Annie Awards 2025: The Wild Robot and Arcane Win Big at This Year’s Event

The Annie Awards were held on Saturday, February 8, celebrating the best in animation, and it was a triumphant night for The Wild Robot and Arcane, which took home the most awards of the evening.

The video game-inspired series Arcane was nominated in seven categories—and to the delight and surprise of both the audience and its creators, it won in every single one.

Joining the night’s biggest winners was Flow, which secured two awards. These three titles were the only ones to claim multiple Annies in one night.

Scroll down for the complete list of winners:

🏆 Major Award Winners

Best Feature

🏅 The Wild Robot – DreamWorks Animation

Best Feature – Independent

🏅 Flow – Sacrebleu Productions, Take Five, Dream Well Studio

Best TV/Media – Mature

🏅 Bob’s Burgers (They Slug Horses, Don’t They?) – 20th Television Animation

Best TV/Media – Children

🏅 Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (The Molecular Level) – Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation

Best TV/Media – Preschool

🏅 The Tiny Chef Show (Tiny Chef’s Spooky Stump Spectacular) – Imagine Entertainment, Nickelodeon

Best TV/Media – Limited Series

🏅 Dream Productions (A Night to Remember) – Pixar Animation Studios

🎭 Best Direction

📽 Feature: The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders (DreamWorks Animation)
📽 TV/Media: Arcane (The Dirt Under Your Nails) – Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury (Netflix, Riot Games, Fortiche)

🎭 Best Voice Acting

🎙 Feature: The Wild Robot – Lupita Nyong’o (Roz)
🎙 TV/Media: Dream Productions (Out of Body) – Paula Pell (Paula)

✍️ Best Writing

🖋 Feature: Flow – Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
🖋 TV/Media: Orion and the Dark – Charlie Kaufman

🎞 Best Editorial

📹 Feature: The Wild Robot
📹 TV/Media: Arcane (Pretend Like It’s the First Time)

🎨 Best Character Animation

🖌 Feature: The Wild Robot – Fabio Lignini
🖌 TV/Media: Arcane (Various Episodes) – Tom Gouill
🖌 Live Action: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Wētā FX
🖌 Video Game: Neva – Nomada Studio

🎼 Best Music

🎶 Feature: The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
🎶 TV/Media: Arcane (The Dirt Under Your Nails)

🏅 Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Awards

✨ Aaron Blaise
✨ Eunice Macaulay
✨ Normand Roger

🎖 Other Special Honors

💡 June Foray Award: Women in Animation
🛠 Ub Iwerks Award: Alberto Menache
📚 Special Achievement Award: Directing at Disney: The Original Directors of Walt’s Animated Films

The 2025 Annie Awards reaffirmed the power of animation, with Arcane continuing its legacy as a groundbreaking series, The Wild Robot establishing itself as a major animated feature, and Flow proving that independent films can shine just as brightly.

Which of these winners were you rooting for? 🎬🏆