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2024 Annie Awards Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 2024 Annie Awards have been announced, with Nick Bruno and Troy Quane’s Nimona leading the pack with nine nominations. Winners will be unveiled on February 17 at UCLA’s Royce Hall with the Winsor McCay Awards for Career Achievement to be awarded to Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger (posthumous), Joe Hisaishi, and Marcy Page.

Here is the full list of nominations:

BEST FEATURE

Nimona -Annapurna Animation for Netflix 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse -Sony Pictures Animation

Suzume -CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem -Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies

The Boy and the Heron -Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

BEST FEATURE-INDEPENDENT

Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia -Folivari, Mélusine Productions, Studio Canal / Distributed by GKIDS

Four Souls of Coyote -Cinemon Entertainment 

Robot Dreams -Arcadia Motion Pictures

The Inventor -Curiosity Studios

White Plastic Sky -SALTO Films & Artichoke

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION 

Invincible: Atom Eve
Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Entertainment

Shape Island: The Winter Blues
Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple

Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
WildBrain Studios in association with Apple

The Smeds and The Smoos
Magic Light Pictures

The Velveteen Rabbit

Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple

BEST SHORT SUBJECT

Carne de Dios
Ojo Raro & Fedora Productions 

Daffy in Wackyland
Warner Bros. Animation

HUMO
Outik Animation, 3rd Street Video, Mindsoup Entertainment, IMCINE

PINA
PUNCHLINE CINEMA / NEXT DAYS FILMS

WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
ElectroLeague

BEST SPONSORED 

“Video Games” by Tenacious D
Pinreel Inc.

Alzheimer’s Research UK ‘Change The Ending’
Passion Pictures

Laugh Track – The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers)
Bernard Derriman

Up in smoke
NOMINT 


BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

BatwheelsEpisode: To the Batmobile! – Warner Bros. Animatio

Ghee Happy  Episode: Navagraha -Ghee Happy Studio

Playdate with Winnie the Pooh  Episode: Piglet, Tigger and the Cardboard Box -Oddbot Inc.

StoryBots: Answer Time  Episode: Fractions -JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix

The Creature Cases Episode: The Forest Food Bandit -Silvergate Media/Team TO/Choice/Provisions/Netflix

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN 

CURSES! Episode: The Baboon Temple -DreamWorks Animation

Hilda Episode: Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle -Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: The Beyonder -Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation 

My Dad the Bounty Hunter Episode: Bizarre Ride -A Netflix Series

Shape Island Episode: 105B Square’s Special Place -Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

Big Mouth Episode: The International Show – Netflix

Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Pilot: Hammerscale – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions

Bob’s Burgers Episode: Amelia – 20th Television Animation

Scavengers Reign Episode: The Signal -Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street

Tomato Kitchen Episode: Special Production – Bilibili / Studio Reflection

BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Enkai -Triggerfish Animation Studio & Blinkink

Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection Episode: Yellowbird -Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery

Pokémon: Path to the Peak Episode: 1 -The Pokémon Company International 

BEST STUDENT FILM

From The Top

Student Director: Rich Farris
Student Producer: Martina Buendia Silva
School: National Film and Television School

Kolaj

Student Director: Besen Dilek 

Student Producer: Besen Dilek

School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

La quête de l’humain

Student Team: Mélina IENCO, Lucie JURIC, Caroline LEIBEL, Faustine MERLE, Claire PELLET
School: Gobelins, l’école de l’image

Quem Salva 

Student Team: Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles

Hechinger, Titouan Jouent
School: Supinfocom Rubika

The Little Poet

Student Director: Justine King
Student Producer: Justine King
School: California Institute of the Arts

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

Blue Eye Samurai  Episode: All Evil Dreams and Angry Words – Production Company: A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions – FX Production Company: Blue Spirit,

Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, Laurent Bretonniere 

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: Moremi – Production Company: Triggerfish for Disney+ – FX Production Company: 

Lucan Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, Emile Van Straaten 

Star Wars: Visions Episode: Sith -Production Company: Lucasfilm Ltd.- FX Production Company: El Guiri Studios

Jonatan Catalán, Alberto Sánchez, Phoebe Arjona, Virginia Cantaro, Rubén Hinarejos 

The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday Episode: The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday – Production Company: DreamWorks Animation – FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation and 88 Pictures 

Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, Kevin Rumold 

What If…? Episode 206, “What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?” Episode: 206 – Production Company: Marvel Studios – FX Production Company: SDFX Studios,

Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, Pranil Ravindra Mahajan 

BEST FX – FEATURE

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget  – Production Company: Netflix Presents An Aardman Production – FX Production Company: Aardman Production 

Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, Martin Lipmann 

Elemental – Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios- FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios,

Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation – FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks

Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly 

Suzume – Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – FX Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.

Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita 

The Peasants – Production Company: Breakthru Films – FX Production Company: Breakthru Productions

Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak 

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake  Episode: The Winter King – Cartoon Network Studios

Alex Small-Butera 

Blue Eye Samurai Episode: Episodes 101, 104 and 106 – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
Alex Bard 

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire  Episode: Moremi, Surf Sangoma, Stardust – Triggerfish Animation for Disney+ 

Andre DeVilliers 

Star Wars: Visions Episode: I Am Your Mother – Lucasfilm Ltd. 

Laurie Sitzia 

The Amazing Digital Circus Pilot Episode: 1 – Glitch Productions
Kevin Temmer 

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios

Jessica Torres 

Nimona  – Annapurna Animation for Netflix

Toby Seale 

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken – DreamWorks Animation

Prashanth Cavale 

Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.

Kenichi Tsuchiya 

The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

Takeshi Honda 

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

Ahsoka  – Production Company: Lucasfilm – FX Production Company: Industrial Light & Magic

Rick O’Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, Wai Kit Wan 

Cocaine Bear– Production Company: Wētā FX- FX Production Company: Wētā FX 

Carmelo Leggiero, Steve Braggs, Kevin Kelm, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Kane Elferink 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3  – Production Company: Marvel Studios – FX Production Company: Framestore 

Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, Chris McGaw 

The Little Mermaid – Production Company: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures – FX Production Company: Framestore 

Pablo Grillo, Kayn Garcia, Ferran Casas, Stuart Ellis, Joseph Lewis 

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Production Company: Wētā FX – FX Production Company: Wētā FX 

Kevin Estey, Kai-Hua Lan, Blaine Toderian Toderian, Richard John Moore, Joseph C.K Leong 

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

Atomic Heart – Mundfish
Mundfish Animation Team 

Hogwarts Legacy – Avalanche Software

Tara Edwards 

Let’s! Revolution! – BUCK
BUCK Animation Team 

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games
Insomniac Games Animation Team 

Teslagrad 2 – Rain Games
Aslak Helgesen 

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Clone High  Episode: Let’s Try This Again
– Max in association with Lord Miller, Doozer, ShadowMachine, and MTV Entertainment 

Tara Billinger 

Jessica’s Big Little World Episode: Bedtime Routine- Cartoon Network Studios 

Nick Winn 

Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire Episode: You Give Me Heart- Triggerfish for Disney+ 

Lesego Vorester 

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: 515M-106 (The Beyonder) – Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions 

Jose Lopez 

Spirit Rangers Episode: Water Protectors – Laughing Wild / Netflix 

Marie Delmas 

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios

Maria Yi 

Merry Little Batman – Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment

Nikolas Ilic 

Nimona -Annapurna Animation for Netflix

Aidan Sugano 

Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures
Daniel Fernandez Casas 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation
Jesús Alonso Iglesias 

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire  Episode: Moremi- Triggerfish Animation Studio & Lucan Studio 

Shofela Coker, Andrew McNally 

My Dad the Bounty Hunter Episode: Bizarre Ride – A Netflix Series 

Kenji Ono, Kai Akira, Patrick Harpin 

Pokémon Concierge Episode: #2 What’s on Your Mind, Psyduck? – dwarf studios for Netflix 

Iku Ogawa 

Scavengers Reign Episode: The Fall – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street 

Diego Porral 

Star Wars: Visions Episode: Screecher’s Reach – Lucasfilm Ltd. 

Paul Young 

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

Nimona  – Annapurna Animation for Netflix

Nick Bruno, Troy Quane 

Robot Dreams  – Arcadia Motion Pictures
Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies

Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears 

The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

Hayao Miyazaki 

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

Animaniacs  Episode: Talladega Mice – Warner Brothers Animation/Amblin Entertainment/HULU Originals 

Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein 

Babylon 5: The Road Home Special Production– Warner Bros. Animation 

Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis 

Pacemaker Short Film – A Running Commentary
Christopher Lennertz 

Star Wars: Visions Episode: Aau’s Song – Lucasfilm Ltd. 

Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, Dineo du Toit 

The Smeds and The Smoos Special Production– Magic Light Pictures 

René Aubry 

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios
Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation
Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin 

Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.

Kazuma Jinnouchi, RADWIMPS 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem  – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross 

The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

Joe Hisaishi 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Blue Eye Samurai  Episode: Hammerscale – Netflix Animation 

Jason Scheier 

Blue Eye Samurai Episode: The Great Fire of 1657 – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions 

Toby Wilson, James Wilson, Emil Mitev 

Scavengers Reign Episode: The Storm – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street 

Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Pauline Mauvière, Hugo Moreno, Jon Juarez 

Star Wars: Visions Episode: Sith – Lucasfilm Ltd.
Carlos Salgado 

What If…? Episode: What if… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? – Marvel Studios 

Paul Lasaine, Kristina Vardazaryan, Cynthia Halley, Ryan Magno, Simon Dunsdon 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios 

Don Shank, Maria Yi, Dan Holland, Jennifer Chang, Laura Meyer 

Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix

Aidan Sugano, Jeff Turley 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation
Patrick O’Keefe, Dean Gordon 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies

Yashar Kassai, Arthur, Tiffany Lam 

The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

Yoji Takeshige 

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

Craig Before The Creek EpisodeCraig Before The Creek – Cartoon Network Studios 

Erik Fountain 

Fright Krewe Episode: The Blood Awakening, Part 1 – DreamWorks Animation 

Leah Artwick 

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Episode: Never Give Up- Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television 

Kristine Lee 

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Episode: Apok-ta-pokalypse Now, Part II – DreamWorks Animation 

Grace Liu 

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: 515M-107 “Run the Rink”
– Disney Television Animation / Cinema Gypsy Productions 

Ben Juwono 

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Netflix Presents An Aardman Production

Richard Phelan 

Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix

Esteban Bravo 

Robot Dreams  – Arcadia Motion Pictures

Maca Gil 

Suzume  – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.

Makoto Shinkai 

The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

Hayao Miyazaki 

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA 

Archer 

Episode: Keys Open Doors – FX Productions 

Aisha Tyler (Character: Lana Kane) 

Craig Before The Creek Episode: Craig Before The Creek – Cartoon Network Studios 

Vico Ortiz (Character: Serena) 

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Episode: Moon Girl Landing
– Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation 

Diamond White (Character: Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl) 

Solar Opposites
Episode: The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse – 20th Television Animation 

Dan Stevens (Character: Korvo) 

The Velveteen Rabbit
Episode: The Velveteen Rabbit
– Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple 

Alex Lawther (Character: Velveteen Rabbit) 

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE 

Merry Little Batman 

– Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment

David Hornsby (Character: Joker) 

Migration 

– Illumination
Tresi Gazal (Character: Gwen) 

Nimona 

– Annapurna Animation for Netflix
Chloë Grace Moretz (Character: Nimona) 

Suzume 

– CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
Hokuto Matsumura (Character: Souta Munakata) 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie 

– Illumination
Jack Black (Character: Bowser) 

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA 

Blue Eye Samurai 

Episode: Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride
– A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions 

Amber Noizumi 

Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection
Episode: Yellowbird
– Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery 

Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North 

Rock Paper Scissors Episode: Birthday Police
– Nickelodeon Animation Studios 

Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott, Mike Trapp 

Rosie’s Rules
Episode: Time Trouble
– 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films 

Leyani Diaz, Maria Escobedo 

Scavengers Reign
Episode: The Reunion
– Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street 

Sean Buckelew 

BEST WRITING – FEATURE 

Nimona 

– Annapurna Animation for Netflix

Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor 

Robot Dreams 

– Arcadia Motion Pictures

Pablo Berger 

Suzume 

– CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.

Makoto Shinkai 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 

– Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit 

The Boy and the Heron 

– Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS

Hayao Miyazaki 

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA 

Blue Eye Samurai 

Episode: Episode 105: The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride
– A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions 

Yuka Shirasuna 

Hilda
Episode: Chapter 6: The Forgotten Lake
– Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks 

John Mckinnon, Mike Stefanelli 

I Am Groot
Episode: Groot’s Snow Day – Marvel Studios 

Dan Urrutia 

Star Wars: Visions EpisodeScreecher’s Reach – Lucasfilm Ltd. 

Richie Cody, ACE, BFE 

The Legend of Vox Machina
Episode: The Sunken Tomb
– Amazon MGM Studios, Critical Role Productions, Titmouse 

Todd Raleigh, Joelle Kristy

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE 

Elemental 

– Pixar Animation Studios
Stephen Schaffer, Amera Rizk, Gregory Snyder, Jen Jew, Kevin Rose-Williams 

Leo 

Happy Madison for Netflix
Patrick Voetberg, Joseph Titone, Darrian M. James, Danny Miller, Brian Robinson 

Nimona 

– Annapurna Animation for Netflix
Randy Trager, Erin Crackel, Stephen Schwartz, Ashley Calle 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 

 Sony Pictures Animation
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Editorial Team 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 

– Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David Croomes, Myra Owyang

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Written by Maxance Vincent

Maxance Vincent is a freelance film and TV critic, and a recent graduate of a BFA in Film Studies at the Université de Montréal. He is currently finishing a specialization in Video Game Studies, focusing on the psychological effects regarding the critical discourse on violent video games.

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