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
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From The Top
- Student Director: Rich Farris
- Student Producer: Martina Buendia Silva
- School: National Film and Television School
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Kolaj
- Student Director: Besen Dilek
- Student Producer: Besen Dilek
- School: Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
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La quête de l’humain
- Student Team: Mélina IENCO, Lucie JURIC, Caroline LEIBEL, Faustine MERLE, Claire PELLET
- School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image
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Quem Salva
- Student Team: Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, Titouan Jaouen
- School: Supinfocom Rubika
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The Little Poet
- Student Director: Justine King
- Student Producer: Justine King
- School: California Institute of the Arts
11. Best FX – TV/Media
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Elemental
- Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
- FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
- Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi
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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
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Suzume
- Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
- FX Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
- Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita
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The Peasants
- Production Company: Breakthru Films
- FX Production Company: Breakthru Productions
- Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak
13. Best Character Animation – TV/Media
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Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
- Episode: The Winter King
- Cartoon Network Studios
- Alex Small-Butera
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Blue Eye Samurai
- Episode: Episodes 101, 104 and 106
- A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
- Alex Bard
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Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
- Episode: Moremi, Surf Sangoma, Stardust
- Triggerfish Animation for Disney+
- Andre DeVilliers
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Star Wars: Visions
- Episode: I Am Your Mother
- Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Laurie Sitzia
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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
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