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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

Spider-Ham

Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco, and Mark Armstrong.

KENEDA

Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang in Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic anime feature AKIRA (1988).

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck was created by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.

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Annie Award Nominations: “K-Pop”, “Zoo2”, “Bad Guys”, “Elio”, “Amelie” Lead The Pack

Annie Award Nominations: “K-Pop”, “Zoo2”, “Bad Guys”, “Elio”, “Amelie” Lead The Pack

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
January 5th, 2026
ASIFA-Hollywood announced nominations today for its 53rd Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. Here's the low-down - and the complete list of nominees.
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98th Oscar Shortlist For Animated Shorts Announced

98th Oscar Shortlist For Animated Shorts Announced

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
December 17th, 2025
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlist in the Animated Short Film category for the 98th Academy Awards. Fifteen films will now advance in the Animated Short Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.
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20 Years Of The Best Animated Feature Golden Globe

20 Years Of The Best Animated Feature Golden Globe

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
December 10th, 2025
Best Animated Feature (a.k.a. Best Motion Picture — Animated) has now been a Golden Globes category for 20 years. Five years after it debuted at the Oscars, the then Hollywood Foreign Press Association felt it was finally time to give animation its own spotlight at the Globes.
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Latest in Category: Awards

Oscar’s Animated Short List Nominees – 2020

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlist for the 93rd Oscars in the category of Animated Short Film. Ten films were selected out of 96 films qualified in the category. Members of the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. The films, listed […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|February 9, 2021
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Oscar’s Animated Short List Nominees – 2020

2020 Golden Globe Nominees

The infamous Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominees today – and included in the mix were their choices for Best Animated Feature. As expected, Pixar’s Soul (Pete Docter and Kemp Powers) and Onward (Dan Scanlon) made the grade; Over The Moon (Netflix/Pearl; Glen Keener) and The Croods 2: The New Age (Dreamworks; Joel Crawford) […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|February 3, 2021
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2020 Golden Globe Nominees

Annie Awards ‘Call For Entries’ Open Today

ASIFA-Hollywood announced its ‘Call for Entries’ today for the 48th Annual Annie Awards. For submission rules and information, please visit submissions.annieawards.org. The deadline to submit projects is Monday, February 1st, 2021 at 5 p.m. PST. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the 48th Annual Annie Awards will be presented in 10 Production categories (Best […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|January 4, 2021
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Annie Awards ‘Call For Entries’ Open Today

Asifa-Hollywood Announces It’s Juried Award Recipients for the 48th Annual Annie Awards

ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its selection of Juried Awards recipients for the 48th Annual Annie Awards. The Juried Awards honor career achievement and exceptional contributions to animation. The Winsor McCay Award for career contributions to the art of animation are being presented to three recipients – Willie Ito, animation designer whose career began at Warner Bros., […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|December 21, 2020
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Asifa-Hollywood Announces It’s Juried Award Recipients for the 48th Annual Annie Awards

Rich Webber’s “BENCH” Wins Top Honors at LAAF 2020

The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), which was an online-competition-only event this year, announced its winners Sunday night – with top honors – BEST OF THE FEST and BEST COMEDY SHORT – going to Rich Webber’s beautifully paced and hilarious short Bench (U.K). Canada’s Ya Ma won BEST FEATURE for his powerful documentary Up We […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|December 6, 2020
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Rich Webber’s “BENCH” Wins Top Honors at LAAF 2020

ASIFA-Hollywood Announced Today its ‘Call for Judges’

ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its ‘Call for Judges’ for the 48th Virtual Annie Awards. Applicants must have an established career in animation and exemplary professional credentials in at least one of the Annie Award categories. Individuals in the animation community, who are interested in being a nomination committee judge, will find the application at members.asifa-hollywood.org/judge-application.
Avatar photoJerry Beck|November 30, 2020
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ASIFA-Hollywood Announced Today its ‘Call for Judges’
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Asifa-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum Announce 2021 Faculty Grant Recipients

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) has awarded its Fifth Annual Faculty Grants to Ana Mouyis (University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Alexander Sergeant (University of Portsmouth), Mette Peters (University of the Arts Utrecht), Paul Taberham (Arts University Bournemouth), Javad Khajavi (Maynooth University), Timothy Jones (Robert Morris University), Anitha Balachandran (Srishti Manipal […]