Emmys: Netflix’s ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Leads Juried Awards; ‘Jim Henson Idea Man’ Among Winners

The first winners of the 76th Emmy Awards were revealed today as the Television Academy unveiled its honorees in the juried categories spanning animation, costume, innovation in emerging media programming and motion design.

Netflix toon series Blue Eye Samurai was the lone multiple honoree, and it took three juried Emmys — winning for Storyboard, Production Design and Character Design, the last of which was shared with Max’s now-wrapped Clone High. Another canceled Max toon, Scavengers Reign, took the toon prize for Background Design. See the full list below.

The streamers and HBO dominated the juried awards. Other winners include Max’s Adventure Time and Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Peacock’s In the Know and Disney+’s What If… and the documentary Jim Henson Idea Man from director Ron Howard.

Winners will receive their statuettes during the two Creative Arts Emmys ceremonies next month. Most will be handed out during Night 1 on Saturday, September 7; the Outstanding Motion Capture prize, won by Jim Henson Idea Man, will be presented the following night. Both events will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and an edited presentation will air Saturday, September 14, on FXX starting at 8 p.m. PT.

The Juried categories allow for the possibility of one, more than one or no entry awarded an Emmy; there are no nominees but rather a one-step evaluation and voting procedure.

Here are the juried winners for the 76th Emmy Awards:

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION

Background Design

Scavengers Reign • The Signal
HBO | Max
Max in association with Titmouse Animation and Green Street
Noémie Leroux

Character Animation

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake • The Winter King
HBO | Max
Cartoon Network Studios
Alex Small-Butera (SmallBu)

In the Know • Yogurt Week
Peacock
Peacock Original, in association with Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, Bandera, ShadowMachine
Jan Maas

Character Design

Blue Eye Samurai • Nothing Broken
Netflix
A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
Brian Kesinger

Clone High • Let’s Try This Again
HBO | Max • Max in association with Lord Miller, Doozer, ShadowMachine and MTV Entertainment
Tara Billinger

Production Design

Blue Eye Samurai • The Great Fire Of 1657
Netflix
A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
Toby Wilson

Storyboard

Blue Eye Samurai • Hammerscale
Netflix
A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions
Ryan O’Loughlin

OUTSTANDING COSTUMES FOR VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAMMING

Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music
HBO | Max
HBO Documentary Films, in association with Content Superba, presents a Telling Pictures and Pomegranate Arts Production in association with Fifth Season and Nature’s Darlings
Machine Dazzle, Costume Designer

OUTSTANDING INNOVATION IN EMERGING MEDIA PROGRAMMING

Silent Hill: Ascension
Ascension.com
A Genvid Entertainment product in partnership with Konami Digital Entertainment and Bad Robot Games
Genvid Entertainment

What If…? – An Immersive Story
Apple Vision Pro
A Marvel Studios and ILM Immersive production in association with Disney+
Marvel Studios
ILM Immersive
Disney+
Dave Bushore, Director/Executive Producer
Shereif M. Fattouh, Producer/Executive Producer

OUTSTANDING MOTION DESIGN

Jim Henson Idea Man • Disney+ • Imagine Documentaries Productions, Disney Branded Television
Mark Thompson, Creative Director
Seamus Walsh, Creative Director
Mark Caballero, Creative Director
Ivan Viaranchyk, Designer
Max Strizich, Designer
Momo Zhao, Animator