The Annie Award for Character Animation in a Video Game is an Annie Award given annually to the best character animation in video games. It was first presented at the 42nd Annie Awards.
Winners and nominees 2010s Year Video Game Recipient(s) Notes Company 2014 (42nd) Assassin's Creed UnityMike Mennillo Ubisoft Montreal Don't Starve: Console EditionAlex Savin, Allan Cortez, Kelly Graham, Aaron Bouthillier, Jeff Agala Klei Entertainment Inc. Child of LightAlex Drouin Ubisoft Montreal 2015 (43rd) Evolve David Gibson Character Animator: Daisy, Goliath, Kraken 2K Games Armikrog Mike Dietz Lead Animator: All Characters Pencil Test Studios, Inc. Invisible, Inc. Bruce Chang Character Animator: Decker, Central, Nika, Guards Klei Entertainment Inc. 2016 (44th) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Jeremy Yates, Almudena Soria, Eric Baldwin, Paul Davies, Tom Bland Lead Animators: All Characters Naughty Dog Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Legends Lucio Mennillo, Martine Quesnel, Alexandre Cheff, Laura Gorrie, Guillaume Charrin Character Animators, Lead Animator Character Animator: Lucio Mennillo (Character: Donatello Vision); Character Animator: Martine Quesnel (Character: Leonardo Vision); Character Animator: Alexandre Cheff (Character: Donatello LARP); Character Animator: Laura Gorrie (Character: Leatherhead LARP); Lead Animator: Guillaume Charrin (Character: Raphael Vision) Ludia Inc. Titanfall 2 Ranon Sarono, Shawn Wilson, Mark Grigsby, Paul Messerly, Moy Parra Character Animators, Lead AnimatorCharacter Animator: Ranon Sarono (Character: Jack Cooper, BT-7274, Weapons); Character Animator: Shawn Wilson (Character: BT-7274, Creatures); Lead Animator: Mark Grigsby (Character: BT-7274, Jack Cooper, Viper, Weapons); Lead Animator: Paul Messerly (Character: BT-7274, Jack Cooper, AI); Character Animator: Moy Parra (Character BT-7274, Villains) Respawn Entertainment Witcher 3 Expansion Packs Sebastian Kalemba Lead Animator CD Projekt Red 2017 (45th) Cuphead Hanna Abi-Hanna Lead Animator: The Devil, Grim Matchstick, Beppi The Clown, Werner Werman StudioMDHR Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Chris Goodall, Jitaik Lim, Kirill Spiridonov Character Animators: Senua Ninja Theory Cuphead Tina Nawrocki Lead Animator Lead Animator: Tina Nawrocki (Characters: Baroness Von Bon Bon, Hopus Pocus, Pirouletta, Giant, Tipsy Troupe, Lobster, Porkrind, Dragonfly, The Devil – DEATH) StudioMDHR Horizon Zero Dawn Richard Oud, Kevin Quaid, Niek Neervens, Jonathan Colin, Peer Lemmers Lead Animator, Character Animator Lead Animator: Richard Oud (Character: All mechanical creatures); Kevin Quaid (Character: All humanoids); Character Animator: Niek Neervens; Jonathan Colin (Character: All humanoids); Character Animator: Peer Lemmers (Character: All mechanical creatures) Guerrilla Games Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Almundena Soria, Keith Paciello, Paul Augustus Davies Lead Animators: All Characters Naughty Dog 2018 (46th) Gris Adrian Miguel, Adrian Garcia, Adrian Miguel Lead Animators Lead Animator: Adrian Miguel (Character: Gris (Cinematics and In-Game)); Lead Animator: Adrian Garcia (Character: Gris (Cinematics)); Lead Animator: Adrian Miguel (Character: Sombra) Nomada Studio God of War Erica Pinto, Mehdi Yssef, Bruno Velazquez Lead Animators Lead Animator: Erica Pinto (Character: All characters in cinematics); Lead Animator: Mehdi Yssef (Character: All characters in gameplay); Lead Animator: Bruno Velazquez (Character: All characters) Santa Monica Studio Marvel's Spider-Man Bobby Coddington Lead Animator: Spider-Man Insomniac Games Moss Richard Lico Lead Animator: Quill Polyarc Shadow of the Tomb Raider David Hubert, Jacob Gardner, Giovanni Spinelli, Marco Foglia, Jean-Philippe Chaurette Lead Animator, Character Animators Lead Animator: David Hubert (Character: All cinematic characters); Character Animator: Jacob Gardner (Character: All cinematic characters); Character Animator: Giovanni Spinelli (Character: All cinematic characters); Character Animator: Marco Foglia (Character: All cinematic characters); Character Animator: Jean-Philippe Chaurette (Character: All gameplay characters) Square Enix 2019 (47th) Unruly Heroes Sebastien Parodi, Nicolas Leger Character Animator, Lead Animator Character Animator: Sebastien Parodi (Characters: Heroes Kid version, Underworld NPC); Lead Animator: Nicolas Leger (Character: Heroes (Wukong, Kihong, Sandmonk, Sanzang), All enemies (except Underworld levels) and cinematics) Magic Design Studios Gears 5 Brian Whitmire Lead Animator: JD, Del, Marcus, Fahz, Reyna, Kait The Coalition / Microsoft Kingdom Hearts III Munenori Shinagawa, Kayoko Yajima, Koji Hamada, Koji Inoue Character Animators Character Animator: Munenori Shinagawa (Characters: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Pluto, Jiminy, Yen Sid, Chip, Dale, Kairi, Riku, Xehanort, Ansem, Xemnas, Woody, Buzz, Hamm, Rex, Mike, Sulley, Boo, Jack, Gibbs, Elizabeth, Barbarossa, Will, Tia, Heartless); Character Animator: Kayoko Yajima (Characters: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Pluto, Jiminy, Yen Sid, Chip, Dale, Kairi, Riku, Xehanort, Ansem, Xemnas, Woody, Buzz, Hamm, Rex, Mike, Sulley, Boo, Jack, Gibbs, Elizabeth, Barbarossa, Will, Tia, Heartless); Character Animator: Koji Hamada (Character: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Sulley, Mike, Marshmallow, Baymax, Buzz, Woody, Ariel, Heartless); Character Animator: Koji Inoue (Character: Sora, Donald, Goofy, Sulley, Mike, Marshmallow, Baymax, Buzz, Woody, Ariel, Heartless) Square Enix Sinclair Snake: Museum Mischief Tommy Rodricks, Natan Moura, Nelson Boles Character Animator Character Animator: Tommy Rodricks (Characters: Sgt. Salamander, Sinclair Snake); Character Animator: Natan Moura (Character: Sinclair Snake); Character Animator: Nelson Boles (Character: Various) Chromosphere / Within
2020s Year Video Game Recipient(s) Notes(s) Company 2020 (48th) Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles MoralesBrian Wyser, Michael Yosh, Danny Garnett, David Hancock Insomniac Games League of LegendsJose "Sho" Hernandez, Jason Hendrich, Drew Morgan Riot Games Ori and the Will of the WispsJim Donovan, Warren Goff, Boris Hiestand, Kim Nguyen, Jason Martinsen Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios / Iam8bit The Last of Us Part IIJeremy Yates, Eric Baldwin, Almudena Soria, Michal Mach, August Davies Naughty Dog 2021 (49th) Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartInsomniac Games It Takes TwoHazelight Studios Kena: Bridge of Spirits Ember Lab Madrid Noir Aziz Kocanaogullari Character Animator Atlas V, No Ghost Disney Wonderful Worlds Ludia 2022 (50th) Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course Chad Moldenhauer, Hanna Abi-Hanna Studio MDHR God of War Ragnarök Santa Monica Studio Horizon Forbidden West Richard Oud, Jan-Erik Sjovall, Guerrilla Animation Team Guerrilla Games Moss: Book II Richard Lico Polyarc Potionomics Emily Lattanavong, Anguel Bogoev Voracious Games 2023 (51st) Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Insomniac Games Animation Team Insomaniac Games Atomic Heart Mundfish Animation Team Mundfish Hogwarts Legacy Tara Edwards Avalanche Software Let's! Revolution BUCK Animation Team BUCK Teslagrad 2 Aslak Helgesen Rain Games 2024 (52nd) Neva Nomada Studio Animation Team Nomada Studio #BLUD Chris Burns and Bob Fox Asgard's Wrath 2 Sanzaru Games Animation Team Sanzaru Games Diesel Legacy Maximum Entertainment Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Ninja Theory 2025 (53rd) South of Midnight Mike Jungbluth, Sebastien Dussault, Vincent Schneider, and Remi Edmond Compulsion Games Bye Sweet Carole Chris Darril and Little Sewing Machine Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, and PlayStation Studios XDEV Kojima Productions Ghost of Yōtei Sucker Punch Productions Animation Team Sucker Punch Productions Keeper Zach Baharov, Alex Turner, Jerry Matsko, Anne-Sophie Savard, and Geneviève Desbiens Double Fine Productions
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External links Annie Awards: Legacy