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Annie Award for Character Animation in a Video Game | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in character animation |
Country | United States |
Presented by | ASIFA-Hollywood |
First award | 2014 |
Currently held by | Nomada Studio – Neva (2024) |
Website | annieawards |
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.
Year | Video Game | Recipient(s) | Notes | Company |
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2014 (42nd) [1] | ||||
Assassin's Creed Unity | Mike Mennillo | Ubisoft Montreal | ||
Don't Starve: Console Edition | Alex Savin, Allan Cortez, Kelly Graham, Aaron Bouthillier, Jeff Agala | Klei Entertainment Inc. | ||
Child of Light | Alex Drouin | Ubisoft Montreal | ||
2015 (43rd) [2][3] | ||||
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) [4][5] | ||||
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 [note 1] | Ludia Inc. | |
Titanfall 2 | Ranon Sarono, Shawn Wilson, Mark Grigsby, Paul Messerly, Moy Parra | Character Animators, Lead Animator[note 2] | Respawn Entertainment | |
Witcher 3 Expansion Packs | Sebastian Kalemba | Lead Animator | CD Projekt Red | |
2017 (45th) [6][7] | ||||
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 [note 3] | StudioMDHR | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | Richard Oud, Kevin Quaid, Niek Neervens, Jonathan Colin, Peer Lemmers | Lead Animator, Character Animator [note 4] | Guerrilla Games | |
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy | Almundena Soria, Keith Paciello, Paul Augustus Davies | Lead Animators: All Characters | Naughty Dog | |
2018 (46th) [8][9] | ||||
Gris | Adrian Miguel, Adrian Garcia, Adrian Miguel | Lead Animators [note 5] | Nomada Studio | |
God of War | Erica Pinto, Mehdi Yssef, Bruno Velazquez | Lead Animators [note 6] | 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 [note 7] | Square Enix | |
2019 (47th) [10][11] | ||||
Unruly Heroes | Sebastien Parodi, Nicolas Leger | Character Animator, Lead Animator [note 8] | 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 [note 9] | Square Enix | |
Sinclair Snake: Museum Mischief | Tommy Rodricks, Natan Moura, Nelson Boles | Character Animator [note 10] | Chromosphere / Within |
Year | Video Game | Recipient(s) | Notes(s) | Company |
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2020 (48th) [12][13] | ||||
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales | Brian Wyser, Michael Yosh, Danny Garnett, David Hancock | Insomniac Games | ||
League of Legends | Jose "Sho" Hernandez, Jason Hendrich, Drew Morgan | Riot Games | ||
Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Jim Donovan, Warren Goff, Boris Hiestand, Kim Nguyen, Jason Martinsen | Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios / Iam8bit | ||
The Last of Us Part II | Jeremy Yates, Eric Baldwin, Almudena Soria, Michal Mach, August Davies | Naughty Dog | ||
2021 (49th) [14][15] | ||||
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | Insomniac Games | |||
It Takes Two | Hazelight Studios | |||
Kena: Bridge of Spirits | Ember Lab | |||
Madrid Noir | Aziz Kocanaogullari | Character Animator | Atlas V, No Ghost | |
Disney Wonderful Worlds | Ludia | |||
2022 (50th) [16] | ||||
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) [17][18] | ||||
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) [19][20] | ||||
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 |