KPOP Demon Hunters Shines at Annie Awards: Full Winners Revealed

"KPop Demon Hunters" topped the 53rd Annie Awards with 10 victories, earning awards for best feature, character animation, direction, and production design, along with other categories. The accolades, regarded as the pinnacle of recognition in animation, were handed out at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Director Ugo Bienvenu's film "Arco" received the award for best independent feature, while Adult Swim's "Common Side Effects" and Netflix's "Love, Death + Robots" dominated the television categories with four and three victories respectively. "Common Side Effects" took home awards for best editorial, best writing, best mature TV/media, and best direction, while "Love, Death + Robots" earned accolades for best character design, best production design, and best storyboarding.

Juried honors were also given out, such as the Winsor McCay Award to Michaël Dudok de Wit, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, and Chris Sanders, and the June Foray Award to Sandy Rabins. The Ub Iwerks Award for innovation impacting the animation field was awarded to Wacom, and the Special Achievement Award went to LightBox Expo. The ASIFA-Hollywood Merit Award was presented to Jeffrey New and Haley Mirren Douthit.

Every year, the Annie Awards recognize outstanding talent in animation, honoring both individual creators and the broader animation field for their remarkable accomplishments.

View the complete list of recipients below.

BEST FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT

Arco, Remembers, Mountain A France, France 3 Cinéma

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION

Snoopy's Summer Musical Presentation, WildBrain Studios in collaboration with Apple

BEST SHORT SUBJECT

Snow Bear, The Art of Aaron Blaise

BEST SPONSORED

Olipop Yeti, Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures

BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

Wow Lisa, Episode: Rainy Day, Punkrobot

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN

The Extraordinary Oddball Universe of Gumball, Episode: The Rewrite, Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

Common Side Effects, Episode: Pilot, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions

TOP TELEVISION/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

Win Or Lose, Episode: Home, Pixar Animation Studios

BEST STUDENT FILM

A Sparrow’s Song, Tobias Eckerlin, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, Episode: The Big Freeze, BBC Studios Natural History Unit, FX: Framestore, Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian

BEST FX – FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters, Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Corbaux, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix, FX: Sony Pictures Imageworks

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

Win Or Lose, Alli Sadegiani, Pixar Animation Studios

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION - FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters, Ryusuke Furuya, Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

How to Train Your Dragon,Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi, DreamWorks Animation, FX: Framestore

TOP CHARACTER ANIMATION - VIDEO GAME

South of Midnight, Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond, Compulsion Games

TOP CHARACTER VISUAL – TV/MEDIA

Love, Death + Robots, Episode: 400 Boys, Robert Valley, Blur Studio for Netflix

TOP CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE FILM

KPop Demon Hunters, Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

Common Side Effects, Vincent Tsui, Episode: Edge of the Cliff Productions

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

Win Or Lose, Episode: Episode 6, Confusing Messages, Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar, Pixar Animation Studios

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters Music Team, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

Best Set Design – Television/Media

Love, Death + Robots, Episode: How Zeke Found Faith, Gigi Cavenago, Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST SET DESIGN – FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters, Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

Love, Death + Robots, Episode: How Zeke Got Religion, Edgar Martins, Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

The Bad Guys 2, Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon, DreamWorks Animation

BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE – TV/MEDIA

Dan Mintz (as Tina Belcher), Bob's Burgers, Episode: Don't Worry Be Hoopy, 20th Television Animation

BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE – FEATURE

Arden Cho (as Rumi), KPop Demon Hunters, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

Common Side Effects, Joe Bennett, Steve Hely, Episode: Pilot, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions

BEST WRITING – FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters, Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

Common Side Effects, Episode: Raid, Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

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