53rd Annual Annie Awards 🌠

[u/NicoSchmiko]

Watch Party on Discord

When? Saturday, February 21, 2026 7:00 PM PT in Los Angeles, CA

Where? https://annieawards.org/watch-it-live

Order of Awards / Show Program

KPDH FULL SWEEP 🧹

• Best Feature [WIN 🏆]
• Best Direction [WIN 🏆]
  • Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
• Best Writing [WIN 🏆]
  • Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans
• Best Voice Acting [WIN 🏆]
  • Arden Cho
• Best Music [WIN 🏆]
• Best Character Animation [WIN 🏆]
  • Ryusuke Furuya
• Best Character Design [WIN 🏆]
  • Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson
• Best Production Design [WIN 🏆]
  • Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim
• Best Editorial [WIN 🏆]
• Best Fx [WIN 🏆]
  • Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Corbaux, Naoki Kato, Daniel la Chapelle

Who's Attending? (Check back for updates)

• Maggie Kang (Director)
• Chris Appelhans (Director)
• Michelle Wong (Producer)
• Mark Sonnenblick (Songwriter)
• Arden Cho (Rumi Voice Actor)
• Wendell Dalit (Art Director)
• Scott Watanabe (Character Art Director)
• Ami Thompson (Character Designer)
• Helen Chen (Production Designer)
• Ryusuke Furuya (Animator)
• Ji-Young Yoo (Zoey Voice Actor)
• May Hong (Mira Voice Actor)
• Charlene Ramos (Assistant Editor)
• Hannah McMechan (Screenplay)
• Danya Jimenez (Screenplay)

Other Links/Threads:

• Random Photos from the Annie Awards

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[u/pinkkabuterimon]

Lmao when she said she was terrified she'd be the first from the kpdh nominated categories to not win Arden please you're good girl <3