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52nd Annie Awards
DateFebruary 8, 2025 (2025-02-08)
SiteRoyce Hall
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Organized byASIFA-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.

Nominees were revealed on December 20, 2024. 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. 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.

Winners and nominees

Productions categories

Best Animated Feature Best Animated Feature — Independent
Best Special Production Best Short Subject
  • Beautiful Men (Animal Tank, Miyu Productions, Ka-Ching Cartoons)
  • In the Shadow of the Cypress (Barfak Animation Studio)
  • Ruthless Blade (IDEOMOTOR Culture Media Co., Ltd.)
  • The Swineherd (Fleng Entertainment, Tumblehead Productions)
  • Wander to Wonder (Circe Films, Kaap Holland Film, Les Productions de Milou, Beast Animation, Blink Industries, 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, 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, Jérôme Dupré (Netflix)
  • Dream Productions: "A Night to Remember" – Gary Bruins, Jongwon Pak, Arturo Aguilar, Alan Browning, Alen Lai (Disney+)
  • Secret Level: "Warhammer 40,000: And They Shall Know No Fear" – Josh Schwartz, Joe Coleman, Michael Huang, Guilherme Casagrandi, Raul Rodrigues (Amazon Prime Video)
  • Secret Level: "Dungeons & Dragons: The Queen's Cradle" – Arthur Loiseau, Tom O'Bready, Esteban Genre, Alexandre Lerouge, Guillaume Grelier Star (Amazon Prime Video)
  • Secret Level: "Crossfire: Good Conflict" – Kamil Murzyn, Rafał Rumiński, Jarosław Armata, Michał Śledź, Michał Firek (Amazon Prime Video)
  • Kung Fu Panda 4 – Zachary Glynn, Alex Timchenko, Kiem Ching Ong, Yorie Kaela Kumalasari, Jinguang Huang
  • Moana 2 – Santiago Robles, Marc Bryant, Deborah Carlson, Jake Rice, Ian J. Coony
  • The Wild Robot – Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli
  • Ultraman: Rising – Goncalo Cabaca, Vishal Patel, Zheng Yong Oh, Nicholas Yoon Joo Kuang, Pei-Zhi Huang Huang
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – Howard Jones, Rich Spence, Deborah Jane Price, Jon Biggins, Kirstie Deane
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)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks: "Various episodes" – Raymond Dunster (Paramount+)
  • The Patrick Star Show: "Something Stupid This Way Comes" – Colin Lepper (Nickelodeon)
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, Kaori Miyazawa
  • Gladiator II – Kyle Dunlevy, Philipp Winterstein, Gil Daniel, Michael Elder, Julien Bagory
  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – Ludovic Chailloleau, Jonathan Paquin, Craig Penn, Florian Fernandez, Marco Barbati
  • House of the Dragon (Season 2) – Jason Snyman, Manjoe Chan, Chloe McLean, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, Vincent Lee
  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Christian Kickenweitz, Aidan Martin, Allison Orr, Radiya Alam, 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, Charlotte O'Neil (Netflix)
  • Dream Productions: "The Dream Team" – Bert Berry, Josh Holtsclaw (Disney+)
  • Orion and the Dark – Timothy Lamb, Christine Bian (Netflix)
  • Silly Sundays: "Stringy Soup" – Fran Bravo, 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

  • For "significant and benevolent impact":
    • Women in Animation, global non-profit advocating for gender equity and inclusion in animation, VFX, and gaming.

The Special Achievement Award

  • Presented to "acknowledge unique and outstanding achievement not recognized within the existing award category structure":
    • The book The Original Directors of Walt's Animated Films by Pete Docter and Don Peri.

Ub Iwerks Award

  • For "technical advancement affecting the animation industry":
    • Alberto Menache, visual effects, animation and gaming pioneer.

Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Awards

  • In "recognition of lifetime or career contributions":

Multiple awards and nominations

Films

The following films received multiple nominations:

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

Television/Broadcast

The following shows received multiple nominations:

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

References

  1. Milligan, Mercedes (December 20, 2024). "Annie Awards Nominees: 'The Wild Robot' Leads with 10 Nods". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  2. Richlin, Harrison (December 20, 2024). "Annie Awards 2025: 'The Wild Robot' Leads with 10 Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  3. Giardina, Carolyn (December 20, 2024). "'The Wild Robot' Leads 2025 Annie Awards Nominations With 10 Nods". Variety. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  4. Vlessing, Etan (December 20, 2024). "'The Wild Robot' Leads Annie Awards Nominations With 10 Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

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