Annie Awards 2026: Complete list of nominees explored

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The Annie Awards have officially announced its nominations for this year. The 2026 Annie Awards nominations were confirmed by ASIFA-Hollywood. The winners of the 2026 Annie Awards will be officially unveiled at the upcoming ceremony. It has been scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.

The Annie Awards' 2025 winners were as follows:

  • Best feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation
  • Best feature independent: Flow, Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five, Dream Well Studio
  • Best special production: Orion and the Dark, DreamWorks Animation
  • Best short subject: Wander to Wonder, Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries, Pictanovo
  • Best sponsored: Fuzzy Feelings, Passion Pictures Hungry Man
  • Best TV media preschool: The Tiny Chef Show, episode Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular, Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions, Nickelodeon Productions
  • Best TV media children: Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, episode The Molecular Level, Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television
  • Best TV media mature: Bob’s Burgers, episode They Slug Horses, Don't They?, 20th Television Animation
  • Best TV media limited series: Dream Productions, episode A Night to Remember, Pixar Animation Studios
  • Best student film: Adiós, student director José Prats, student producer Bernardo Angeletti, National Film and Television School
  • Best FX TV media: Arcane, episode The Dirt Under Your Nails, A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Fortiche Studio, Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri, Guillaume Zaouche, Jérôme Dupré
  • Best FX feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation, Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli
  • Best character animation TV media: Arcane, multiple episodes, A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix, Tom Gouill
  • Best character animation feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation, Fabio Lignini
  • Best character animation live action: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Studios, Wētā FX, Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin, Allison Orr, Radiya Alam, Howard Sly
  • Best character animation video game: Neva, Nomada Studio, Nomada Studio Animation Team
  • Best character design TV media: Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, episode The Molecular Level, Disney Television Animation, Cinema Gypsy Productions, Jose Lopez
  • Best character design feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation, Genevieve Tsai
  • Best direction TV media: Arcane, episode The Dirt Under Your Nails, Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury
  • Best direction feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation, Chris Sanders
  • Best music TV media: Arcane, episode The Dirt Under Your Nails, Ryan Jillian Santiago, Alexander Seaver, Simon Wilcox
  • Best music feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation, Kris Bowers
  • Best production design TV media: Arcane, episode The Dirt Under Your Nails, Arnaud Loris Baudry, Julien Georgel, Faustine Dumontier, Charlotte O’Neil
  • Best production design feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation, Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc
  • Best storyboarding TV media: Arcane, episode Killing Is a Cycle, Joséphine Meis
  • Best storyboarding feature: Despicable Me 4, Illumination, Habib Louati
  • Best voice acting TV media: Dream Productions, episode Out of Body, Pixar Animation Studios, Paula Pell as Paula
  • Best voice acting feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation, Lupita Nyong’o as Roz
  • Best writing TV media: Orion and the Dark, DreamWorks Animation, Charlie Kaufman
  • Best writing feature: Flow, Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
  • Best editorial TV media: Arcane, episode Pretend Like It’s the First Time, Nazim Meslem, Gilad Carmel, Roberto Fernandez
  • Best editorial feature: The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation, Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker

The 2026 Annie Awards feature film nominations are mainly led by films such as Elio and KPop Demon Hunters. On the other hand, television categories at the 2026 Annie Awards are dominated by notable series like Win or Lose and Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight.


Complete list of nominees at the 2026 Annie Awards

Best Feature at the 2026 Annie Awards

  • Elio, Pixar Animation Studios
  • KPop Demon Hunters, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
  • Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
  • The Bad Guys 2, DreamWorks Animation
  • Zootopia 2, Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Feature - Independent at the 2026 Annie Awards

  • A Magnificent Life, Mediawan, What the Prod and Bidibul productions
  • Arco, Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
  • I’m Frankelda, Cinema Fantasma, Warner Bros. Discovery, Woo Films, Cine Vendaval
  • Lost In Starlight, Netflix / Climax Studio
  • Scarlet, Studio CHIZU

Best Special Production at the 2026 Annie Awards

  • A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice, Nickelodeon Animation Studio & Jam Filled Entertainment
  • Adult Swim's The Elephant, Titmouse and Williams Street
  • Not Just a Goof, Venturia Animation Studios for CNEK Films LLC
  • Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical, WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
  • The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland, Lupus Films, Universal Pictures Content Group

Best Short Subject at the 2026 Annie Awards

  • Cardboard, Locksmith Animation
  • Ovary-Acting, Klipp og Lim, Jante Films, Apparat Filmproduktion AB
  • Pillowzzz, Animoshe
  • Snow Bear, The Art of Aaron Blaise
  • The Girl Who Cried Pearls, National Film Board of Canada

Best Sponsored at the 2026 Annie Awards

  • Animated Short: "Trek" | Honkai: Star Rail, FLiiiP Design
  • Fortnite x The Simpsons: Apocalypse D’Oh!, A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation
  • LouiMax Dreams of Being An Adult, Imagine Create Media Inc. in conjunction with Maileg APS
  • Olipop Yeti, Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures
  • Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - The Animation, SEGA of America in association with GXS Productions

Best TV/Media - Preschool at the 2026 Annie Awards

Eva The Owlet

  • Episode: Welcome to Treetopington
  • Brown Bag Films / Scholastic Entertainment in association with Apple

Kindergarten: The Musical! Episode: Gotta Go!

  • Oddbot Entertainment, Disney Branded Television

The Tiny Chef Show

  • Episode: Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular
  • Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions

Wow Lisa

  • Episode: Rainy Day
  • Punkrobot

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Episode: I am Jackie Robinson

  • 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films

Best TV/Media - Children at the 2026 Annie Awards

My Melody & Kuromi

  • Episode: All For Our Best Friend
  • Sanrio Company for Netflix

Spice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar

  • Episode: 1
  • Steamroller Animation

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
  • Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball

  • Episode: The Rewrite
  • Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

Wylde Pak

  • Episode: Sungandeul
  • Nickelodeon Animation Studios / Jam Filled Entertainment

Best TV/Media - Mature at the 2026 Annie Awards

Bob’s Burgers

  • Episode: Grand Pre-Pre-Pre Opening
  • 20th TV

Common Side Effects

  • Episode: Pilot
  • Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions

Haha, You Clowns

  • Episode: 107 - Duncan Holds a Baby
  • Williams Street

Il Baracchino

  • Episode: Claudia entra in un caffè
  • Luckyred, Megadrago

South Park

  • Episode: Sermon on the ‘Mount
  • Comedy Central LLC

Best TV/Media - Limited Series at the 2026 Annie Awards

Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight

  • Episode: Episode III
  • Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films

Eyes of Wakanda

  • Episode: Into The Lion’s Den
  • Marvel Studios

Marvel Zombies

  • Episode: 2
  • Marvel Studios

Star Wars: Visions - Volume 3

  • Episode: BLACK
  • david production

Win Or Lose

  • Episode: Episode 8: Home
  • Pixar Animation Studios

Best Student Film at the 2026 Annie Awards

A Sparrow's Song

  • Student director: Tobias Eckerlin
  • Student producer: Tobias Eckerlin
  • School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

Acrobats

  • Student directors: Eloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy, Antonin Guerci, Alexandre Marzin, Shali Reddy
  • School: Gobelins

Jour de vent

  • Student directors: Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Elise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, Camille Truding
  • School: École des Nouvelles Images

The Undying Pain of Existence

  • Student director: Oscar Jacobson
  • Student producers: Franz Rügamer, Nadiia Yunatska
  • School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

TRASH

  • Student directors: Maxime Crançon, Alexis Le Ral
  • Student producers: Robin Delaporte, Romain Fleischer, Mattéo Durand
  • School: ESMA

Best FX - TV/Media at the 2026 Annie Awards

Marvel Zombies

  • Episode: Episode 4
  • Production Company: Marvel Animation
  • FX Production Company: Stellar Creative Lab, Inc.
  • Emma Badia, Tristan Fairclough, Jimmy Dumont, Sheng Hung, Arth Vasavada

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age

  • Episode: The Big Freeze
  • Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit
  • FX Production Company: Framestore
  • Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Shuleman , Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian

Spice Frontier

  • Episode: 1
  • Production Company: Steamroller Animation
  • FX Production Company: Steamroller Animation
  • Steamroller Animation Effects Department

Star Wars: Visions - Volume 3

  • Episode: The Bird of Paradise
  • Production Company: Polygon Pictures
  • FX Production Company: Polygon Pictures
  • Takashi Okamoto, Kohei Yamamoto, Genyo Sasaki, Chizuru Nakamura, Erika Matsui

WONDLA

  • Episode: Lost
  • Production Company: Skydance Animation
  • FX Production Company: ICON Creative Studio
  • EP 209 ICON Creative Studio FX Team

Best FX - Feature at the 2026 Annie Awards

Elio

  • Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
  • FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios
  • Ferdi Scheepers, Shaun Galinak, Alyssa Lee, Nate Skeen, Gary Bruins

In Your Dreams

  • Production Company: Netflix, Kuku Studios
  • FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks
  • Dmitriy Kolesnik, Stephen Paschk, David Sellares, Stephanie McNair

KPop Demon Hunters

  • Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
  • FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks
  • Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Lewis, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle

The Bad Guys 2

  • Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
  • FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
  • Landon Gray, Michael Losure, Zachary Glynn, Chris Wombold, Olivier Malric

Zootopia 2

  • Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Le Joyce Tong, Shamintha Kalamba Arachchi, Dimitre Berberov, Chris Carignan, Cristiana Covone

Best Character Animation - TV/Media at the 2026 Annie Awards

Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight

  • Episode: Episode III
  • Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films
  • Floriane Caseiro

Forevergreen

  • Special Production
  • Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
  • Brendan Gottlieb

Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical

  • Special Production
  • WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
  • Chris Derochie

The Simpsons

  • Various Episodes
  • A Gracie Films Production in Association with 20th Television Animation
  • Nik Ranieri

Win Or Lose

  • Various Episodes
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Alli Sadegiani

Best Character Animation - Feature at the 2026 Annie Awards

Elio

  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Jonah Sidhom

KPop Demon Hunters

  • Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix
  • Ryusuke Furuya

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
  • Juliette Laurent

The Bad Guys 2

  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Ludovic Bouancheau

Zootopia 2

  • Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Tony Smeed

Best Character Animation - Live Action at the 2026 Annie Awards

A Minecraft Movie

  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Mojang Studios, Vertigo Entertainment, On the Roam
  • FX Production Company: Weta FX
  • Kevin Estey, Anthony McIndoe, Jade Lorier, Caroline Ting, Luisma Lavin Peredo

Captain America: Brave New World

  • Production Company: Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • FX Production Company: Weta FX
  • Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Andrew William Park, Marco Röth, Paul Seyb, Thien Ly

How To Train Your Dragon

  • Production Company: DreamWorks Animation
  • FX Production Company: Framestore
  • Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age

  • Production Company: BBC Studios Natural History Unit
  • FX Production Company: Framestore
  • Adrien Annesley, Alvise Avati, Riyad Chalakkara, Daniel Mizuguchi, Liam Russell

Superman

  • Production Company: DC Studios
  • FX Production Company: Framestore
  • Loic Mireault, Michael Elder, Philipp Winterstein, Victor Dinis, Diego De Paula Pereira Batista

Best Character Animation - Video Game at the 2026 Annie Awards

Bye Sweet Carole

  • Little Sewing Machine
  • Chris Darril

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

  • Kojima Productions
  • Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Kojima Productions, PlayStation Studios XDEV

Ghost of Yōtei

  • Sucker Punch Productions
  • Sucker Punch Productions Animation Team

Keeper

  • Double Fine Productions
  • Zach Baharov, Alex Turner, Jerry Matsko, Anne-Sophie Savard, Geneviève Desbiens

South of Midnight

  • Compulsion Games
  • Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond

Best Character Design – TV/Media

Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight

  • Episode: Episode IV
  • Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films
  • Borja Montoro

Bat-Fam

  • Episode: A Knight at the Movies
  • Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment
  • Benjamin Tong

Love, Death + Robots

  • Episode: 400 Boys
  • Blur Studio for Netflix
  • Robert Valley

Wednesdays with Gramps

  • Short Film
  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Seth St. Pierre

Win Or Lose

  • Episode: Episode 8, Home
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Lou Hamou-Lhadj

Best Character Design – Feature

Elio

  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Matt Nolte, Yingzong Xin, James Woods, Kaleb Rice, Bob Pauley

Fixed

  • Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
  • Craig Kellman

KPop Demon Hunters

  • Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
  • Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

  • Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Movies
  • Adam Paloian, Thaddeus Couldron, Alvi Ramirez

The Twits

  • Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company
  • Kei Acedera, Tristan Poulain, Jules Rigolle, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon

Best Direction – TV/Media

Common Side Effects

  • Episode: Cliff’s Edge
  • Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions
  • Vincent Tsui

DAN DA DAN

  • Episode: Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot!
  • Science SARU, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Distributed by GKIDS
  • Fuga Yamashiro, Abel Góngora

Not a Box

  • Episode: It’s a Boat
  • Silver Creek Falls Entertainment / Passion Pictures in association with Apple
  • Siri Melchior

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
  • Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures
  • JJ Conway, Kevin Molina-Ortiz

The Quinta’s Ghost

  • Short Film
  • Martirio Films & Illusorium films
  • James A. Castillo

Best Direction – Feature

Arco

  • Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
  • Ugo Bienvenu, Adam Sillard, Anaëlle Saba

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

  • MAPPA Studios
  • Tatsuya Yoshihara

KPop Demon Hunters

  • Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
  • Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
  • Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han

Scarlet

  • Studio CHIZU
  • Mamoru Hosoda

Best Music – TV/Media

Common Side Effects

  • Episode: Lakeshore Limited
  • Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions
  • Nicolas Snyder

Devil May Cry

  • Episode: The First Circle
  • A Netflix Series / Studio Mir / Adi Shankar Animation / Capcom
  • Power Glove, Alex Seaver

Éiru

  • Short Film
  • Cartoon Saloon
  • Leo Pearson, Ceara Conway

Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical

  • Special Production
  • WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
  • Ben Folds, Jeff Morrow, Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner

Win Or Lose

  • Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar

Best Music – Feature

Arco

  • Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
  • Arnaud Toulon

Elio

  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Rob Simonsen

KPop Demon Hunters

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

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
  • Mari Fukuhara

Zootopia 2

  • Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Michael Giacchino

Best Production Design – TV/Media

Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight

  • Episode: Episode II
  • Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films
  • Aurélien Prédal

Forevergreen

  • Special Production
  • Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears
  • Jeremy Spears, Gregory Culp

Love, Death + Robots

  • Episode: How Zeke Got Religion
  • Blur Studio for Netflix
  • Gigi Cavenago

ParaNorman: The Thrifting

  • Special Production
  • LAIKA
  • Thibault Leclercq, Santiago Montiel, Jung Woonyoung, Stephanie Bray-Lee

Wednesdays with Gramps

  • Short Film
  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Frederic Stewart

Best Production Design – Feature

Elio

  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Harley Jessup, Ernesto Nemesio, Maria Lee, Kristian Norelius, Kyle Jones

KPop Demon Hunters

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

The Bad Guys 2

  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Luc Desmarchelier, Floriane Marchix

The Twits

  • Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company
  • Estefania Pantoja, Alexandre Diboine, Clement Dartigues, Fernando Peque, Remi Salmon

Zootopia 2

  • Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Cory Loftis, Limei Z. Hshieh

Best Storyboarding – TV/Media

Love, Death + Robots

  • Episode: How Zeke Got Religion
  • Blur Studio for Netflix
  • Edgar Martins

ParaNorman: The Thrifting

  • Special Production
  • LAIKA
  • Coleton Palmer, Katherine Jay Myong, Heewon Jeong

Snow Bear

  • Short Film
  • The Art of Aaron Blaise, LLC.
  • Aaron Blaise

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Episode: Rise of the Night Ninja
  • Nickelodeon Animation Studios and PointGrey Pictures
  • Richard Chi, Matthew Kim, Sheldon Vella, Lyndsay Simpson

Win Or Lose

  • Episode: Episode 8, Home
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Esteban Bravo

Best Storyboarding - Feature at the 2026 Annie Awards

Arco

  • Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
  • Ugo Bienvenu

Elio

  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Tony Rosenast

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
  • Nicolas Pawlowski

The Bad Guys 2

  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon

Zootopia 2

  • Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Hikari Toriumi

Best Voice Acting - TV/Media at the 2026 Annie Awards

Bob’s Burgers

  • Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy
  • 20th TV
  • Dan Mintz (Character: Tina Belcher)

Hazbin Hotel

  • Episode: Behind Closed Doors
  • Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Bento Box Entertainment
  • Erika Henningsen (Character: Charlie Morningstar)

Long Story Short

  • Episode: Shira Can’t Cook
  • Tornante Television and ShadowMachine for Netflix
  • Abbi Jacobson (Character: Shira Schwooper)

Smiling Friends

  • Episode: Shmaloogles
  • Williams Street
  • Zach Hadel (Character: Evil Wizard)

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball

  • Episode: The Amadain
  • Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
  • Alkaio Thiele (Character: Gumball Watterson)

Best Voice Acting - Feature at the 2026 Annie Awards

Dog Man

  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Lil Rey Howery (Character: Chief)

Elio

  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Remy Edgerly (Character: Glordon)

In Your Dreams

  • Netflix Presents a Kuku Studios Production / Sony Pictures Imageworks
  • Craig Robinson (Character: Baloney Tony)

KPop Demon Hunters

  • Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
  • Arden Cho (Character: Rumi)

The Twits

  • Netflix Presents / The Roald Dahl Story Company
  • Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Character: Beesha)

Best Writing – TV/Media at the 2026 Annie Awards

#1 Happy Family USA

  • Episode: Episode 101: NINE TEN
  • Amazon MGM Studios, A24, Cairo Cowboy
  • Ramy Youssef, Pam Brady

Adult Swim's The Elephant

  • Special Production
  • Titmouse and Williams Street
  • Pendleton Ward, Ian Jones-Quartey, Rebecca Sugar, Patrick McHale

Common Side Effects

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

Lulu is a Rhinoceros

  • Special Production
  • Bento Box and Propagate in association with Apple
  • Allison Flom

Win Or Lose

  • Episode: Episode 4, Pickle
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Carrie Hobson, Michael Yates

Best Writing - Feature at the 2026 Annie Awards

Elio

  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, Mike Jones

KPop Demon Hunters

  • KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team
  • Danya Jimenez , Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
  • Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Maïlys Vallade, Eddine Noël

Scarlet

  • Studio CHIZU
  • Mamoru Hosoda

Zootopia 2

  • Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Jared Bush

Best Editorial – TV/Media at the 2026 Annie Awards

Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight

  • Episode: Episode III
  • Netflix / Banijay Productions France / Légende Films
  • David Boyadjian

Common Side Effects

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

Haunted Hotel

  • Episode: The Acolytes of Abaddon
  • Titmouse for Netflix
  • Benjamin Morse, Benjamin Martian, Marshall Wetta

Invincible S3

  • Episode: I Thought You’d Never Shut Up
  • Amazon MGM Studios, Skybound Animation
  • Luke Asa Guidici, Matt Michael, Lea Carosella, Liam Johnson

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

  • Episode: Up From the Grave
  • Ubisoft Film & Television
  • Thomas Belair, Nicolas Bourgeois, Julien Perez

Best Editorial - Feature at the 2026 Annie Awards

Arco

  • Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
  • Nathan Jacquard

Elio

  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Anna Wolitzky, Steve Bloom, Noah Newman, Greg Snyder, Ben Morris

KPop Demon Hunters

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

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

  • Maybe Movies, Ikki Films, Distributed by GKIDS
  • Ludovic Versace

Olivia & las Nubes

  • Cine Chani, Historias de Bibi & Guasábara Cine
  • Tomás Pichardo Espaillat

For further updates, fans can keep an eye on the official Annie Awards pages.


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