“KPop Demon Hunters,” Netflix’s most popular movie — ever — continues to be a winner after sweeping all 10 of its 53rd annual Annie Awards nominations and positioning itself as the front-runner for the Best Animated Feature Film Academy Award.
In the process, “KPop” swept aside Disney Pixar’s “Elio,” which also had a leading10 nominations going into Saturday’s ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall, and “Zootopia 2,” the worldwide highest-grossing animated film of all time.
“Kpop’s” Annie Award wins included Best Feature, Best Character Animation, Best Direction, Best Music and Best Voice Acting for actress Arden Cho as Rumi, lead singer for the film’s popular singing group, which hunts demons during its off-stage hours.
The movie, released with the tagline “They sing. They dance. They battle demons,” was also the first Netflix film to debut at No. 1 — going on to earn more than $24.6 million dollars at the Box office and more than 500 million total views online since its June release.
In addition to Best Animated Feature, “KPop” also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
In the TV categories, Adult Swim’s “Common Side Effects,” which follows the adventures of two former high school lab partners who re-connect after discovering a mushroom with magic healing powers, came out ahead with four wins including best animated series for mature viewers, best direction and best writing.
Here is a complete list of the winners:
BEST FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST FEATURE – INDEPENDENT
— “Arco”
BEST SPECIAL PRODUCTION
— “Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical”
BEST SHORT SUBJECT
— “Snow Bear”
BEST SPONSORED
— “Olipop Yeti”
BEST TV/MEDIA – PRESCHOOL
— “Wow Lisa,” Episode: “Rainy Day”
BEST TV/MEDIA – CHILDREN
“The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball,” Episode: “The Rewrite”
BEST TV/MEDIA – MATURE
— “Common Side Effects,” Episode: “Pilot”
BEST TV/MEDIA LIMITED SERIES
— “Win Or Lose,” Episode: “Home”
BEST STUDENT FILM
— “A Sparrow’s Song”
BEST FX – TV/MEDIA
— “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,” Episode: “The Big Freeze”
BEST FX – FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – TV/MEDIA
Alli Sadegiani
— “Win Or Lose”
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – LIVE ACTION
— “How To Train Your Dragon”
BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION – VIDEO GAME
— “South of Midnight”
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Robert Valley
— “Love, Death + Robots,” Episode: “400 Boys”
BEST CHARACTER DESIGN – FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST DIRECTION – TV/MEDIA
— “Common Side Effects,” Episode: “Cliff’s Edge”
BEST DIRECTION – FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST MUSIC – TV/MEDIA
— “Win Or Lose,” Episode: “Mixed Signals”
BEST MUSIC – FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV/MEDIA
Gigi Cavenago
”Love, Death + Robots,” Episode: “How Zeke Got Religion”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST STORYBOARDING – TV/MEDIA
— “Love, Death + Robots,” Episode: “How Zeke Got Religion”
Blur Studio for Netflix
BEST STORYBOARDING – FEATURE
— “The Bad Guys 2”
BEST VOICE ACTING TV/MEDIA
— Dan Mintz (as Tina Belcher)
”Bob’s Burgers,” Episode: “Don’t Worry Be Hoopy”
BEST VOICE ACTING – FEATURE
— Arden Cho (as Rumi)
“KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST WRITING – TV/MEDIA
— “Common Side Effects” Episode: “Pilot”
BEST WRITING – FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”
BEST EDITORIAL – TV/MEDIA
— “Common Side Effects,” Episode: “Raid”
BEST EDITORIAL – FEATURE
— “KPop Demon Hunters”