[3] Belle has received five Annie Award nominations, including one for Best Independent Animated Feature.
Its total makes it the most nominations for a Japanese anime film ever at the awards, ties with Ghost in the Shell (1995).
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Film) and Arcane (TV) swept every category with eight and nine, became the first year to sweep both.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines became the second film by Sony Pictures Animation to sweep the Annies after Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2019.
Arcane became the first television series to both win the most awards in a single year, and to sweep the Annies.