Check out all the animated films eligible for the 98th Academy Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just released the list of 35 animated films eligible for the 98th Academy Awards. It’s important to highlight that some films have not yet met the minimum theatrical exhibition time required by the Academy. These titles will only become eligible for voting after securing their qualifying release and meeting all remaining eligibility criteria. The list of pending films was not disclosed in today’s announcement.

Netflix’s 2025 major hit 'KPop Demon Hunters' is eligible for the Oscars.

It may seem surprising, but Ne Zha 2 — the highest-grossing animated film of all time, with $1.8 billion at the box office — has been left off the list. Academy members will vote to determine the five nominees for Best Animated Feature Film at the 98th Oscars. It’s worth noting that these films may also compete in other categories. Many believe, for example, that ‘Golden,’ by Huntr/x (from KPop Demon Hunters), will compete for Best Original Song.

Here are the eligible animated feature films for the 98th Oscars:

All Operators Are Currently Unavailable, Dalibor Baric

Arco, Ugo Bienvenue 

The Bad Guys 2, Pierre Perifel, JP Sans

Black Butterflies, David Baute

Boys Go to Jupiter, Julian Glander

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, Tatsuya Yoshihara

ChaO, Yasuhiro Aoki

Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing, Hiroyuki Hata

David, Phil Cunningham, Brent Dawes

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, Haruo Sotozaki

Dog Man, Peter Hastings

Dog of God, Raitis Ābele, Lauris Ābele

Dragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This World, Isamu Imakake

Elio, Adrian Molina, Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi

Endless Cookie, Seth Scriver, Peter Scriver

Fixed, Genndy Tartakovsky

Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, Ryan Crego

In Your Dreams, Alex Woo, Erik Benson

KPop Demon Hunters, Maggie Kang, Chris Applehans

The Legend of Hei 2, Jie Gu, Mtjj

Light of the World, Tom Bancroft, John J. Schafer

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han

Lost in Starlight, Jiwon Han

A Magnificent Life, Sylvain Chomet

Mahavatar Narsimha, Ashwin Kumar

Night of the Zoopocalypse, Ricardo Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-Castro

Olivia & las Nubes, Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat

100 Meters, Kenji Iwaisawa

Out of the Nest, Andrew Gordon

Scarlet, Mamoru Hosoda

Slide, Bill Plympton

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, Derek Drymon

Stitch Head, Steve Hudson

The Twits, Todd Demong, Phil Johnston, Katie Shanahan

Zootopia 2, Jared Bush, Byron Howard