The 46th Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2018 took place on February 2, 2019, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, and presented awards in 32 categories.
Production categories On December 3, 2018, the nominations were announced. Incredibles 2 earned the most number of nominations with 11, followed by Ralph Breaks the Internet with 10. Best Animated FeatureBest Animated Feature — Independent Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — Sony Pictures Animation Early Man — Aardman Animations Incredibles 2 — Pixar Animation Studios Isle of Dogs — Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures Ralph Breaks the Internet — Walt Disney Animation Studios Mirai — Studio Chizu Ce Magnifique Gâteau! — Beast Animation, Vivement Lundi!, Pedri Animation MFKZ — Ankama, Studio 4 °C Ruben Brandt, Collector — Hungarian National Film Fund Tito and the Birds — Bits Productions, Split StudioBest Animated Special ProductionBest Animated Short Subject Mary Poppins Returns — Walt Disney Studios Back to the Moon — Google Spotlight Stories, Google Doodles, Nexus Studios The Emperor's Newest Clothes — HBO, Starburns Industries The Highway Rat — Magic Light Pictures Weekends — past lives productions Grandpa Walrus — Caïmans Productions Lost & Found — Wabi Sabi Studios SOLAR WALK — Nørlum Untravel — Production: Film House Baš Čelik, Serbia Coproduction: BFilm, Bratislava, Your Dreams Factory, BratislavaBest Animated Television/Broadcast CommercialBest Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children Greenpeace 'There's a Rang-Tan In My Bedroom' — Passion Animation Studios Goldfish at the Fair — Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Grinch / 40 / Olympics Spot — Illumination JD.com, 'Joy and Heron' — Passion Pictures The Fearless Are Here — Nexus Studio Ask the StoryBots — Episode: How Do Computers Work? — JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix Dinotrux: Supercharged — Episode: Crabcavator — DreamWorks Animation Television Hey Duggee — Episode: The Singing Badge — Studio AKA PJ Masks — Episode: Wacky Floats — Frog Box Entertainment One Tumble Leaf — Episode: Moonlight Mermaid/Hedge's Hatchlings — Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment Sesame Street — Episode: Kitty Kindness — Sesame WorkshopBest Animated Television/Broadcast Production for ChildrenBest General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production Hilda — Episode: Chapter 1: The Hidden People — Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny — Episode: Enter the Dragon Master — DreamWorks Animation Television Little Big Awesome — Episode: Puppy Shower — Amazon Studios Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Episode: Mystic Mayhem — Nickelodeon Animation Studio Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters — Episode: The Eternal Knight Pt. 2 — DreamWorks Animation Television SpongeBob SquarePants — Episode: Squirrel Jelly — Nickelodeon Animation Studio BoJack Horseman — Episode: The Dog Days are Over — Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix Big Mouth — Episode: The Planned Parenthood Show — Netflix Bob's Burgers — Episode: The Bleakening, Parts 1 and 2 — 20th Century FOX Television/Bento Box Entertainment for FOX Human Kind Of — Episode: Desperately Seeking Social Skills — Cartuna for Facebook Watch The Venture Bros. — Episode: The Saphrax Protocol — Titmouse, Inc. for Adult SwimBest Student FilmBest Virtual Reality Production Best Friend — Nicholas Olivieri, Yi Shen, Juliana De Lucca, Varun Nair, David Feliu A Blink of An Eye — Kiana Naghshineh Facing It — Sam Gainsborough Hors Piste — Léo Brunel, Loris Cavalier, Camille Jalabert, Oscar Mallet Sister — Siqi Song Crow: The Legend — Baobab Studios Age of Sail — Google Spotlight Stories, Broad Reach Pictures Battlescar —AtlasV Mind Palace — Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Moss — Polyarc
Individual achievement categories Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production David M.V. Jones, Vincent Chou, Clare Yang – Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia – DreamWorks Animation Television Zach Glynn, Shyh-Chyuan Huang, Michael Losure, K.C. Ong, Alex Timchenko – DreamWorks Theatre Presents Kung Fu Panda – DreamWorks Animation Jeffrey Lai – Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Nickelodeon Animation Studio Mike Spitzmiller, Steve Gallant, Iain Collins, Daniel Craven, Lynda Rollins – SuperMansion – Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Philip Child, Nilesh Sardesai – Watership Down – 42 / Biscuit Entertainment with Netflix Cesar Velazquez, Marie Tollec, Alexander Moaveni, Peter DeMund, Ian J. Coony – Ralph Breaks the Internet – Walt Disney Animation Studios Howard Jones, Dave Alex Riddett, Grant Hewlett, Pat Andrew, Elena Vitanza Chiarani – Early Man – Aardman Animations Patrick Witting, Kiel Gnebba, Spencer Lueders, Joe Pepper, Sam Rickles – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation – Sony Pictures Animation Greg Gladstone, Tolga Göktekin, Jason Johnston, Eric Lacroix, Krzysztof Rost – Incredibles 2 – Pixar So Ishigaki, Graham Wiebe – Next Gen – Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for NetflixOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production Scott Lewis – Hilda – Hilda Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media Company, Netflix Inc. and Mercury Filmworks Sikand Srinivas – Age of Sail – Google Spotlight Stories, Broad Reach Pictures Lucas Vigroux – Back to the Moon – Google Spotlight Stories, Google Doodles, Nexus Studios Juliane Martin – Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure – Walt Disney Television Animation Dan MacKenzie – Tumble Leaf – Amazon Studios and Bix Pix Entertainment David Han – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Laurie Sitzia – Early Man – Aardman Animations Lance Fite – Incredibles 2 – Pixar Vitor Vilela – Ralph Breaks the Internet – Walt Disney Animation Studios Jason Stalman – Isle of Dogs – Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical PicturesOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Live Action ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Video Game Chris Sauvé, James Baxter, Sandro Cleuzo – Mary Poppins Returns – Walt Disney Pictures Paul Story, Sidney Kombo-Kintombo, Eteuati Tema, Jacob Luamanuvae-Su'a, Sam Sharplin – Avengers: Infinity War – Marvel Studios Arslan Elver, Laurent Laban, Kayn Garcia, Claire Blustin, Marc-André Coulombe – Christopher Robin – Walt Disney Pictures Pablo Grillo, Laurent Laban, Kyle Dunlevy, Stuart Ellis, Liam Russell – Paddington 2 – StudioCanal, Heyday Films, Marmalade Films Ltd Richard Oey, Adrien Annesley, Allison Orr, Wei Liang Yap, Shan Hao – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms – Walt Disney Animation Studios Adrian Miguel, Adrian Garcia, Adrian Miguel – GRIS – Nomada Studio Erica Pinto, Mehdi Yssef, Bruno Velazquez – God of War – Santa Monica Studio Bobby Coddington – Spider-Man – Insomniac Games Richard Lico – Moss – Polyarc David Hubert, Jacob Gardner, Giovanni Spinelli, Marco Foglia, Jean-Philippe Chaurette – Shadow of the Tomb Raider – Square EnixOutstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Amanda Jolly – Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure – Disney Television Animation Bruno Mangyoku – Age of Sail – Google Spotlight Stories, Broad Reach Pictures Jim Bryson – Niko and the Sword of Light – Amazon Studios Chris Mitchell – The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle – DreamWorks Animation Television Keiko Murayama – The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle – DreamWorks Animation Television Shiyoon Kim – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Matt Nolte – Incredibles 2 – Pixar James Woods – Mary Poppins Returns – Walt Disney Studios Marceline Tanguay – Next Gen – Baozou with Alibaba Pictures Inc. in association with Tangent Animation for Netflix Ami Thompson – Ralph Breaks the Internet – Walt Disney Animation StudiosOutstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Eddie Trigueros – Mickey Mouse – Walt Disney Television Animation Evan Spiridellis – Ask the StoryBots – JibJab Bros. Studios for Netflix Sung Jin Ahn – Niko and the Sword of Light – Amazon Studios Nick Simotas – SuperMansion – Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Guillermo del Toro, Rodrigo Blaas – 3Below: Tales of Arcadia – DreamWorks Animation Television Bob Persichetti, Rodney Rothman, Peter Ramsey – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Nick Park – Early Man – Aardman Animations Genndy Tartakovsky – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation – Sony Pictures Animation Brad Bird – Incredibles 2 – Pixar Rich Moore, Phil Johnston – Ralph Breaks the Internet – Walt Disney Animation StudiosOutstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Christopher Willis – Mickey Mouse – Walt Disney Television Animation Mathieu Alvado – Back to the Moon – Google Spotlight Stories, Google Doodles, Nexus Studios Tony Morales, John Kavanaugh, Craig Gerber, Silvia Olivas, Rachel Ruderman – Elena of Avalor – Walt Disney Television Animation Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Kevin Kliesch – Tangled: The Series – Walt Disney Television Animation Vivek Maddala – The Tom and Jerry Show – Warner Bros. Animation Michael Giacchino – Incredibles 2 – Pixar Danny Elfman, Tyler, The Creator – The Grinch – Illumination Harry Gregson-Williams, Tom Howe – Early Man – Aardman Animations Henry Jackman, Alan Menken, Phil Johnston, Tom MacDougall, Dan Reynolds – Ralph Breaks the Internet – Walt Disney Animation Studios Michael Herrera – Smallfoot – Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Animation GroupOutstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Céline Desrumaux, Jasmin Lai – Age of Sail – Google Spotlight Stories, Broad Reach Pictures Justin Martin – Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation Antonio Canobbio: Art Director, Howard Chen: Background Layout, Ivan Louey: Background Layout Supervisor, Crystal Yoori Son: Background Paint – Little Big Awesome – Amazon Video Antonio Canobbio: Art Director, Bobby Walker: Background Paint, Michelle Rhee: Background Layout, Richard Chang: Background Paint, Joseph Martinez: Background Layout – Niko and the Sword of Light – Amazon Video Chris Mitchell, Chris Turnham, Tor Aunet, DanBob Thompson, Aaron Spurgeon – The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle – DreamWorks Animation Television Justin K. Thompson – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Sony Pictures Animation Matt Perry, Richard Edmunds – Early Man – Aardman Animations Scott Wills – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation – Sony Pictures Animation Adam Stockhausen, Paul Harrod – Isle of Dogs – Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures Jeff Turley – Mary Poppins Returns – Walt Disney StudiosOutstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast ProductionOutstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Alonso Ramirez Ramos – Mickey Mouse – Disney Television Animation (TIE) Kevin Molina-Ortiz – Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Nickelodeon Animation Studio (TIE) Will Patrick – Ben 10 – Cartoon Network Studios Trey Buongiorno – Big Hero 6: The Series – Walt Disney Television Animation Sage Cotugno – Star vs. the Forces of Evil – Walt Disney Television Animation Dean Kelly – Incredibles 2 – Pixar