – TV/Media

Clone High – Episode: Let’s Try This Again – Max in association with Lord Miller, Doozer, ShadowMachine, and MTV Entertainment – Tara Billinger

Jessica’s Big Little World – Episode: Bedtime Routine – Cartoon Network Studios – Nick Winn

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire – Episode: You Give Me Heart – Triggerfish for Disney+ – Lesego Vorester

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

Spirit Rangers – Episode: Water Protectors – Laughing Wild / Netflix – Marie Delmas

18. Best Character Design – Feature

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios – Maria Yi

Merry Little Batman – Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment – Nikolas Ilic

Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix – Aidan Sugano

Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures – Daniel Fernandez Casas

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

19. Best Direction – TV/Media

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire – Episode: Moremi – Triggerfish Animation Studio & Lucan Studio – Shofela Coker, Andrew McNally

My Dad the Bounty Hunter – Episode: Bizarre Ride – A Netflix Series – Kenji Ono, Kai Akira, Patrick Harpin

Pokémon Concierge – Episode: #2 What’s on Your Mind, Psyduck? – dwarf studios for Netflix – Iku Ogawa

Scavengers Reign – Episode: The Fall – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street – Diego Porral

Star Wars: Visions – Episode: Screecher’s Reach – Lucasfilm Ltd. – Paul Young

20. Best Direction – Feature

Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix – Nick Bruno, Troy Quane

Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures – Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont

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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies – Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears

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

21. Best Music – TV/Media

Animaniacs – Episode: Talladega Mice – Warner Brothers Animation/Amblin Entertainment/HULU Originals – Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein

Babylon 5: The Road Home – Special Production – Warner Bros. Animation – Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis

Pacemaker – Short Film – A Running Commentary – Christopher Lennertz

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

The Smeds and The Smoos – Short Film – Magic Light Pictures – René Aubry

22. Best Music – Feature

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios – Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff

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

Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – Kazuma Jinnouchi, RADWIMPS

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS – Joe Hisaishi

23. Best Production Design – TV/Media

Blue Eye Samurai – Episode: Hammerscale – Netflix Animation – Jason Scheier

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

Scavengers Reign – Episode: The Storm – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street – Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Pauline Mauvière, Hugo Moreno, Jon Juarez

Star Wars: Visions – Episode: Sith – Lucasfilm Ltd. – Carlos Salgado

What If…? – Episode: What if… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? – Marvel Studios – Paul Lasaine, Kristina Vardazaryan, Cynthia Halley, Ryan Magno, Simon Dunsdon

24. Best Production Design – Feature

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios – Don Shank, Maria Yi, Dan Holland, Jennifer Chang, Laura Meyer

Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix – Aidan Sugano, Jeff Turley

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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies – Yashar Kassai, Arthur , Tiffany Lam

The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS – Yoji Takeshige

25. Best Storyboarding – TV/Media

Craig Before The Creek – Episode: Craig Before The Creek – Cartoon Network Studios – Erik Fountain

Fright Krewe – Episode: The Blood Awakening, Part 1 – DreamWorks Animation – Leah Artwick

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai – Episode: Never Give Up – Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television – Kristine Lee

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight – Episode: Apok-ta-pokalypse Now, Part II – DreamWorks Animation – Grace Liu

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

26. Best Storyboarding – Feature

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Netflix Presents An Aardman Production – Richard Phelan

Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix – Esteban Bravo

Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures – Maca Gil

Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – Makoto Shinkai

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

27. Best Voice Acting – TV/Media

Archer – Episode: Keys Open Doors – FX Productions – Aisha Tyler (Character: Lana Kane)

Craig Before The Creek – Episode: Craig Before The Creek – Cartoon Network Studios – Vico Ortiz (Character: Serena)

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

Solar Opposites – Episode: The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse – 20th Television Animation – Dan Stevens (Character: Korvo)

The Velveteen Rabbit – Episode: The Velveteen Rabbit – Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple – Alex Lawther (Character: Velveteen Rabbit)

28. Best Voice Acting – Feature

Merry Little Batman – Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment – David Hornsby (Character: Joker)

Migration – Illumination – Tresi Gazal (Character: Gwen)

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

Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – Hokuto Matsumura (Character: Souta Munakata)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Illumination – Jack Black (Character: Bowser)

29. 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

Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection – Episode: Yellowbird – Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. -Discovery – Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North

Rock, Paper, Scissors – Episode: Birthday Police – Nickelodeon Animation Studios – Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott, Mike Trapp

Rosie’s Rules – Episode: Time Trouble – 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films – Leyani Diaz, Maria Escobedo

Scavengers Reign – Episode: The Reunion – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street – Sean Buckelew

30. Best Writing – Feature

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

Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures – Pablo Berger

Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – Makoto Shinkai

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies – Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit

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

31. 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

Hilda – Episode: Chapter 6: The Forgotten Lake – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks – John Mckinnon, Mike Stefanelli

I Am Groot – Episode: Groot’s Snow Day – Marvel Studios – Dan Urrutia

Star Wars: Visions – Episode: Screecher’s Reach – Lucasfilm Ltd. – Richie Cody, ACE, BFE

The Legend of Vox Machina – Episode: The Sunken Tomb – Amazon MGM Studios, Critical Role Productions, Titmouse – Todd Raleigh

32. Best Editorial – Feature

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios – Stephen Schaffer, Amera Rizk, Gregory Snyder, Jen Jew, Kevin Rose-Williams

Leo – Happy Madison for Netflix – Patrick Voetberg, Joseph Titone, Darrian M. James, Danny Miller, Brian Robinson

Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix – Randy Trager, Erin Crackel, Stephen Schwartz, Ashley Calle

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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies – Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David Croomes, Myra Owyang