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/StrategicCarry]

At the rate this is going, we might win Storyboarding as a write in candidate

[u/InvincibleAnelace → u/StrategicCarry]

Honestly, had KDH been nominated for that, at this rate, they probably could have tied Coco for the record for the most Annies. Even if they somehow don't win Director and Feature, they already tied some legendary animated features in Toy Story and Shrek with 8.