Annie Awards

Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Netflix’s blockbuster feature took home 10 wins, including Best Feature, while ‘Arco’ won for Best Independent Feature; ‘...

Dig into the roster of animated feature films, TV shows, and shorts vying for wins in 37 different categories on February 21 at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 53rd...

Dig into the roster of animated feature films, TV shows, and shorts vying for wins in 37 different categories on February 21 at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 53rd annual ceremony recognizing the best in...

Awarding Excellence in Animation Headline News

'KPop Demon Hunters' Dominates at 53rd Annual Annie Awards

Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Netflix’s blockbuster feature took home 10 wins, including Best Feature, while ‘Arco’ won for Best Independent Feature; ‘Common Side Effects’ led all TV shows with 4 wins, followed closely by ‘Win or Lose’ and ‘Love, Death + Robots’ with 3 each, at the animation industry’s gala event held last night at Royce Hall in Los Angeles.

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The Annies are Coming! ANIMATIONWorld

AWN’s 2026 Annie Awards Roundup: Top Contenders in Film and TV

Dig into the roster of animated feature films, TV shows, and shorts vying for wins in 37 different categories on February 21 at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 53rd annual ceremony recognizing the best in animation from the past year.

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Recognizing Humor in Animation Headline News

ASIFA-Hollywood Launches 'The Will Ryan Excellence in Humor Award'

New award funded by a $60,000 family gift will support emerging animation talent, recognizing and encouraging innovative animation artists whose work makes audiences laugh.

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You Had Me at Na’vi VFXWorld

Wētā FX’s Dan Barrett and Eric Saindon Talk ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

The Oscar and BAFTA-winning Senior Animation Supervisor and Senior VFX Supervisor discuss their team’s groundbreaking animation and visual effects work, including the challenging Tsyong and Medusoid creatures, on the latest record-shattering ‘Avatar’ sequel, now in theaters.

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Dare to be bad! ANIMATIONWorld

‘The Bad Guys 2’: It’s Still Hard to be Bad at Being Good

Director Pierre Perifel, co-director JP Sans, and VFX supervisor Matt Baer discuss their animated comedy sequel, recently nominated for 5 Annies and 3 VES Awards, about our favorite now reformed animal felons getting hijacked into a huge heist by a new team of criminals.

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The Annies are Coming! Headline News

53rd Annual Annie Awards Nominations Announced

Best Animated Feature nominees ‘Elio,’ ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain,’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘The Bad Guys 2,’ and ‘Zootopia 2’ top the expansive list of category nominations; animation’s biggest awards ceremony is scheduled to return live on Saturday, February 21 at UCLA’s Royce Hall

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Festival Business Headline News

RSIFF, Annecy Festival Partner to Boost Saudi Animation Industry

Deal calls for Saudi animators to participate in MIFA; annual ‘Best of Annecy’ festival to be held at Culture Square; animated Saudi shorts and features to be showcased at Annecy.

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Heading Back to Royce Hall Headline News

Tickets Now On Sale for 53rd Annie Awards

The annual event that recognizes the animation industry’s most talented artists and projects returns to UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday, February 21, 2026.

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Heading Back to Royce Hall Headline News

Call for Entries: The 53rd Annie Awards

Submissions run through November 9; next year’s ceremony is set for February 21, 2026 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

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Heading Back to Royce Hall Headline News

ASIFA-Hollywood Announces 53rd Annie Awards Dates

The annual celebration of excellence in animation will take place on February 21, 2026, at UCLA’s Royce Hall; the call for entries deadline is August 4, 2025, with discounts offered on early submissions.

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Helping Animation Industry Fire Victims Headline News

ASIFA-Hollywood, Animation Industry Leaders Unite for AnimAID, Art Auction

The fire relief fundraising campaign will continue through the coming months with goal to raise $5,000,000 in support for over 60 families; a benefit auction this Spring hosted by Sotheby’s will feature original artwork.

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Awarding Excellence in Animation Headline News

‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Arcane’ Dominate at 52nd Annual Annie Awards

Chris Sanders and DreamWorks’ blockbuster feature led the festivities with wins in 9 categories, while Netflix and Riot Games’ fan-favorite series took home 7, in a fun but emotional ceremony dedicated to victims of January’s tragic fires and highlighted by several tributes to LA’s firefighting finest, a real-time fundraiser, and 2 building-clearing false fire alarms.

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The Annies are Coming! ANIMATIONWorld

AWN’s Annie Awards Roundup: Top Contenders in Film and TV

Dig into the roster of animated feature films, TV shows, and shorts vying for wins in 36 different categories on February 8 at ASIFA-Hollywood’s 52^nd annual ceremony recognizing the best in animation from the past year.

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Hypothetically Speaking ANIMATIONWorld

How Marvel’s ‘What If...?’ Took the Multiverse Beyond Live-Action

Concluding with its most ambitious season, EP Brad Winderbaum’s seminal, Emmy and Annie Award-winning show, the studio’s first ever animated series, never failed to capture the limitless and exciting potential of alternate MCU character realities; now streaming on Disney+.

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It’s Not All For Kids ANIMATIONWorld

Crafting the Bittersweet Stop-Motion in Adam Elliot’s ‘Memoir of a Snail’

The Oscar-winning ‘Harvie Krumpet’ director discusses how he’s failed as a filmmaker if audiences aren’t left emotionally wrecked by his latest film about the difficult lives of once inseparable twins forced to live with different families after their father dies; just nominated for an Oscar and two Annie Awards.

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Honoring NFB Legends Headline News

Normand Roger, Eunice Macaulay to Receive Winsor McCay Award

The legendary artists at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) will be honored by ASIFA-Hollywood for their career achievements in animation at the 52nd Annie Awards on February 8.

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The Annies are Coming! Headline News

52nd Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced

Best Animated Feature nominees ‘Inside Out 2,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 4,’ ‘That Christmas,’ ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Ultraman: Rising,’ and ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ top the expansive list of category nominations; animation’s biggest awards ceremony is scheduled to return live on Saturday, February 8 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

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Celebrating The Best in Animation! Headline News

Tickets for 52nd Annie Awards Now on Sale

ASIFA-Hollywood’s annual celebration of excellence in animation is set for February 8, 2025 at UCLA’s Royce Hall; tickets include the pre- and post- receptions and ceremony.

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Enter Your Work Headline News

Call for Entries: Annie Awards 2025

Submissions will be accepted for animated productions that were released in the United States between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024; entries now being accepted through October 30, 2024.

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Anyone Can Wear the Mask VFXWorld

Mike Lasker Breaks Down the Breakdown of ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ VFX

The visual effects supervisor on Sony Pictures Animation’s Oscar-nominated, VES and Annie Award-winning animated masterpiece discusses how artistic and technical innovations were pushed to the limit to take audiences into visual storytelling realms they’ve never experienced before.

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Opposites React ANIMATIONWorld

‘Elemental’: The Little Film That Could

When director Peter Sohn and Pixar set out to create a 3DCG world in which a fiery young woman found a way to get together with a fun, ‘go-with-the-flow’ guy, they never dreamed it would take quite some time, slowly but surely, through word of mouth, to successfully find a global audience for their film.

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And the Winner Is... Headline News

'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Leads All Winners at 51st Annie Awards

In what may serve as a prelude to the Oscars, Sony Pictures Animation's hit 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' sequel, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, took home 7 awards, including best animated feature; Netflix's 'Blue Eye Samurai' took home six, including best TV/Media - Mature, while Pablo Berger's 'Robot Dreams' snagged best indie feature, and Dave Mullins' 'WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko' won for best animated short.

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Born of Survivor’s Guilt ANIMATIONWorld

Makoto Shinkai Talks ‘Suzume’: ‘Don’t Give Up on Living’

The ‘Your Name’ and ‘Weathering with You’ director wants his new Annie Award-nominated film, about a young woman who finds herself opening a series of doors to disaster that take her on a mysterious journey, to inspire people impacted by tragedy to not give up hope.

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The Annies are Coming! Headline News

51st Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced

Best Animated Feature nominees ‘Nimona,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Suzume,’ ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,’ and ‘The Boy and the Heron’ top the expansive list of category nominations; animation’s biggest awards ceremony is scheduled to return live on Saturday, February 17 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

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Celebrating The Best in Animation! Headline News

Call for Entries: 51st Annie Awards

ASIFA-Hollywood’s annual celebration of excellence in animation is set for February 17, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall; the early submission deadline is October 16, with final entries accepted through December 8.