Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” Wins 10 Awards at the 53rd Annie Awards

Netflix’s animated series “KPop Demon Hunters” received the highest honors at the 2026 Annie Awards. At the 53rd Annie Awards held on the 21st (local time) at the Royce Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles, USA, “KPop Demon Hunters” claimed a total of 10 awards, including the Best Animated Feature award.

In addition to the Best Animated Feature award, “KPop Demon Hunters” also swept awards such as Best Director, Best Music, Best Voice Actor (Arden Cho), Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Effects, Best Character Animation, Best Character Design, and Best Writing. Directed by Magi Kang and Chris Appelhans, the series demonstrated its excellence in animation production by earning top recognition in technical categories as well.

“KPop Demon Hunters,” which Netflix released last summer with almost no promotion, quickly became a global sensation. In the second half of 2025, it recorded 481.6 million views, making it the most-watched series in Netflix’s history. By setting new standards for animated films, it already led the awards season this year by winning the Golden Globe Awards and the Critics’ Choice Awards in the first half of the year.

Throughout the history of the Annie Awards, some of the winners of the Best Animated Feature award have also gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” was the most recent title to win both awards in 2023, while last year’s Annie Award winner for Best Animated Feature was “The Wild Robot,” and the Academy Award winner was “Flow.” As of now, “KPop Demon Hunters” is considered a strong contender for the Best Animated Feature award at next month’s Oscar ceremony.