Pixar’s “Win Or Lose” Wins Three Annie Awards

The 53rd annual Annie Awards took place on Saturday night at the University of California, Los Angeles’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

While both “Elio” and “Zootopia 2” lost out to the Netflix film, “KPop Demon Hunters” in most categories, Disney did pick up a number of awards with Pixar’s “Win Or Lose” Disney+ original series picking up three awards, Best Character Animation – TV/Media, Best Music – TV/Media, and Best TV/Media Limited Series.

20th Animation’s “Bob’s Burgers” also picked up the Best Voice Acting award in the TV/Media category, with Dan Mintz winning for performing Tina Belcher in the “Don’t Worry Be Hoopy” episode.

Netflix dominated the event, with “KPop Demon Hunters” picking up ten awards, including Best Feature.

Here’s the full rundown of “Annie Awards”:

BEST FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters – Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT

• Arco – Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters – Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

• Common Side Effects (Episode: Cliff’s Edge) – Vincent Tsui (Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions)

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

• The Bad Guys 2 – Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon (DreamWorks Animation)

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

• Love, Death + Robots (Episode: How Zeke Got Religion) – Edgar Martins (Blur Studio for Netflix)

BEST TV/MEDIA – LIMITED SERIES

• Win Or Lose (Episode: Episode 8: Home) – Pixar Animation Studios

BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE

• Common Side Effects (Episode: Pilot) – Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions

BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN

• The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball (Episode: The Rewrite) – Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe

BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL

• Wow Lisa (Episode: Rainy Day)

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

• Common Side Effects (Episode: Pilot) – Joe Bennett, Steve Hely (Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions)

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters – Arden Cho as Rumi (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA

• Bob’s Burgers (Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy) – Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher (20th TV)

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

• Common Side Effects (Episode: Raid) – Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim (Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions)

BEST FX – FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters – Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Lewis, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle (Sony Pictures Imageworks)

BEST FX – TV/MEDIA

• Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age (Episode: The Big Freeze) – Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Shuleman, Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian (Framestore)

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters – Ryusuke Furuya (Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix)

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV MEDIA

• Win or Lose – Alli Sadegiana (Pixar Animation Studios)

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

• How To Train Your Dragon – Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi (Framestore)

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

• South of Midnight – Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond (Compulsion Games)

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters – Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

• Love, Death + Robots (Episode: 400 Boys) – Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters – KPop Demon Hunters Music Team (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

• Win Or Lose (Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals) – Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar (Pixar Animation Studios)

BEST SPONSORED

• Olipop Yeti – Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures

BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION

• Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

• KPop Demon Hunters – Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

• Love, Death + Robots (Episode: How Zeke Got Religion) – Blur Studio for Netflix

BEST SHORT SUBJECT

• Snow Bear – The Art of Aaron Blaise

BEST STUDENT FILM

• A Sparrow’s Song – Tobias Eckerlin (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH)

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JURIED AWARDS

Winsor McCay Award

• Michaël Dudok de Wit, Christopher Miller & Phil Lord, and Chris Sanders

June Foray Award

• Sandy Rabins

Ub Iwerks Award

• Wacom

Special Achievement Award

• LightBox Expo

ASIFA-Hollywood Merit Award

• Jeffrey New and Haley Mirren Douthit

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