Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Blue Eye Samurai both won big at the 51st Annie Awards. The sequel to Into the Spider-Verse took seven awards, including Best Feature and Music. Netflix’s Edo-period revenge piece won six, including Best Character Animation TV/Series and Best FX. Nimona went into the night with the most nominations (nine total), but only won two. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 won Best Character Animation — Live Action, because the Annies recognizes that CGI is still animation (which is a conversation those alleged “live-action remakes†aren’t ready for). For those looking to the Annies for their Oscars betting pool, Academy Award–nominated short WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won Best Short. And of the five films nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, only one left the Annies without hardware: Pixar’s Elemental. The full list of 2024 Annie Award winners is below.
Best Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Feature — Independent
Robot Dreams
Best Special Production
Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie
Best Short Subject
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best Sponsored
Video Games, by Tenacious D
Best TV/Media — Preschool
Ghee Happy
Best TV/Media — Children
Hilda
Best TV/Media — Mature
Blue Eye Samurai
Best TV/Media — Limited Series
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
Best Student Film
The Little Poet
Best FX — TV/Media
Blue Eye Samurai
Best FX — Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Character Animation — TV/Media
Blue Eye Samurai
Best Character Animation — Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Best Character Animation — Live Action
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Best Character Animation — Video Game
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Best Character Design — TV/Media
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Best Character Design — Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Direction — TV/Media
Star Wars: Visions
Best Direction — Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Music — TV/Media
Star Wars: Visions
Best Music — Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Production Design — TV/Media
Blue Eye Samurai
Best Production Design — Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best Storyboarding — TV/Media
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Best Storyboarding — Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Best Voice Acting — TV/Media
Diamond White, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Best Voice Acting — Feature
Chloë Grace Moretz, Nimona
Best Writing — TV/Media
Blue Eye Samurai
Best Writing — Feature
Nimona
Best Editorial — TV/Media
Blue Eye Samurai
Best Editorial — Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse