^{Credit: Win or Lose (Pixar Animation Studios), The Tiny Chef Show (Nickelodeon), Ultraman: Rising (Netflix)}

Pixar’s miniseries Win or Lose received five prizes at the 4th Children's and Family Emmy Awards, or (CAFE). Among its wins was for Outstanding Children's or Young Teen Animated Series, beating out another Pixar miniseries, Dream Productions. Despite being this year’s most-nominated animated show, Dream Productions only took home one Emmy: Outstanding Casting for an Animated Program. Although Nickelodeon took it off the menu far too soon, The Tiny Chef Show won three of its four bids, including Outstanding Preschool Animated Series. Netflix’s Ultraman: Rising also won three awards, including Outstanding Animated Special. Ultraman was notably submitted for Best Animated Feature consideration at the Academy Awards in 2024. It didn’t get nominated there, but, being a streaming release, Ultraman: Rising was able to rebrand itself as an “animated special” at the Emmys. Netflix did the same with Spellbound, which got two Emmys, one of which was for John Lithgow’s voiceover work.

Check out all of this year’s animated winners below: 

Outstanding Preschool Animated Series
The Tiny Chef Show
Nickelodeon

Outstanding Children's or Young Teen Animated Series
Win or Lose
Disney+ [Pixar Animation Studios]

Outstanding Animated Special
Ultraman: Rising
Netflix [Tsuburaya Productions]

Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Daffy in Wackyland
HBO | Max [Warner Bros. Animation]

Outstanding Voice Performer in a Preschool Program
Ana Gasteyer as Crabitha
RoboGobo
Disney+ I Disney Jr. [Brown Bag Films]

Outstanding Single Role Voice Performer in a Children's or Young Teen Program
John Lithgow as Bolinar
Spellbound
Netflix [Skydance Animation]

Outstanding Multiple Role Voice Performer in a Children's or Young Teen Program
David Errigo Jr. as Hamton J. Pig & Plucky Duck
Tiny Toons Looniversity
HBO | Max [Warner Bros. Animation]

Outstanding Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program
Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. as Tate
Wonder Pets: In the City
Apple TV+ [Nickelodeon Animation]

Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series
Carl the Collector: “The Fall”
PBS Kids [Spiffy Pictures | Fuzzytown Productions | Yowza! Animation]

Outstanding Writing for a Children's or Young Teen Animated Series
Win or Lose: “Pickle”
Disney+ [Pixar Animation Studios]

Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Series
The Tiny Chef Show: “Tiny Chef's Spooky Stump Spectacular”
Nickelodeon

Outstanding Directing for an Animated Series
Win or Lose: “Home”
Disney+ [Pixar Animation Studios]

Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: “If This Be My Destiny...”
Disney+ [Marvel Studios]

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program
WondLa: “Heart”
Apple TV+ [Skydance Animation]

Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
The Tiny Chef Show: “Tiny Chef's Spooky Stump Spectacular”
Nickelodeon

Outstanding Editing for an Animated Program
Win or Lose: “Mixed Signals”
Disney+ [Pixar Animation Studios]

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures: “The Battle of Tenoo”
Disney+ [Lucasfilm Ltd.]

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for an Animated Program
Ultraman: Rising
Netflix [Tsuburaya Productions]

Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool Program
Rise Up, Sing Out: "Grow Your World"
Disney+ I Disney Jr.

Outstanding Show Open
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld
Netflix

Outstanding Casting for an Animated Program
Dream Productions
Disney+ [Pixar Animation Studios]

Individual Achievement in Animation
Carl the Collector – Outstanding Public Service Initiative (PBS Kids)
Daffy in Wackyland – Character Animation: Max Winston(HBO/HBO Max)
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld – Character Design: Kaloyan Athannassov (Netflix)
Spellbound – Production Design: Brett Nystul (Netflix)
Star Trek: Prodigy – Background Design: Bastien Grivet(Netflix)
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Color: Mark Anthony Mohamed (Paramount+)
Ultraman: Rising – Character Animation: James Saunders (Netflix)
Win or Lose – Storyboard: Esteban Bravo (Disney+)

Nick Spake is the Author of Bright & Shiny: A History of Animation at Award Shows Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Available Now!