{"id":483738,"date":"2026-02-22T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/483738\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:31:07","slug":"annie-awards-winners-kpop-demon-hunters-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/483738\/","title":{"rendered":"Annie Awards Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Leads\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cKPop Demon Hunters<\/a>\u201d led with 10 wins at the 53rd Annie Awards<\/a>, taking home trophies for best feature,\u00a0character animation, direction and production design, among others. The awards, considered animation\u2019s highest honor, were presented at UCLA\u2019s Royce Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector Ugo Bienvenu\u2019s \u201cArco\u201d won best independent feature, while Adult Swim\u2019s \u201cCommon Side Effects\u201d and Netflix\u2019 \u201cLove, Death + Robots\u201d led in the television categories with four and three wins, respectively. \u201cCommon Side Effects\u201d claimed the titles of best editorial, best writing, best mature TV\/media and best direction, with \u201cLove, Death + Robots\u201d securing wins for best character design, best production design and best storyboarding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJuried awards were also presented, including the Winsor McCay Award to Micha\u00ebl Dudok de Wit, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord and Chris Sanders and the June Foray Award to Sandy Rabins. The Ub Iwerks Award for technical advancement affecting the animation industry was presented to Wacom and the Special Achievement Award was presented to LightBox Expo. ASIFA-Hollywood Merit Award was presented to Jeffrey New and Haley Mirren Douthit<\/p>\n

\n\tEach year, the Annie Awards celebrate excellence in animation, awarding individual artists and the animation industry as a whole for their outstanding achievements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full list of winners below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST FEATURE \u2013 INDEPENDENT<\/p>\n

\n\tArco, Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cin\u00e9ma<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION<\/p>\n

\n\tSnoopy Presents: A Summer Musical, WildBrain Studios in association with Apple<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST SHORT SUBJECT<\/p>\n

\n\tSnow Bear, The Art of Aaron Blaise<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST SPONSORED<\/p>\n

\n\tOlipop Yeti, Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST TV\/MEDIA \u2013 PRESCHOOL<\/p>\n

\n\tWow Lisa, Episode: Rainy Day, Punkrobot<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST TV\/MEDIA \u2013 CHILDREN<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, Episode: The Rewrite, Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST TV\/MEDIA \u2013 MATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tCommon Side Effects, Episode: Pilot, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST TV\/MEDIA \u2013 LIMITED SERIES<\/p>\n

\n\tWin Or Lose, Episode: Home, Pixar Animation Studios<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST STUDENT FILM<\/p>\n

\n\tA Sparrow\u2019s Song, Tobias Eckerlin, Filmakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg GmbH<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST FX \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tPrehistoric Planet: Ice Age, Episode: The Big Freeze, BBC Studios Natural History Unit, FX: Framestore, Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST FX \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Corbaux, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix, FX: Sony Pictures Imageworks<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST CHARACTER ANIMATION \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tWin Or Lose, Alli Sadegiani, Pixar Animation Studios<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST CHARACTER ANIMATION \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, Ryusuke Furuya, Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST CHARACTER ANIMATION \u2013 LIVE ACTION<\/p>\n

\n\tHow To Train Your Dragon, Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi, DreamWorks Animation, FX: Framestore<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST CHARACTER ANIMATION \u2013 VIDEO GAME<\/p>\n

\n\tSouth of Midnight, Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond, Compulsion Games<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST CHARACTER DESIGN \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tLove, Death + Robots, Episode: 400 Boys, Robert Valley, Blur Studio for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST CHARACTER DESIGN \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST DIRECTION \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tCommon Side Effects, Vincent Tsui, Episode: Cliff\u2019s Edge Productions<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST DIRECTION \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST MUSIC \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tWin Or Lose, Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals, Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar, Pixar Animation Studios<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST MUSIC \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters Music Team, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST PRODUCTION DESIGN \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tLove, Death + Robots, Episode: How Zeke Got Religion, Gigi Cavenago, Blur Studio for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST PRODUCTION DESIGN \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST STORYBOARDING \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tLove, Death + Robots, Episode: How Zeke Got Religion, Edgar Martins, Blur Studio for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST STORYBOARDING \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Bad Guys 2, Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon, DreamWorks Animation<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST VOICE ACTING \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tDan Mintz (as Tina Belcher), Bob\u2019s Burgers, Episode: Don\u2019t Worry Be Hoopy, 20th Television Animation<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST VOICE ACTING \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tArden Cho (as Rumi), KPop Demon Hunters, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST WRITING \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tCommon Side Effects, Joe Bennett, Steve Hely, Episode: Pilot, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions <\/p>\n

\n\tBEST WRITING \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST EDITORIAL \u2013 TV\/MEDIA<\/p>\n

\n\tCommon Side Effects, Episode: Raid, Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim, Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions <\/p>\n

\n\tBEST EDITORIAL \u2013 FEATURE<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Demon Hunters, KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team, Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d led with 10 wins at the 53rd Annie Awards, taking home trophies for best feature,\u00a0character…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[189725,88,2696],"class_list":{"0":"post-483738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-annie-awards","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-kpop-demon-hunters"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}