Written by Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was the big winner at the 2024 Annie Awards.
The Sony Pictures Animation film won seven awards at Saturday night’s Annies, including the top prize of best feature.
Other features that won multiple awards from the International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood, which presents the prizes recognizing the year’s best in animation, include two-time winners Nimona and The Boy and the Heron, which were nominated for nine and seven awards apiece, respectively.
Across the Spider-Verse, Nimona and The Boy and the Heron are all nominated for the Oscar for best animated feature, alongside Elemental and Robot Dreams, which won best feature – independent. Pixar’s Elemental went home empty-handed, despite being nominated for six awards.
Oscar-nominated animated short War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko won the Annie award for best short subject. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Oscar nominated for best visual effects, won the Annie award for best character animation – live action.
On the TV side, Blue Eye Samurai was the top winner with six awards, followed by Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, which won three prizes, and Star Wars: Visions, which took home two.
The 51st Annie Awards were held at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Winsor McCay Awards for career achievement were presented to animator-director Charlotte “Lotte” Reiniger (posthumous), Studio Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi and National Film Board animator and producer Marcy Page.
Additionally, the Artists of Walt Disney Animation were honored with a special achievement award; the June Foray Award for charitable impact was given to BRIC Foundation co-founders Alison Mann and Nicole Hendrix; the Ub lwerks Award for technical achievement went to John Oxberry (posthumous).
Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation (WINNER)
Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS
Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios Stephen Schaffer, Amera Rizk, Gregory Snyder, Jen Jew, Kevin Rose-Williams
Leo – Happy Madison for Netflix Patrick Voetberg, Joseph Titone, Darrian M. James, Danny Miller, Brian Robinson
Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix Randy Trager, Erin Crackel, Stephen Schwartz, Ashley Calle
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Michael Andrews, ACE & Editorial Team (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David Croomes, Myra Owyang
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Production Company: Netflix Presents An Aardman Production – FX Production Company: Aardman Production Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, Martin Lipmann
Elemental – Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios- FX Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation – FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, Edmond Boulet-Gilly (WINNER)
Suzume – Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. – FX Production Company: CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Seshita
The Peasants – Production Company: Breakthru Films – FX Production Company: Breakthru Productions Lukasz Mackiewicz, Kamil Polak
Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios Maria Yi
Merry Little Batman – Amazon MGM Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment Nikolas Ilic
Nimona -Annapurna Animation for Netflix Aidan Sugano
Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures Daniel Fernandez Casas
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Jesús Alonso Iglesias (WINNER)
Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures Pablo Berger, Benoît Feroumont
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Hayao Miyazaki
Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin (WINNER)
Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. Kazuma Jinnouchi, RADWIMPS
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Joe Hisaishi
Elemental – Pixar Animation Studios Don Shank, Maria Yi, Dan Holland, Jennifer Chang, Laura Meyer
Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix Aidan Sugano, Jeff Turley
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Patrick O’Keefe, Dean Gordon (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies Yashar Kassai, Arthur, Tiffany Lam
The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Yoji Takeshige
