52nd Annie Awards

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52nd Annie Awards
DateFebruary 8, 2025 (2025-02-08)
Site Royce Hall
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Organized by ASIFA-Hollywood
Highlights
Most nominationsFilm: The Wild Robot (10)
Television: Arcane (7)

The 52nd Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2024 is set to be held on February 8, 2025, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, presenting awards in 32 competitive categories as well as four juried special awards. [1]

Contents

Nominees were revealed on December 20, 2024. [2] Dreamworks Animation's The Wild Robot , directed by Chris Sanders and adapted from the novel by Peter Brown, led the nominations with ten, followed by Inside Out 2 and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl , both with seven apiece. [3] [4] In the television categories, Netflix series Arcane , based on the Riot Games multiplayer video game League of Legends , led with seven nominations, followed by Dream Productions with six and Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with five. [5] [6]

Winners and nominees

Productions categories

Best Animated Feature Best Animated Feature — Independent
Best Special Production Best Short Subject
  • Beautiful Men (Animal Tank, Miyu Productions, and Ka-Ching Cartoons)
  • In the Shadow of the Cypress (Barfak Animation Studio)
  • Ruthless Blade (IDEOMOTOR Culture Media Co., Ltd.)
  • The Swineherd (Fleng Entertainment and Tumblehead Productions)
  • Wander to Wonder (Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries, and Pictanovo)
Best Sponsored Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children
  • feelslikeimfallinginlove (Blinkink)
  • Fuzzy Feelings (Passion Pictures Hungry Man)
  • Moonlit Bamboo Forest (Passion Paris Production, and HoYoFair)
  • Natlan Impressions Trailer: "Blaze to Natlan" (BUCK)
  • Welcome to the City of Love (Nexus Studios)
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children Best Mature Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Best Limited Series Best Student Film

Individual achievement categories

Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production
  • Arcane : "The Dirt Under Your Nails" – Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri, Guillaume Zaouche, and Jérôme Dupré (Netflix)
  • Dream Productions : "A Night to Remember" – Gary Bruins, Jongwon Pak, Arturo Aguilar, Alan Browning, and Alen Lai (Disney+)
  • Secret Level : "Crossfire: Good Conflict" – Kamil Murzyn, Rafał Rumiński, Jarosław Armata, Michał Śledź, and Michał Firek (Amazon Prime Video)
  • Secret Level : "Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen's Cradle" – Arthur Loiseau, Tom O'Bready, Esteban Genre, Alexandre Lerouge, and Guillaume Grelier Star (Amazon Prime Video)
  • Secret Level : "Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear" – Josh Schwartz, Joe Coleman, Michael Huang, Guilherme Casagrandi, and Raul Rodrigues (Amazon Prime Video)
  • Kung Fu Panda 4 – Zachary Glynn, Alex Timchenko, Kiem Ching Ong, Yorie Kaela Kumalasari, and Jinguang Huang
  • Moana 2 – Santiago Robles, Marc Bryant, Deborah Carlson, Jake Rice, and Ian J. Coony
  • Ultraman: Rising – Goncalo Cabaca, Vishal Patel, Zheng Yong Oh, Nicholas Yoon Joo Kuang, and Pei-Zhi Huang Huang
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Howard Jones, Rich Spence, Deborah Jane Price, Jon Biggins, and Kirstie Deane
  • The Wild Robot – Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, and Steve Avoujageli
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
  • Arcane : "Killing is a Cycle", "Heavy is the Crown", "Finally Got the Name Right", "The Message Hidden Within the Pattern", "The Dirt Under Your Nails", "Pretend Like It's the First Time", "Blisters and Bedrock" – Tom Gouill (Netflix)
  • Dream Productions : "The Dream Team", "Out of Body", "Romance!" – Travis Hathaway (Disney+)
  • In the Know : "Yogurt Week", "Thinksgiving" – Jeff Riley (Peacock)
  • The Patrick Star Show : "Something Stupid This Way Comes" – Colin Lepper (Nickelodeon)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks : "Various episodes" – Raymond Dunster (Paramount+)
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game
  • Better Man – Shaun Freeman, Luisma Lavin Peredo, Carlos Lin, Seoungseok Charlie Kim, and Kaori Miyazawa
  • Gladiator II – Kyle Dunlevy, Philipp Winterstein, Gil Daniel, Michael Elder, and Julien Bagory
  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – Ludovic Chailloleau, Jonathan Paquin, Craig Penn, Florian Fernandez, and Marco Barbati
  • House of the Dragon (Season 2) – Jason Snyman, Manjoe Chan, Chloe McLean, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, and Vincent Lee
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin, Allison Orr, Radiya Alam, and Howard Sly
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
  • Arcane : "The Dirt Under Your Nails" – Arnaud-Loris Baudry, Julien Georgel, Faustine Dumontier, and Charlotte O'Neil (Netflix)
  • Dream Productions : "The Dream Team" – Bert Berry and Josh Holtsclaw (Disney+)
  • Orion and the Dark – Timothy Lamb and Christine Bian (Netflix)
  • Silly Sundays: "Stringy Soup" – Fran Bravo and Rosa Ballester Cabo (Cartoon Network)
  • WondLa : "Bargain" – Andy Harkness (Apple TV+)
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Juried awards

June Foray Award

The Special Achievement Award

Ub Iwerks Award

Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Awards

Multiple awards and nominations

Films

The following films received multiple nominations:

NominationsFilm
10
 The Wild Robot
7
 Inside Out 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
6
 That Christmas
4
 Moana 2
Ultraman: Rising
3
 Chicken for Linda!
Flow
Kensuke's Kingdom
Kung Fu Panda 4
2
 Memoir of a Snail
Spellbound

Television/Broadcast

The following shows received multiple nominations:

NominationsShow
7
 Arcane
6
 Dream Productions
5
 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4
 Bob's Burgers
3
 Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Orion and the Dark
Secret Level
WondLa
2
 Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
Hazbin Hotel
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld
Jessica's Big Little World
Tabby McTat
Yuck!

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