“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” won best picture on Saturday at the Annie Awards, which honor animated films and television shows.
The Sony Pictures Animation film won six other awards, including best directing, special effects and character design, at the annual ceremony, which was held at UCLA's Royce Hall.
The superhero film is a sequel to “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” which won the Annie Award for best picture in 2018. That win was followed by an Oscar for best animated film.
Other nominees in Annie's best film category were Hayao Miyazaki's “The Boy and the Heron,” Nimona, “Suzume” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.” “Robot Dreams” won best independent film. “Across the Spider-Verse,” “The Boy and the Heron,” “Nimona” and “Robot Dreams,” along with Pixar's “Elemental,” were nominated at this year's Academy Awards in the best picture category. animated. The ceremony is on March 10.
Netflix’s “Blue Eye Samurai” and “Hilda” won best series for adults and best series for children, respectively, in the TV/media category.
