Soul sparks the animated Oscars race as Disney sweeps the Annie Awards

The Annie Awards have sparked a major Oscar fire for the Disney-Pixar hit Soul.

With seven overall victories at Friday night's ceremony, Soul — which follows jazz musician Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) whose spiritual essence traverses the balance between life and death — led this year's winners list with the most overall victories (including one for Best Film), followed closely by Cartoon Saloon's Apple TV+/GKIDS release Wolfwalkers with five (including one for Best Indie Film).

Disney also earned trophies for The Mandalorian's live-action character animation as well as the music in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Acclaimed musicians Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste claimed prizes for their musical contributions to Soul as well, while actress Eva Whittaker's debut feature performance in Wolfwalkers earned the newcomer a Best Voice Acting accolade at the Annies.

Since the Academy created its Best Animated Feature category back in 2002, the Annie Awards' Best Film winner has won the corresponding Oscar 13 times, and with major victories at the BAFTA Awards and Golden Globes, it appears that the number will jump to 14 in the weeks ahead. Last year, Disney-Pixar's Toy Story 4 won the Oscar, though Netflix's Klaus ultimately took the Annie.

See the full list of 2021 Annie Awards winners below. Find out who wins Best Animated Feature at the Oscars when the ceremony airs Sunday, April 25 on ABC.

Soul

Wolfwalkers

The Snail and the Whale

Souvenir Souvenir

There's a Monster in My Kitchen

The Adventures of Paddington

Hilda

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal

La Bestia

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (episode: "Welcome to Jurassic World")

Soul

Hilda

Soul

The Mandalorian

Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Amphibia

Wolfwalkers

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal (episode: "Plague of Madness," Genndy Tartakovsky)

Wolfwalkers (Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (episode: "Victory and Death," Kevin Kiner)

Soul (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste)

Shrooom's Odyssey

Wolfwalkers

Looney Tunes Cartoons

Soul

Tales of Arcadia: Wizards (episode: "Our Final Act," David Bradley)

Wolfwalkers (Eva Whittaker)

Big Mouth (episode: "The New Me," Andrew Goldberg, Patti Harrison)

Soul (Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers)

Hilda (episode: "Chapter 9 — The Deerfox")

Soul

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