52ND ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS
February 8th, 2025
UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California

Best Feature

“INSIDE OUT 2” • Pixar Animation Studios
Kelsey Mann | Director
Mark Nielsen | Producers

“KUNG FU PANDA 4” • DreamWorks Animation
Mike Mitchell | Director
Rebecca Huntley | Producer

“THAT CHRISTMAS” • Locksmith Animation for Netflix
Simon Otto | Director
Nicole P. Hearon, Adam Tandy | Producers

“ULTRAMAN: RISING” • Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions
Shannon Tindle, John Aoshima | Directors
Tom Knott, Lisa M. Poole | Producers

“WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL” • Aardman and Netflix
Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham | Directors
Richard Beek | Producer

“THE WILD ROBOT” • DreamWorks Animation
Christopher Sanders | Director
Jeff Hermann | Producers

Best Feature-Independent

“CHICKEN FOR LINDA!” • Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma, Distributed by GKIDS
Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach | Directors
Marc Irmer, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron | Producers

“FLOW” • Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five, Dream Well Studio
Gints Zilbalodis | Director
Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens, Gregory Zalcman | Producers

“KENSUKE’S KINGDOM” • Paramount Pictures
Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry | Directors
Ruth Fielding, Camilla Deakin, Stéphan Roelants, Sarah Radclyffe, Barnaby Spurrier, Jean Labadie, Anne Labadie, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz | Producers

“LOOK BACK” • Studio Durian Distributed by GKIDS
Kiyotaka Oshiyama | Director

“MARS EXPRESS” • Everybody on Deck, Je Suis Bien Content Distributed by GKIDS
Jérémie Périn | Director
Didier Creste, Gaëlle Bayssière | Producers

“Memoir of a Snail” • Snails Pace Films / Arenamedia
Adam Elliot | Director
Liz Kearney, Adam Elliot | Producers

Best Special Production

“A Bear Named Wojtek” • The Illuminated Film Company and Filmograf
“Mog’s Christmas” • Lupus Films
“Orion and the Dark” • DreamWorks Animation
“Tabby McTat” • Magic Light Pictures
“Yuck!” • Ikki Films & Iliade et Films

Best Short Subject

“Beautiful Men” • Animal Tank, Miyu Productions & Ka-Ching Cartoons
“In the Shadow of the Cypress” • Barfak Animation Studio
“Ruthless Blade” • Ideomotor Culture Media Co., Ltd.
“The Swineherd” • Fleng Entertainment and Tumblehead Productions
“Wander to Wonder” • Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries & Pictanovo

Best Sponsored

“feelslikeimfallinginlove” • Blinkink
“Fuzzy Feelings” • Passion Pictures Hungry Man
“Moonlit Bamboo Forest” • Passion Paris Production, HoYoFair
“Natlan Impressions Trailer” • “Blaze to Natlan” – BUCK
“Welcome to the City of Love” • Nexus Studios

Best TV/Media – Preschool

“Disney Jr.’s Ariel” (Episode: “Crystal Cavern Caper”) – Wild Canary, Disney Branded Television
“Gabby’s Dollhouse” (Episode: “Pandy’s Bad Day”) – DreamWorks Animation
“Jessica’s Big Little World” (Episode: “Jessica’s Picnic”) – Cartoon Network Studios
“The Tiny Chef Show” (Episode: “Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular”) – Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions
“Wonder Pets: In the City” (Episode: “Save Tate?”) – A Nickelodeon Production in association with Apple

Best TV/Media – Children

“Gremlins: The Wild Batch” (Episode: “Never Use Double Negatives”) – Warner Bros. Animation
“Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” (Episode: “Batten Down the Hatches”) – DreamWorks Animation
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” (Episode: “The Molecular Level”) – Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
“Primos” (Episode: “Summer of Tater Luna”) – Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
“WondLa” (Episode: “Ruins”) – Skydance Animation in association with Apple

Best TV/Media – Mature

“Bob’s Burgers” (Episode: “They Slug Horses, Don’t They?”) – 20th Television Animation
“The Great North” (Episode: “Aunt Misbehavin’ Adventure”) – 20th Television Animation
“The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy” (Episode: “The Land of Sex and Death”) – Amazon MGM Studios, Titmouse Studios
“Solar Opposites” (Episode: “The What If?! Device”) – 20th Television Animation
“South Park” (Episode: “The End of Obesity”) – MTV Entertainment Studios

Best TV/Media – Limited Series

“Dream Productions” (Episode: “A Night to Remember”) – Pixar Animation Studios
“Iwájú” (Episode: “Tola”) – Walt Disney Animation Studios
“Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy” (Episode: “Part Three”) – Lucasfilm Ltd.
“Moon Girl’s Lab” (Episode: “Moon Girl Saves the Moon”) – Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
“My Adventures with Superman” (Episode: “Pierce the Heavens, Superman!”) – Warner Bros. Animation

Best Student Film

“Adiós” – Student Director: José Prats, Student Producer: Bernardo Angeletti, School: National Film and Television School
“El Ombligo de la Luna olaj” – Student Directors: Sara António, Julia Grupińska, Bokang Koatja, Tian Westraad, Ezequiel Garibay, School: Gobelins
“Pear Garden” – Student Director/Producer: Shadab Shayegan, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut
“Polliwog” – Student Director: Julia Skala, Student Producer: Max Pollmann, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut
“Turmspringer” – Student Director: Oscar Bittner, Student Producer: Andra Berila, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Animationsinstitut

Best FX – TV/Media

“Arcane” (Episode: “The Dirt Under Your Nails”) – Production Company: A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, FX Production Company: Fortiche Studio, Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri, Guillaume Zaouche, Jérôme Dupré
“Dream Productions” (Episode: “A Night to Remember”) – Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios, FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios, Gary Bruins, Jongwon Pak, Arturo Aguilar, Alan Browning, Alen Lai
“Secret Level” (Episode: “Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear”) – Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc., FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc., Josh Schwartz, Joe Coleman, Michael Huang, Guilherme Casagrandi, Raul Rodrigues
“Secret Level” (Episode: “Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen’s Cradle”) – Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc., FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc., Arthur Loiseau, Tom O’Bready, Esteban Genre, Alexandre Lerouge, Guillaume Grelier
“Secret Level” (Episode: “Crossfire: Good Conflict”) – Production Company: Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studio Inc., FX Production Company: Blur Studio Inc., Kamil Murzyn, Rafał Rumiński, Jarosław Armata, Michał Śledź, Michał Firek

Best FX – Feature

“Kung Fu Panda 4” – Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, Zachary Glynn, Alex Timchenko, Kiem Ching Ong, Yorie Kaela Kumalasari, Jinguang Huang
“Moana 2” – Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios, FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Santiago Robles, Marc Bryant, Deborah Carlson, Jake Rice, Ian J. Coony
“Ultraman: Rising” – Production Company: Netflix Animation, FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic, Goncalo Cabaca, Vishal Patel, Zheng Yong Oh, Nicholas Yoon Joo Kuang, Pei- Zhi Huang
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Production Company: Aardman and Netflix, FX Production Company: Aardman Production, Howard Jones, Rich Spence, Deborah Jane Price, Jon Biggins, Kirstie Deane
“The Wild Robot” – Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation, Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli

Best Character Animation – TV/Media

“Arcane” (Episodes: “Killing Is A Cycle,” “Heavy Is the Crown,” “Finally Got the Name Right,” “The Message Hidden Within the Pattern,” “The Dirt Under Your Nails,” “Pretend Like It’s the First Time,” “Blisters and Bedrock”) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Tom Gouill
“Dream Productions” (Episodes: “The Dream Team,” “Out of Body,” “Romance!”) – Pixar Animation Studios, Travis Hathaway
“In the Know” (Episodes: “Yogurt Week,” “Thinksgiving”) – Peacock Original in association with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, Bandera, ShadowMachine, Jeff Riley
“Star Trek: Lower Decks” (Episodes: Various) – CBS’s Eye Animation Productions, Titmouse; Secret Hideout; and Roddenberry Entertainment, Raymond Dunster
“The Patrick Star Show” (Episode: “Something Stupid This Way Comes”), Screen Novelties / Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Colin Lepper

Best Character Animation – Feature

“Inside Out 2” – Pixar Animation Studios, Aviv Mano
“Kung Fu Panda 4” – DreamWorks Animation, Patrick Guisiano
“Moana 2” – Walt Disney Animation Studios, Brian Scott
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Aardman and Netflix, Carmen Bromfield Mason
“The Wild Robot” – DreamWorks Animation, Fabio Lignini

Best Character Animation – Live Action

“Better Man” – Production Company: Footloose Productions, VicScreen, Partizan, Facing East Entertainment, Rocket Science, Lost Bandits, FX Production Company: Wētā FX, Shaun Freeman, Luisma Lavin Peredo, Carlos Lin, Seoungseok Charlie Kim, Kaori Miyazawa
“Gladiator II” – Production Company: Paramount, FX Production Company: Framestore LTD, Kyle Dunlevy, Philipp Winterstein, Gil Daniel, Michael Elder, Julien Bagory
“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” – Production Company: Legendary Entertainment, FX Production Company: Wētā FX, Ludovic Chailloleau, Jonathan Paquin, Craig Penn, Florian Fernandez, Marco Barbati
“House of the Dragon Season 2” – Production Company: Warner Bros, FX Production Company: Wētā FX, Jason Snyman, Manjoe Chan, Chloe McLean, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Vincent Lee
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” – Production Company: 20th Century Studios, FX Production Company: Wētā FX, Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin, Allison Orr, Radiya Alam, Howard Sly

Best Character Animation – Video Game

“#BLUD” – Exit 73 Games, LLC., Chris Burns, Bob Fox
“Asgard’s Wrath 2” – Sanzaru Games, Sanzaru Games Animation Team
“Diesel Legacy” – Maximum Entertainment, Maximum Entertainment
“Neva” – Nomada Studio, Nomada Studio Animation Team
“Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II” – Ninja Theory, Ninja Theory

Best Character Design – TV/Media

“Dream Productions” (Episode: “A Night to Remember”) – Pixar Animation Studios, Grant Alexander
“Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld” (Episode: “Pilot”) – A Netflix Series, Kal Athannassov
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” (Episode: “The Molecular Level”) – Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Jose Lopez
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Episode: “Bishop Makes Her Move!”) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Rustam Hasanov
“X-Men ’97” (Episode: “Mutant Liberation Begins”) – Marvel Studios, Amelia Vidal

Best Character Design – Feature

“Inside Out 2” – Pixar Animation Studios, Deanna Marsigliese
“Scarygirl” – Highly Spirited and Like A Photon Creative, Nathan Jurevicius
“Spellbound” – Netflix Presents / Skydance Animation Presents a Skydance Animation Film, Guillermo Ramíre
“That Christmas” – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, Uwe Heidschötter
“The Wild Robot” – DreamWorks Animation, Genevieve Tsai

Best Direction – TV/Media

“Arcane” (Episode: “The Dirt Under Your Nails”) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury
“Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation” – Television Movie, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television, Anna O’Brian
“Bob’s Burgers” (Episode: “They Slug Horses, Don’t They?”) – 20th Television Animation, Bernard Derriman
“Tabby McTat” – Television Movie, Magic Light Pictures, Jac Hamman, Sarah Scrimgeour
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Episode: “The Pearl”) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Alan Wan, Colin Heck

Best Direction – Feature

“Chicken for Linda!” – Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma / Distributed by GKIDS, Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
“Flow” – Take Five, Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio, Gints Zilbalodis
“That Christmas” – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, Simon Otto
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Aardman and Netflix, Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham
“The Wild Robot” – DreamWorks Animation, Chris Sanders

Best Music – TV/Media

“Arcane” (Episode: “The Dirt Under Your Nails”) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Ryan Jillian Santiago, Alexander Seaver, Simon Wilcox
“Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation” – Television Movie, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television, Joachim Horsley
“Hazbin Hotel” (Episode: “Masquerade”) – Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment, Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg
“Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld” (Episode: “Lock-In”) – A Netflix Series, Brian H. Kim
“WondLa” (Episode: “Captive”) – Skydance Animation in association with Apple, Joy Ngiaw

Best Music – Feature

“Kensuke’s Kingdom” – Lupus Films, Stuart Hancock
“Piece by Piece” – i am OTHER, TREMOLO in association with The LEGO Group, Pure Imagination Studios and Tongal, Pharrell Williams, Michael Andrews
“That Christmas” – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, John Powell, Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Aardman and Netflix, Lorne Balfe, Julian Nott
“The Wild Robot” – DreamWorks Animation, Kris Bowers

Best Production Design – TV/Media

“Arcane” (Episode: “The Dirt Under Your Nails”) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Arnaud-Loris Baudry, Julien Georgel, Faustine Dumontier, Charlotte O’Neil
“Dream Productions” (Episode: “The Dream Team”) – Pixar Animation Studios, Bert Berry, Josh Holtsclaw
“Orion and the Dark” (Special Production) – DreamWorks Animation, Timothy Lamb, Christine Bian
“Silly Sundays” (Episode: “Stringy Soup”) – Cartoon Saloon, Fran Bravo, Rosa Ballester Cabo
“WondLa” (Episode: “Bargain”) – Skydance Animation in association with Apple, Andy Harkness

Best Production Design – Feature

“Inside Out 2” – Pixar Animation Studios, Jason Deamer, Josh West, Keiko Murayama, Bill Zahn, Laura Meyer
“That Christmas” – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, Justin Hutchinson-Chatburn, Mike Redman
“Ultraman: Rising” – Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions, The Ultraman: Rising Production Design Team
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Aardman and Netflix, Matt Perry, Darren Dubicki, Richard Edmunds, Matt Sanders, Gavin Lines
“The Wild Robot” – DreamWorks Animation, Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc

Best Storyboarding – TV/Media

“Arcane” (Episode: “Killing is a Cycle”) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Joséphine Meis
“Invincible Fight Girl” (Episode: “The Way of The World”) – Cartoon Network Studios, Gladyfaith Abcede, Miki Brewster, Kaela Lash, Sheldon Vella
“Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” (Episode: “That Night”) – DreamWorks Animation, Aevery Huens
“Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin” (Short Film) – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple, David Lux
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Episode: “The Pearl”) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Laura Gille, Sebrina Gao, Kevin Molina-Ortiz

Best Storyboarding – Feature

“Despicable Me 4” – Illumination, Habib Louati
“Moana 2” – Walt Disney Animation Studios, Ryan Green
“Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie” – Nickelodeon Animation, Piero Piluso
“Spellbound” – Netflix Presents / Skydance Animation Presents a Skydance Animation Film, Alex Relloso Horna, Carlos Zapater Oliva
“That Christmas” – Locksmith Animation for Netflix, Ashley Boddy, Lorenzo Fresta, Helen Schroeder

Best Voice Acting – TV/Media

“Bob’s Burgers” (Episode: “The Right Tough Stuff”) – 20th Television Animation, John Roberts (Character: Linda Belcher)
“Bob’s Burgers” (Episode: “They Slug Horses, Don’t They?”) – 20th Television Animation, Kristen Schaal (Character: Louise Belcher)
“Dream Productions” (Episode: “Out of Body”) – Pixar Animation Studios, Paula Pell (Character: Paula)
“Hazbin Hotel” (Episode: “Dad Beat Dad”) – Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment, Jeremy Jordan (Character: Lucifer)
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Episode: “Splinter and April Fight a Goldfish”) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Ayo Edebiri (Character: April O’Neil)

Best Voice Acting – Feature

“Chicken for Linda!” – Dolce Vita Films, Miyu Productions, Palosanto Films, France 3 Cinéma / Distributed by GKIDS, Mélinée Leclerc (Character: Linda)
“Inside Out 2” – Pixar Animation Studios, Maya Hawke (Character: Anxiety)
“Transformers One” – Paramount Animation, Brian Tyree Henry (Character: D-16 / Megatron)
“The Wild Robot” – DreamWorks Animation, Lupita Nyong’o (Character: Roz)
“The Wild Robot” – DreamWorks Animation, Kit Connor (Character: Brightbill)

Best Writing – TV/Media

“Craig of the Creek” (Episode: “Whose Dimension Is It Anyway?”) – Cartoon Network Studios, Harron Atkins, Lorraine DeGraffenreidt, Pearl Low, Richie Pope
“Jessica’s Big Little World” (Episode: “Jessica’s Picnic”) – Cartoon Network Studios, Austin Faber, Gabriel Franklin, Shawneé Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, Ashleigh Hairston
“Orion and the Dark” (Special Production) – DreamWorks Animation, Charlie Kaufman
“The Simpsons” (Episode: “Bart’s Birthday”) – A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation, Jessica Conrad
“Yuck!” (Special Production) – Ikki Films & Iliade et Films, Loïc Espuche

Best Writing – Feature

“Flow” – Take Five, Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well Studio, Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
“Inside Out 2” – Pixar Animation Studios, Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein
“Kensuke’s Kingdom” – Paramount Pictures, Frank Cottrell-Boyce
“Memoir of a Snail” – Snails Pace Films / Arenamedia, Adam Elliot

Best Editorial – TV/Media

“Arcane” (Episode: “Pretend Like It’s the First Time”) – A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Nazim Meslem, Gilad Carmel, Roberto Fernandez
“Creature Commandos” (Episode: “Cheers to the Tin Man”) – Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios, Annie De Brock
“Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” (Episode: “Batten Down the Hatches”) – DreamWorks Animation, Ben Choo, Rich Liverance, Eric Hendricks, Anna Adams, Ian Hurley
“Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” (Episode: “The Molecular Level”) – Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Sandra Powers, Phil Lomboy, Ryan Burkhard, Neil Wilson III, Gabriel Gelbrecht
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Episode: “The Pearl”) – Nickelodeon Animation Studios and Point / Grey Pictures, Caleb Yoder

Best Editorial – Feature

“Inside Out 2” – Pixar Animation Studios, Maurissa Horwitz, David Suther, Fiona Toth, Jonathan Vargo
“Moana 2” – Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jeremy Milton, Michael Louis Hill
“Ultraman: Rising” – Netflix Presents in association with Tsuburaya Productions, Bret Marnell, ACE, William Max Steinberg, Nik Siefke, Ryan Sommer, Kaye Speare
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” – Aardman and Netflix, Dan Hembery
“The Wild Robot” – DreamWorks Animation, Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker