‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Sweeps Annie Awards

 

KPop Demon Hunters

 

'KPop 데몬 헌터스(KPDH, KPop Demon Hunters)'가 2026 애니상(Annie Awards) 작품, 감독(매기 강과 크리스 애플한스), 각본, 음악, 편집, 성우(아덴 조), 특수효과, 캐릭터 애니메이션, 캐릭터 디자인, 미술상까지 10개 부문상을 싹쓸이했다.

 

애미상 10개 부문 후보에 올랐던 '케데헌'은 10개 모든 부문에서 수상했다. 이전 최다 애니상 수상작은 2018년 11개 부문상을 수상한 픽사와 월트디즈니 제작 애니메이션 '코코(Coco)'다.   

 

'케데헌'은 2026년 2월 현재 조회수 4억8천2백만으로 넷플릭스 사상 최다 시청 영화가 됐다. 한편, TV쇼 역대 최다 시청 드라마는 2억 6천500만 뷰를 기록한 황동혁 감독의 '오징어 게임 1(Squid Game 1)'이다.  

 

한편, 최우수 독립영화상은 프랑스 우고 비앙베누(Ugo Bienvenu) 감독의 '아르코(Arco)'가 수상했다. '케데헌'과 '아르코'는 3월 15일 열릴 제 98회 아카데미상의 최우수 애니메이션 극영화(Best Animated Feature Film) 부문 후보로 올라 있다. 이외에도 이 부문에선 '엘리오(Elio)' '리틀 아멜리(Little Amélie)', 그리고 '주토피아 2(Zootopia 2/ Zootropolis 2)'와 경합을 벌이게 된다. 픽사 제작 '엘리오'의 각본은 한인 희곡작가 줄리아 조(Julia Cho)가 공동으로 썼다. 

 

국제애니메이션영화협회 로스앤젤레스 지부(ASIFA-Hollywood)에서 1972년 설립한 애니상은 매년 미국 영화와 텔레비전에서 상영된 만화영화를 대상으로 한다. 

 

#Oscars 2026: Best Animated Feature Film Nominees

Arco – Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry, Sophie Mas, and Natalie Portman

Elio – Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, and Mary Alice Drumm

KPop Demon Hunters – Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans, and Michelle L.M. Wong

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, and Henri Magalon

Zootopia 2/ Zootopia 2 – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Yvett Merino

 

 

The 2026 Annie Award 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

Edward Ferrysienanda, Kevin Christensen, Guy Schuleman, Benedikt Roettger, Kevin Tarpinian

Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age

Episode: The Big Freeze

BBC Studios Natural History Unit

FX: Framestore

 

BEST FX – FEATURE

Filippo Macari, Nicola Finizio, Simon Corbaux, Naoki Kato, Daniel La Chapelle

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

FX: Sony Pictures Imageworks

 

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA

Alli Sadegiani

Win Or Lose

Pixar Animation Studios

 

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE

Ryusuke Furuya

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix

 

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION

Kayn Garcia, Jean-Denis Haas, Meena Ibrahim, Nathan McConnel, Nick Tripodi

How To Train Your Dragon

DreamWorks Animation

FX: Framestore

 

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME

Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, Remi Edmond

South of Midnight

Compulsion Games

 

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Robert Valley

Love, Death + Robots

Episode: 400 Boys

Blur Studio for Netflix

 

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE

Scott Watanabe, Ami Thompson

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

 

BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA

Vincent Tsui

Common Side Effects

Episode: Cliff’s Edge

Productions

 

BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE

Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

 

BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA

Ramin Djawadi, Shane Eli, Johnny Pakfar

Win Or Lose

Episode: Episode 6, Mixed Signals

Pixar Animation Studios

 

BEST MUSIC – FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters Music Team

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA

Gigi Cavenago

Love, Death + Robots

Episode: How Zeke Got Religion

Blur Studio for Netflix

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE

Helen Chen, Dave Bleich, Wendell Dalit, Scott Watanabe, Celine Kim

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

 

BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA

Edgar Martins

Love, Death + Robots

Episode: How Zeke Got Religion

Blur Studio for Netflix

 

BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE

Anthony Holden, *Young Ki Yoon (윤용기)

The Bad Guys 2

DreamWorks Animation

 

BEST VOICE ACTING – TV/MEDIA

Dan Mintz (as Tina Belcher)

Bob’s Burgers

Episode: Don’t Worry Be Hoopy

20th Television Animation

 

BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE

Arden Cho (as Rumi)

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

 

BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA

Joe Bennett, Steve Hely

Common Side Effects

Episode: Pilot

Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions

 

BEST WRITING – FEATURE

Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

 

BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA

Tony Christopherson, Joie Lim

Common Side Effects

Episode: Raid

Green Street Pictures, Bandera Entertainment, and Williams Street Productions

 

BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE

KPop Demon Hunters Editorial Team

*KPop Demon Hunters

Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix

 

WINSOR McCAY AWARD

Michaël Dudok de Wit

Christopher Miller

Phil Lord

Chris Sanders

 

JUNE FORAY AWARD

Sandy Rabins

 

UB IWERKS AWARD

Wacom

 

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

LightBox Expo

 

ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD MERIT AWARD

Jeffrey New

Haley Mirren Douthit

 

 

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Sweeps Annie Awards

The animation honors are presented by the L.A. branch of the International Animated Film Association.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2026-annie-awards-winners-list-kpop-demon-hunters-sweeps-1236510457/

 

 

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