‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Nearly Sweeps Annie Awards With 10 Film Wins
“KPop Demon Hunters” sang and fought its way to total domination at the Annie Awards on Saturday, picking up 10 awards in the 12 film categories at the annual ceremony saluting animation.
In addition to winning in the Best Feature category, the Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix hit also picked up awards for direction, voice acting (for Arden Cho), writing, music, FX, character animation, character design, production design and editorial. It won in every category in which it was nominated, missing awards in only two feature categories: Best Feature – Independent, for which it wasn’t eligible, and Best Storyboarding – Feature, for which it wasn’t nominated.
Pixar’s “Elio,” which was tied with “KPop Demon Hunters” with 10 nominations going into the show, went home empty-handed while the “KPop” hit “Golden” was played incessantly at the ceremony in UCLA’s Royce Hall.
When presenter Larraine Newman opened the envelope to present the final award, she simply looked at the audience, nodded and said, “Say it with me: ‘KPop Demon Hunters.'”
The French film “Arco” won in the indie category, while “The Bad Guys 2” won for storyboarding.
Sweeps or near-sweeps are common at the Annie Awards, where Pixar’s “Coco” holds the record with 11 wins and “KPop Demon Hunters” joins six other films – “How to Train Your Dragon,” “The Incredibles,” “Inside Out,” “Kung Fu Panda,” “Mulan” and “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” – in winning 10.
In the 24 years the Academy Awards established a Best Animated Feature category in 2001, 15 winners in the Annies’ Best Feature category have gone on to win the animation Oscar, and one winner of the Annies’ indie award has done so.
“Common Side Effects” led all TV series with four wins, followed by “Win or Lose” and “Love, Death + Robots” with three each.
Other TV awards went to “Wow Lisa,” “The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” and “Bob’s Burgers.” “Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical” won the award for Best Special Production, while “Snow Bear” won for Best Short Subject. “Snow Bear” was shortlisted but not nominated for the animated short Oscar.
The Annie Awards are put on by ASIFA-Hollywood, the Southern California chapter of the Association Internationale du Film d’Animation. The ceremony also included the presentation of honorary awards to filmmakers Michael Dudok de Wit, Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, and Chris Sanders.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Best Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Best Feature – Independent
“Arco”
Remembers, MountainA France, France 3 Cinéma
Best Special Production
“Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical”
WildBrain Studios in association with Apple
Best Short Subject
“Snow Bear”
The Art of Aaron Blaise
Best Sponsored
“Olipop Yeti”
Screen Novelties & Passion Pictures
Best TV/Media – Preschool
“Wow Lisa”
Episode: “Rainy Day”
Punkrobot
Best TV/Media – Children
“The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball”
Episode: “The Rewrite”
Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
Best TV/Media – Mature
“Common Side Effects”
Episode: Pilot
Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment and Williams Street Productions
Best TV/Media – Limited Series
“Win Or Lose”
Episode: “Home”
Pixar Animation Studios
Best Student Film
“A Sparrow’s Song”
Tobias Eckerlin
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Best FX – TV/Media
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age”
Episode: “The Big Freeze”
Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian
BBC Studios Natural History Unit
FX: Framestore
Best FX – Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Corbaux, Naoki Kato, Daniel LaChapelle
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
FX: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Best Character Animation – TV/Media
“Win Or Lose”
Alli Sadegiani
Pixar Animation Studios
Best Character Animation – Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Ryusuke Furuya
Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix
Best Character Animation – Live Action
“How To Train Your Dragon”
Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi
DreamWorks Animation
FX: Framestore
Best Character Animation – Video Game
“South of Midnight”
Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond
Compulsion Games
Best Character Design – TV/Media
“Love, Death + Robots”
Episode: “400 Boys”
Robert Valley
Blur Studio for Netflix
Best Character Design – Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Best Direction – TV/Media
“Common Side Effects”
Episode: “Cliff’s Edge”
Vincent Tsui Productions
Best Direction – FEATURE
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
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 Music – Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Best Production Design – TV/Media
“Love, Death + Robots”
Episode: “How Zeke Got Religion”
Gigi Cavenago
Blur Studio for Netflix
Best Production Design – Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Best Storyboarding – TV/Media
“Love, Death + Robots”
Episode: “How Zeke Got Religion”
Edgar Martins
Blur Studio for Netflix
Best Storyboarding – Feature
“The Bad Guys 2”
Anthony Holden, Young Ki Yoon
DreamWorks Animation
Best Voice Acting – TV/Media
“Bob’s Burgers”
Episode: “Don’t Worry Be Hoopy”
Dan Mintz (as Tina Belcher)
20th Television Animation
Best Voice Acting – Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Arden Cho (as Rumi)
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Best Writing – TV/Media
“Common Side Effects”
Episode: Pilot
Joe Bennett, Steve Hely
Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions ○
Best Writing – Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
Best Editorial – TV/Media
“Common Side Effects”
Episode: “Raid”
Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim
Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions ○
Best Editorial – Feature
“KPop Demon Hunters”
Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix
JURIED AWARDS
Winsor McCay Award: Michaël Dudok de Wit; Christopher Miller and Phil Lord; 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
Best Picture
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One Battle After AnotherProbability: 66.67% Up: 16.67%Nominations: Oscars, SAG, BAFTA, PGA, GG, Critics ChoiceWins: GG, Critics Choice“One Battle After Another” marks the third consecutive Best Picture nominee for director Paul Thomas Anderson following “Licorice Pizza” and “Phantom Thread.”
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SinnersProbability: 33% Up: 23.00%Nominations: Oscars, SAG, BAFTA, PGA, GG, Critics Choice22 other films this century have gotten the same Best Picture nominations and wins as “Sinners.” Only one (“The King’s Speech”) won Best Picture. That being said, Two of the three films that previously held the nomination record (“All About Eve” and “Titanic”) won Best Picture.
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Marty SupremeProbability: 25% Up: 15.91%Nominations: Oscars, SAG, BAFTA, PGA, GG, Critics ChoiceTimothée Chalamet has now starred in eight Best Picture nominees across the past 10 Academy Awards ceremonies.
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FrankensteinProbability: 25% Up: 15.00%Nominations: Oscars, SAG, PGA, GG, Critics ChoiceEight other films this century have gotten the same Best Picture nominations and wins as “Frankenstein.” Two (“Million Dollar Baby” and “CODA”) won the Oscar despite missing at the BAFTAs.
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HamnetProbability: 20% Up: 3.33%Nominations: Oscars, SAG, BAFTA, PGA, GG, Critics ChoiceWins: GGThere are five films this century that, like “Hamnet,” got nominations at the Actor Awards, PGAs and BAFTAs, won Best Drama at the Globes and lost Best Picture at Critics Choice. Only one (“Moonlight”) won Best Picture at the Oscars.
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Train DreamsProbability: 1% No change: 0%Nominations: Oscars, PGA, Critics ChoiceJoel Edgerton last starred in a Best Picture nominee in 2012 (“Zero Dark Thirty”)
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Sentimental ValueProbability: 1% No change: 0%Nominations: Oscars, BAFTA, PGA, GG, Critics ChoiceJoachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” picked up nominations for Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay, but it was not recognized in Best Picture or any acting categories.
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The Secret AgentProbability: 1% No change: 0%Nominations: Oscars, GGLast year, “I’m Still Here” became the first Brazilian film and the first Portuguese-speaking film nominated for Best Picture. “The Secret Agent” is now the second.
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F1Probability: 1% No change: 0%Nominations: Oscars, PGARead TheWrap’s coverage with the team behind “F1” here
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BugoniaProbability: 1% No change: 0%Nominations: Oscars, PGA, GG, Critics Choice“Bugonia” marks Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone’s third collaboration (following “The Favourite” and “Poor Things”) to get a Best Picture nomination.
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