KPop goes the Annies.
Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters flat-out dominated the 53rd annual Annie Awards on Saturday night time, profitable all 10 of the classes for which it was nominated together with Greatest Characteristic, Route for Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans and Voice Performing for Arden Cho as Rumi. Appears now we have a front-runner for the Animated Featured Oscar subsequent month.
See the complete winners listing spanning movie, TV, video video games and extra under.
Netflix’s hottest movie ever took the night time’s first movie prize, for Manufacturing Design, after which snagged — in a determined non-upset — Greatest Music. KPop Demon Hunters later added Greatest Writing, Character Design, Character Animation, FX and editorial. The movie has been considered greater than 482 million occasions, and its soundtrack has been streamed some 11 billion occasions (with a capital B).
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On account of the sweep, Disney/Pixar’s Elio – which additionally had 10 Annie noms – went house empty-handed regardless of being nominated within the KPop-free Storyboarding class. That trophy went to DreamWorks Animation’s The Unhealthy Guys. Walt Disney Studios’ Zootopia 2, the highest-grossing Hollywood toon of all time, additionally was shut out Saturday night time.
Greatest Characteristic – Impartial went to Neon’s sci-fi/fantasy story Acro, which premiered at Cannes and is up for the Animated Characteristic Oscar subsequent month. It’ll face off in opposition to KPop Demon Hunters, Zootopia 2, Elio and Gkids’ Little Amélie or the Character of Rain.
For the reason that Greatest Animated Characteristic Oscar class was launched in 2002, 14 of the 23 winners of the Annies’ marquee Greatest Characteristic prize – and 7 of the previous 13 – went on to assert the golden statuette. However final 12 months bucked the development because the Academy Award went to Move over The Wild Robotic, which dominated the 2025 Annies with seven nods.
On the TV aspect, the primary two awards of the night time went to Netflix’s Love, Demise + Robots, and later it added a 3rd Annie – making it 11 general to go together with 17 Emmy wins. Win or Lose, Pixar’s first longform animated sequence, and Grownup Swim’s Widespread Facet Results had three wins every. Different TV winners included Fox’s Bob Burgers voice actor Dan Mintz and Hulu’s The Splendidly Bizarre World of Gumball Episode.
The night’s first Juried Award, The June Foray Award, went to Sandy Rabins, animation and live-action producer and the founding father of the AnimAID effort to help and assist these within the animation business who had been affected by the L.A. Wildfires. The group has raised practically $700,000 thus far. Named for the Annie Awards founder, the award is introduced to individuals who have made a optimistic impression on the animation business.
The primary of three Winsor McCay Awards for lifetime achievement was introduced to prolific Oscar-winning filmmaker Christopher Miller and Phil Lord of the Spider-Verse and Lego Film franchises and lots of different movies. The second went to Oscar-winning animator, author and director Michaël Dudok de Wit (The Crimson Turtle, brief movie Father and Daughter). The ultimate McCay Award was four-time Oscar-nominated animation whiz and voice actor Chris Sanders, who has received 5 profession Annie Awards together with for The Wild Robotic final 12 months. The awards had been introduced by his fellow Lilo & Sew actor Tea Carerre.
Wacom, producer of the Cintiq graphics pill and different merchandise, later acquired the Ub Iwerks Award for technical achievement.
ASIFA-Hollywood‘s Particular Achievement Award went to LightBox Expo, the annual occasion that brings the inventive animation neighborhood of filmmakers along with animation college students and followers.
The juried award winners are also listed under.
ASIFA-Hollywood beforehand revealed the Animation Educators’ Discussion board Corridor of Fame Class of 2026. They’re Elmer Plummer, Doug Crane, Harry Love, Harold Whitaker and Nancy Beiman.
Created in 1972 by veteran voice actor June Foray, the Annie Awards acknowledge the animation business’s most gifted artists and storytellers.
Listed below are the winners on the 2026 Annie Awards:
BEST FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Photos Animation for Netflix
BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT
Arco
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Photos Animation for Netflix
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
Widespread Facet Results Episode: Cliff’s Edge
Inexperienced Road Photos, Bandera Leisure and Williams Road Productions
Vincent Tsui
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
The Unhealthy Guys 2
DreamWorks Animation
Anthony Holden, Younger Ki Yoon
BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
Love, Demise + Robots Episode: How Zeke Bought Faith Blur Studio for Netflix
Edgar Martins
BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8: Dwelling
Pixar Animation Studios
BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
Widespread Facet Results Episode: Pilot
Inexperienced Road Photos, Bandera Leisure and Williams Road Productions
BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
The Splendidly Bizarre World of Gumball Episode: The Rewrite
Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
Wow Lisa
Episode: Wet Day
BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
Widespread Facet Results Episode: Pilot
Inexperienced Road Photos, Bandera Leisure, and Williams Road Productions
Joe Bennett, Steve Hely
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Photos Animation for Netflix
Arden Cho (Character: Rumi)
BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
Bob’s Burgers
Episode: Don’t Fear Be Hoopy
twentieth TV
Dan Mintz (Character: Tina Belcher)
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Crew
BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
Widespread Facet Results Episode: Raid
Inexperienced Road Photos, Bandera Leisure, and Williams Road Productions
Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim
BEST FX – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Manufacturing Firm: Sony Photos Animation for Netflix
FX Manufacturing Firm: Sony Photos Imageworks
Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Lewis, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle
BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age Episode: The Large Freeze
Manufacturing Firm: BBC Studios Pure Historical past Unit
FX Manufacturing Firm: Framestore
Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Man Shuleman , Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Photos Animation, Netflix
Ryusuke Furuya
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV MEDIA
Win or Lose
Pixar Animation Studios
Alli Sadegiana
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
How To Prepare Your Dragon
Manufacturing Firm: DreamWorks Animation
FX Manufacturing Firm: Framestore
Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
South of Midnight
Compulsion Video games
Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Photos Animation for Netflix
Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Love, Demise + Robots Episode: 400 Boys
Blur Studio for Netflix
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Photos Animation for Netflix
KPop Demon Hunters Music Crew
BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 6, Combined Indicators
Pixar Animation Studios
Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar
BEST SPONSORED
Olipop Yeti
Display screen Novelties & Ardour Photos
BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
Snoopy Presents: A Summer time Musical
WildBrain Studios in affiliation with Apple
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Sony Photos Animation for Netflix
Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Love, Demise + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Bought Faith
Blur Studio for Netflix
BEST SHORT SUBJECT
Snow Bear
The Artwork of Aaron Blaise
BEST STUDENT FILM
A Sparrow’s Track
Pupil director: Tobias Eckerlin
Pupil producer: Tobias Eckerlin
College: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay Award
Michaël Dudok de Wit
Christopher Miller and Phil Lord
Chris Sanders
June Foray Award
Sandy Rabins
Ub Iwerks Award
Wacom
Particular Achievement Award
LightBox Expo
ASIFA-Hollywood Benefit Award
Jeffrey New
Haley Mirren Douthit
