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KPop Demon Hunters and Arco triumph at the Annie Awards
February 24, 2026

KPop Demon Hunters and Arco triumph at the Annie Awards

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The American animated production industry awards, the Annie Awards, were presented last weekend. Here are all the winners.
Here's the full list:

Best Feature Film
- KPop Demon Hunters (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)

Best Feature - Independent
- Arco (Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma)

Best Special Production
- Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical (WildBrain Studios in association with Apple TV)

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 Wonderfully Weird World 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)

Best TV/Media – Limited Series
- Win Or Lose Episode 8: 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 in association with Apple TV)

Best FX - Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters (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 (Production Company: DreamWorks Animation)

Best Character Animation - Video Game
- South of Midnight (Compulsion Games)

Best Character Design - TV/Media
- Love, Death + Robots - Episode: 400 Boys - Robert Valley (Blur Studio for Netflix)

Best Character Design - Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters - Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)

Best Direction - TV/Media
- Common Side Effects - Vincent Tsui

Best Direction - Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters - Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

Best Music - TV/Media
- Win Or Lose - Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Jonny Pakfar

Best Music - Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters - KPop Demon Hunters Music Team

Best Production Design - TV/Media
- Love, Death + Robots - Episode: How Zeke Got Religion - Gigi Cavenago

Best Production Design - Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters - Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim

Best Storyboarding - TV/Media
- Love, Death + Robots - Episode: How Zeke Got Religion - Edgar Martins

Best Storyboarding - Feature
- The Bad Guys 2 - Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon (DreamWorks Animation)

Best Voice Acting - TV/Media
- Bob's Burgers - Episode: Don't Worry Be Hoopy - Dan Mintz (20th Television Animation)

Best Voice Acting - Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters - Arden Cho

Best Writing - TV/Media
- Common Side Effects - Episode: Pilot - Joe Bennett, Steve Hely

Best Writing - Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters - Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

Best Editorial - TV/Media
- Common Side Effects - Episode: Raid - Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim

Best Editorial - Feature
- KPop Demon Hunters - KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team

Winsor McCay Award to Michaël Dudok de Wit, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Chris Sanders.

June Foray Award to Sandy Rabins.

Ub Iwerks Award to Wacom.

Special Recognition to LightBox Expo.



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