Sunday, February 22, 2026

53rd Annie Award Winners

BEST FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters

BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT
Arco

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
Common Side Effects Episode: Cliff’s Edge
Vincent Tsui

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
The Bad Guys 2
Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots Episode: How Zeke Got Religion Blur Studio for Netflix
Edgar Martins

BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 8: Home

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
Common Side Effects 
Episode: Pilot

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball
Episode: The Rewrite

BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
Wow Lisa
Episode: Rainy Day

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
Common Side Effects 
Episode: Pilot
Joe Bennett, Steve Hely

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Arden Cho (Character: Rumi)

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA
Bob’s Burgers
Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy
Dan Mintz (Character: Tina Belcher)

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
Common Side Effects Episode: Raid
Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim

BEST FX – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Lewis, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age Episode: The Big Freeze
Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Shuleman , Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Ryusuke Furuya

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV MEDIA
Win or Lose
Alli Sadegiana

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
How To Train Your Dragon
Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
South of Midnight
Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots Episode: 400 Boys

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters Music Team

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
Win Or Lose
Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals
Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar

BEST SPONSORED
Olipop Yeti

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE
KPop Demon Hunters
Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Love, Death + Robots
Episode: How Zeke Got Religion
Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST SHORT SUBJECT
Snow Bear
The Art of Aaron Blaise

BEST STUDENT FILM
A Sparrow’s Song
Student director: Tobias Eckerlin
Student producer: Tobias Eckerlin
School: 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

Special Achievement Award
LightBox Expo

ASIFA-Hollywood Merit Award
Jeffrey New
Haley Mirren Douthit

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