“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” was the big winner at the 51st Annie Awards on Saturday, taking the prize in seven different categories at the annual ceremony that honors animated film, television and special productions.
The freewheeling sequel from Sony Pictures Animation was named Best Feature and also won in the direction, FX, character design, production design, music and editorial categories. The seven wins matched the number won by its 2018 predecessor, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” but fell well short of the record 11 won by 2017’s “Coco.”
Three of the Oscar nominees in the Best Animated Feature category besides “Spider-Verse” (incidentally, a record-breaker for the longest animated American feature of all time) also won awards: Studio Ghibli’s “The Boy and the Heron” won for its character animation and storyboarding, Netflix’s “Nimona” won for writing and for Chloe Grace Moretz’s voice acting, and “Robot Dreams” won in the Best Feature – Independent category.
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