# 51st Annie Awards

The 51st Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2023 was held on February 17, 2024, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, in 37 categories.
The nominees were announced on January 11, 2024, Nimona led the nominations for film category with nine, followed by Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Boy and The Heron and Suzume with seven. In television/broadcast category Blue Eye Samurai led the category with seven, followed by Star Wars: Visions with six. For the first time in 32 years, Disney and Pixar films were completely shut out of the Best Animated Feature category. Both The Boy and The Heron and Suzume tie the record with the most nominations for an anime production.

## Winners and nominees
### Productions categories

| Best Animated Feature | Best Animated Feature — Independent |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation The Boy and the Heron – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS Nimona – Annapurna Animation for Netflix Suzume – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc. / Distributed by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures, and TOHO Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies | Robot Dreams – Arcadia Motion Pictures Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia – Folivari, Mélusine Productions, Studio Canal / Distributed by GKIDS Four Souls of Coyote – Cinemon Entertainment The Inventor – Curiosity Studios White Plastic Sky – SALTO Films & Artichoke |
| Best Animated Special Production | Best Animated Short Subject |
| Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie – WildBrain Studios in association with Apple Invincible: Atom Eve – Amazon MGM Studios and Skybound Entertainment Shape Island: The Winter Blues – Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple The Smeds and The Smoos – Magic Light Pictures The Velveteen Rabbit – Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple | WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko – ElectroLeague Carne de Dios – Ojo Raro and Fedora Productions Daffy in Wackyland – Warner Bros. Animation HUMO – Outik Animation, 3rd Street Video, Mindsoup Entertainment, and IMCINE PINA – PUNCHLINE CINEMA / NEXT DAYS FILMS |
| Best Sponsored Production | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children |
| "Video Games" by Tenacious D – Pinreel Inc. Alzheimer's Research UK 'Change The Ending' – Passion Pictures "Laugh Track" by The National (featuring Phoebe Bridgers) – Bernard Derriman Up in smoke – NOMINT | Ghee Happy: "Navagraha" – Ghee Happy Studio Batwheels: "To the Batmobile!" – Warner Bros. Animation The Creature Cases: "The Forest Food Bandit" – Silvergate Media/Team TO/Choice/Provisions/Netflix Playdate with Winnie the Pooh: "Piglet, Tigger and the Cardboard Box" – Oddbot Inc. StoryBots: Answer Time: "Fractions" – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix |
| Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children | Best Mature Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production |
| Hilda: "Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle" – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc., and Mercury Filmworks Curses!: "The Baboon Temple" – DreamWorks Animation Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: "The Beyonder" – Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation My Dad the Bounty Hunter: "Bizarre Ride" – A Netflix Series Shape Island: "Square's Special Place" – Bix Pix Entertainment in association with Apple | Blue Eye Samurai: "Pilot: Hammerscale" – A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions Big Mouth: "The International Show" – Netflix Bob's Burgers: "Amelia" – 20th Television Animation Scavengers Reign: "The Signal" – Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street Tomato Kitchen – Bilibili / Studio Reflection |
| Best Animated Limited Series | Best Student Film |
| Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "Enkai" – Triggerfish Animation Studio and Blinkink Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection: "Yellowbird" – Afterman production in association with Max/Warner Bros. Discovery Pokémon: Path to the Peak: "Episode 1" – The Pokémon Company International | The Little Poet – Justine King, director and producer (California Institute of the Arts) From the Top – Rich Farris, director; Martina Buendia Silva, producer (National Film and Television School) Kolaj – Besen Dilek, director and producer (Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH) La quête de l'humain – Mélina Lenco, Lucie Juric, Caroline Leibel, Faustine Merle, and Claire Pellet, student team (Gobelins, l'école de l'image) Quem Salva – Laure Devin, Maxime Bourstin, Nathan Medam, Charles Hechinger, and Titouan Jaouen, student team (Supinfocom Rubika) |

### Individual achievement categories

| Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production |
| Blue Eye Samurai: "All Evil Dreams and Angry Words" – Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, and Laurent Bretonniere The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday – Sateesh Malla, Russell Richardson Jr., Akash Gopal, Basavaraj P, and Kevin Rumold Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "Moremi" – Matthew Dunwoody, Dmitry Sarkisov, Podchasha Yuri Anatolyevich, Richard Bothma, and Emile Van Straaten Star Wars: Visions: "Sith" – Jonatan Catalán, Alberto Sánchez, Phoebe Arjona, Virginia Cantaro, and Rubén Hinarejos What If...?: "What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?" – Ryan Barringer, Rajkumar Gurudu, Bipin Kumar Patra, and Pranil Ravindra Mahajan | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari, Naoki Kato, Nicola Finizio, and Edmond Boulet-Gilly Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Charles Copping, Jon Biggins, Jim Lewis, Rich Spence, and Martin Lipmann Elemental – Chris Chapman, Tim Speltz, Krzysztof Rost, Amit Baadkar, Ravindra Dwivedi The Peasants – Lukasz Mackiewicz and Kamil Polak Suzume – Yoshitaka Takeuchi and Hiroyuki Seshita |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production |
| Blue Eye Samurai: "Episodes 101, 104 and 106" – Alex Bard Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake: "The Winter King" – Alex Small-Butera The Amazing Digital Circus: "Pilot" – Kevin Temmer Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "Moremi, Surf Sangoma, Stardust" – Andre DeVilliers Star Wars: Visions: "I Am Your Mother" – Laurie Sitzia | The Boy and the Heron – Takeshi Honda Elemental – Jessica Torres Nimona – Toby Seale Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken – Prashanth Cavale Suzume – Kenichi Tsuchiya |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production | Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Fernando Herrera, Chris Hurtt, Nathan McConnel, Daniel Cabral, and Chris McGaw Ahsoka – Rick O'Connor, Mike Beaulieu, Stewart Alves, Kevin Reuter, and Wai Kit Wan Cocaine Bear – Carmelo Leggiero, Steve Braggs, Kevin Kelm, Cedric Enriquez Canlas, and Kane Elferink The Little Mermaid – Pablo Grillo, Kayn Garcia, Ferran Casas, Stuart Ellis, and Joseph Lewis Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Kevin Estey, Kai-Hua Lan, Blaine Toderian, Richard John Moore, and Joseph C.K Leong | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 – Insomniac Games Animation Team (Insomniac Games) Atomic Heart – Mundfish Animation Team (Mundfish) Hogwarts Legacy – Tara Edwards (Avalanche Software) Let's! Revolution – BUCK Animation Team (BUCK) Teslagrad 2 – Aslak Helgesen (Rain Games) |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production |
| Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: "The Beyonder" – Jose Lopez Clone High: "Let's Try This Again" – Tara Billinger Jessica's Big Little World: "Bedtime Routine" – Nick Winn Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "You Give Me Heart" – Lesego Vorester Spirit Rangers: "Water Protectors" – Marie Delmas | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Jesús Alonso Iglesias Elemental – Maria Yi Merry Little Batman – Nikolas Ilic Nimona – Aidan Sugano Robot Dreams – Daniel Fernandez Casas |
| Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production |
| Star Wars: Visions: "Screecher's Reach" – Paul Young Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire: "Moremi" – Shofela Coker and Andrew McNally My Dad the Bounty Hunter: "Bizarre Ride" – Kenji Ono, Kai Akira, and Patrick Harpin Pokémon Concierge: "What's on Your Mind, Psyduck?" – Iku Ogawa Scavengers Reign: "The Fall" – Diego Porral | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki Nimona – Nick Bruno and Troy Quane Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger and Benoît Feroumont Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears |
| Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production |
| Blue Eye Samurai: "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride" – Yuka Shirasuna Hilda: "Chapter 6: The Forgotten Lake" – John Mckinnon and Mike Stefanelli I Am Groot: "Groot's Snow Day" – Dan Urrutia The Legend of Vox Machina: "The Sunken Tomb" – Todd Raleigh and Joelle Kristie Star Wars: Visions: "Screecher's Reach" – Richie Cody, ACE, BFE | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Editorial Team (Michael Andrews, Andrew Leviton, R. Chett Hoffman, Erika Scopelli, Nina Lentini, Freddy Ferrari) Elemental – Stephen Schaffer, Amera Rizk, Gregory Snyder, Jen Jew, and Kevin Rose-Williams Leo – Patrick Voetberg, Joseph Titone, Darrian M. James, Danny Miller, and Brian Robinson Nimona – Randy Trager, Erin Crackel, Stephen Schwartz, and Ashley Calle Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Greg Levitan, Illya Quinteros, David and Croomes, and Myra Owyang |
| Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production |
| Star Wars: Visions: "Aau's Song" – Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, and Dineo du Toit Animaniacs: "Talladega Mice" – Steven Bernstein and Julie Bernstein Babylon 5: The Road Home – Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter, and Lolita Ritmanis Pacemaker – Christopher Lennertz The Smeds and The Smoos – René Aubry | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton and Metro Boomin The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi Elemental – Thomas Newman and Ari "LAUV" Leff Suzume – Kazuma Jinnouchi and RADWIMPS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production |
| Blue Eye Samurai: "The Great Fire of 1657" – Toby Wilson, James Wilson, and Emil Mitev Blue Eye Samurai: "Hammerscale" – Jason Scheier Scavengers Reign: "The Storm" – Charles Huettner, Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Pauline Mauvière, Hugo Moreno, and Jon Juarez Star Wars: Visions: "Sith" – Carlos Salgado What If...?: "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?" – Paul Lasaine, Kristina Vardazaryan, Cynthia Halley, Ryan Magno, and Simon Dunsdon | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Patrick O'Keefe and Dean Gordon The Boy and the Heron – Yoji Takeshige Elemental – Don Shank, Maria Yi, Dan Holland, Jennifer Chang, and Laura Meyer Nimona – Aidan Sugano and Jeff Turley Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Yashar Kassai, Arthur, and Tiffany Lam |
| Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production |
| Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: "Goodnight Moon Girl" – Ben Juwono Craig Before The Creek – Erik Fountain Fright Krewe: "The Blood Awakening, Part 1" – Leah Artwick Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai: "Never Give Up" – Kristine Lee Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight: "Apok-ta-pokalypse Now, Part II" – Grace Liu | The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Richard Phelan Nimona – Esteban Bravo Robot Dreams – Maca Gil Suzume – Makoto Shinkai |
| Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production |
| Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl in Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: "Moon Girl Landing" Aisha Tyler as Lana Kane in Archer: "Keys Open Doors" Alex Lawther as Velveteen Rabbit in The Velveteen Rabbit Dan Stevens as Korvo in Solar Opposites: "The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse" Vico Ortiz as Serena in Craig Before The Creek | Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona in Nimona David Hornsby as Joker in Merry Little Batman Hokuto Matsumura as Souta Munakata in Suzume Jack Black as Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie Tresi Gazal as Gwen in Migration |
| Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production |
| Blue Eye Samurai: "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride" – Amber Noizumi Only You: An Animated Shorts Collection: "Yellowbird" – Tsvetelina Zdraveva and Jerred North Rock Paper Scissors: "Birthday Police" – Josh Lehrman, Kyle Stegina, Aram Spencer Porter, Julia Prescott and Mike Trapp Rosie's Rules: "Time Trouble" – Leyani Diaz and Maria Escobedo Scavengers Reign: "The Reunion" – Sean Buckelew | Nimona – Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger Suzume – Makoto Shinkai Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe, Dan Hernandez, and Benji Samit |

## Juried awards
### June Foray Award

* BRIC Foundation (Alison Mann and Nicole Hendrix, co-founders)

### The Special Achievement Award

* The Artists of Walt Disney Animation

### Ub Iwerks Award

* John Oxberry (posthumously)

### Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Awards

* Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (posthumously)
* Joe Hisaishi
* Marcy Page

## Multiple awards and nominations
### Films

| Nominations | Film |
| 9 | Nimona |
| 7 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |
| 7 | The Boy and the Heron |
| 7 | Suzume |
| 6 | Elemental |
| 6 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem |
| 5 | Robot Dreams |
| 2 | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget |
| 2 | Merry Little Batman |
| Wins | Film |
| 7 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |
| 2 | The Boy and the Heron |
| 2 | Nimona |

### Television/Broadcast

| Nominations | Show |
| 7 | Blue Eye Samurai |
| 6 | Star Wars: Visions |
| 5 | Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire |
| 4 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur |
| 4 | Scavengers Reign |
| 2 | What If...? |
| 2 | Hilda |
| Wins | Show |
| 5 | Blue Eye Samurai |
| 3 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur |
| 2 | Star Wars: Visions |