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 • The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride

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 Tale of the Ronin and the Bride

Netflix

A Netflix Series / 3 Arts Entertainment and Blue Spirit Productions

Toby Wilson

Storyboard

Blue Eye Samurai • The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride

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