‘Kpop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Elio’ among Annie Award nominees: Here’s the full list

BURBANK – Netflix’s hit “Kpop Demon Hunters” and Pixar’s “Elio” were among the top nominees announced Monday for the 53rd Annie Awards, recognizing the year’s top animated productions.

Both were nominated in the top category of best feature, along with GKIDS’ “Little Amélie or the Character of Rain,” Disney’s “Zootopia 2,” and Dreamworks’ “The Bad Guys 2.”

All of those films were also nominated for best character animation in a feature film. “Kpop Demon Hunters” also scored nods in categories including best direction, best character design, best music, writing, production design and voice acting.

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“Kpop Demon Hunters” and “Elio” both earned 10 overall nominations to lead the pack.

On the small screen, “South Park” was among the nominees for best “mature” TV/media program, along with “Bob’s Burgers,” “Common Side Effects,” “Haha, You Clowns” and “Il Baracchino.”

Nominated for best children’s TV/media were “My Melody & Kuromi,” “Spice Frontier: Escape from Veltegar,” “Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” and “Wylde Pak.”

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The Annie Awards, sponsored by ASIFA-Hollywood, will be presented Feb. 21 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

During the ceremony, Winsor McCay lifetime achievement awards will be presented to Oscar-winning animator/writer/director Michael Dudok de Wit, Oscar winners Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, and Oscar nominated writer/director Chris Sanders.

The June Foray Award for impact on the animation community will be presented to producer Sandy Rabins, who founded the AnimAID effort to support people in the industry affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. The Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancement will be given to Wacom and a special achievement award will be presented to LightBox Expo, an annual animation convention.

Best Feature

— 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

— 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

— 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

— 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

— 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

— 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

— 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, Nckelodeon Animation Studios / Jam Filled Entertainment

Best TV/Media – Mature

— 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 caffe, Luckyred, Megadrago

— South Park, Episode: Sermon on the ‘Mount, Comedy Central LLC

Best TV/Media – Limited Series

— 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

— A Sparrow’s Song, Student director: Tobias Eckerlin, Student producer: Tobias Eckerlin, School: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH

— Acrobats, Student directors: Eloise 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 Crancon, Alexis Le Ral, Student producers: Robin Delaporte, Romain Fleischer, Mattéo Durand, School: ESMA

Best FX – TV/Media

— 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

— 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

— 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

— 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

— 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 Roth, 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

— 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 Yotei, Sucker Punch Productions, Sucker Punch Productions Animation Team

— Keeper, Double Fine Productions, Zach Baharov, Alex Turner, Jerry Matsko, Anne-Sophie Savard, Genevieve 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, Anaelle 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, Mailys 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 Special Production, 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

— 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

— 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

— 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

— #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

— 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, Mailys Vallade, Eddine Noel

— Scarlet, Studio CHIZU, Mamoru Hosoda

— Zootopia 2, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jared Bush

Best Editorial – TV/Media

— 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

— 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

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