Arcane Sweeps Annie Awards

The Annie Awards were given out and Arcane managed to own the night.

By this point and time, do we even have to explain how immensely popular Arcane was? It managed to get one of the best ratings on rotten tomatoes, has some of the highest ratings on IMDB for a Netflix original series and now it’s also managed to outperform everyone at this year's Annie Awards.

Arcane was nominated nine times for the Annie Awards, but how many of those awards did they actually obtain? Let’s check it out!

Which Awards was Arcane Nominated for?

Arcane was nominated for nine awards at this years Annie Awards:

Best TV/Media - General Audience
Best FX - TV/Media 
Best Character Animation - TV/Media
Best Character Design - TV/Media
Best Direction - TV/Media
Best Production Design - TV/Media
Best Storyboarding - TV/Media
Best Voice Acting - TV/Media
Best Writing - TV/Media

With this many nominations, it’s easy to see that not only did League of Legends fans enjoy the show, but novices also saw something incredible in the series. It did take six years to make, so to see all the work of the writers, animators and staff working on this project pay off is truly satisfying.

Which Awards did Arcane Win?

Now let’s get to the juicy parts and check out the winners! Which categories did Arcane manage to take home the Annie Award for? Let’s go over all the winners right now!

Category	Nominated	Winner
Best TV/Media - General Audience	Arcane Bob's Burgers Love, Death + Robots Star Wars: Visions Tuca & Bertie	Arcane
Best FX - TV/Media	Arcane Castlevania Maya and the Three Shaun The Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans	Arcane
Best Character Animation - TV/Media	Arcane Love, Death + Robots Namoo Ultra City Smiths We the People	Arcane
Best Character Design - TV/Media	Arcane Batman: The Long Halloween Part One Kid Cosmic Maya and the Three Yuki 7	Arcane
Best Direction - TV/Media	Amphibia Arcane Crossing Swords Hilda and the Mountain King Maya and the Three	Arcane
Best Production Design - TV/Media	Arcane Arlo the Alligator Boy Love, Death + Robots Maya and the Three Yuki 7	Arcane
Best Storyboarding - TV/Media	Arcane Invincible Kid Cosmic Love, Death + Robots The Ghost and Molly McGee	Arcane
Best Voice Acting - TV/Media	Arcane Arlo the Alligator Boy Centaurworld DC Super Hero Girls Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans	Arcane
Best Writing - TV/Media	Arcane Maya and the Three Muppet Babies The Mighty Ones Tuca & Bertie	Arcane

Arcane managed to win all nine awards they were nominated for. Doesn’t this just give you 2003 Academy Awards vibes for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King? I mean the film was nominated for 11 awards and won them all.

What Effect Could The Success of Arcane Have on Animation?

Arcane was an extremely long project that could have failed multiple times. Throughout the success though upon release there is one narrative we got to hear over-and-over again and that is that the animation industry is extremely risk-averse.

Pixar works? Let’s just make animated films and shows like that. Animation also does not get the credibility it deserves and is often seen as nothing more than ‘childrens’ shows, which is also completely untrue.

Hopefully, with the success of Arcane, more and more studios will give animators more time to create beautiful stories and worlds and branch out from the cookie-cutter animation style we’re used to. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is another animated movie that has pushed the boundaries and was hugely successful. Hopefully more studios get the time and freedom to explore unique new animation styles thanks to the success of shows and movies like Arcane and Spider-Verse.