2025 Oscar Predictions: Best Animated Feature

In the 23 years since the Best Animated Feature category was introduced at the Oscars, Pixar has dominated, racking up an impressive 11 wins from 18 nominations; its last victory was in 2021 for “Soul.” Walt Disney Studios has four trophies to show for its lucky 13 nominations while DreamWorks has gone 2 for 14, including the first-ever Oscar awarded for Best Animated Feature, which went to “Shrek.” Studio Ghibli also has a pair of prizes, and is the reigning champ with “The Boy and the Heron.” (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Animated Feature.)

That marked the second win for Japanese auteur Hayao Miyazaki, who had prevailed for “Spirited Away” 22 years earlier. Miyazaki crafted the only two hand-drawn movies to win this race. Two stop-motion flicks — “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” and “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” — have prevailed. The other 19 winners were all done with CGI.

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LEADING CONTENDERS (ordered by odds)
“The Wild Robot” — Chris Sanders (Universal) – CGI (Hand-Painted Look)
“Inside Out 2” — Kelsey Mann (Walt Disney Studios) – CGI (Photo-Realism)
“Memoir of a Snail” — Adam Elliot (Madman Entertainment) – Stop-Motion
“Flow” — Gints Zilbalodis (UFO Distribution)  – CGI (Hand-Painted Look)
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham (Netflix) – Stop-Motion

STRONG CONTENDERS (ordered by odds)
“Moana 2” — David Derrick Jr. (Walt Disney Studios) – CGI (Photo-Realism)
“Piece by Piece” — Morgan Neville (Focus Features/Universal) – Simulated Stop-Motion
“Transformers One” — Josh Cooley (Paramount) – CGI (Photo-Realism)
“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” — Kenji Kamiyama (Warner Bros.) – CGI (Hand-Painted Look)
“Chicken for Linda!” — Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (Gebeka Films) – Hand-Drawn

POSSIBLE CONTENDERS (alphabetical order)
“The Colors Within” – Naoko Yamada (GKIDS) – Hand-Drawn
“Despicable Me 4”  – Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage (Universal) – CGI (Photo-Realism)
“The Garfield Movie” –  Mark Dindal (Sony) – CGI (Photo-Realism)
“The Imaginary” — Yoshiyuki Momose (Toho) – Hand-Drawn
“Kung Fu Panda 4” – Mike Mitchell (Universal) – CGI (Photo-Realism)
“Spellbound” – Vicky Jenson (Netflix) – CGI (Photo-Realism)
“That Christmas”  — Simon Otto (Netflix) – CGI (Photo-Realism)
“Ultraman: Rising” — Shannon Tindle (Netflix) – CGI (Photo-Realism)

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