2021 Creative Arts Emmy: "Primal", "Love, Death + Robots" win the best animation awards

The Television Academy held a trio of ceremonies to present the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards this weekend, honoring a range of television production professions, including animation, visual effects, and motion design. In addition to the individual awards already awarded by the jury, the main winners of this year's animation program are Primal di Adult Swim and  Love, Death + Robots of Netflix.

Primal danimation icon Genndy Taratakovsky, took home his first honor for the best animation program and raised his team's total of single winners to four. Love, Death + Robots won the Short Form Animated Program award for the second time (after 2019) and a Sound Editing award; performing artists have now won eight individual achievement awards.

The winners are:

Exceptional animation program
Big Mouth "The New Me" (Netflix)
Bob's Burgers "Worms of In-Rear-Ment" (FOX)
WINNER: Primal. by Genndy Tartakovsky "Plague of Madness" (Adult Swim)
The Simpsons "Daddy's Feelings Limited" (FOX)
South Park "Pandemic Special" (Comedy Central)

Short film animation program
WINNER: Love, Death + Robots "Ice" (Netflix)
Maggie Simpsons in The Force Awakens from the Nap (Disney +)
Once upon a time there was a snowman (Disney +)
Robot Chicken "Endgame" (Adult Swim)

Character dubbing performance
Jessica Walter (Malory Archer) Archer
WINNER: Maya Rudolph (Connie the Hormone Monster) Big Mouth
Stacey Abrams (Stacey Abrams) black-ish: Election Special (ABC)
Julie Andrews (Lady Whisteldown) Bridgerton (Netflix)
Stanley Tucci (Bitsy Brandham) South Park (Apple TV +)
Titus Burgess (Cole Tillerman) South Park (Apple TV +)
Seth MacFarlane (Peter, Stewie and Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire) The Griffins (FOX)

Special Visual Effects - Season or Movie
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
The Boys (Amazon Prime Videos)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney +)
The Mandalorian (Disney +)
WandaVision (Disney +)

Special Visual Effects - Single Episode
The Crown "Gold Stick" (Netflix)
The Nevers "Ignition" (HBO)
Star Trek: Discovery "Su'Kal" (Paramount +)
The Umbrella Academy "743" (Netflix)
The Vikings "The Signal" (Amazon Prime Video)

Interactive program
Create Together with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Youtube)
Inside COVID19 (Oculus)
WINNER: Space Explorers: The ISS Experience (Oculus)
Welcome to the Blumhouse Live (First Video)

Main title design
Between the World and Me (HBO)
WINNER: The Good Lord Bird (Showtime)
Lovecraft Country (HBO)
Raised By Wolves (HBO)
The Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
Wandavision (Disney +)

Sound Editing - Comedy / Drama (half hour) and Animation
Cobra Kai "December 19" (Netflix)
WINNER: Love, Death + Robots "Snow in the Desert" (Netflix)
Mythic Quest "Everlight" (Apple TV +)

Ahead of the big weekend presentations, the 48th Daytime Emmy Awards announced the winner of the jury award for Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program, who had to be judged from home once again. The award went to the VR animated story Baba Yaga, giving Baobab Studios its ninth Emmy Award and a first for executive producer Jennifer Hudson.

See all 2021 nominees and winners for the 73rd Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmy Awards , promising.