Netflix’s ‘Lost Ollie,’ Disney’s ‘Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur’ Win Big At Children’s & Family Emmys

The 2023 Children’s & Family Emmys were handed out over the weekend, and Netflix’s hybrid series Lost Ollie won five awards, tying it with Sesame Street for the most of any production.

Lost Ollie‘s awards came mostly from categories dedicated to live-action programs, including best directing for a single-camera live-action program (Peter Ramsey); music direction and composition for a live-action program; editing for a single-camera live-action program; lighting, camera, and technical arts; and visual effects for a live-action program. Industrial Light and Magic handled the special’s photorealistic animation.

Lost Ollie wasn’t Netflix’s only multi-award-winning title. The streamer’s preschool series StoryBots: Answer Time won two awards: best preschool animated series and writing for a preschool animated series.

Disney and Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur series adaptation, produced in collaboration with Australian animation studio Flying Bark Productions, also had a big weekend, scoring four prizes including best animated special, voice directing, main title, and casting for an animated program. Additionally, Kaz Aizawa won an individual achievement in animation award for his work on the show.

Disney’s Baymax! and Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures each won two prizes. Baymax! received best writing for an animated children’s or young teen program and editing for an animated program, while Young Jedi Adventures snagged editing for a preschool animated program and sound mixing and editing for a preschool animated program.

Voice actor Peter Cullen was honored with this year’s lifetime achievement award. Cullen is best known as the long-time voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers animated and live-action productions and Eeyore in numerous Disney Whinnie the Pooh-based series and specials.

Here are the winners in the 2023 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards animation and vfx categories.

Preschool Series

• Blue’s Clues & You!, Nickelodeon
• Helpsters, Apple TV+
• Sesame Street, HBO Max (Winner)
• Slumberkins, Apple TV+
• Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant, Netflix

Preschool Animated Series

• The Adventures of Paddington, Nick Jr.
• Spirit Rangers, Netflix
• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Disney+
• StoryBots: Answer Time, Netflix (Winner)
• The Tiny Chef Show, Nickelodeon

Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series

• Baymax!, Disney+
• Big City Greens, Disney Channel
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney Channel
• ONI: Thunder God’s Tale, Netflix
• Zootopia+, Disney+ (Winner)

Animated Special

• Looney Tunes Cartoons “Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Skreem Spooktacular,” HBO Max
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur “Moon Girl Landing,” Disney Channel (Winner)
• Reindeer in Here, CBS
• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, Netflix
• Snoopy Presents: Lucy’s School, Apple TV+
• The Wonderful Summer of Mickey Mouse, Disney+

Short Form Program

• The Big Gathering, PBS Kids
• I Am Groot, Disney+ (Winner)
•  Sesame Street: Wes’ First Barbershop Haircut, Youtube
• Sesame Street’s #ComingTogether Word of the Day Series, YouTube
• Storyline Online, Youtube

Promotional Announcement

• Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous “Season 5 Campaign,” Netflix
• Nickelodeon Brand Campaign “Quarter,” “Car,” “We Make Fun,” Nickelodeon (Winner)
•  PBS Kids “Brand IDs,” PBS Kids

Interactive Media

• Alma’s Way: Boom Boom Bah! (PBS Kids)
• Galactic Catch (Baobab Studios) (Winner)
•  Mission US: No Turning Back (Thirteen)
• Molly of Denali: The Big Gathering Game (PBS Kids)
• Momoguro: Legends of Uno (Baobab Studios)
• Out-Of-The-Box Science With Dr. Jeff (Generation Genius)
• Snacks with Spats (Noggin)

Voice Performance in a Preschool Program

• Eric Bauza as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird & Marvin the Martian, Bugs Bunny Builders, Cartoon Network (Winner)
•  Erin Fitzgerald as Bo, Eleanor Smartypants, Story StoryBerg, Ranger Dot, Oog the CaveBot & Fun Fact Hairdresser, StoryBots: Answer Time, Netflix
• James Monroe Iglehart as Mr. Puppypaws/Announcer, Superkitties, Disney Junior
• Cree Summer as Lizard & DeeDee, Spirit Rangers, Netflix
• Fred Tatasciore as Bang, BlimBlam the Barbarian & Chef Pierre, StoryBots: Answer Tim, Netflix

Voice Performance in a Children’s or Young Teen Program

• Bob Bergen as Porky Pig, Looney Tunes Cartoons, HBO Max
• Jack Black as Po, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Netflix (Winner)
•  Laurence Fishburne as The Beyonder, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney Channel
• Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon
• Rob Paulsen as Pinky, Dr. Scratchansniff & Yakko, Animaniacs, Hulu

Younger Voice Performance in a Preschool, Children’s, or Young Teen Program

• Talon Proc Alford as Eddy Skycedar, Spirit Rangers, Netflix
• Juliet Donenfeld as Piper, Interrupting Chicken, Apple TV+
• Maria Nash as Pinecone, Pinecone & Pony, Apple TV+ (Winner)
•  Melissa Povenmire as Gretel, Hamster & Gretel, Disney Channel
• Isis Celilo Rogers as Summer Skycedar, Spirit Rangers, Netflix
• Momona Tamada as Onari, ONI: Thunder God’s Tale, Netflix

Writing for a Preschool Animated Program

• The Adventures of Paddington, NICK Jr.
• Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, PBS Kids
• Interrupting Chicken, Apple TV+
• Molly of Denali, PBS Kids
• StoryBots: Answer Time, Netflix (Winner)
•  The Tiny Chef Show, Nickelodeon

Writing for an Animated Children’s or Young Teen Program

• Baymax!, Disney+ (Winner)
•  Craig of the Creek, Cartoon Network
• Karma’s World, Netflix
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney Channel
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Netflix

Directing for a Preschool Animated Program

• Ada Twist, Scientist, Netflix
• The Adventures of Paddington, Nick Jr.
• Mickey Saves Christmas, Disney Channel
• Spirit Rangers, Netflix
• The Tiny Chef Show, Nickelodeon (Winner)

Directing for an Animated Program

• Baymax!, Disney+
• The Cuphead Show!, Netflix (Winner)
•  Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Netflix
• ONI: Thunder God’s Tale, Netflix
• Zootopia+, Disney+

Voice Directing for an Animated Series

• Ada Twist, Scientist, Netflix
• The Ghost and Molly McGee, Disney Channel
• Kiff, Disney Channel
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney Channel (Winner)
•  Spirit Rangers, Netflix

Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program

• Animaniacs, Hulu
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Netflix (Winner)
•  Looney Tunes Cartoons, Max
• Star Wars: Young Jedi, Disney+
• Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up!, Cartoon Network/HBO Max

Original Song for a Preschool Program

• “The City of Brotherly Love,” Jam Van, Youtube Kids
• “Community is Everything,” Sesame Street, HBO Max
• “The Hat Makes The Hatter,” Alice’s Wonderland Bakery, Disney Junior
• “One Big Family,” Mira, Royal Detective, Disney Junior
• “One Sacred Thing,” Jam Van, Youtube Kids (Winner)

Original Song for a Children’s or Young Teen Program

• “Coming Out of the Dark,” Monster High: The Movie, Nickelodeon
• “Finally Free,” High School Musical: The Musical – The Series, Disney+ (Winner)
•  “Roll the Dice,” The Cuphead Show!, Netflix
• “These Kids,” Snow Day, Nickelodeon
• “You Never Know,” High School Musical: The Musical – The Series, Disney+

Main Title

• Kiff, Disney Channel
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney Channel (Winner)
•  The Mysterious Benedict Society, Disney+
• National Treasure: Edge of History, Disney+
• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Disney+
• Superkitties, Disney Junior

Editing for a Preschool Animated Program

• Ada Twist, Scientist, Netflix
• Frog and Toad, Apple TV+
• Get Rolling With Otis, Apple TV+
• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Disney+ (Winner)
•  StoryBots: Answer Time, Netflix

Editing for an Animated Program

• Baymax!, Disney+ (Winner)
•  Cars on the Road, Disney+
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney Channel
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Netflix
• Reindeer in Here, CBS
• The Wonderful Summer of Mickey Mouse, Disney+
• Zootopia+, Disney+

Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program

• Let’s Go Luna!, PBS Kids
• Ridley Jones, Netflix
• Santiago of the Seas, Nickelodeon
• Sesame Street: The Nutcracker, Starring Elmo and Tango, HBO Max
• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Disney+ (Winner)

Sound Mixing and Editing for an Animated Program

• Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons, Warner Bros.
• I Am Groot, Disney+ (Winner)
•  Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Netflix
• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Nickelodeon
• Star Trek: Prodigy, Nickelodeon

Visual Effects for a Live-Action Program

• Circuit Breakers, Apple TV+
• Jane, Apple TV+ (Winner)
•  Lost Ollie, Netflix (Winner)
•  Shape Island, Apple TV+
• Sweet Tooth, Netflix

Casting for an Animated Program

• Big City Greens, Disney Channel
• Eureka!, Disney Junior
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Disney Channel (Winner)
•  The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Disney+
• Spirit Rangers, Netflix

Individual Achievement in Animation Awards

Color

• Kaz Aizawa, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Disney Channel)
• Masa Inada, ONI: Thunder God’s Tale (Netflix)

Background Design

• Lia Tin, ONI: Thunder God’s Tale (Netflix)

Character Animation

• Ellen Coons, Shape Island (Apple TV+)
• Joey Pogoy, Sonic Prime (Netflix)

Character Design

• Stephen DeStefano, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal (Adult Swim)

Production Design

• Robert Kondo, ONI: Thunder God’s Tale (Netflix)
• Carl Anders Beu, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (Netflix)

Storyboard

• Kyle Menke, Hamster & Gretel (Disney Channel)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Recipient: Peter Cullen