Annual Annie Awards ceremony held in 2022
The 49th ceremony of the Annie Awards , honoring excellence in the field of animation for the year of 2021 , was held on March 12, 2022, at the University of California, Los Angeles 's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California as a virtual event.[ 1] The nominations were announced on December 21, 2021.[ 2]
Winners and nominees
The nominees were announced on December 21, 2021, Raya and the Last Dragon led the nominations with ten, followed by Encanto with nine. For TV, Arcane led with nine nominations, followed by Maya and the Three with seven.[ 3]
Belle has received five Annie Award nominations, including one for Best Independent Animated Feature . Its total makes it the most nominations for a Japanese anime film ever at the awards, ties with Ghost in the Shell (1995).
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Film) and Arcane (TV) swept every category with eight and nine, became the first year to sweep both. The Mitchells vs. the Machines became the second film by Sony Pictures Animation to sweep the Annies after Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2019 . Arcane became the first television series to both win the most awards in a single year, and to sweep the Annies. Flee also won Best Animated Feature — Independent , making it the first animated documentary to do so.[ 4]
Winners are highlighted in boldface
Productions Categories
Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Feature — Independent
Best Animated Special Production
Best Animated Short Subject
Bestia – Trébol 3 Producciones, MALEZA Estudio
Easter Eggs – Animal Tank, Brecht Van Elslande
MAALBEEK – Films Grand Huit Films à Vif
Night Bus – Joe Hsieh Independent Production
Steakhouse – Finta Film, Fabian & Fred, RTV Slovenija, Miyu Productions
Best Sponsored Production
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children
Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children
Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Best Student Film
Night of the Living Dread – Ida Melum, director; Danielle Goff, producer (National Film and Television School , UK )
A Film About a Pudding – Roel Van Beek, director; Jack Pollington, producer (National Film and Television School , UK )
HOPE – Ryoma Leneuf & Gabriel Martinez, directors; Nicolas Daguin, Guillaume Uchoa, Arthur Bollia, Benjamin Autour; producers (New3dge)
I Am a Pebble – Yasmine Bresson and Maxime Le Chapelain, directors; Coline Moire, producer (ESMA)
Slouch – Michael Bohnenstingl, director and producer (Film Academy Baden-Württemberg )
Individual achievement categories
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production
Arcane (Episode: "Oil and Water") – Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Martin Touzé, Frédéric Macé, Jérôme Dupré
Castlevania (Episode: "The Endings") – Tam Lu, Adam Deats, Sam Deats
Maya and the Three (Episode: "The Sun and the Moon") – Alexander Feigin, Graham Wiebe, Pradeep Mynam, Michael Sun, Sergen Eren
Shaun The Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas – Jim Lewis
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans – Greg Lev, Brandon Tyra, Prakash Dcunha, Vincent Chou, Chen Ling
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Christopher Logan, Man-Louk Chin, Devdatta Nerurkar, Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari
Belle – Ryo Horibe, Yohei Shimozawa
Encanto – Alex Moaveni, Dimitre Berberov, Bruce Wright, Scott Townsend, Dale Mayeda
Raya and the Last Dragon – Peter De Mund, Cong Wang, Robert Bennett, Joel Einhorn, Debbie Carlson
Vivo – Martin Furness, Lucy Maxian, Nachiket Pujari, Theodor Vandernoot, Stephanie Molk
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
Arcane (Episode: "The Monster You Created") – Léa Chervet
Love, Death + Robots (Episode: "All Through the House") – Dan Gill
Namoo – Jon Paul Brower
Ultra City Smiths (Episode: "The Little Baby Hand Pinky Grip") – Ghazal Tahernia
We the People (Episode: "Active Citizenship") – Stephen Loveluck
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Karl Rapley, Sebastian Trujillo, Richard John Moore, Merlin Bela Wassilij Maertz, Pascal Raimbault
Flora & Ulysses – Thomas Becker, Daniel Cavalcante, Philipp Winterstein, Victor Dinis, Thiago Martins
The Suicide Squad – Meena Ibrahim, Alvise Avati, Nicholas Cabana, Adam Goldstein, Lea Vera Toro
The Tomorrow War – Carmelo Leggiero, Cajun Hylton, Michel Alencar Magalhaes, Florent Limouzin, Dave Clayton
Y: The Last Man – Industrial Light & Magic Animation Team
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Arcane (Episode: "Some Mysteries Better Left Unsolved") – Evan Monteiro
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Arcane (Episode: "The Monster You Created") – Pascal Charue, Arnaud Delord, Barthelemy Maunoury
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
What If...? (Episode: "What If... Ultron Won? ") – Joel Fisher, Graham Fisher, Sharia Davis, Basuki Juwono, Adam Spieckerman
Amphibia (Episode: "True Colors ") – Jennifer Calbi, Julie Anne Lau, Yoonah Yim, Andrew Sorcini, David Vasquez
Arlo the Alligator Boy – Steve Downs
Love, Death + Robots (Episode: "Pop Squad") – Julian Clarke, Matt Mariska, Valerian Zamel, Brian Swanson, Ky Kenyon
Tom and Jerry in New York (Episode: "Billboard Jumble") – Michael D'Ambrosio, Jeff Small
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Greg Levitan, Collin Wightman, T.J. Young, Tony Ferdinand, Bret Allen
Encanto – Jeremy Milton, John Wheeler, Pace Paulsen, Brian Estrada
Flee – Janus Billeskov Jansen
Luca – Catherine Apple, Jason Hudak, Jennifer Jew, Tim Fox, David Suther
Raya and the Last Dragon – Fabienne Rawley, Shannon Stein, Todd Fulkerson, Rick Hammel, Brian Millman
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Arcane (Episode: "Happy Progress Day!") – Julien Georgel, Aymeric Kevin, Arnaud Baudry
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Lindsey Olivares, Toby Wilson, Dave Bleich
Belle – Tomm Moore , Ross Stewart, Alice Dieudonné, Almu Redondo, Maria Pareja
Raya and the Last Dragon – Paul Felix, Mingjue Helen Chen, Cory Loftis
Ron's Gone Wrong – Aurélien Predal, Till Nowak, Nathan Crowley
Vivo – Carlos Zaragoza, Wendell Dalit, Andy Harkness
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Arcane (Episode: "When These Walls Come Tumbling Down") – Simon Andriveau
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Arcane (Episode: "The Monster You Created") – Christian Linke, Alex Yee
Additional Individual Awards
Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita
Ub Iwerks Award
Multiple awards and nominations
Films
The following films received multiple nominations:
The following films received multiple awards:
Television/Broadcast
The following shows received multiple nominations:
The following shows received multiple awards:
References
External links
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