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Animation Magazine’s Best of 2018 Award Winners

Congratulations to all of our Animag’s Best of 2018 Award Winners. These year-end honors were determined by our readers who picked their favorites during the voting period (November 22-Dec. 10, 2018). Thank you for keeping us entertained and inspired all throughout the year!
Here is the complete list:
Best Major Studio Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony)
Runner-Up: Incredibles 2 (Pixar)
Best Indie/International Movie
Mirai (GKIDS)
Runner-Up: The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales (GKIDS)
Best Prime-Time TV Series
BoJack Horseman (Netflix)
Runner-Up: The Simpsons (FOX)
Best Kids/Family Series
SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon)
Runner-Up: DreamWorks Trollhunters (Netflix)
Best Preschool TV Series
Peppa Pig (Entertainment One)
Runner-Up: Muppet Babies (Disney Channel)
Best New Series
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix)
Runner-Up: Hilda (Netflix)
Best Feature Animation Studio
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Runner-Up: Pixar Animation Studios
Best Indie Distributor
GKIDS
Runner-Up: Fox Searchlight
Best Director
Brad Bird (Incredibles 2)
Runner-Up: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)
Best Voice Actor
Tie: Tom Kenny (SpongeBob, SpongeBob SquarePants)
Sarah Silverman (Vanellope, Ralph Breaks the Internet)
Runner-Up: Brad Bird (Edna, Incredibles 2)
Best Animation Tool
Toon Boom Harmony
Runner Up: TVPaint
Best Animation School
Tie: CalArts
Ringling College of Art & Design
Runner-Up: Gobelins
Best Intl. Producer
Studio AKA
Runner-Up: Cyber Group Studios
Best Intl. Distributor
CAKE
Runner-Up: PGS
Best Animation Event
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Runner-Up: CTN eXpo
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