Dec 21, 2021

Annie Award Nominations: Netflix won 51 nominations. "Arcane", "Mitchell Vs.Machine", "Maya and 3 people" leads the streamer

The nominations for the 49th annual ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards were announced today.

Across all categories, Netflix leads with 51 nominations; Disney is next with 34. The streamer is especially dominant in the tv/media categories. Its acclaimed show Arcane, which topped its ranking of most-watched English-language series in mid-November, leads the pack with nine nominations. The two next-most-nominated series, Maya and the Three (7) and Love, Death + Robots (5), are also Netflix productions. The streamer also earned 14 nominations across the three Sony Pictures Animation films that it released this year: The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Vivo, and Wish Dragon.

The best feature category has thrown up no surprises. Disney's three self-produced features of the year - Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, and Pixar's Luca - are all nominated (as they are at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards). So is Netflix/Sony's The Mitchells vs. the Machines, which has been tearing up the critics' group awards. That leaves one slot, which Universal/Illumination's Sing 2 has taken.

Those four heavyweights (not including Sing 2) have an enormous 35 nominations between them. With ten, Raya and the Last Dragon has the most of any title this year. Given its buzz, though, Mitchells stands a chance of stealing the crown from Disney.

Over in the indie feature category, critical darling Flee is up against three anime releases from GKIDS: Belle, Pompo the Cinéphile, and Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko. Netflix's The Summit of the Gods is also in the running; surprisingly, this is the only nomination for the well-received mountaineering epic. There's disappointment for Afghan-set drama My Sunny Maad, which was nominated at the Globes but not here.

Unlike its competitors, Summit has the marketing muscle of a giant company behind it. Belle has the most nominations - five - of any of them, and director Mamoru Hosoda won this award with his last film Mirai. Flee has the most hype. Any of the three could win, but our money's on Flee.

An indicator of streaming's pre-eminence in series: of the 15 shows nominated for one of the best tv/media awards (preschool, children, general audience), ten were made for platforms, five for linear broadcast.

The Annie Awards will be presented on February 26, 2022. The current plan is to hold the ceremony in person at UCLA's Royce Hall. “In spite of everything or maybe because of what we and the world around us have been through for nearly two years, we all want to return to some sort of normal,” said Frank Gladstone, the awards' executive producer, in a statement.

In addition to the 31 competitive categories, there are five juried awards that honor “unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation.”

Encanto Walt Disney Animation Studios

Luca Pixar Animation Studios

Raya and the Last Dragon Walt Disney Animation Studios

Sing 2 Illumination

The Mitchells vs. The Machines Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

Belle Studio Chizu / Distributed by GKIDS

Flee Final Cut For Real, Sun Creature, Vivement Lundi !, MostFilm, Mer Film, VICE, Left HandFilms, Participant

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Studio 4ºC / Distributed by GKIDS

Pompo the Cinephile Clap Animation Studio / Distributed by GKIDS

The Summit of the Gods Julianne Films, Folivari and Mélusine Productions Present In co-production with France 3 Cinéma and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma in association with Wild Bunch in association with Palatine Etoile 17, Cinémage 14, Indéfilms 8 for Netflix

For Auld Lang Syne WildBrain Studios in association with Apple

La Vie de Château Films Grand Huit in association with Miyu Productions

Mum Is Pouring Rain Laïdak Films & Dandelooo

Namoo Baobab Studios

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf Studio Mir for Netflix

Bestia Trebol 3 Producciones, Maleza Estudio

Easter Eggs Animal Tank / Brecht Van Elslande

Maalbeek Films Grand Huit Films à Vif

Night Bus Joe Hsieh

Steakhouse Finta Film, Fabian & Fred, RTV Slovenija, Miyu Productions

A Future Begins Nexus Studios

Fleet Foxes – “Featherweight” Sing-Sing

The Good Guest Guide to Japan” Airbnb / Chromosphere

Tiptoe & The Flying Machine Nexus Studios

Wandavision – “Don't Touch that Dial” Title Sequence Titmouse Inc.

Ada Twist, Scientist Episode: Twelve Angry Birds Laughing Wild, Higher Ground Productions, Wonder Worldwide, Netflix

Muppet Babies Episode: Gonzo-rella Oddbot Inc

Odo Episode: Doddle Song? Sixteen South and Letko

Stillwater?Episode: Crossing Over / Kind of Blue? Scholastic Entertainment / Gaumont / Polygon Pictures in association with Apple

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum Episode: I am Ella Fitzgerald 9 Story Media Group / Brown Bag Films

Amphibia Episode: True Colors Walt Disney Television Animation

Carmen Sandiego Episode: The Himalayan Rescue Caper Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and DHX Media for Netflix

Dug Days Episode: Science Pixar Animation Studios

Maya and the Three Episode: The Sun and the Moon A Netflix Series

We the People Episode: Active Citizenship Laughing Wild, Higher Ground Productions, Netflix

Arcane Episode: When These Walls Come Tumbling Down A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix

Bob's Burgers Episode: Fingers-loose 20th TV/ Bento Box Animation

Love, Death + Robots Episode: Ice Blur Studio for Netflix

Star Wars: Visions Episode: The Duel Kamikaze Douga

Tuca & Bertie Episode: The Dance The Tornante Company

A Film About A Pudding? Student director: Roel Van Beek? Student producer: Jack Pollington ?School: National Film and Television School, UK

Hope ?Student director: Ryoma Leneuf & Gabriel Martinez ?Student producer: Nicolas Daguin, Guillaume Uchoa, Arthur Bollia, Benjamin Autour ?School: New3dge

I Am A Pebble? Student director: Yasmine Bresson and Maxime Le Chapelain? Student producer: Coline Moire ?School: ESMA

Night of the Living Dread ?Student director: Ida Melum ?Student producer: Danielle Goff?School: National Film and Television School, UK

Slouch ?Student director: Michael Bohnenstingl? Student producer:?Michael Bohnenstingl? School: Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg GmbH

Arcane ?Episode: Oil and Water ?Guillaume Degroote, Frederic Macé, Jérôme Dupré, Aurélien Ressencourt, Martin Touzé? ?FX Production Company: Fortiche Productions

Castlevania? Episode: The Endings ?Tam Lu, Adam Deats, Sam Deats FX Production Company:?Powerhouse Animation Studios

Maya and the Three Episode: The Sun and the Moon Alexander Feigin, Graham Wiebe, Pradeep Mynam, Michael Sun, Sergen Eren? FX Production Company:?Tangent Animation Studios

Shaun The Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas? Episode: Broadcast Special ?Jim Lewis? FX Production Company:?Aardman

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans ?Episode: Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Greg Lev, Brandon Tyra, Prakash Dcunha, Vincent Chou, Chen Ling FX Production Company:?DreamWorks Animation, CGCG Inc. and Original Force Ltd.

Belle? ?Ryo Horibe, Yohei Shimozawa ?FX Production Company: Studio Chizu / Digital Frontier

Encanto Alex Moaveni, Dimitri Berberov, Bruce Wright, Scott Townsend, Dale Mayeda FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios?

Raya and the Last Dragon ?Peter De Mund, Cong Wang, Robert Bennett, Joel Einhorn, Debbie Carlson FX Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios?

The Mitchells vs. The Machines Christopher Logan, Man-Louk Chin,?Devdatta Nerurkar, Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks

Vivo ?Martin Furness, Stephanie Molk, Lucy Maxian, Nachiket Pujari, Theodor Vandernoot FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks

Arcane? Episode: The Monster You Created Lea 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

Encanto ?Dave Hardin

Luca ?Tarun Lak

Raya and the Last Dragon ?Jennifer Hager

The Boss Baby: Family Business ?Ravi Kamble Govind

Wish Dragon Ketan Adikhari

Flora & Ulysses FX Production Company: Framestore? Thomas Becker, Thiago Martins, Daniel Cavalcante, Philipp Winterstein, Victor Dinis

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings? FX Production Company:? Weta Digital ?Karl Rapley, Sebastian Trujillo, Richard John Moore, Merlin Bela, Wassilij Maertz, Pascal Raimbault

The Suicide Squad? ?FX Production Company: Framestore ?Meena Ibrahim, Alvise Avati, Nicholas Cabana, Adam Goldstein, Lea Vera Toro

The Tomorrow War FX Production Company: Weta Digital? Carmelo Leggiero, Florent Limouzin, Cajun Hylton, Dave Clayton, Michel Alencar Magalhaes,

Y: The Last Man ?FX Production Company: ?Industrial Light & Magic

Disney Wonderful Worlds Ludia

It Takes Two Hazelight Studios?

Kena: Bridge of Spirits Ember Lab?

Madrid Noir Atlas V No Ghost / ?Aziz Kocanaogullari

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Insomniac Games

Arcane ?Episode: Some Mysteries Better Left Unsolved? ?Evan Monteiro

Batman: The Long Halloween Part One Episode: Broadcast Special ?Otto Schmidt

Kid Cosmic ?Episode: The Rings of Power ?Craig McCracken

Maya and the Three Episode: The Sun and the Moon ?Jorge R. Gutierrez

Yuki 7? Episode: They Called Her Number Seven? Keiko Murayama

Luca Deanna Marsigliese

Raya and the Last Dragon ?Ami Thompson

Ron's Gone Wrong ?Julien Bizet

The Mitchells vs. The Machines Lindsey Olivares

Vivo ?Joe Moshier

Amphibia ?Episode: True Colors Jenn Strickland, Kyler Spears

Arcane? Episode: The Monster You Created Pascal Charue, Arnaud Delord, Barthelemy Maunoury

Crossing Swords Episode: Tent Pitching ?John Harvatine, Brad Schaffer, Ethan Marak

Hilda and the Mountain King Episode: Broadcast Special ?Andy Coyle

Maya and the Three Episode: The Sun and the Moon Jorge R. Gutierrez

Belle Mamoru Hosoda

Encanto ?Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith

Flee ?Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Kenneth Ladekjær

Luca ?Enrico Casarosa

The Mitchells vs. The Machines Mike Rianda,? Jeff Rowe

Blush? ?Joy Ngiaw

Hilda and the Mountain King Episode: Broadcast Special ?Ryan Carlson

Maya and the Three Episode: The Sun and the Moon Tim Davies, Gustavo Santaolalla

Mila ??Flavio Gargano

Mira, Royal Detective Episode: The Eid Mystery ?Amritha Vaz, Matthew Tishler, Jeannie Lurie

Encanto ?Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco

Luca? Dan Romer

Poupelle of Chimney Town ?Youki Kojima, Yuta Bandoh

Raya and the Last Dragon ?James Newton Howard, Jhené Aiko

Vivo Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda

Arcane ?Episode: Happy Progress Day!? Julien Gorgel, Aymeric Kevin, Arnaud Baudry

Arlo the Alligator Boy Episode: Broadcast Special ?Israel Sanchez, Tania Franco, Margaret Wuller, Michelle Haejung Park, Kayla Jones

Love, Death + Robots Episode: Ice ?Robert Valley

Maya and the Three Episode: The Sun and the Moon ?Jorge R. Gutierrez, Paul Sullivan, Gerald de Jesus, Richard Chen

Yuki 7 ?Episode: They Called Her Number Seven? Chromosphere Team

Belle ?Tomm Moore, Pareja 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

The Mitchells vs. The Machines ?Lindsey Olivares, Toby Wilson, Dave Bleich

Vivo ?Carlos Zaragoza, Wendell Dalit, Andy Harkness

Arcane? Episode: When These Walls Come Tumbling Down? Simon Andriveau

Invincible? Episode: Where I Really Come From? Jay Baker

Kid Cosmic? Episode: The Big Win Justin Nichols

Love, Death + Robots Episode: Pop Squad ?Jennifer Yuh Nelson

The Ghost and Molly McGee Episode: All Systems No? ?Johnny Castuciano

Encanto ?Jason Hand

Raya and the Last Dragon ?Luis Logam

Spirit Untamed Gary Graham

The Addams Family 2 Steven Garcia

Vivo Carlos Romero

Arcane? Episode: When These Walls Come Tumbling Down Ella Purnell

Arlo the Alligator Boy Episode: Broadcast Special Michael J. Woodard

Centaurworld? Episode: Johnny Teatimes Be Best Competition: A Quest for the Sash ?Parvesh Cheena

DC Super Hero Girls Episode: #EnterNightSting Kimberly Brooks

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans? Episode: Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans ?Charlie Saxton

Encanto ?John Leguizamo

Encanto ?Stephanie Beatriz

Luca ?Jack Dylan Grazer

Raya and the Last Dragon ?Kelly Marie Tran

The Mitchells vs. The Machines Abbi Jacobson

Arcane ?Episode: The Monster You Created Christian Linke, Alex Yee

Maya and the Three Episode: Chapter 4: The Skull ?Silvia Olivas, Jorge R. Gutierrez

Muppet Babies Episode: Gonzo-Rella Ghia Godfree

The Mighty Ones Episode: Berry's Pet Threat n?Jillian Goldfluss, Erica Jones, Nicolette Wood

Tuca & Bertie Episode: Planteau? Lisa Hanawalt

Belle ?Mamoru Hosoda

Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Amin Nawabi

Luca Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones

Raya and the Last Dragon ?Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim

The Mitchells vs. The Machines Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe

Amphibia Episode: True Colors Jennifer Calbi , David Vasquez, Julie Anne Lau, Yoonah Yim, Andrew Sorcini

Arlo the Alligator Boy Episode: Broadcast Special ?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

What If…- ?Episode: What If…Ultron Won-? ?Joel Fisher, Graham Fisher, Sharia Davis, Basuki Juwono, Adam Spieckerman

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

The Mitchells vs. The Machines ?Greg Levitan, Collin Wightman, T.J. Young, Tony Ferdinand, Bret Allen

Winsor McCay Award (lifetime achievement) Ruben Aquino, Lillian Schwartz, Toshio Suzuki

June Foray Award (significant and benevolent or charitable impact) Renzo Kinoshita (deceased), Sayoko Kinoshita

Ub Iwerks Award (technical advancement) Python Foundation

Special Achievement Award (unique and outstanding achievement) Glen Vilppu

Certificate of Merit (service to the art and industry) Evan Vernon