The 48th ceremony of the Annie Awards, honoring excellence in the field of animation for the year of 2020, was held on April 16, 2021, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California as a virtual event. The nominations were announced on March 3, 2021. Productions Categories On March 3, 2021, the nominations were announced. Soul and Wolfwalkers earned the most nominations with 10, followed by Onward with 7. {| class="wikitable" style="width=100%" ! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Feature ! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Feature — Independent |- | valign="top" | Soul — Pixar Animation Studios Onward — Pixar Animation Studios The Croods: A New Age — Dreamworks Animation The Willoughbys — Netflix Presents A Bron Animation Production in association with Creative Wealth Media Trolls World Tour — Dreamworks Animation | valign="top" | ''Wolfwalkers — Apple Original Films / GKIDS / Cartoon Saloon A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon — StudioCanal and Aardman present in association with Anton Capital Entertainment An Aardman Production for Netflix Calamity Jane — Maybe Movies On-Gaku: Our Sound — Rock'n Roll Mountain, Tip Top, GKIDS Ride Your Wave — Science SARU / GKIDS |- ! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Special Production ! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Short Subject |- | valign="top" | The Snail and the Whale — Magic Light Pictures Baba Yaga — Baobab Studios Libresse / Bodyform - #WombStories — Chelsea Pictures Nixie & Nimbo — Hornet Shooom's Odyssey — Picolo Pictures | valign="top" | Souvenir Souvenir — Blast Production Filles Bleues, Peur Blanche — Miyu Productions KKUM — open the portal The Places Where We Live (Cake) — FX Productions and FX World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime — Don Hertzfeldt |- ! style="width=50%" |Best Sponsored Production ! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children |- | valign="top" | There's a Monster in my Kitchen — Cartoon Saloon, Mother Erste Group Edgar's Christmas — Unanico Group Max & Maxine — Hornet The Last Mile — Nexus Studios Travel the Vote — Hornet | valign="top" | The Adventures of Paddington — Blue-Zoo Animation Studio and Nickelodeon Animation Studio Buddi — Unanico Group Muppet Babies — Oddbot / Disney Junior Stillwater — Apple / Gaumont / Scholastic Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum — 9 Story Media Group, Brown Bag Films |- ! style="width=50%" |Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Children ! style="width=50%" |Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production