Best Animation 2026 Nominees

Reality? Optional.
Imagination? Unlimited.
Today we unveil the nominees for BEST ANIMATION, the category where music videos escape gravity and creativity has no rules. Frame by frame, these artists build entire universes. They bend physics, stretch emotions, and transform sound into living, breathing visual poetry.

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CREDITS (in order of appearance)

CARPENTER BRUT - THE MISFITS / THE REBELS @carpenterbrut
Animation: Jean Delaunay, Sean Struble
Director: Jean Delaunay
Production Company: No Quarter @noquarterprod

NEOSHIN - EPISODE 3: DISTANT LOVE @neoshin2073x
Animation: Müge Bulazar, Sebastian Selg, Louis Amaden@sebastian.lightup @louisamaden
Director: Sebastian Selg

Crazy Frog - Beverly Hills Cop Axel F @thecrazyfrogofficial
Animation Studio: Kaktus Film - Stockholm

Generation Gap - Party in my Body @generationgapska
Animation: Emiel Stevenhagen @emielscartoons

WHY WE FIGHT - EGO ft. Qing Madi @valorant

Kriill - other I @kriill_music
Animation: Gabriel Moise & Arantxa Chavarri @chanttart & @arantxart
Director: Alina Popescu @polidott
Production Company: Opale Production @opaleprod

Thundercat - She Knows Too Much (feat. Mac Miller) @thundercatmusic
Animation: Joshua Clauss, Crux Studio, Mathematic, Frederick Venet, Cecil Tawale, Titouan Crasson, Turçin Soylu, Ines Fragueiro, Yutong Zhang, Lola Lefèvre, Zofia Klamka, Tom Jeanbourquin & Valentin Gaubert @monyyplus, @crux.animation.studio, @mathematic.tv, @skull.artwork, @turcinsoylu, @_lola.lefevre_, @zofiajklamka, @tomjeanbourquin & @valentingaubert
Director: Léa Esmaili @heyimleaaa
Editor:Thomas Bertrand
Production Company: Blinkink @blink_ink

AJ Tracey - 3rd Time Lucky @ajtracey
Animation: Pietro Morgani @pietro_morgani
Directors: LateMilk & Imbro @latemilkfilm
DOP: Guglielmo Trautvetter
Editor: Matteo Ranzato
Production Company: Ocurens @ocurenscontent

Jianbo - For the Honour @jianboforever
Animation: Dan French @danthomasfrench
Director & Editor: Dan French @danthomasfrench
Production Company: Stink @stinkfilms

Last Dance With Mary Jane - Snoop Dogg feat. Jelly Roll & Tom Petty @snoopdogg @jellyroll615 @tompetty
Animation: Temple Caché - Kelzang Ravach & Marion Castéra @templecache - @kelzang.ravach - @marion_castera
Director: Dave Meyers @Davemeyers
Production Company: Freenjoy @freenjoy