Netflix’s Klaus wins big at the 2020 Annie Awards

The winners of the 47th annual Anime Awards were announced yesterday evening, with Netflix’s first original animated feature Klaus scooping seven honours in total including Best Animated Feature.

The Christmas-themed film is set to contest the Best Animated Feature Oscar against Toy Story 4, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Missing Link and fellow Netflix release I Lost My Body, was also successful in the direction, editing, storyboarding, production design, character animation and character design categories.

Netflix also enjoyed further success with I Lost My Body, Love, Death & Robots, BoJack Horseman and Tuca & Bertie all receiving awards, while big hitters like Toy Story 4 and Missing Link were left empty handed. Check out the full list of winners here via Deadline…

Best Animated Feature
Klaus
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Best Animated Feature-Independent
I Lost My Body
Xilam for Netflix

Best Animated Special Production
How to Train Your Dragon Homecoming
DreamWorks Animation

Best Animated Short Subject
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days
Ciclope Filmes, National Film Board of Canada, Les Armateurs

Best Virtual Reality Production
Bonfire
Baobab Studios

Best Animated Television/Media Commercial
The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page’s ‘59 Telecaster
Nexus Studios

Best Animated Television/Media Production For Preschool Children
Ask The Storybots
Episode: Why Do We Have To Recycle?
JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix

Best Animated Television/Media Production For Children
Disney Mickey Mouse
Episode: Carried Away
Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel

Best General Audience Animated Television/Media Production
BoJack Horseman
Episode: The New Client
Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix

Best Student Film
The Fox & The Pigeon
Michelle Chua
Sheridan College

Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Media Production
Love, Death & Robots
Viktor Németh, Szabolcs Illés, Ádám Sipos, Vladimir Zhovna
Episode: The Secret War
Blur for Netflix

Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production
Frozen 2
Benjamin Fiske, Alex Moaveni, Jesse Erickson, Dimitre Berberov, Kee Nam Suong
Walt Disney Animation Studios

Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
His Dark Materials
Aulo Licinio (Character: lorek)
Episode 7
BBC Studios

Character Animation In An Animated Feature Production
Klaus
Sergio Martins (Character: Alva)
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Character Animation in a Live Action Production
Avengers: Endgame
Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Sam Sharplin, Keven Norris, Tim Teramoto, Jacob Luamanuvae-Su’a
Weta Digital

Character Animation in a Video Game
Unruly Heroes
Sebastien Parodi (Characters: Heroes Kid version, Underworld NPC,
Nicolas Leger (Characters: Wukong, Kihong, Sandmonk, Sanzang, Enemies and cinematics)
Magic Design Studios

Character Design in an Animated Television/Media Production
Carmen Sandiego
Keiko Murayama
Episode: The Chasing Paper Caper
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and DHX Media for Netflix

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Klaus
Torsten Schrank
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Directing in an Animated Television/Media Production
Disney Mickey Mouse
Alonso Ramirez Ramos
Episode: For Whom the Booth Tolls
Disney TV Animation/Disney Channel

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Klaus
Sergio Pablos
Netflix Presents a Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine

Music in an Animated Television/Media Production
Love, Death & Robots
Rob Cairns
Episode: Sonnie’s Edge
Blur for Netflix

Music in an Animated Feature Production
I Lost My Body
Dan Levy
Xilam for Netflix

Production Design in an Animated Television/Media Production
Love, Death & Robots
Alberto Mielgo
Episode: The Witness
Blur for Netflix

Production Design In An Animated Feature Production
Klaus
Szymon Biernacki, Marcin Jakubowski
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Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Media Production
Carmen Sandiego
Kenny Park
Episode: Becoming Carmen Sandiego, Part 1
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and DHX Media for Netflix

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Klaus
Sergio Pablos
Netflix Presents A Production of The Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine

Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Media Production
Bob’s Burgers
H. Jon Benjamin (Character: Bob)
Episode: Roamin’ Bob-iday
20th Century FOX / Bento Box Entertainment

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Frozen 2
Josh Gad (Character: Olaf)
Walt Disney Animation Studios

Writing in an Animated Television/Media Production
Tuca & Bertie
Shauna McGarry
Episode: The Jelly Lakes
Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
I Lost My Body
Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant
Xilam for Netflix

Editorial in an Animated Television/Media Production
Love, Death & Robots
Bo Juhl, Stacy Auckland, Valerian Zamel
Episode: Alternate Histories
Blur for Netflix

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
Klaus
Pablo García Revert
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